Christian Murdock

A waning gibbous moon sets behind the peaks west of the 11,539-foot summit of Hoosier Pass Friday morning, Jan. 17, 2025. The next full moon is Wednesday, Feb. 12. (The

Reid Wiecks, the chair of the Palmer Lake Parks Commission, walks around the main building on the Elephant Rock property Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Palmer Lake, Colo. The property,

Sand Creek's Mathew Starks, bottom, and The Classical Academy's Ky Walker scramble for a loose ball during the first half Thursday, Jan. 23, 2024, at Sand Creek High School in

Sand Creek fights off late surge by The Classical Academy to win 62-55 at Sand Creek Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

Bill Craighead, the director of the UCCS Economic Forum, speak during the VIP forum at the Colorado Springs Chamber and EDC's annual Business Snapshot , formerly the State of the

Damon Winters, president of Winters Electric, stands among some of his company's work trucks Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, outside the Colorado Springs business. Winters Electric of Colorado Springs is owed

Licensed professional counselor Dara Hoffman, who identifies as nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, shows the “X” designation on Hoffman's newest passport on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, in Colorado Springs. .

New owner Holly Hanel, left, and Emily Bear make cookies Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, at Mary's Mountain Cookies in downtown Colorado Springs. Hanel and her husband, Keeley Hanel, took over

Students return to Palmer High School during lunch Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2028, in Colorado Springs. The current building was built in 1940 by the Works Progress Administration. (The Gazette, Christian

Zoe Clark, a manager at Mountain Wookies, talks Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, about the problems related to the homeless outside the business along the eastside of S. Nevada Street. The