🌱 Thieves Grab Copper From RTD Line + Sand Creek Massacre Site Expands

Good morning, everybody. It's me, Brad K. Evans, your host of the Lakewood Daily — back in your inbox with everything that's fit to print about what's happening locally. Today you'll learn about...

• U.S. Interior Secretary visits Colorado to announce expanded Sand Creek Massacre site.
• Home prices start to cool across the Denver area.
• Turns out metro Denver is a thrift store mecca.

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Thursday's weather: Mostly sunny and nice. High: 70 Low: 44.

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Here are the top stories today in Lakewood:

1. More copper wiring thefts from RTD, this time in Lakewood. The most recent theft happened Wednesday morning along the W Line between Lakewood and Golden. RTD was forced to shut down the rail line because thieves had stolen copper wiring from the tracks. This has happened 17 times over the past few months, and has cost thousands of dollars to repair. (KDVR)
2. Metro Denver is considered one of the best places to thrifting in the U.S. According to Storage Cafe, metro Denver tops the list for best places to find great stuff at thrift stores. The survey gave high marks to the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area, in part, for the quantity of thrift stores in relation to the region's population. (CBS4)
3. Colorado's front range is on one of the fastest U.S. housing markets to cool off. Denver's housing market was red hot just a few months ago, but with interest rate hikes by the Fed, it's taking longer to sell, and giving buyers the opportunity to find the right house. (FOX31)
4. Historic Sand Creek Massacre site to be expanded. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visited the National Park Service's historical site on Wednesday, where she announced that the site would be expanded by an additional 3,478 acres. (CO Sun)

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Today in Lakewood:

• Jeffco free legal clinic: Belmar Library. (2 p.m.)
• Hard Times writing workshop: Belmar Library. (3 p.m.)
• Farm Stands: At Mountair Park. (4 p.m.)
• Thursday Night Book Group: "Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty" by Sebastian Barry. (6 p.m.)
• Salsa dance class: Edgewater Library. (6 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Suspect arrested after shooting at police. A Denver man is in custody after allegedly shooting multiple rounds at Lakewood Police over the weekend at the Walmart at Colfax and Wadsworth. (Lakewood Police)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today. See you all Friday morning for another edition of the Lakewood Daily! — Brad K. Evans

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