Author: Nadav Soroker

Culinary students from Pikes Peak Community College installed an annual Gingerbread Village in the Chapel Hills Mall on Tuesday, November 28, 2017. The village, created for the Ronald McDonald House charity, will be on display through December 10, and then the creations will be auctioned off to raise money for the charity.

Pumpkins, apples and potatoes flew across a field at the El Paso County Fountain Creek Nature Center, launched by an enthusiastic group of kids, family members and volunteers on Saturday, November 25, 2017. The Punkin’ Chunkin’ event was the first of its kind at the center, and disposed of dozens of pumpkins across the field…

Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Great Outdoors Colorado hosted a Fresh Air Friday as a shopping alternative, opening all 41 state parks for free on Friday, November 24, 2017. Hundreds of people explored parks in the Pikes Peak Region, with gate counters estimating 90 carloads of people into Cheyenne Mountain State Park by 10 a.m.…

Hordes of runners, many in turkey regalia, packed Austin Bluffs Parkway for the Pikes Peak Turkey Trot 5K on Thursday, November 23, 2017. The YMCA and Kaiser sponsored the run.

Twenty-two officers received awards at the Colorado Springs Police Department’s 32nd annual Medal of Valor Luncheon at the Broadmoor hotel on Monday, November 20, 2017. Officer Jeffry Whittmore received the Medal of Honor while 15 Medals of Valor and 12 Distinguished Service awards were given out.