Illegal fireworks led to isolated fires, injuries, but few citations in Colorado Springs

PLUS | COVID-19 cases see typical summer increase for third year in a row and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening! Today is Friday, July 05, 2024. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [Illegal fireworks led to isolated fires, injuries, but few citations in Colorado Springs]( Despite all the unsanctioned booms and sparks lighting up the sky on Independence Day — and more than 250 complaints reported Thursday and in the days leading up to the holiday — Colorado Springs Police had issued only one citation for illegal fireworks as of Friday afternoon, according to department spokesperson Caitlin Ford. [Read More]( [Broadmoor Traditions Fine Art Festival to return for second year, featuring more than 100 artists]( Skanson, the show director for art festival company Colorado Arts Weekend, was looking for a venue to host the inaugural Broadmoor Traditions Fine Art Festival. And he had found it. [Read More]( [As Colorado's wildflowers bloom, a return to season of gratitude]( Al and Betty Schneider were recently hiking around Lizard Head Wilderness near their southwest Colorado home when tiny pops of white amid tall grass caught their eye. [Read More]( [EDITORIAL: A less radical path for Colorado Democrats?]( Gazette Editorial Board: "And the many Jewish Coloradans who long have called the Democratic Party their political home — and who now are enduring the most insulting and unnerving invective from the left — are at wits’ end." [Read More]( [COVID-19 cases see typical summer increase for third year in a row]( According to El Paso County Public Health's co-medical director Dr. Bernadette Albanese, COVID cases and hospitalizations decreased throughout March and April after a typical winter season. Around mid-May, numbers started to go back up. [Read More]( [Friday Faceoff: How do the Nuggets salvage a bummer offseason?]( Friday Faceoff: How do the Nuggets salvage a bummer offseason? Nuggets writer Vinny Benedetto and sports editor Paul Klee faceoff. [Read More]( [Fighter pilot's harrowing tale: Colorado Springs vet recounts surviving a bomb in Vietnam]( A retired Air Force major and longtime Colorado Springs resident, Lewis, shared his story with The Gazette in mostly written form as part of an intermittent series to mark 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War: a messy conflict with an fuzzy beginning and end. Some mark the end with the withdrawal of troops in 1973 and others with the fall of Saigon in 1975. [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]( Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903