Air Force Academy senior wins Miss Colorado competition

PLUS l How Nuggets star Nikola Jokic inspires Serbians in Denver and across the world; Casa Bonita's openings bracket decades of Colorado memories and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs AM Update [News]( [Sports]( [Opinion]( [Life]( Welcome to Tuesday. It’s May 30, 2023. Take 5 minutes to catch up on what's happening in Colorado. In today’s edition: - [Air Force Academy senior wins Miss Colorado competition]( - [How Nuggets star Nikola Jokic inspires Serbians in Denver and across the world]( - [Casa Bonita's openings bracket decades of Colorado memories]( [Air Force Academy senior wins Miss Colorado competition]( n Air Force Academy senior is the newest Miss Colorado. Madison Marsh, an Arkansas native and reigning Miss Academy, was crowned on Saturday after beating out about 20 local pageant winners for the title. It was Marsh’s third entry in the state competition. [Read More]( Did you miss this? [Phone apps for the battlefield: Soldiers test new system featuring real-time mapping, chat]( [Colorado College alum Liz Cheney delivers commencement speech; graduates turn chairs away from stage in protest]( [Families of fallen Colorado Springs-area heroes receive mortgage payoffs from nonprofit]( [Growing up with Nuggets in your blood]( My father died six weeks before the Broncos beat the Packers in the 1998 Super Bowl. (My nephew and I, watching those tense final seconds together, were convinced it was Ralph, intervening from … well, wherever he was … who really knocked down that last Brett Favre pass, not John Mobley.) [Read More]( [Almost famous: The Colorado peaks that just missed 14er status]( The reaction was different to Andrew Hamilton’s two proud records set in the Colorado mountains. One in 2015 had him summit all 54 of the state’s 14,000-foot peaks in a single push faster than anyone before. [Read More]( [How Nuggets star Nikola Jokic inspires Serbians in Denver and across the world]( Ever since a different Nikola (Jokic) moved to Denver — leading the Nuggets to their first NBA Finals appearance in history — the Serbian community here and across the globe has reason to celebrate. [Read More]( MORE TOP STORIES In Nepal, [national parks visitors aren’t allowed to walk in and explore on their own]( unlike in Colorado. They are required to hire a registered guide, which is a very good thing. Police are investigating after [two fights broke out at the site of a softball tournament in southeast Colorado Springs]( Sunday afternoon. Across the past 50 years, [there have been a few constants in Colorado like Casa Bonita,]( but some things, like endless sopapillas, transcend time and politics. Before you go... [This morning's weather from American Furniture Warehouse:]( Partly to mostly cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 77F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. [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