ICYMI | PM Update | 2 hospitalized in drug overdose at Colorado Springs middle school

PLUS | Former Colorado Springs pastor sentenced for Jan. 6 Capitol breach + County Board of Health takes a stance on marijuana ballot measures [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening. Today is Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [2 hospitalized in drug overdose at Colorado Springs middle school; 1 arrested]( Two Colorado Springs middle students were hospitalized and a man was arrested after an overdose on psilocybin mushrooms at the school Tuesday morning, police said. [Read More]( [Woman creates more than 20 incubator covers for NICU babies at Children's Hospital Colorado]( A Texas woman with Pikes Peak-area ties has answered Children’s Hospital Colorado’s request for help making the first weeks of life easier for some of their littlest patients, and hopes others will do the same. In August, the Colorado Springs hospital’s neonatal intensive-care unit, or NICU, asked the public to donate to protect premature babies from too much light and sound before they’re ready. [Read More]( [Jets QB Aaron Rodgers calls Broncos CB Pat Surtain ‘phenomenal’ ahead of Week 4 matchup]( Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers recognizes a key battle in Sunday’s game against the Broncos. Wide receiver Garrett Wilson vs. cornerback Pat Surtain. [Read More]( [Former Colorado Springs pastor sentenced to prison for actions during Jan. 6 Capitol breach]( A federal judge in the nation's capital sentenced a Colorado Springs man on Wednesday to seven months in prison after he was found guilty of multiple criminal charges for his role in storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. [Read More]( [Progress continues toward vision of Colorado Springs open space]( The vision for an open space in the center of Colorado Springs came closer to complete this summer. That's the 584 acres of meadows and woods surrounding Pulpit Rock that collectively came to be called Austin Bluffs Open Space in a 2020 master plan. [Read More]( [Free fall foliage tours to be held at Garden of the Gods park]( Looking for a chance to see fall foliage at one of the most iconic parks in the American West? Here's your chance. Garden of the Gods park interpreter Sam Owens is set to lead multiple free one to two mile guided walks through the destination that will highlight the autumn colors on trees like cottonwoods, sumacs and oaks. The guide plans to cover topics of ecological and scientific nature as they relate to fall. [Read More]( [El Paso County Board of Health takes a stance on recreational marijuana ballot measures]( The El Paso County Board of Public Health has officially come out against a ballot question that will ask Colorado Springs citizens to vote on allowing existing medical marijuana shops to sell recreational marijuana in city limits. [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