ICYMI: 'Skis are the things that give my heart wings:' Meet Summit County's founding Nordic father

PLUS |Colorado College Hockey ranked among top 20 teams in the country, Conservatives call for criminal investigation into El Paso County school districts over 'obscene' materials, and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening. Today is Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. ['Skis are the things that give my heart wings:' Meet Summit County's founding Nordic father]( Dayton has been called the founding father of modern Nordic skiing in Summit County, what might be called the state’s skiing capital with its four world-class resorts. [Read More]( [Paul Klee: Credit the Broncos, who will make the NFL playoffs]( This Broncos comeback would make John Elway proud. Considered the same ol’ losers, in this space and most others, the Broncos instead are writing a redemption song. I said six wins. It’s the second week of December, and already I’m dead wrong. [Read More]( [Happy Trails: Garden of the Gods on full display from Foothills Trail]( We're talking about a stretch of the Foothills Regional Trail that skirts Garden of the Gods. We feature points that are, admittedly, unceremonious on either end — south to the edge of the Pleasant Valley neighborhood and north toward Glen Eyrie at a 30th Street underpass (you could proceed here to the slice of greenery that is Blair Bridge Open Space). [Read More]( [Colorado College Hockey ranked among top 20 teams in the country for the first time in over a decade]( Colorado College hockey earned an early Christmas gift by sweeping previously top-ranked North Dakota this past weekend. [Read More]( [Colorado Supreme Court, 4-3, agrees with drastic penalty for misconduct-plagued DA's office]( The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday, by 4-3, agreed a Fremont County judge was within her authority to reduce a first-degree murder charge against a criminal defendant because the district attorney's office was responsible for a pattern of withholding evidence across many cases in violation of its professional obligations. [Read More]( [Conservatives call for criminal investigation into El Paso County school districts over 'obscene' materials]( Nearly 20 local conservative groups have called on 4th Judicial District Attorney Michael Allen to initiate a criminal investigation of El Paso County schools and districts for offering books and other materials the group calls “obscene.” [Read More]( [Colorado Springs Christmas Bird Count volunteers trek, drive miles to count species, single birds]( Christmas bird counters never know what unusual species they might spy during their December perambulations. Their task: Identify species, count individual birds and record the data, all of which is sent to National Audubon Society, a nonprofit environmental organization that protects birds and their habitats. [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