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Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Upgrades underway for Colorado Springs' Rock Island Trail (koaa.com) — Major upgrades are underway on the Rock Island Trail on Colorado Springs' east side, adding two miles of urban trail, a 210-foot Sand Creek bridge, and a safer crossing at Peterson Road. Families who've avoided the busy road hope flashing beacons and a median island will finally make reaching nearby parks and trail segments feel safe. Expect minor traffic impacts near Peterson during construction, which the city aims to finish by winter.
2. Operation Foster helps ensure troops can return home to their pets (gazette.com) — A Colorado Springs family is opening their home to pets of deployed service members through Operation Foster, a nonprofit that matches troops and veterans with volunteer foster caregivers. Their seven-month experience caring for two cats highlighted how local residents can ease military families' stress and support those seeking medical or mental health treatment while away from their animals.
3. Meet Oreo! The HSPPR Pet of the week (krdo.com) — Oreo, a 5-year-old pit bull mix, is waiting for a new home at the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region in Colorado Springs. She's crate and potty trained, good with kids and other dogs, and her $99 adoption fee includes vaccinations, a vet exam voucher, microchip, and spay. You can meet her at the Abbot Lane shelter or browse other adoptable pets online.
4. What new U.S. tariffs on Canada could mean for Southern Colorado consumers (kktv.com) — New U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods could soon raise prices and limit availability of Canadian alcohol for Colorado Springs shoppers, with one local liquor store already bracing for higher costs and shortages. A UCCS economics professor warns that if the trade dispute drags on, it could influence broader consumer spending and add uncertainty for Southern Colorado businesses.
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