Your daily resource for late-breaking news, upcoming events, the , , and the stories that will be talked about today, Wednesday, August 13, 2014. Download our , and apps for breaking news throughout the day.
1. FEISTY FEDERAL JUDGE MAKING AN IMPACT
“Thank God for Judge Kane,” said Boulder attorney Timothy Rastello, who has won multimillion-dollar civil rights cases against Denver. “Throughout his career he has been willing to take on the powers that be. One thing that rankles him more than anything is the abuse of power.”
2. TOWN SUES ALL OF ITS VOTERS
Voting is supposed be a right and a privilege. But in the pint-sized, high-mountain town of Montezuma .
3. THE FINISHING TOUCHES
Workers rappelled the Colorado State Capitol dome Wednesday morning, touching up spots on the building as they wrap up a $17 million restoration project. Here’s .
4. POLICE INVESTIGATE OVERNIGHT SHOOTINGS
Police are searching for three men after early Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, in Denver, police are investigating that injured a man.
5. CALLS FOR FEDERAL REVIEW GROW LOUDER
A former Denver safety director has joined the call for a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the sheriff’s department. Here’s .
6. LAWMAKER WANTS POT TAX REVIEW
Colorado’s tax collections from recreational marijuana sales in the past fiscal year came in more than 60 percent below early predictions, and .
7. WHAT A PEACH!
Many attendees of this year’s Palisade Peach Festival will return home with boxes of peaches, seeking new ways to use the bounty. While taking a bite of a ripe peach is a glorious thing, cooks also appreciate the fruit’s versatility. Here are .
8. OH DEER, WHERE ARE THEY?
. That’s one of the conclusions emerging from Saturday’s Western Slope Mule Deer Strategy Summit addressing the recent, dramatic decline of mule deer in Colorado and throughout the West.
9. WORST TEAM IN BASEBALL
Colorado lost for the second straight night to San Diego and for 13th time in 16 games. It dropped the Rockies to 46-73 — — a pace that would result with exactly 100 losses by season’s end.
10. BRONCOS AT A LOSS AGAIN
Danny Trevathan is expected to miss at least the first three games of the season during practice Tuesday. On the offensive side of the ball, quarterback .
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