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On July 22-24 and 29-31, thousands of athletes of all ages and skill levels will embark on Colorado Springs for the annual Rocky Mountain State Games. Participants in a wide range of sporting events compete for medals, earn participation medals, and in some cases strive for the opportunity to compete in The State Games of America.

The path to creative and monetary fulfillment is a tricky balance. For Black Monarch Hotel owner and continuing Victor visionary Adam Zimmerli, it is a pendulum of time, learning and instinct that brought him to this point in life.

Now that summer is here, America’s favorite pastime is in full swing. Since the weather has warmed up, baseball fans everywhere are excited to hit the diamond and enjoy a game while eating hot dogs, sipping cold beverages and cheering on the Colorado Springs Snow Sox.

Eastern Colorado is marked by expansive prairie, rolling hills and arroyos, windstorms, and a rural population that calls it all home. Soon, it may also be the home of a proposed $1.7 billion energy transmission system, known as the Colorado Power Pathway, built by Xcel Energy. Spokesperson Randy Fordice from Xcel Energy was able to provide some information about this proposal.

Art is subjective to the eye of the beholder, but the key is appealing to the right buyer especially if the focus is local artists. Owner/curator Abigail Kreuser of Kreuser Gallery in Colorado Springs understands this facet between art and commerce but also the effectiveness in highlighting a diversity of talent.

Located in the heart of downtown Manitou Springs sits a historic building that has struck the heart strings of locals for several decades. Many who walk by the big blue building near Manitou’s clock tower can sense that the place is magical from the sidewalk.

The essence of Colorado moonshine is a specific art, influenced in part by its organized crime history, especially during Prohibition. That love of history mixed with his own creative process motivated Army veteran Mike Girard to open his own distillery: 3 Hundred Days Of Shine in Monument.

Anyone familiar with Colorado has likely heard the phrase, “Don’t like the weather? Wait 10 minutes, it’ll change!” As with any cliché, there is some truth there. One person seeking to change the relationship between forecasters and the public is independent meteorologist Kody Wilson.

Making quilts can be a matter of will but also individuality and a sense of focus. Nani Kaai, owner of Na-La's Quilt Shoppe in Fountain, Colorado, was drawn by the sense of design and geometry.

Over the past few months, there has been an ongoing fight between a group of unnamed citizens and the developer of the new Sprouts grocery store on South Nevada Avenue. The argument roots from a new storm water system the grocery store wants to implement underneath its parking lot.