COS Town Tidings #25-020

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📰 MLK Day What’s Open (And Closed) Today🌄

📰 Icy Roads Won’t Melt Anytime Soon🚗

📰 More Families Turning to LEAP for Heat🌡

Wellness: 🤏 Pinched Nerve Relief in Just Minutes

📆 Local Events | 📅 SAVE THE DATE

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🌦 COS Weather - Extreme cold with flurries before warming up tomorrow

Police: 🚨 LOCATED Missing Teen Alert: Help Find Cyrena

It’s so cold...

👉My phone’s weather app froze 🤣

🌄 MLK Day What’s Open (And Closed) Today

In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day today, several city offices and facilities, including community centers, administrative offices, and cultural sites, will be closed. However, some local attractions like Garden of the Gods Park and Pikes Peak will remain open, weather permitting. The city’s golf courses and dining spots at Patty Jewett and Valley Hi will also welcome visitors during regular hours. Mountain Metro Transit buses will continue their regular schedule.

Be sure to check weather updates for outdoor activities and plan ahead for closures. 

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🚗 Icy Roads Won’t Melt Anytime Soon

Even with little snow overnight, the roads in Colorado Springs remain snow-packed and icy due to freezing temperatures that is contributing to black ice and preventing any significant thaw. Snow plow crews were focusing on clearing key roadways to improve safety, but the icy conditions will persist on secondary roads, making travel slower than usual.

Drivers should allow extra time, maintain safe distances, and stay alert, especially with below zero and single digit temps. Evening crews reassess road conditions to keep ahead of the weather. Full Story

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🌡 More Families Turning to LEAP for Heat

Colorado’s Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) is stepping up to help families stay warm this winter. As extreme cold is here, applications for heating assistance are up 5% compared to last year, with El Paso County approving 7,000 out of 12,000 applications so far.

LEAP helps cover a portion of heating costs and provides repairs or replacements for essential heating equipment. Open to those meeting income guidelines, this program ensures warmth and comfort during the coldest months.

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🤏 Pinched Nerve Relief in Just Minutes

With recent snowstorms keeping us busy shoveling and moving, it’s easy to overdo it and wind up with a pinched nerve in your neck or shoulder. Dr. Jon Saunders offers quick relief designed to target pain radiating to your shoulder blade, arm, or hand.

Whether you’re recovering from shoveling or just everyday tension, these techniques are worth trying for fast, effective relief.

*Information is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease. Please consult a health care professional, nothing above should be construed as medical advice.

🌿 Make Natural Remedies at Home: Learn from a Certified Homeopath

Boost your family's wellness with an 8-week course on homeopathy, herbs, and natural remedies. Learn to make tinctures, salves, and ease common ailments.

• Virtual: Starts Jan 27. Sign up here (min 10 participants needed) $10/each

• In-Person: Starts Jan 28 at Library 21C. Sign up here (min 10 participants needed) $20/each

🎉 New Events Calendar!

We're making it easier to discover and share what's happening in Colorado Springs! Our carefully curated new interactive calendar is live and growing. Optional weekly SMS event reminders available!

Have an event to share? Add it directly to the calendar. Click image above to access.

📆 Sample Local Events

• Jan 20-Feb 23: Ice Castles @Cripple Creek $21-$29

• Jan 20, 7-9pm: Breaking Bad Trivia @Lebowski’s Taproom, 3240 Centennial Blvd FREE to attend

• Jan 21-31: Skate in the Park @Acacia Park $13

• Jan 30-Feb 16 (Thurs' & Fri's 7:30pm, Sat's 2 & 7:30pm, Sun's 4pm): The Heart Sellers - Theatreworks @Ent Center for the Arts: Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theatre, 5225 N Nevada $30.50

• Feb 1, 4-6pm: Beginners Knitting @Who Gives A SCRAP, 810 Arcturus Dr $25 (4 Spots Left)

• Feb 9, 3-5pm: Taking Care of the Givers @Yoga Studio Satya 1581 York Rd $20

• Feb 14, 7-10pm: Murder Mystery, A Noteworthy Crime (Holiday Show) @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $69.95 (2 Tickets Left)

• Feb 15, 7-9pm: Jefferson Starship -50th Anniversary Tour @Phil Long Music Hall $89-$120 (ages 14+)

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🚨 LOCATED Missing Teen Alert: Help Find Cyrena

Update Cyrena has been located safely.

Colorado Springs Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Cyrena Frates, a 15-year-old girl last seen on Jan 17 near West Boulder (between W Pikes Peak and Uintah) Cyrena is described as 5’5”, 160 lbs, with brown hair, and was last seen wearing black leggings, a black crop top, and a blue zip-up jacket.

Authorities believe she might be staying with friends or acquaintances. If you have seen Cyrena or know anything about her location, please contact CSPD at 719-444-7000.

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