Woody Paige: Avalanche, Nuggets struggle at home, must be Road Warriors to reach conference finals

PLUS | Motherhood wasn't part of the mission for first Black female fighter pilot, until it was; Broncos quarterback Bo Nix off to good start at rookie minicamp and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening! Today is Sunday, May 12, 2024. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [Woody Paige: Avalanche, Nuggets struggle at home, must be Road Warriors to reach conference finals]( Home is not where the Nuggets’ and the Avalanche’s hearts are. The 1-2 punch has been a brutal blow for both Denver teams in the second round. Not only are the Nugs and the Avs trailing 2 wins to 1 in playoff series, but they’ve lost all three games at the Ball & Puck Arena. [Read More]( [Crash at Tutt Blvd. sends two to hospital late Saturday night]( Two people were hospitalized late Saturday night after a driver struck their vehicle at Tutt Boulevard and North Carefree Circle while eluding an El Paso County sheriff's deputy. [Read More]( [Pleasant Valley neighborhood: Where Garden of the Gods is the backyard | Cronin and Loevy]( Twenty years before Gen. William J. Palmer founded the city of Colorado Springs in 1871, the first real neighborhood in our community was formed just south of what is now the Garden of the Gods Park. It was at the point where Camp Creek flows into Fountain Creek near what is now 31st Street. [Read More]( [Motherhood wasn't part of the mission for first Black female fighter pilot, until it was]( Rochelle Kimbrell knew by fourth grade what she wanted to do with her life, and spent the next 15 years on a trail-blazing trajectory of singular purpose. For the first Black female fighter pilot in the history of the U.S. Air Force, becoming a mother was an entirely different kind of mission, an unknowable challenge and future without maps, where flying blind is often part of the job. [Read More]( [High school roundup: Lewis-Palmer, Pine Creek swimmers claim gold in 5A meet]( Recapping state competitions involving teams from the Pike Peak region on Saturday. [Read More]( [How we exposed Denver's homeless industrial complex | Vince Bzdek]( In an era when information, misinformation, disinformation, AI-created information, and down-right lies all gets tossed together in the same Mixmaster known as the internet, we journalists believe it’s important for us to occasionally show our work. To let you know who our sources were, what documents we obtained, what our reporting method looked like, and why you can trust the information you’re reading in our pages. [Read More]( [Broncos quarterback Bo Nix off to good start at rookie minicamp, welcomes 'pressure' associated with arrival]( There’s plenty of focus on Bo Nix as he tries to bring stability to the Broncos at quarterback. Heck, he even has received a text from John Elway. Nix was taken with the No. 12 pick of the NFL draft on April 25 and this weekend has stepped onto a pro field for the first time at the Centura Health Training Center for rookie minicamp. [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