Denver on Shortlist to Host DNC

Democrats on Thursday narrowed the field of host cities for their 2028 presidential convention to Denver, Boston, and Philadelphia.

Atlanta and Chicago were cut from a field of five, and DNC officials said the surviving bids were incredibly strong.

Mayor Mike Johnston said Denver “proved what [it] could do” when it hosted in 2008, and he estimates the convention would bring an economic boost approaching half a billion dollars.

The convention is scheduled for Aug. 7 to 10, 2028, with a final decision expected later this year. Republicans have already picked Houston.

Weiser Sues GEO Over TB Investigation

Attorney General Phil Weiser sued the GEO Group on Wednesday to force the operator of the Aurora ICE Processing Center to comply with a tuberculosis investigation.

The state says the company has withheld records for nearly two months after a detainee tested positive in June and missed a Monday deadline set by health officials.

The complaint argues Colorado is operating blind against a contagious, deadly disease, and it asks an Adams County judge for emergency injunctive relief.

GEO says it has engaged repeatedly with state officials and that there are no current TB cases at the facility, a claim the state calls unverifiable.

Breckenridge Kicks Off Arts Festival

The Breckenridge International Festival of Arts opened Thursday and runs through Sunday, taking over the town’s Arts District with four days of music, theater, film, and visual art.

This year’s program sends audiences “through the looking glass,” with inflatable sculptures roaming the streets, a bike-powered stage, free music Friday and Saturday, and an interactive take on Alice in Wonderland.

Also on the weekend calendar: the inaugural Hygiene Howl north of Boulder on Sunday, and Stanley Marketplace’s 10th birthday in Aurora.

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➤ Weld County: Colorado Parks and Wildlife lifted all bag limits at Banner Lakes, the eighth emergency fish salvage this summer as drought shrinks reservoirs statewide. (See List)

➤ Colorado Springs: The District 49 school board voted unanimously to dissolve ERBOCES, the co-op that authorized Colorado’s first public Christian school, after 13 years and mounting state scrutiny. (More)

➤ Aspen: A bear bit a sleeping homeless man on the head and face in Rio Grande Park early Wednesday, one of several recent attacks across the state. The man was treated at a hospital and released. (More)

➤ Keenesburg: Families of four men killed by hydrogen sulfide in a manure pit last August sued Prospect Valley Dairy, alleging its owner knew the piping was failing and left it unrepaired. (More)

➤ Logan County: Deputies shot and killed a motorcyclist Tuesday afternoon following a driving complaint. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation will lead an independent probe into the shooting. (More)

➤ Arvada: The city denied permits for the century-old Harvest Festival and Parade, citing traffic and safety problems plus $40,000 in costs it absorbed last year. Organizers plan on moving to a smaller site. (More)

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➤ A Boulder County sheriff’s deputy tried to serve civil papers to Colorado coach Deion Sanders at the team’s football practice last week, but Sanders was unavailable. He is being subpoenaed to testify in his son Shilo’s bankruptcy trial, which begins Aug. 31. (More)

➤ Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton used this week’s scuffle between Bo Nix and Nik Bonitto to warn his team about a new NFL rule allowing officials to eject players for flagrant acts via replay review. Payton said players can no longer get away with shoving or cheap shots. (More)

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➤ Utility regulators approved a $157 million Xcel Energy rate increase that will raise the average residential electric bill about $5 a month, roughly half of what the utility first requested. (More)

➤ SM Energy canceled its mineral rights contract with Erie after residents gathered more than 1,500 signatures to force a referendum on the town’s $4.5 million sale. (More)

➤ A nonprofit in Cortez, a small Four Corners-area community, is using a $48,950 grant to build a bison herd that will supply local food banks with meat as drought and federal cuts squeeze the food supply. (More)

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➤ The New York Times named La Diabla in Ballpark and Alma Fonda Fina in LoHi among the 41 greatest Mexican restaurants in the country. (More)

➤ Lowry Elementary is readying classrooms for Monday’s first day with help from Liberty and Hank, two trained facility dogs who sense when students are anxious. (More)

➤ A street sign in downtown Denver misspelled California as “Califorina.” The city removed and replaced the $321.75 sign after being notified of the typo this week. (More)                

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4. Front Range: 14%
5. Eastern Plains: 13%

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