Local man a 'Carnegie Hero'; Studying 'forever chemicals' in southern El Paso County; Right call by Fangio?

All the news you can use in a bite-sized format Hi {NAME}, Welcome to your Tuesday! I've been away from the office for more than a week, but it's good to be back and into the news. At the top of my reading list today is Paul Klee's column about the 0-3 Denver Broncos. Klee writes that head coach Vic Fangio is delivering the right kind of message despite the tough times in Broncos Country. [Read more](. The latest [Weekly News Roundup]( podcast episode is now available. This week, The Gazette's [Katie Klann]( [Lance Benzel]( and [Jakob Rodgers]( preview season three of the [Colorado Cold Case]( podcast. The new season investigates the unsolved death of Tim Watkins. Gazette podcasts are free so I highly recommend checking them out. In unrelated news, today is the National Voter Registration Day, National Punctuation day, Innergize Day and National Cherries Jubilee Day. [Click here]( to register to vote. Without further ado, here are 5 things worth sharing today. 1. The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission recognized Richard Krochta (above) on Monday for his heroic efforts in August 2018, when he pulled two people from their car after it went off the road a few miles west of Woodland Park, hit a tree and burst into flames. He was one of 18 people across the U.S. and Canada to receive the Carnegie Medal, which honors “those who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others.” ...[Read more.]( 2. Colorado has one of the worst drug problems of any state in the country, recent studies show. Colorado’s drug fatalities passed 1,000 in 2017 for the first time. And most of those deaths can be blamed on opioids — prescription painkillers and their illicit cousin, heroin. What solutions, tools and resources are out there for us as a community, and as individuals, to fight back against this epidemic and addiction crisis in our state? That is the main question we’ll attempt to answer at the Gazette and KKTV’s Community Conversation on the subject of opioids and addiction at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Studio Bee in the Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave. ...[Read more.]( 3. On the heels of major outdoor concerts this past summer (Garth Brooks, The Rolling Stones, Billy Joel), country music superstar Kenny Chesney will perform next year in Denver. Chesney will bring his "Chillaxification" tour to Empower Field at Mile High on Aug. 8, 2020. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Oct. 4...[Read more. ]( 4. The Colorado School of Public Health will receive at least $1 million to begin studying the health effects that toxic “forever chemicals” have had on 1,300 children and adults living in Security, Widefield and Fountain. The research team was among six selected across the nation for the federally funded study — a first-of-its-kind effort to understand the diseases caused by exposure to perfluorinated compounds through drinking water...[Read more](. 5. More new apartments are planned for one of Colorado Springs’ hottest growth areas. Bohannon Development, an El Paso, Texas, real estate company, has proposed a 280-unit apartment complex on nearly 13 acres southeast of Powers Boulevard and Old Ranch Road in Cordera on the far north side, according to documents filed with city planners...[Read more.]( Photo of the day - The Colorado Springs sign that greets visitors to the city is being redone to promote Colorado Springs as Olympic City USA. Andy Roling, above, and Scotty Ahrens with Gen3 work on the sign just south of the North Gate exit on Interstate 25 on Monday. The sign is to be finished by Oct. 10, long before the opening of the new U.S. Olympic Museum in downtown Colorado Springs. The new sign is being funded by private donations. Photo by Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette. You can see all of The Gazette's photo galleries right [here](. Thank you for reading! If you like this newsletter and want to support it, forward this email to a friend. If you’re seeing this newsletter for the first time, [you can subscribe here]( free. No spam. Unsubscribe whenever you want.  Jerry Herman Jerry Herman is The Gazette's digital director. He's a graduate of Minnesota State-Moorhead, is a lifelong Minnesota Twins fan, and is a fan of Colorado's hot springs. Twitter - [@coloherman]( Email - jerry.herman@gazette.com [Subscribe to this Newsletter!]( [Subscribe to free Gazette podcasts!]( The Colorado Springs Gazette, L.L.C. | 100 E. Pikes Peak Ave., Suite 100, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 [Unsubscribe {EMAIL}]( [Update Profile]( | [Our Privacy Policy]( | [About Constant Contact]( Sent by noreply@gazette.com