Buc-ee's has been seeking to build a 74,000-square-foot travel center in Palmer Lake since November 2024. Its first Colorado location opened in Johnstown in March 2024. An annexation eligibility hearing in December 2024 approved Buc-ee's' request, but locals immediately started pushing back.

A planned Buc-ee's location in Colorado has hit a snag after stirring up controversy among locals.  The Texas-based travel center chain had set its sights on Palmer Lake, Colorado for its next expansion,

Buc-ee's has withdrawn its bid for an annexation request to open a second location in Colorado. The proposed spot for the 74,000-square foot location is off I-25 and County Line in El Paso County.

The Texas-based travel center chain cited a "technical issue" in its decision to pull its application for annexation.

Buc-ee's has withdrawn its bid for an annexation request to open a second location in Colorado. James Fishback, an investment manager who briefly worked with Vivek Ramaswamy in the earliest days of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), says the idea of "DOGE dividend" payments came to...