A Buc-ee's gas station and convenience store is under consideration for Palmer Lake, but residents came out in force Tuesday to not just support the measure, but also decry the possible project.

Have thoughts about the possibility of a Buc-ee's near Monument and Palmer Lake? Developers have invited the community to attend a public forum this week to share information about the

It was a packed room tonight at Palmer Lake Elementary School as residents raised the temperatures on discussions over the proposed site of a new Buc-ee's in Palmer Lake.

Palmer Lake has been proposed as the site for the massive beaver-themed convenience store’s next location -- a potential move that has residents split, with some excited and others concerned. A change.org petition has suggested the location would create “severe” traffic issues and threaten the community’s “quiet, low-density lifestyle.”

The Texas-based convenience store Buc-ee's is eyeing Palmer Lake as its second location in Colorado. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) vented his displeasure Monday after two Democratic-appointed federal judges reversed their decisions to retire in what appear to be efforts to stop President-elect Trump from nominating their successors.

Palmer Lake is a great little community that happens to be on a stretch of road that we have been looking at and assessing as our second location in Colorado for a while. ... I