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Roundup: Arrests, a space discovery, ski train news and more for August 25, 2016

An arrested sheriff, arrested fire chief, Park County shootout, interstellar discovery, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Clinton Foundation, Trump, Seal, coffee

The Amtrak Winter Park Resort Ski Train arrives through Moffat Tunnel at Winter Park, Colorado on March 15, 2014. For the first time since 2009 the Amtrak Winter Park Resort Ski Train made two trips from Denver's Union Station to Winter Park Ski area. The two trips sold out in a matter of hours and officials at Amtrak hope to work out a way to have the ski train come back on an annual basis. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post
The Amtrak Winter Park Resort Ski Train arrives through Moffat Tunnel at Winter Park, Colorado on March 15, 2014. For the first time since 2009 the Amtrak Winter Park Resort Ski Train made two trips from Denver’s Union Station to Winter Park Ski area. The two trips sold out in a matter of hours and officials at Amtrak hope to work out a way to have the ski train come back on an annual basis.
DENVER, CO - JUNE 16: Denver Post's Joe Murphy, on June 16, 2014. (Denver Post Photo by Cyrus McCrimmon)
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Mile High Roundup
Mile High Roundup

Yesterday we online people started on a list of companies we’d like to see be the new sponsor of Mile High Stadium, so instead of “Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium” it would be “My Brother’s Bar Field at Mile High Stadium,” or some such business. Our list is short: Shanahan’s Steakhouse Field at Mile High… Coors Light Field… I thought I’d ask you, clever and thoughtful reader, which company name would you like to see grace the stadium? Email me and let me know. Enough responses and we’ll publish a list in a future Roundup.

In personal coffee-brewing news, I failed today’s pre-coffee challenge. While preparing the morning cup, I added pre-ground coffee to the coffee bean grinder and then realized that’s not how it works. May your morning routine be more successful than mine.

Up and at ’em, it’s time for the Roundup.

The Big Stuff

In Eagle it’s the fire chief, and in Sedgwick County it’s the sheriff: Each a community leader who was arrested this month and accused of substantial wrongdoing.

When this story first broke Tuesday night, Sedgwick (that’s the county in the upper right corner of Colorado) wasn’t telling which crime its sheriff Tom Hanna was arrested on. Now we know: Hanna is accused of sexually assaulting a developmentally delayed woman in his home while he was supposed to be transporting her to jail. Until this case is resolved, the county coroner is filling in as sheriff. .

Up in the mountains, earlier this month . Now the Greater Eagle Fire Protection District .


“I’m in love with a world thatap falling apart.”

16-year-old Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, an internationally-recognized environmental activist who among other things is .

A hip-hop producer and activist, who was raised in the tradition of his father’s Aztec Indian roots, Boulder high school sophomore Martinez has spoken in front of the United Nations three times and has been speaking out about climate change since he was six. .


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The Rundown

* Today’s Weather: , also, the

* Today’s Editorial:

* Today’s Poll: ?

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By The Numbers

$98 million

That’s how much Arapahoe County tax money has been spent on a community agency that aids adults with developmental disabilities — an agency and an amount of money that county officials, some of whom sit on the agency’s board, see no reason to provide a full accounting of. .

Quick Hits

+ We have . Among the bits included in the 294 pages of documents reporters Jesse Paul and Tom McGhee reviewed: said “.”

+ is my favorite Associated Press reporter. Has been for years. No it has nothing to do with . Borenstein writes about science for the AP, and so when I saw he wrote this article of his on our site I couldn’t wait to share it with you, for more reasons than the content of the article itself, which is amazing. .

+ The High Plains Comedy Festival starts in Denver today, and .

+ The oldest elephant in the Denver Zoo .

+ Have you ever spent 521 days in space? No you haven’t. Nobody in the U.S. has. Nobody until .

+ The! Winter! Park! ski! train! is! coming! back! Ha .

+ Two men who allegedly kidnapped and raped a woman 32 years ago , authorities say.

+ Uber is tackling one of the biggest challenges for workers in the gig economy: .

+ Donald Trump shouts: ““

+ .

+ Advice: Husband asks “?”


What We’re Reading

photo of Katie Ledecky, who had Bryce Harper hold all of her medals while she threw out the first pitch

+ Today’s photo of the day comes via : Katie Ledecky had Bryce Harper hold all of her medals while she threw out the first pitch. .

+ Filed under “.”

+ “Fort Collins” is the term used by some of the craft breweries bought by Anheuser-Busch InBev to refer to the many off-site breweries now brewing beer such as Goose Island Beer, 10 Barrel Brewing and, now, Breckenridge Brewery. Read .

+ Grad students .

+ “Many people do this work only for a period of time. Itap a very brutal practice. .”

+ “Ikea’s 2017 Catalog Is A Terrifying Glimpse Into…“

+ ““

+ For no reason whatsoever, Wikipedia’s . Did you know Wikipedia keeps a list of lists of lists? .

Song of the Day

Remember Seal? Kiss From A Rose Seal? ? I remember Seal, and am sharing this song because Seal’s great and I’m bummed I couldn’t see Seal on .

Head over to our , or, if you don’t have a Spotify account, .


Hat Tips and Corrections

Remember, if you see something that doesn’t look right or just have a comment, thought or suggestion, email me at jmurphy@denverpost.com or .


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