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Over the last year, federal and state law enforcement agencies have launched a campaign to increase awareness of crimes related to online sexual extortion. Many news sources across the country have reported that these types of extortion cases have increased over the last couple of years especially when they involve victims as minors.

Even people who have lived in Colorado Springs for decades often don’t know the significance of the 130-year-old building that sits on the corner of Union Boulevard and Pikes Peak Avenue. For the last several years, the property once coined “The Castle on the Hill,” has sat in a shadow with many not knowing its purpose or future.

The Maverick Observer emailed 10 Mayoral Survey questions to the candidates vying for the mayor position in Colorado Springs. We received answers from Sallie Clark, Andrew Dalby, Darryl Glenn, Longinos Gonzalez, Christopher Mitchell, Yemi Mobolade, Tom Strand, and Wayne Williams. Lawrence Martinez emailed us answers to a different survey. His answers were not included. We did not receive answers from Jim Miller, Kallan Reece Rodebaugh, and John Tig Tiegen.

Brent Baldwin, the owner of Veterans Wine & Liquor in Colorado Springs, knows that if people work together in the community to push local, especially craft beer and spirits, everybody wins. His approach is knowing what he likes, and understanding the supply chain but also knowing what his customers want and what the brewers and distillers can provide.

Mark Anthony of Mark Anthony's Pretzels in Colorado Springs makes his food for the love of it. A transplant from Pennsylvania, he has lived and worked everywhere from Germany to Texas to Kentucky. Anthony is known in the Colorado Springs area for his pretzels. But his diversity of food knowledge and preparation stretches from meatloaf family meals to Italian specialties and maybe even a pretzel Cuban sandwich.

Everyone is accustomed to hearing the terms El Nino and La Nina and how they relate to weather activity. But even though most are familiar with the terms, some are confused as to what the weather-related phrases exactly mean and how the occurrences can change weather patterns.

Elevating Mexican cuisine with a sense of fusion is a paramount experience for Milagros Cocina Mexicana co-owner Eric Morales. In collaboration with their executive chef Roberto Reyes, the intention in many of their dishes and their setting is to invoke a sense of style with new possibilities.

Club Q is planning on a 2023 reopening. According to general manager, Ms. Beyonca, “The club is not having a grand opening. Nor is the club just getting back to business. It’s more of a homecoming. It’s still our home.”

As the cost of living in many cities across the country continues to rise, more families are choosing to have both parents work to afford their lifestyles. In recent years, the tradition of having one parent in the workforce and the other one home caring for kids has become harder to accomplish.

Jim Little understands that the spirits business is changing and that the consumer is changing with it. With Coaltrain Fine Wine, Craft Beer & Spirits in Colorado Springs, which has been around since 1981, owner Little strives to keep an array of spirits on the shelves.