Denver in 5 minutes: What you need to know today, Aug. 10
A round-up of all the news Denverite’s need to know for the day.
Politics:
Internal emails reveal what really happened in that elevator Donald Trump got stuck in Colorado Springs (7)
Colorado is one of the 11 states Clinton and Trump have marked on their road maps to the White House. So far they’ve visited us three times since the conventions ended.
Outside
Colorado’s new rain barrel law takes effect today. What will you do with all your rain first? (CPR)
Make the most out of our state treasures. Here’s a two-minute guide to Colorado’s National Parks. (5280)
Business
Authorities are investigating an industrial accident that led to the death of a worker at a warehouse in Denver.
Sports:
Colorado’s Mallory Pugh is now the youngest U.S. women’s player to score an Olympic goal.
The Rockies’ bullpen blew a late lead… again. Colorado’s playoff chances aren’t looking great. (DP)
Entertainment
The small town of Florence will be the main location for a Robert Redford and Jane Fonda Netflix film. (Gazette)
Where exactly is Florence you ask…
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Protesters demand justice for Tyre Nichols at Colorado State Capitol after footage released

Denver’s McNichols building warming center is open now through Wednesday morning

RTD wants to ban passengers from riding with nowhere to go

Here are the mayoral candidates who qualified for the ballot

Rude Rec Center to reopen Monday after hosting emergency migrant shelter

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Calling all divers: Casa Bonita is hiring hundreds

Lisa Calderón’s 2019 Denver mayor campaign website is being held for ransom — and it’s messing with her 2023 race

Leslie Herod’s community safety plan will be a hot topic in the Denver mayor’s race. Here’s where she stands on crime

Denverites have raised their own sales taxes more than 30 percent in the last few years

Denver nonprofit that broke ground on a new $37 million youth shelter this week loses state funding

Laura Brudzynski is Denver’s new chief housing officer

Denver mayoral candidate Mike Johnston is a “fundraising machine”

Nearly half of Denver voters polled don’t have a mayor pick

Kwame Spearman wants to be Denver’s neighborhood mayor. What does that mean?

Security firm Pinkerton has reapplied for a license in Denver

That mailer about Council Member CdeBaca was probably legal

Denver metro apartment vacancy is rising, as rents dropped $32 in the last three months of 2022
