Air Force Academy cadet wins national skydiving award

PLUS l Mark Kiszla: It's painful for Broncos Country to watch Kyle Shanahan become more than Son of a Mastermind and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs AM Update [News]( [Sports]( [Opinion]( [Life]( Good morning! It’s Wednesday, Feb. 07, 2024. Take 5 minutes to catch up on what's happening in Colorado. [In today’s edition:]( - [Air Force Academy cadet wins national skydiving award]( - [Mark Kiszla: It's painful for Broncos Country to watch Kyle Shanahan become more than Son of a Mastermind]( - [Wolf captured on camera near road in Colorado]( [Air Force Academy cadet wins national skydiving award]( When Brock Holmgreen first arrived at the Air Force Academy, a single tandem jump — a gift from his parents when he turned 18 — was the sum total of his skydiving experience. Less than four years later, Holmgreen, a senior, is a collegiate skydiving champion and a core member of the Academy’s Wings of Blue parachute team. [Read More]( Did you miss these stories? [PHOTOS: Wings of Blue Practice]( [Air Force women's basketball guard Keelie O'Hollaren earns Mountain West honor | Colorado Sunshine]( [US country singer Toby Keith dies aged 6](2 [[SPONSORED] Unbox courage, confidence, and character!]( Your Girl Scout cookie purchase(s) supports female entrepreneurs as they run a small business, earn money and acquire financial literacy skills. Your order today helps unbox their courage, confidence and character tomorrow! [Read More]( More top stories: [Mark Kiszla: It's painful for Broncos Country to watch Kyle Shanahan become more than Son of a Mastermind]( The football genius of Mike earned him a nickname: The Mastermind. Funny, players now sometimes apply the same term to his son. [Read More]( [El Paso, Denver buckle under strain of immigration surges | Border Crossroads]( Editor's note: Welcome to Border Crossroads, a series of dispatches from America's southern border, where reporter Nico Brambila and multimedia producer Tom Hellauer are chronicling the crisis that is spilling over into Denver and other interior cities. [Read More]( [Wolf captured on camera near road in Colorado]( Another wolf sighting has been captured on camera in Colorado, about a month and a half after the species was formally reintroduced to the state. [Read More]( More Top Stories: A dog was reunited with his family [after getting stuck in rocky terrain]( in northeast Colorado Springs. Just before 11 a.m. on Monday, the Colorado Springs Fire Department announced on X that crews had rescued a dog named Milo after he slid down snowy rocks. Services for former Sen. Keith King, [who died Saturday, Feb. 3,]( at age 75, in Colorado Springs, have been announced. The driver killed in a serious car crash in late January [has been identified by the El Paso County Coroner's Office](, according to a Tuesday morning announcement from the Colorado Springs Police Department. Before you go... [This morning's weather from American Furniture Warehouse:]( Intervals of clouds and sunshine. High 53F. Winds SSW 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