ICYMI | Colorado Springs-area school districts see improvement closing the COVID gap

PLUS | Shaken baby: The death and brief life of Dylan Mitchell [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening! Today is Thursday, August 29, 2024. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [Colorado Springs-area school districts see overall improvement in state testing, nearly closing COVID gap]( Students in and around Colorado Springs posted improvements overall on standardized test results that Colorado public school students take every spring, inching closer to pre-pandemic levels, according to district and school results the Colorado Department of Education made public on Thursday. [Read More]( [Broncos break ground on new training facility planned for 2026 opening]( Dirt is on the move for a new Broncos training facility. The team broke ground Thursday morning with ceremonial shoveling from Broncos co-owners Greg Penner and Carrie Walton Penner, team president Damani Leech, and additional project leaders at Broncos Park. The team will continue training adjacent to new construction — west of the current facility on the plaza level — until its estimated completion in June 2026. [Read More]( [1 arrested after causing thousands of dollars of property damage in Colorado Springs]( A man was arrested Wednesday evening after causing several thousands of dollars of property damage near Old Colorado City, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department. Police said at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday night, the department received multiple reports of a person throwing rocks at "random" windows in the area of West Colorado Avenue and South 31st Street. [Read More]( [Colorado lawmakers wrap up special session, pass property tax deal]( The second special session of the current General Assembly has concluded, passing two of the 13 bills introduced on Monday. The final vote on House Bill 24B-1001, the deal crafted by legislative leaders, the governor, and the ballot measure proponents, passed on a 30-4 vote in the state Senate Thursday morning, with three of the four "no" votes from Democrats. [Read More]( [Meadow closures for elk rut in Rocky Mountain National Park start September 1]( The annual elk rut in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park is nearing and that means the Park's meadows where the large animals meet for the fall mating season will be closing for parts of the day. [Read More]( [Newborn rattlesnakes at a Colorado 'mega den' are making their live debut]( Today, so many Christian women worry that they’re not doing the “mom thing” right and the prevailing secular culture will have undue influence on their children. Nine years ago, Debra “Deb” Weakly felt the pain of her sisters in faith, and the Colorado Springs mom and grandmother of three opened her heart and home to welcome them into her ever-growing body of knowledge. [Read More]( [Shaken baby: The death and brief life of Dylan Mitchell]( Dylan Mitchell was an infant when he suffered the abuse that stole his future, 18 years before it ended his life. Like his twin brother, Dylan Mitchell was a happy and alert baby, smaller than a skein of yarn at birth, but healthy despite being born five weeks premature to Erin LaForest and Kevin Mitchell of Colorado Springs, in August 2005. Dylan lost all the early ground he’d gained, and everything that lay ahead, the night before Thanksgiving that same year. [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