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Thursday
Some sunshine with a thunderstorm or two possible this afternoon. High 93F. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
Thursday night
Variably cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Low 64F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
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- Two Colorado Democratic state senators facing recalls over their support for new gun restrictions argued Wednesday to stop the proceedings, telling a judge the petitions against them are invalid and that no election should be set until judicial review is complete.(AP)
- Two groups will meet at noon Friday at Cherry Creek State Park to mark the first anniversary of the Aurora movie theater massacre — one will remember those killed by guns, the other will rally to support the Second Amendment.(DP)
- Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shooting case say they have received “a voluminous number” of calls from victims who are worried they won’t be able to attend the suspect’s trial or hearings.(AP)
- A 12-year Longmont police veteran has been arrested on suspicion of felony sexual assault.(TC)
- As the Colorado legislature this year raced in its final weeks to get crucial marijuana regulations out the door, money spent on marijuana lobbying came rushing in. According to state records, advocacy groups on both sides of pot issues spent at least $183,000 on lobbyists in April and May. The money spent on marijuana lobbying in that period — during which the legislature met for a total of 5½ weeks — was more than double the amount of money spent on marijuana lobbying during the legislative session's first three months combined.(DP)
- An assessment by the El Paso County health department has found damage to dozens of wells that supply water to homes in the area burned by the Black Forest Fire in June.(AP)
- A Massachusetts-based company has agreed to purchase a downtown Denver office building for $217 million, a deal that, if closed, would rank as the city's largest commercial purchase in 2013.(DP)
- A citywide spraying of Longmont, an emergency attempt to control the West Nile virus-carrying mosquito population, is to begin at 9 p.m. Thursday.(TC)
- The small town of Deer Trail, Colorado is considering a bold move. The town board will be voting on an ordinance that would create drone hunting licenses and offer bounties for unmanned aerial vehicles.(GC)
- Larimer Humane Society volunteers and board members turned in 18,000 signatures Wednesday on a petition seeking a vote to impose a penny-on-$10 sales tax in Larimer County for a new animal shelter.(Coloradoan)
- Denver just opened the book on its finances. The City and County of Denver launched "Transparent Denver" Wednesday afternoon, a website displaying city finances and information that were before only available through public record requests and deeper digging.(DP)
- Denver Health Medical Center is cutting hundreds of jobs to cut costs. The Denver Post reports the hospital will cut about 300 jobs to reduce personnel expenses by $18 million within 12 months. (GC)
- Boulder has more than tripled the amount of money it plans to set aside for energy efficiency programs and solar rebates in response to criticisms that a municipal utility would not offer the same level of benefits as Xcel Energy.(DC)
- The gas-line break that shut down U.S. 36 in the Broomfield area for several hours on Tuesday is one of hundreds that are expected to occur during the summer months, an Xcel Energy spokesman said.(DC)
- Denver’s FBI office has been certified as an Energy Star building by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency due to efforts to cut the building’s energy use during 2012.(GC)
- A pilot and passenger were able to walk away without serious injuries this afternoon after the plane they were traveling in skidded off a runway during landing at Broomfield's Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport.(DC)
- A federal judge on Wednesday pushed back the trial of a man accused of killing a fellow prisoner after the defense argued that prosecutors have delayed providing documents they need to fight the case. Senior U.S. District Judge John Kane delayed the death penalty trial of Gary Watland, which had been scheduled to begin on Sept. 4, to a still undetermined date in early February.(DP)
- A former executive at an Englewood electronics recycler that claimed to properly recycle electronic waste but sent it overseas instead was sentenced to 14 months in prison on Wednesday.(DP)
