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6 fun-filled water parks around Denver and Colorado Springs

Updated 1 year ago

Much of our nostalgia lingers on sunny days at the pool, splashing and sliding and canon-balling before a sweet treat back with Mom. You might’ve...

6 great hikes to alpine lakes in Colorado

Updated 1 year ago

For the sturdy explorer in Colorado, the rarified air of 14,000 feet might be the ultimate reward after a hard hike. Or it might be...

No ocean, no problem: Coloradans want to scuba dive

Updated 1 year ago

Michelle Courington had lived around the Cayman Islands and Costa Rica before moving to a place seemingly unfit for her scuba diving passion. She moved...

Go-to float trips for views and urban spoils around Colorado

Updated 1 year ago

While we earn our Colorado stripes by roaring through whitewater rapids, there’s nothing wrong with taking the slow lane once in a while. Nothing says...

Garden of the Gods: A gift that keeps on giving | Best of the Springs

Updated 1 year ago

Cedar Springs Hospital celebrates 100 years: Past, present, future

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Savvy Senior: Who should be screened for lung cancer?

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Climate change threatens Silverspot Butterfly

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Savvy Senior: How to tap underutilized burial benefits for veterans

Updated 2 years ago

Joe Rantz overcame childhood scarlet fever, abandonment and depression to become the oak-strong oarsman of the winning boat that shocked the world in the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Updated 2 years ago

‘We all belong’: Hunters of color work to grow community, outreach

Updated 2 years ago

Pikes Pick: Cheers to 10 years of Manitou Brewing

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Colorado Springs welcomes new Cuban restaurant

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Savvy Senior: How to get ‘extra help’ paying for prescriptions

Updated 2 years ago

Understanding the power of relationships in the natural world will help us heal the people we share our communities with

Updated 2 years ago

Suzanne Simard grew up in the woods. Her family worked as loggers, and when she was old enough, she, too, could be found in the...

Pikes Pick: 50% off at Oskar Blues through Instagram

Updated 2 years ago

No joke: Through March, Oskar Blues is offering 50% off orders at its four locations, including downtown Colorado Springs. See the rules of the Instagram...