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Have you wondered where unemployment benefits come from? It's not the federal government. Indeed, state unemployment benefits are paid for using the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund. This is a fund that each employer pays into, making the fund entirely employer funded.

The love of cookies is universal. From Macau to Buenos Aires to New York to Cairo, each place has their cookies with their own unique identity and taste. Brooke Orist, owner/operator of Sasquatch Cookies, has lived much of her life in the nonprofit world traveling the globe before returning to her home in Colorado Springs to bring her experiences into the culinary dessert realm.

Delta variant, vaccine passports, mask mandates, oh my! It's the start of another school year and the official information coming out about COVID-19 is confusing. Plus, it doesn't help that the information we've received from public-health authorities appears influenced more by politics than science.

It's no secret that Colorado's seen a considerable influx of people over the past 10 years. Indeed, according to the most recent U.S. Census, Colorado gained 744,518 new residents between 2010 and 2020. That's an increase of 14.8 percent and they all need affordable housing.

Bikes exist for every focus and identity, but not every bike is made the same. A few years ago, the advent of the “fat bike” with larger tires and the ability to handle rougher terrain with smoothness gained a fervent following in the industry.

Over the weekend the community was challenged to communicate with the mayor, city council and county commissioners about clearance evacuation times and the safety of citizens residing in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI).

What do you think of when someone mentions Critical Race Theory (CRT)? Perhaps you follow Fox and think CRT is left-wing ideology designed to brainwash kids. Or perhaps you follow CNN and think CRT is necessary to break down a system that's inherently racist.

As a community we lived through the devastating fires of Waldo Canyon in 2012 and Black Forest in 2013, but did you know that the last Wildfire Evacuation Plan was from 2010 or that you might live in a Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) area?

With her on-site, premier salon approach to bridal styling with a team of artists, Brandi Kwesell, owner of The Day On-Location Beauty, understands the balance of poise and heightened expectations for that one special day – but also being true to oneself.

It's no secret that Colorado's seen an influx of people over the past 10 years. Indeed, according to the most recent U.S. Census, Colorado gained 744,518 new residents between 2010 and 2020. That's an increase of 14.8 percent.