In case you missed it | Return to Nature Funeral Home owner's long legal history — including Oklahoma

PLUS | Here's the top 'haunted house' in Colorado, according to Scare Factor; Meet the new guys: Colorado Avalanche add depth with incoming forwards and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening. Today is Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [Records reveal Return to Nature Funeral Home owner's long legal history — including Oklahoma]( The owner of Return to Nature Funeral Home, the southern Colorado funeral home raided by law enforcement due to improperly storing more than 115 bodies at their Penrose location, had significant financial and legal problems predating his move to Colorado Springs. [Read More]( [Colorado Springs Planning Commission may vote on controversial Mountain Shadows water tank Wednesday]( Just how tall will a new 5 million-gallon concrete water tank being built in Colorado Springs' Mountain Shadows neighborhood be when it's complete? The Planning Commission on Wednesday is scheduled to recommend to the City Council whether or not to allow Colorado Springs Utilities to build the new tank 60 feet tall or 45 feet tall. The nine-member City Council acts as the utilities board. [Read More]( [Deion Sanders' trading card fetching top dollar]( Deion Sanders' name and face are having monetary success off the field recently as trading cards for the CU Buffs head coach are trending skyward in value. Sanders’ 1997 Metal Universe Red Precious Metal Gems trading card sold for $8,100 Sunday night in PWCC’s weekly auction to become Prime Time’s highest selling card of all time, PWCC reported Tuesday in a release. [Read More]( [Here's the top 'haunted house' in Colorado, according to Scare Factor]( According to TheScareFactor.com, the spookiest haunted house in Colorado is one that's sure to deliver chills and thrills. On a list of the state's top six haunted house experiences, the publication awarded The Frightmare Compound in Westminster the first-place spot. [Read More]( [Colorado ski area celebrates 'first step' toward dreamed expansion]( A Colorado ski area is celebrating the first step in realizing a long-held vision to expand. Monarch Mountain's 2011 master plan detailed the concept of No Name Basin — a lift-served area for skiers and snowboarders to explore the opposite, western side of the Continental Divide. The U.S. Forest Service recently launched its review of the possibility by publishing documents and requesting public comment. [Read More]( [Will the funeral home industry in Colorado see regulation change after grisly discovery?]( The funeral home industry might see new regulations after at least 115 improperly stored bodies were discovered in a building in Penrose last week. Six days after a horrific smell led to the discovery of the bodies at the Return to Nature Funeral Home, numerous officials were working on the investigation around the building Monday, including the FBI, Fremont County Office of Emergency Management and the Fremont County Coroner. A new barbed-wire fence, lined with dark-colored opaque plastic, was also going up around the site as military personnel and ambulance crews assisted at the scene, a Gazette reporter observed. The officials did not provide an official update on Monday. [Read More]( [Meet the new guys: Colorado Avalanche add depth with incoming forwards]( In an offseason where the Colorado Avalanche lost a lot of offense, they gained quite a bit, too. Evan Rodrigues, Alex Newhook, Lars Eller and J.T. Compher all departed for new scenery. But the Avs signed or traded for six new forwards who are expected to fill the holes in the lineup. [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up [here.]( Engage in the conversation in [today's eEdition]( Interested in podcasts? Check out ours [here]( Already subscribed? [Log in.]( Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903