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A man shot in the ankle by an Aurora police officer filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday — even as the now-former officer faces criminal charges in the 2022 police shooting.Former Aurora police officer Douglas Harroun, 34, was charged with two counts of assault after he shot 37-year-old Duvan Jamir Fernandez Zuluaga while responding to a domestic violence call at a home on North Chambers Road on Dec. 31, 2022.Harroun was criminally charged in the shooting in June 2023 and is scheduled to stand trial on the charges in October.He resigned from the Aurora Police Department in January 2023…

Planning to take a trip Thursday or Friday to Empower Field at Mile High for Morgan Wallen’s performances? Here’s how to navigate downtown and avoid rideshare surge pricing using public transportation.The Regional Transportation District is prepared to support an increase in riders during the Morgan Wallen concerts on June 27 and 28 at Empower Field, which lies close to several bus stops and light rail stations, RTD officials said in a Wednesday news release.Before and after the concerts, RTD will offer regularly scheduled service on the D, E, H and W lines, which all directly serve Empower Field, as well…

In case you had better things to do Tuesday night like vacuuming the attic or clipping the cat’s nails and didn’t have a chance to scrutinize the Colorado primary election results, don’t worry, here’s a happy summary: fringe candidates, for the most part, lost.Those who spent money propping up those candidates are wishing they had discovered a scruple before the checks cleared. Proponents of Ranked Choice Voting are smarting, too, since Tuesday’s results showed that traditional primaries do winnow out extremist candidates after all.  They won’t be able to make that argument this fall when advocating for their ballot measure.Of…

Former Boulder school board president Kathy Gebhardt won the Democratic primary for a seat on the Colorado State Board of Education on Tuesday, despite a group supporting charter schools having spent nearly $1 million to oppose her campaign and back political newcomer Marisol Lynda Rodriguez.The preliminary results for the 2nd Congressional District seat on the state education board almost certainly ensure Gebhardt will win the seat in November as there is no Republican candidate in the race. She will replace board member Angelika Schroeder, whose six-year term ends in January.“It shows that money can’t buy an election,” said Gebhardt, adding…

Republican Greg Lopez won a special election Tuesday night to fill former U.S. Rep. Ken Buck’s seat for the rest of this year, outpolling Democrat Trisha Calvarese.Lopez was leading with 79,216 votes, or 58% of the total, in results posted to the Colorado secretary of state’s website as of 8:25 p.m. He was followed by Calvarese, at 35%; Libertarian Hannah Goodman, at 5%; and Frank Atwood of the Approval Voting Party, at 2%.The Associated Press called the race for Lopez at 7:32 p.m.Lopez was celebrating his win with supporters at a restaurant in Elizabeth Tuesday night, where he lives.“I’m excited…

Jeff Hurd won a crowded primary field on Tuesday night for the Republican nomination for U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s current seat in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.The Associated Press called the race for Hurd at 8:11 p.m. Hurd, a Grand Junction attorney, emerged at the front of a pack of six GOP candidates and was leading with 33,990 votes, or 42% of the total, in results posted to the Colorado secretary of state’s website as of 9:55 p.m. He was followed by Ron Hanks, with 28%, Stephen Varela with 10%, Lew Webb with 8%, Curtis McCrackin with 7% and Russ Andrews…

State Rep. Gabe Evans defeated Janak Joshi on Tuesday night in the 8th Congressional District Republican primary, setting up a November showdown with Democratic U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo in a race that may help decide control of the U.S. House.The Associated Press called the north-central Colorado primary for Evans just after 7:20 p.m. Evans, a first-term state House member from Fort Lupton, was leading with 31,837 votes, or 78% of the total, to 9,108 for Joshi, or 22%, in results posted to the Colorado secretary of state’s website as of 10:30 p.m.In a phone interview just before 8 p.m., Evans…

Do-overs aren’t allowed in the big leagues. That’s too bad for Rockies left-hander Austin Gomber.He pitched an excellent game Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park … if you toss out the first inning.But then, the first inning has been Gomber’s bugaboo all season.The Astros ambushed Gomber for five runs on six singles in the first and cruised to a 5-2 victory in Houston.The Astros won their sixth straight and beat the Rockies for the 10th consecutive time at Minute Maid. Colorado’s longest active losing streak at any visiting ballpark dates back to Aug. 15, 2018.Per usual, the Rockies’ road offense…

The wildfire burning on more than 700 acres of U.S. Forest Service land south of Leadville in the Interlaken Historic District is 100% contained, fire officials announced Monday.What started as a small campfire left unattended about 60 yards from the Interlaken trail and 1.5 miles from the trailhead is now a burn area of 704 acres, according to fire officials. That’s more than 533 football fields put together.Fire investigators believe the campfire was not properly extinguished and was burning for several days before it sparked the wildfire during the afternoon of Tuesday, June 11. Abandoned fire coals, when not taken…

Since the pandemic, Joshua Pollack’s New York-inspired restaurant group “has really changed how we think about growth,” he said. After he closed Rosenberg’s Bagels in Boulder in October 2022, a little over a year after opening, Pollack was hesitant to take another risk. “At some point, we will open more Rosenberg’s, pizza places and maybe even another Lou’s,” Pollack said. “But for now, we really want to bring forth food we enjoy and share it without the rigmarole of opening a restaurant. We wanted to use Rosenberg’s at night and try out some pop-ups of things we’ve been thinking about…