Colorado Springs' long-going Starlight Spectacular canceled

PLUS l Mark Kiszla: Another first-round loss in NHL playoffs would be bad enough for Avs coach Jared Bednar to lose his job, Construction to close Hanging Lake Trail for much of the summer; and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs AM Update [News]( [Sports]( [Opinion]( [Life]( Good morning! It’s Saturday, April 20, 2024. Take 5 minutes to catch up on what's happening in Colorado. [In today’s edition:]( - [Colorado Springs' long-going Starlight Spectacular canceled]( - [Mark Kiszla: Another first-round loss in NHL playoffs would be bad enough for Avs coach Jared Bednar to lose his job]( - [Construction to close Hanging Lake Trail for much of the summer]( [Colorado Springs' long-going Starlight Spectacular canceled]( A Colorado Springs cycling tradition older than a quarter century will not return this year. Trails and Open Space Coalition (TOSC) has called off the Starlight Spectacular, which has brought together costumed riders on glowing bikes for a middle-of-the-night spin around town. [Read More]( [[SPONSORED] St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway takes philanthropy to a whole new level!]( Get your ticket(s) for the 11th Annual Colorado Springs St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway and help St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital raise more than $1,200,000 to help treat and defeat childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. If your $100 ticket is selected, you might be calling a five-bedroom, four-bath house in Rolling Hills Ranch at Meridian Ranch home! [Read More]( Did you miss these stories? [The lineups: How the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers will look in first round of NBA playoffs]( [Huge detour set for Colorado travelers due to cracked bridge]( [Whataburger's 7th area restaurant opens next week north of Colorado Springs]( More top stories: [Mark Kiszla: Another first-round loss in NHL playoffs would be bad enough for Avs coach Jared Bednar to lose his job]( Stanley Cup or bust? “Every single year the goal is to win a championship,” Avs defenseman Cale Makar told me. “Especially with the group that we have, there shouldn’t be a doubt in anybody’s mind that we’re capable of doing that.” [Read More]( [Colorado Springs paramedics soon can provide potentially life-saving blood transfusions in the field]( Patients who have suffered a traumatic injury can soon begin receiving blood transfusions from Colorado Springs Fire Department paramedics before they ever reach the hospital, part of a new program fire officials and medical professionals estimate could save more than 40% of patients who are hemorrhaging. [Read More]( [Construction to close Hanging Lake Trail for much of the summer]( Access that has been limited over the years to one of Colorado's most famed natural sites is set to be even more limited this summer. The U.S. Forest Service has announced what it calls "significant" construction that will close Hanging Lake Trail on weekdays beginning in May. [Read More]( More Top Stories: The El Paso County Coroner's Office has identified the Colorado Springs woman who police say was [thrown out of a moving vehicle](, according to a Friday news release. One of the country’s top use-of-force experts testified Thursday that a former Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office deputy and a team of six other on-scene officers [did just about everything wrong during a confrontation]( the night Christian Glass was shot and killed. A federal judge on Friday [denied access to DNA evidence that defense lawyers say will exonerate a man]( whose 2003 conviction of a heinous rape at a Lakewood trailer park rape largely relied on the testimony of a former Colorado Bureau of Investigation scientist who was forced to resign last year for manipulating DNA data in other cases. Before you go... [This morning's weather from American Furniture Warehouse:]( Cloudy with snow showers changing to rain showers as the day progresses. High 47F. Winds SE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60%. [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.]( Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903