ICYMI | Oral argument heard in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Dear's federal case

PLUS | Colorado Springs the 'best place for dog walking;' Woodland Park school board discusses middle school and high school merger and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening! Today is Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [Oral argument heard in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Dear's federal case]( Attorneys in the federal case against Robert Lewis Dear Jr. — the man who allegedly shot and killed three people at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood in 2015 — presented oral arguments Thursday morning on the decision to have Dear forcibly medicated. [Read More]( [Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center to stage Pulitzer Prize-winning play about finding community while dealing with PTSD, addiction]( Finding a home or community, whether it’s of our own making or one we’re born into, can help save and heal us. In Quiara Alegría Hudes’ 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Water by the Spoonful,” we meet Elliot, a Puerto Rican veteran of the Iraq War. It’s 2009, and he’s been home for six years and is working at a Subway in Philadelphia, where he’s struggling to fit into the community. In a separate storyline, which eventually intersects with Elliot’s, we see an online chat room where three people in recovery from drug addiction have created a community. [Read More]( [8 weekend things to do around Colorado Springs and beyond: Chinese New Year, Bighorn Sheep Day and more]( The Colorado Golf Expo and Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Day come to Colorado Springs this weekend. [Read More]( [Colorado Springs the 'best place for dog walking' nationwide with 1,700 miles of dog-friendly trail]( It's no secret that many Coloradans are big dog lovers, and because of that, many spots around the state cater to these four-legged companions. This makes it no surprise that multiple spots around the Centennial State were ranked among the "best places to walk your dog" nationwide in a recent data analysis, including one city that snagged the first-place spot overall. [Read More]( [Cripple Creek kicks off 15th annual Ice Festival]( The 15th annual Cripple Creek Ice Festival kicks off this weekend, lining the city’s main street with two dozen ice carvers sculpting frozen masterpieces. The five teams of sculptors are at work and, with hundreds of ice blocks at the ready, they’ll continue carving through Feb. 25. Visitors can stop by to watch the ice carvers work anytime, but special festivities will be held on the weekends. [Read More]( [Another historic lake set to return to Colorado Springs park]( Another lake is set to return to a historic greenway in Colorado Springs. "Lake" might be a lofty term for what the city parks department calls Shadow Lake — the body of water that was reborn at Monument Valley Park last summer. The one called Duck Lake will be about half of Shadow Lake's size. [Read More]( [Woodland Park school board discusses middle school and high school merger]( The Woodland Park School District RE-2 board Wednesday night shared for the first time at a regular meeting its plans to merge its middle and high schools. [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