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Wednesday
Lots of sunshine. High 69F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday night
A few passing clouds. Low 43F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.
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- Denver Mayor Michael Hancock helped mark the half-way point for construction completion for the new hotel and train station at Denver International Airport. A time capsule was placed in the floor of the transit center on Tuesday. It will be opened in 50 years. The $544 million project includes a 500-plus room hotel and conference center. That is being built on top of the airport’s new rail station which will take commuters and travelers from Denver to DIA. The project is more than a year into the five-year construction process. Project managers said they’re right on track to open the hotel by Fall 2015 with trains operating by 2016.
- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission is expected to rule Wednesday on a request from Xcel Energy to stop Boulder from taking roughly 6,000 county customers for a future city electric utility.
- For the second time in the less than a year, Colorado Senate Democrats Wednesday elected new leadership, this time tapping Sen. Morgan Carroll to lead the caucus.
- Police in Arvada say they have arrested the suspect connected to multiple break-ins. Thomas Kimber, 35, was arrested late last month after a homeowner reported a suspicious man in a neighborhood near 50th and Sheridan. Kimber wound up running from from officers after he ditched a bicycle that was reported stolen, but was captured. After the arrest police say Kimber confessed to between 10 and 20 crimes.
- Wearing her pink construction work boots and a baseball hat on backwards, country music super star Trisha Yearwood arrived at Denver International Airport Tuesday evening. Her husband, Garth Brooks, was right beside her. They are a team, and they are in Colorado to work. "We've been looking forward to this since last year," Garth Brooks said. The couple has sold an estimated 81 million albums between them. They are also the couple that has spent six years volunteering on Habitat for Humanity construction
- Retailer Dillard's Inc. has failed to convince a court to let it delay turning over title to its store at the Twin Peaks Mall in Longmont, the Longmont Times-Call reports. The owners of the mall are working toward a redevelopment project, but Dillard's owns the space it occupies at Twin Peaks. The Longmont Urban Renewal Authority filed suit in may to condemn the Dillard's property, and won an order from a Boulder District Court judge for the title.
- The domestic violence case against Denver Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson has been dropped.
- An Aspen couple out to reduce noise and music from restaurants wants an injunction that would ban all music after 10 p.m. The restaurants say the couple bought condos in a vibrant nightlife district and now want to turn it into a bedroom community.
- North Denver is getting a lot of attention as it begins a major redevelopment project that is expected to bring new business to the area. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock helped with a groundbreaking ceremony on a new office space called “The Industry” on Brighton Boulevard between Park Avenue and Interstate 70. The former warehouse will be turned into about 400 offices. Hancock believes there is a lot of this corridor of opportunity in what is known as the RINO District or River North has to offer.
