No. 22 CU Buffs vs. Nebraska: 3 takeways from Colorado's blowout win

PLUS | Colorado's U.S. senators join Jason Crow to talk up Buckley Space Force Base's role, future, Two new affordable-housing projects in Colorado Springs delayed but making progress and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening. Today is Saturday, Sept. 09, 2023. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [No. 22 CU Buffs vs. Nebraska: 3 takeways from Colorado's blowout win]( Not a bad way to open the 100th season at Folsom Field. In Deion Sanders’ home debut as the Colorado coach, the No. 22-ranked Buffaloes steam-rolled rival Nebraska by a final of 36-14 on a picture-perfect Saturday afternoon. [Read More]( [Colorado's U.S. senators join Jason Crow to talk up Buckley Space Force Base's role, future]( Buckley Space Force Base will play a crucial role in the nation's defense far into the future if the lawmakers who represent the Aurora base in Washington have anything to say about it. [Read More]( [Two new affordable-housing projects in Colorado Springs delayed but making progress]( As Silver Key Senior Services ceremonially breaks ground later this month on a 50-unit affordable housing complex for low-income older adults on the same property as its headquarters, another affordable housing campus being built on church land for anyone who is low-income is nearing completion. [Read More]( [PHOTOS: Funeral honors Col. Karol Bobko, Air Force Academy's first astronaut]( An American Flag is unfolded in front of retired Air Force Col. Karol Bobko’s family during his funeral at the United States Air Force Academy Cemetery on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Bobko, a member of the Academy’s first graduating class in 1959, went on to become the first graduate to serve as a NASA astronaut. Bobko was the astronaut to fly on the maiden voyages of two shuttles: the Challenger and the Atlantis. [Read More]( [Colorado Springs Utilities appeals stop work order on water tank in Mountain Shadows]( Colorado Springs Utilities is appealing a city order to halt construction of a new 5 million-gallon concrete water tank the agency is building in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood. [Read More]( [Austin Gomber's season ends before Rockies bullpen walks in winning runs]( Austin Gomber's back pain originally cost him a start and will now cost him the rest of the season. The Rockies placed the lefty on the 60-day injured list with lower back inflammation Friday and called up Victor Vodnik from Triple-A Albuquerque. Gomber left his start Aug. 28 in the third inning against Atlanta and later revealed he had been dealing with back soreness for over a month. [Read More]( [US, Vietnam to elevate ties during Biden visit, with eye on China]( U.S. President Joe Biden visits Vietnam's capital city Sunday, where the two countries are expected to declare themselves strategic partners, as the United States seeks to push supply chains from China and both countries to try to counter Beijing's military and diplomatic influence in Asia. [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]( Already subscribed? [Log in.]( Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903