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04/05/2026

02/18/2026

Growing up in Colorado Springs I remember this place

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas and Happy New year! Have a blessed and safe Holiday season!

10/25/2025

⚠️TRAVEL ALERT⚠️ | Northbound I-225 closure at 6th Avenue in Aurora

Motorists are urged to plan ahead for a full overnight closure of northbound I-225 at 6th Avenue on Sunday (10/26/2025) and Monday (10/27/2025) for rehabilitation of I-225 bridges over 6th and 2nd avenues. Lanes will be closed 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night.

This closure will allow crews to put down asphalt on the bridges’ surface to help even out the pavement. Later in the week there will be additional overnight double lane closures on north and southbound I-225 to finish work.

📰 Read more: https://www.codot.gov/news/2025/october/overnight-closure-nb-i225-oct26
🌐 Project Website: codot.gov/projects/i225bridgerehabilitation
📱Project Hotline: 720-634-5333
📩 Project Email: [email protected]

10/11/2025

You never know where the road of life is going to take you

Taylor “Ghost” Morrison, 64, wasn’t supposed to be on that back road in the Colorado mountains.
His GPS had died.
A wrong turn led him down a narrow path few ever took.

Then he saw it — a flicker of color beneath the brush.
A shoe.
And then… a child.

A missing girl, barely alive after six days lost in the wilderness.

Ghost wrapped her in his jacket, found a faint pulse, and refused to leave her side.
No signal. No help. Just faith.

He rode until his phone connected, called for rescue, and waited — talking softly to keep her awake, humming old songs into the silence.

When paramedics arrived, they said the search had been called off.
Ghost had done what no one else could.

Weeks later, a letter came:
“Thank you for finding me. Mom says you’re my angel.”
Inside was a patch — a motorcycle wheel with angel wings.

Now, every year, Ghost rides that same road.
Because sometimes, a wrong turn isn’t a mistake.
It’s a calling. ❤️

👉 Full story in comments.

10/01/2025

Yellowstone Bison Sets New Record for Tourist Toss

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - Park officials confirmed yesterday that a bison has set a new record for highest tourist launch, flipping an unsuspecting visitor nearly 21 feet into the air.

Witnesses say the tourist had been attempting to take a “selfie with the beast” when the animal, apparently unimpressed, lowered its head and delivered a textbook flip that has since been dubbed “The Yellowstone Yeet.”

“The previous record was 15 feet, held by a particularly cranky bull near Old Faithful in 2019,” said park spokesperson Dale Hargrove. “This new toss clears that by a full story and a half. It’s really something to behold, though we strongly advise against getting close enough to see it in person.”

The airborne tourist reportedly landed in a patch of soft grass and walked away with nothing more than bruised pride and a viral TikTok video. Bison, meanwhile, have been seen strutting around the area as though celebrating their new title.

Park rangers are now considering setting up bleachers and a scoreboard near the Hayden Valley in anticipation of “future attempts.”

08/23/2025

⚠️UPDATE⚠️ | 8/28 12 p.m. | Paving operations are complete. Mobile striping operations will occur overnight tonight with all roadways entering the CO 21 (Powers Boulevard) and Milton E. Proby Parkway intersection will be open to traffic.

⚠️TRAVEL ALERT⚠️ | Paving operations at intersection of CO 21 (Powers Boulevard) and Milton E. Proby Parkway in Colorado Springs

Crews will perform overnight paving operations at the intersection of Powers Boulevard and Milton E. Proby Parkway from Sunday, Aug. 24 through Thursday, Aug. 28. Crews will remove the existing asphalt followed by a new asphalt overlay to improve smoothness and safety for drivers.

🚧Traffic Impacts:
🔸From 6 p.m. to 5 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 24 to Thursday, Aug. 28, north- and southbound CO 21 (Powers Boulevard) will be reduced to a single lane in each direction from mile point 137 (north of Grinnell Boulevard) to 138 (north of Milton E. Proby Parkway).
🔸From 7 p.m. to 4 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 24 to Thursday, Aug. 28, Milton E. Proby Parkway will be closed to east- and westbound traffic between Hancock Expressway and Peak Innovation Loop.
🔸Speeds will be reduced through the work zone.
🔸Motorists should slow down as they approach the work zone, drive with caution, allow extra space between vehicles and give themselves extra travel time

📰More info: https://www.codot.gov/news/2025/august/paving-co21-aug24-28

07/21/2025

06/25/2025

If you’re trucking in a truck with a pre-2000 engine and running on paper logs, just keep on trucking. There’s no truth to a rumor circulating the internet saying the ELD exemption is ending.

📲 Learn more from Land Line Media:
https://landline.media/ooida-truck-driver-retention-problem-caused-by-low-pay-working-conditions/

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06/21/2025

06/18/2025