Denver in 5 minutes: What you need to know today, Aug. 16
Politics, the police and the environment are today’s big news in Denver.
Politics: Ken Salazar, who’s kind of Colorado politics royalty, will lead the team planning for a potential Hillary Clinton presidency. (Denverite)
Channel 7’s Marshal Zelinger has once again turned up signs of signature fraud for a ballot measure. (Denverite)
Justice: The office that watches Denver’s police isn’t a permanent part of the government, but that could change this November. (Denverite)
Environment: Xcel Energy will try charging more for electricity when usage is highest. (DP)
A coal executive thinks his industry should act more like Big Tobacco. (Denverite)
Sports: The Rockies bandwagon has ground to a halt again. (MLB) The U.S. Air Force Academy has super sweet new helmets. (Denverite)
Lastly, watch Boulder’s Jenny Simpson run for the gold tonight!

Three teenagers arrested in connection to fire that killed a Senegalese-American family in Green Valley Ranch

RTD announces new rules for Union Station bus depot after ‘problematic and unsafe behavior’

Denver aims to limit natural gas in new homes and buildings

Denver got nearly $22 million in federal money for emergency rental assistance. Here’s how you can start applying for some of it.

Smith’s Chapel — a beacon of the Chicano Movement — earns landmark status in a unique way

Bruce Randolph School just got half a million dollars to build a hydroponic classroom farm

City must give 7-day warning before clearing encampments of unhoused residents

City council approves contract allowing city park ranger live in historic cabin for free

When Aurora Police held four children on the ground at gunpoint last summer, the incident went viral. Now the family is suing.

State settles with company for inflating mask prices, making false safety claims

Its art summoned relatives from the dead for some viewers. Fifty years later, the art collective Lumonics is still trippy.

Nettie Moore reflects on 96 years in Denver’s west side as her pacemaker slowly fails

16th Street Mall continues slow roll toward reconstruction with a builder on board

Wealthier and whiter neighborhoods in Denver have higher vaccinations rates

Things to do in Denver this weekend without spreading the coronavirus, Jan. 22-24

Happy 150th birthday, Dr. Justina Ford! Here’s how to celebrate.

How Wonderbound has kept dancing through the pandemic

Denver law enforcement officials have left the group tasked with transforming Denver law enforcement

Things to do to avoid downtown on Inauguration Day
