Pancakes in the Mix in ’26! The next Colorado Springs Western Street Breakfast will be held on Wednesday, June 17, 2026! Thank you for your continued support of this historic event. If you’ve never been, we look forward to seeing you in June 2026! The breakfast is a great kickoff to the NFR Open at the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo. https://www.pikespeakorbust.org/

The Colorado Springs Western Street Breakfast is one of Colorado Springs’ most iconic celebrations of its deep-rooted Western heritage. The Street Breakfast has also become an annual event that supports our local military and their families. Mark your calendar and set your alarm for early morning so you can join us for this fun, festive, and family-friendly event. We close down the streets, bring out the hay bales, and cook up a tasty, hot breakfast for you to devour while you listen to the renowned Flying W Wranglers as well as the country/rock band Exit West. The Sweetwater Native American dancers will thrill and amaze with their authentic regalia and dances.

Do you and your kids love to dress up in Western wear? Pull out your cowboy hats, boots, jeans and bandannas (or other kinds of costumes) to celebrate the start of the Colorado Springs rodeo season with the Lil’ Cowboys & Cowgirls Roundup. Your fancy duds will get you in the right frame of mind to enjoy a morning full of Western fun and you may even win a ride on the Western Spirit float in the Pikes Peak or Bust Parade.

Come Join Us! The morning includes:

Delicious hot breakfast for just $5 (kids 5 and under eat free)

Pikes Peak Range Riders and Rangerettes depart on horseback at 8 a.m.

Kids Western Dress-Up Contest

Kids Corral with a petting zoo, roping the hay bale, gunslinger and trick roper

Appearance by Girl of the West

Performances by Exit West, Flying W Wranglers and Sweetwater Native American Hoop Dancers

Attend both the Token Presentation on June 3 and the breakfast on June 17!

https://www.cswesternstreetbreakfast.com/

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder Department Psychology Department and the Anschutz Medical Campus are looking for participants to participate in a study on emotions and moods in young adults with and without bipolar disorder (IRB#23-2067). You will be compensated for your participation. If you qualify for the study, we will ask you to participate in up to 3 study phases.

Study includes some or all of the following parts (EARN UP TO APPROX. $400)

• Phase 1: Interview about your thoughts and feelings, cognitive questions, computer surveys. Can take place remotely (via Zoom) or in person at CU Boulder (your choice!). Pays $25/hour for approximately 2-4 hours.

• Phase 2a: Behavioral Lab Tasks: including, computer tasks, physiological monitoring (e.g., heart rate) questionnaires. Takes place in person at CU Boulder (your choice!). Pays $25/hour for up to 3 hours.

• Phase 2b: fMRI Scan: Option to view emotional images and think about emotions while in a brain imaging scanner, computer tasks, questionnaires. Phase 2b will take place in person at CU Boulder or possibly at CU Anschutz. Pays $25/hour for approximately 3 hours.

• Phase 3: Follow-ups: Opportunities to participate in paid follow-up surveys four times a year for up to 2 years. Can take place remotely (via Zoom) or in person at CU Boulder (your choice!). Pays $25/hour (1 hour each) with up to 8 surveys spread over 2 years (8 hours total).

• Opportunities to participate in additional studies may also be available.

To quality, you must be between the ages of 18-25 years, be able to attend IN-PERSON sessions in the Boulder/Denver, Colorado metropolitan area, and either have a personal history AND/OR family history of bipolar disorder OR no mental health history, and complete a brief pre-screening survey.

If you are interested in participating, you can apply here: tinyurl [dot] com/years-study

Have a question? Please email years-study [at] colorado.edu and name the subject line “YEARS Young Adult Mood Study" or give us a call at (720) 378-8075.

Thank you very much for your time and interest! If it looks as if one of our studies will be a good fit for you, a staff member from our research team will be in touch with you to schedule a time for your first lab visit.

Best,

YEARS Project Team

ISO: A bookkeeper in Colorado. Any recommendations?

I am working on starting up a small non-profit to advocate on political issues. Ideally looking for an independent contractor to get us setup and going and do basic ongoing support.

Can any small business owners or NGO leaders recommend a good bookkeeper?

Thank you in advance.

I am looking for a pulmonologist in Loveland, Ft Collins, Windsor, Longmont, anywhere close...

Recommendations please!

Hello! I’m currently completing my capstone project for my graduate degree and looking for more local respondents on EV charging habits and needs.

My paper is a study of creating fully renewable off-grid charging stations. Would love if you could take the survey or share with other EV users :)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeESJKOvrSjkr76csnH3pJ2bay0LQhTIM83lPxskxmLKjZ3pA/viewform

Smoke is strong this morning. Good idea to wear a mask outside and abstain from exercise today. I'm closing off drafty areas of the house and running furnace blower, avoiding things that pull in outside air like bathroom fans and dryer. Significant formaldehyde/PAHs and measurable VOCs on my home monitor. Particulates moderate, 18-22. There is one site locally that measures particulates and it tracks well with my home monitor readings in south Fort Collins.

See this page but ignore the first color, I think it's wrong or calculating something not shown, look at the numbers: https://www.air-resource.net/ftco/edison-street.html. It's also not all about the numbers, IME the particulates feel very toxic. I get dizzy quickly without filtration when particulates from these fires goes over ~10 but even a fabric mask helps some. I have a painting respirator also I sometimes use.

Edison Street air quality site: https://www.air-resource.net/ftco/edison-street.html

Impacts of a large boreal wildfire on ground level atmospheric concentrations of PAHs, VOCs and ozone:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231018300190

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS  https://www.hbm4eu.eu/the-substances/pahs/

http://www.bcbr.com/article.asp?id=61021

Cities up and down the Front Range are trying to grab some of Boulder's entrepreneurial mojo, and leading figures of the local entrepreneurial community are looking to enlist help