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1. TWO SHOT IN AURORA
Aurora police have released a person originally detained in connection to . Both victims are expected to survive. No other suspects are in custody at this time.
2. “TOO CLOSE TO CALL” IN COLORADO SENATE RACE
Despite low job approval numbers, in one of the most competitive U.S. Senate contests of the year.
3. STORMS SET OFF SIRENS IN MANITOU SPRINGS
Another round of storms Wednesday evening led to fresh flash flood warnings for harried El Paso County residents. ” ,” Dave Hunting of the Manitou fire department said. Further south, 157 boy scouts were evacuated from the Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch near Walsenburg .
4. STAY SET TO EXPIRE
Unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes, the stay put in place by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by Utah. Meanwhile, in Colorado five county clerks are asking the state Supreme Court to give direction on or wait until there is a final decision from a higher court.
5. CONFRONTING BARE SHELVES
The Bella’s Markets here and in several other rural towns were bustling centers of community life and the only grocery stores before Samuel Mancini took ownership in 2006. Today, shelves are empty, employees fear for their jobs, locals have to drive dozens of miles to buy fresh meat and produce — .
6. ADD-ON AIRLINE FEES GROW
Airline passengers are forking over 1,200 percent more in fees now than they did seven years ago, an annual report released Wednesday shows. ” .”
7. METRO DENVER CRIME BLOTTER
A woman outside a Golden King Soopers was upset with the store’s bakery manager for refusing to put extra chocolate icing on her doughnut. Here’s .
8. HICKENLOOPER SURPRISES RED ROCKS CROWD
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday night to play banjo and sing the track “CC Rider.” On the song’s second verse, Hickenlooper even takes the microphone himself to sing
9. CARRYING HEAVY, CONTROVERSIAL STICKS
Single-piece wooden lacrosse sticks made of shagbark hickory, and cowhide and leather tongs from the Onondaga Nation of New York, are .
10. MORE HARDWARE FOR PEYTON MANNING
It was , but that didn’t stop Peyton Manning from stealing the show. The Broncos quarterback .
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