Voter Guide: Colorado Springs poses TABOR question to fund new police academy

PLUS | Tattered Cover bookstore files for bankruptcy, will close Colorado Springs store; Colorado Springs organization to expand experimental warming shelters for homeless people and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening. Today is Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [Voter Guide: Colorado Springs poses TABOR question to fund new police academy]( Colorado Springs voters will decide whether the city can keep millions in excess tax revenues to help fund the construction of a new police training facility. Ballots for the Nov. 7 coordinated election will go out to voters beginning this week. [Read More]( [Bear euthanized after being hit by vehicle on I-25 in Colorado Springs Monday]( A bear was euthanized after being hit by a car on Interstate 25 in Colorado Springs Monday, KKTV reports. At about 12:30 p.m., the bear, which appeared to be a cub, was spotted on I-25 near the Woodmen exit on the northbound side of the highway. [Read More]( [Javonte Williams feeling 'closer to 100%' as Broncos focus on running game]( One of these days, Javonte Williams just might get 20 carries in a game again. Or at least 15. The Broncos running back returned for the start of the regular season after suffering a serious knee injury last October, but he hasn’t had more than 13 attempts in a game yet. Part of that has to do with the Broncos not wanting to overwork him in his return from injury, some of it because of the use of multiple backs and part of it due to 1-5 Denver trailing in most games and abandoning the run. [Read More]( [Tattered Cover bookstore files for bankruptcy, will close Colorado Springs store: Report]( The Tattered Cover bookstore chain has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, three years after the iconic Denver business was sold to an investment group, and plans to close three locations — including one that just opened little more than a year ago in downtown Colorado Springs, according to an email from store management. [Read More]( [Driver of Honda sought as suspect in fatal Colorado Springs hit-and-run]( Colorado Springs police are seeking help to identify the suspect involved in a Sept. 21 fatal auto-pedestrian crash. Shortly after 2 a.m., police were notified of a crash involving a pedestrian and a vehicle near the intersection of Fountain and Murray boulevards. The pedestrian died on the scene; the driver fled and has not been located. [Read More]( [Happy Trails: A cabin, pond and Pikes Peak views spoil on loop at Mueller State Park]( Throw a dart at Mueller State Park’s trail map, and you’re likely to be satisfied by the hike. At last visit, we did not go with much of a plan. We would simply follow the fall colors. Turns out much of the leaves had been blown out. [Read More]( [Colorado Springs organization to expand experimental warming shelters for homeless people]( After a homeless man was found frozen to death under the South Tejon Street bridge during an arctic cold snap in November, Melissa Oskin wondered if his death and that of other street people who depart this life because of exposure to the elements could have been prevented. She rallied the nonprofit organization she founded in February 2022, Hope COS, to find out. [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