Denver in 5 minutes: What you need to know today, Aug. 9
Hey, howdy, hey. Here’s the big news and some little tidbits out of Denver and its solar system today:
The ballot:
We have a pretty good idea today of what you’ll be voting on come November, besides America’s greatness-or-not. Colorado voters are likely to make decisions about health care, the minimum wage, fracking, slavery and more.
For your fun:
Tonight you can get drunk and learn about history. Who wouldn’t like that?
Sports:
I’m sorry to say that the Rockies bandwagon may be slowing down. They just lost a game, they are dangerously close to missing the playoffs and now they have to make a difficult choice.
Also, Tim Tebow wants to play baseball, to pretty much everyone’s amusement.
Marijuana:
Guess who’s most likely to smoke weed? Young Westerners who don’t go to church. Also, there may be a lot more cannabis users these days.
Development:
Denver has been arguing forever about how lawsuits affect condo development. The Wall Street Journal deigned to write about it, and our own Megan Arellano has the context check.
Oh, and also:
What’s cooler than having your own ZIP code? Maybe one or two things, but still, read it.

After a year of furloughs and delays, Colorado Ballet is finally getting back into dancing shape

The Museum of Nature and Science’s arachnid queen now has a trapdoor spider named after her

One of the oldest homes in Northeast Park Hill could be on the chopping block

Maps of toxic hazards show a wash of chemicals over the Denver metro’s north and west edges

Things to do in Denver this weekend, April 9-11

Black Denverites are more likely to be ticketed and arrested than white people in many categories

Denver has 29 public-access bodies of water. Which ones can you swim, kayak or fish in?

Where Denver can — but mostly can’t — add more marijuana dispensaries

DU study: White people and people of color are sometimes prosecuted differently by city attorneys

Denver Fringe Festival will take over part of RiNo this June

Broadway tours will return to the DCPA this year, starting with The Lion King

How Denver is chipping away at the Inverted L: housing and trees edition

Denver police investigate stabbing near Auraria Campus

DPS: Sexual assault claims against board member Tay Anderson will be investigated

Denver Public Library is reopening even more branches

Charges reduced against Elijah McClain protest leaders

We mapped Denver libraries to find out who has the most access to free books

How Denver’s neighborhoods got their shapes

That rule letting more unrelated adults live together now applies to all of Denver
