🌱 Hot Temps Today + COVID-19 Booster Available + Comanche-3 Unreliable

Hi there, Lakewood! I'm here in your inbox this morning to get you caught up on everything you need to know about what's going on around town.

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Thursday's weather: Mostly sunny and hot. High: 94 Low: 61.

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Here are the top stories in Lakewood today:

1. Heat and bad air quality on deck for Thursday. Expect higher than normal temperatures today, along with air quality warnings due to smoke that's moved into the state from western wildfires. (9News)
2. Colorado to reopen COVID-19 vaccination sites for new vaccine delivery. Sites previously used across the state to deliver vaccines are set to open as part of the shots that target omicron subvariants of the virus. The Ball Arena site is live and already has 207 appointments filled up out of the 400 doses available. (FOX31)
3. Concrete's dirty little pollution secret: It's responsible for more than 8 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. That's three times the emissions associated with aviation. Algae could provide an equivalent type of material, that could cut emissions by as much as 90 percent. (The Conversation)
4. Xcel's coal-fired Comanche-3 power plant is so unreliable, one partner wants to bail. When the Pueblo coal plant is operational, one group is supposed to receive half of the power it produces. In 2020, because of numerous outages, CORE got no power from the plant. (CO Sun)
5. This November's state ballot will be packed full of controversial items. Things like adding fees for a statewide affordable housing bill and reducing future TABOR refunds are on this year's ballot for voters to decide. (CO Newsline)

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Today in Lakewood:

• Baby Time: Belmar Library. (10:15 a.m.)
• Hard times writing workshop: Belmar Library. (3 p.m.)
• Farm Stands: At Mountair Park. (4 p.m.)
• Thursday Trivia: At WestFax Brewing. (7 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Does South Park actually exist? Inquiring minds want to know if the town featured in South Park cartoons is real. (Looper)
• Colorado Respite Coalition's respite weekend. Save the date for Nov. 18-20. The program at Rocky Mountain Village Easter Seals Colorado for a free respite weekend camp designed for family caregivers. Campers will participate in recreational. (Colorado Respite Coalition)
• Lakewood economic development news: For the week of Sept. 6. (Lakewood)
• Jeffco site now offering COVID-19 booster shots. The booster doses are updated to target both the original strain of the virus and the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants and are available at JCPH's walk-in site at 645 Parfet Street, Monday-Thursday from 7:30 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m.. (9News)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Thursday! See you all first thing on Friday morning with a brand-new edition of the Denver Daily. — Brad K. Evans

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