Cora Krol watches as three of her foster kids have a water fight in their front yard on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, near Pueblo, Colo. Cora and her husband Stan — who are in their 70s — have been fostering children for 34 years and have brought in more than 130 children.
Tyrice Kelley, center right, a performer at Club Q, is comforted by Nic Grzecka, center left, one of the club’s owners, during a service held at All Souls Unitarian Church for people to mourn on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, following the mass shooting that killed five an injured 19 at the club the night before in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Friends and family of Joshua Vigil gather at the Fountain Garden Apartment complex in Colorado Springs, Colo., and join in song before releasing blue and white balloons in remembrance of him. Vigil was shot by Colorado Springs police officers at the complex on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Many wore blue or white t-shirts, the colors of his favorite football team, the Cowboys.
Fort Carson soldiers scale their way out of and push a tire out of an anti-tank ditch during the the Battle of Kamdesh physical training exercise on base on Friday, June 9 , 2023. The exercise honored the eight fallen 4th Infantry Division soldiers that died during the Battle of Kamdesh in Eastern Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2009.
World War II veteran and woodworker Bill Vanaman poses for a portrait in his shop in the basement of his Colorado Springs home on December 3, 2019.
Cody Anderson, a volunteer firefighter, stands under a stream of water coming off the ceiling near the kitchen of the Stevi Cafe in Stevensville, Mont., on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. Stevensville Fire Chief Jeff Motley reported in a press release that the fire appeared to have started in the kitchen of the cafe, which did not have working smoke alarms or a sprinkler system.
People pause to admire Abby Espinosa’s lowrider bicycle at the 38th annual Cinco De Mayo Festival and Car Show on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Dusty Hausauer, of Dickinson, N.D., holds on to the railing and his bronc rain as he gets ready to leave the chutes during the saddle bronc competition, at the 79th annual Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo at the Norris-Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Friday, July 12, 2019.
Farmworkers harvest lettuce in Salinas, Calif. on May 5, 2020, using protective measures to reduce the spread of Covid-19, including wearing masks and newly installed vinyl dividers on the lettuce harvesting machine.
From left, Autumn Quinn and Porsha DeMarco-Douglas, performers, entertainers and drag queens at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., prepare for a show on an evening in early June, 2019.
Bill Vestal stands in the rubble of his home and business in Moffat, Colo., on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. A juggler and a 17-year-resident, he watched as a blaze ravaged his home and craft factory for he and his wife's business, Crystal Stix, just feet away from the Moffat Fire Department. The fire, of unknown origin, burned down four structures, spanning nearly an entire city block.
President Joe Biden receives a gift and becomes and honorary member of the Air Force Academy class of 2023 during the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony on Thursday, June 1, 2023, at Falcon Stadium.
An Air Force Academy cadet holds a gun above his head and yells during an exercise at basic cadet training at Jacks Valley on Thursday, July 25, 2019. Over 1,000 U.S. Air Force Academy basics participate in 40 days of training, 10 of which are spent at Jacks Valley. After learning about military discipline in the classroom, basics at Jack's Valley go through seven training exercises designed to challenge them mentally and physically.
Jacque Hamilton holds her first Barbie given to her when she was a child as she stands among her collection of 799 Barbie dolls on June 26, 2023, at her home in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Kacia Williamson examines a rock through a magnifying glass during a second-grade science class on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, at James Monroe Elementary School in Colorado Springs, Colo.
From left, Bodhi and Kai Cabeen lean in while talking with astronaut Duane Carey at the Space Foundation Discovery Center's celebration of the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's walk on the moon Saturday, July 20, 2019, in Colorado Springs, Colo. The event featured breakfast with Carey, the unveiling of the new First Moon Landing stamp, Apollo virtual reality, and a variety of other attractions.
Graduates cast shadows on the track at the Fountain Fort Caron High School class of 2019 graduation in Fountain, Colo., on Saturday, May 25, 2019.
Six-year-olds Jade Padmore, left, and Parker Scott, reach towards each other as they wade in the water, surrounded by lanterns during the Colorado Springs Water Lantern Festival at Prospect Lake on Saturday, July 19, 2019. Community members were invited to celebrate life, eat, dance and share their stories before putting their decorated lanterns in the water and watching them slowly float away. Many wrote their hopes, dreams, struggles and triumphs on their lanterns, while others dedicated them to lost loved ones.
A runner casts a shadow on a packed snow trail at the Pikes Peak Ascent on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Aurilia Guzmán arranges her “little tent,” as she calls it, in Chinatown in Salinas, Calif. on Oct. 26, 2020. She and others had to leave before a city cleanup to address sanitation issues.
A doctor just starting a new shift checks in on an intubated patient on a ventilator inside the Covid-19 ward on Thursday, July 16, 2020, at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital in Salinas, Calif.
Cadets watch the Thunderbirds perform an air show after the Air Force Academy graduation at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, May 30, 2019.
Steve Goeglein rounds a corner in a 2002 Chevy Camaro during sunrise at the third day of practice for the 2019 Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Thursday, June 27, 2019.
Four-year-old Everett Kozfkay puts his hand out to hold a tarantula with the help of fellow spider enthusiast Anthony Siska in the Comanche National Grasslands south of La Junta, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. Everett traveled with his father from Grand Rapids, Mich., and his uncle from Boise, Idaho, in search of the Oklahoma brown tarantulas. Male tarantulas, typically around the age of 8, travel across the grasslands in the southern part of the state in search of a mate every year from late August into early October, with Sept. 10 typically being the peak day.
A Mud Girl participant laughs as she is submerged in a pool of mud during the run on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, at RAM Off-Road Park east of Colorado Springs, Colo. Hundreds gathered at the off-road park to participate in the three-mile run featuring more than a dozen obstacles.
A group of cowboys watch the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo from the chutes on Saturday, July 15, 2023, at the Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Jalen Dinae listens to speakers during the National Day of Awareness for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Relatives Rally on Friday, May 5, 2023, in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo.
An Air Force Academy appointee looks nervously as a group of appointees learn proper stance before taking their oath of service during I-Day on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.
A hot air balloon casts a shadow as it lands during Labor Day Lift Off on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Air Force defenseman Luke Rowe celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal in overtime Friday against Army on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023, at Air Force Academy, Colo.
David Bordeau stands as he sings a hymn during a Biker’s Church service on Saturday, March 25, 2023 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Bordeau says after decades of being an atheist, struggling with homelessness and being in and our of jail, he found God and Biker’s Church and hasn’t looked back since.
Tana Tornquist smiles as her head is shaved Friday, March 10, 2023, during the 16th Annual Bald For Bucks fundraiser at Rampart High School in Colorado Springs, Colo. Dozens of students, staff and community members shaved their heads or cut off their long locks to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. In the past 15 years, Rampart has raised $586,798, and each year they choose a hero child to honor.