Colorado’s first Buc-ee’s has an opening date

PLUS | Colorado's JR Payne named national Coach of the Year finalist; BMW Championship buzz already high with tournament six months away and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening! Today is Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [Colorado’s first Buc-ee’s has an opening date]( The cult-favorite Texas gas station chain boasting the ”world's cleanest bathrooms” will debut in Colorado on March 18, Buc-ee's announced Wednesday. The new travel center will open in northern Colorado in Johnstown off Interstate 25 and County Road 48, marking the chain’s expansion into the state. [Read More]( [GOP candidate Nikki Haley to host rally in Colorado]( Republican candidate Nikki Haley, who has vowed to keep fighting presumptive nominee Donald Trump, is hosting a rally in Colorado next week. Colorado voters began receiving presidential primary ballots last week. [Read More]( [Wheeling and dealing: Bike swap returning to Colorado Springs]( When he organized his first bike swap in 2017 in Colorado Springs, Gabe Alvarado admits "it was kind of a selfish thing." The local mountain biker didn't want the annual event to go away — his chance to score deals on odds and ends for the riding season ahead. "And I knew that a lot of my friends really enjoyed it as well," Alvarado said. [Read More]( [Colorado's JR Payne named national Coach of the Year finalist again]( JR Payne is in elite company. Again. The Colorado women's basketball coach was one of 15 coaches listed as a candidate for the 2024 Werner Ladder Naismith Women's Coach of the Year on Wednesday. [Read More]( [Pine Creek’s Brooklyn Stewart scores her 1,000th point, Leekaya Burke-Perryman locks down Fossil Ridge to help Eagles advance in postseason]( Pine Creek struggled to shoo away Fossil Ridge for the first 32 minutes of the game. In the final four minutes of the contest, though, the Eagles showed Fossil Ridge how to finish a game. The No. 5-seeded Eagles closed the final 4:02 of their first-round playoff game on an 11-2 run to defeat the No. 28-seeded Sabercats 41-32 on Tuesday. [Read More]( [Queer Ski Weekend coming to Keystone, Colorado in March | Whiteout]( Keystone Resort and Avon, Colorado nonprofit Mountain Pride are hosting the first ever Queer Ski Weekend event on the slopes of the Summit County resort in early March. [Read More]( [BMW Championship buzz already high with tournament six months away | Golf Insider]( In six months, 50 of the best PGA Tour golfers will be in Colorado playing at Castle Pines Golf Club. And the preparation for the BMW Championship is well underway. [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