A roundabout at Platte and Nevada? Colorado Springs will explore the idea

PLUS | NBA champion Calvin Booth wants more | Paul Klee, Colorado Springs Airport completes first phase of $36M renovation project; and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening! Today is Saturday, May 4, 2024. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [A roundabout at Platte and Nevada? Colorado Springs will explore the idea]( Few intersections in Colorado Springs are as notorious as the one home to the big bronze statue of the city's founder, Gen. William Jackson Palmer. The iconic statue, which depicts Palmer perched atop his horse, Diablo, sits smack-dab in the middle of the intersection of Platte and Nevada avenues, and it has long been a source of local controversy, with some residents describing it as a traffic hazard and calling for its removal. [Read More]( [NBA champion Calvin Booth wants more | Paul Klee]( The smartest man in the room is the last to say so. Calvin Booth’s 6-foot-11 frame stretches out from a folding chair at Ball Arena. His son, Carey, a 6-foot-10 teenager headed to the University of Illinois in the fall, does the Mikan drill on the court a few steps away. "Cal," the permanently chill general manager of the Nuggets, reflects on how life has changed in the 11 months since he became an NBA champ. [Read More]( [Colorado Springs Airport completes first phase of $36M renovation project]( The Colorado Springs Airport on Friday opened the first phase of a modernization project to change the interior look of the concourse built in 1995. [Read More]( [Ant Rules: How Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone can use family history against Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards]( Malone family history is repeating itself. [Read More]( [[SPONSORED] Pikes Peak Open House Weekend: Your key to homeownership!]( Spring into success at the 2024 Pikes Peak Open House Weekend, as an interested buyer or seller. There has never been a better time to look at available housing – from existing homes to new builds in El Paso and Teller Counties – and talk to a local Realtor, your partner in making your dreams of homeownership a reality. [Read More]( [Deaf cattle dog, trainer to perform at Colorado Springs Pet Expo]( “She can do anything a hearing dog can do,” Melvin said. “Deaf dogs are a dog first, breed second and deaf third. We don’t train with anything electronic. It’s all bonding with positive reinforcement and lots of treats and toys.” [Read More]( [BEST & BRIGHTEST: A passion for public policy and theater]( Manitou Springs High School senior Meghan Taylor says creating a “safe and kind space for children” is one of the most important things to her. Taylor serves as the only teenager on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Suicide Prevention Commission and also serves on the Inside Out Youth Services Policy Advocacy Committee and as an executive board member of the Colorado Youth Advisory Council. [Read More]( [Meet the jockeys: In the 150th Kentucky Derby, one of these riders will make history]( For the jockeys contesting the 2024 Kentucky Derby on Saturday evening at Churchill Downs, there is a little something extra at stake. This year’s Run for the Roses is the 150th renewal of North America’s marquee horse race. The jockey who wins will join a select group of riders who earned victory in “numerical milestone” runnings of the Derby. [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