Todd Helton elected to Hall of Fame, joins Larry Walker as sole Rockies

PLUS | King Soopers debuts Wednesday in fast-growing Falcon; Free afterschool sports program in Colorado Springs expands and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening! Today is Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [Todd Helton elected to Hall of Fame, joins Larry Walker as sole Rockies]( Todd Helton spent 17 seasons aiding the Rockies, and his contributions were rewarded after a six-year wait on the Hall of Fame ballot. The former Colorado first baseman and current special assistant was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday with a final-day boost to get over the final hump. [Read More]( [National Western Stock Show hits top 10 in attendance, 2nd highest livestock sales in history]( The 2024 National Western Stock Show rode off into the sunset Sunday after a 16-day run. It brought 671,467 visitors to Denver and sold $1,374,000 worth of livestock during the Junior Livestock Champions auction — the second-highest sale total in show history. [Read More]( [Large amounts of firearms, narcotics and cash found at Colorado Springs residence]( A man was arrested after an "extraordinary amount," of cash, narcotics and firearms were discovered inside a Colorado Springs residence, according to police. [Read More]( [King Soopers debuts Wednesday in fast-growing Falcon, just outside Colorado Springs]( Grocery giant King Soopers will open one of its large-format marketplace stores at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Falcon Marketplace shopping center, northwest of Woodmen and Meridian roads in unincorporated Falcon, just outside Colorado Springs. [Read More]( [Doctor killed in Colorado in season's first fatal avalanche]( The first fatal avalanche of Colorado's snow season has occurred, involving a backcountry snowboarder that was caught by a slide and killed south of the town of Ophir. [Read More]( [New Colorado Springs community arts center focuses on at-risk, underserved youth]( Shutter and Strum, a community arts center in the Knob Hill neighborhood, offers classes, workshops and programs in film and darkroom photography, gallery curation and management, songwriting, music performance and more. [Read More]( [Free afterschool sports program in Colorado Springs expands]( The Colorado Springs Sports Corporation recently announced the expansion of a free afterschool program designed to teach kids valuable life skills through exposure to a variety of sports. [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