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🌱 Red Rocks Hail + Navajo Nation Loses Water Case + Historic Tennyson

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  • Historic month of rain in metro Denver.
  • Hail storm injures hundreds at Red Rocks concert.
  • Denver wants to spend $40 million to outsource their migrant crisis response.

Friday's weather: Warmer with some sun. High: 85 Low: 53.


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  1. Hundreds of concert-goers injured as storm pummels show at Red Rocks Amphitheater on Wednesday night. A hailstorm struck the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison during a Louis Tomlinson concert on Wednesday night, resulting in injuries to nearly 100 individuals. The injuries varied from cuts to broken bones. Seven people were transported to nearby hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, while around 80 to 90 people received on-site treatment. (Patch)
  2. A homeowner on Tennyson Street wants to save her house and put it on the historic register. Daphne Salone's circa 1900 blue house at 4450 Tennyson St., originally her accounting office, is now rented out. She aims to preserve her property from development by registering it as historic. (Westword)
  3. The City of Denver is debating whether or not to spend $40 million to outsource its migrant crisis response. Denver City Council to vote on the multi-million-dollar contract that would outsource the city's migrant response. A third-party company would manage medical care, shelters, and food for migrants arriving from the southern border. (9News)
  4. Denver's June rainfall has already broken a record set in 1872. The metro area's record-breaking June rainfall this month has becomes the wettest ever with 5.19 inches, surpassing a 141-year-old record. With over a week remaining, more rain is expected. (FOX31)
  5. U.S. Supreme Court decision rebukes Navajo Nation's water fight. In a 5-4 ruling on Thursday, the Court sided with Western states against the Navajo Nation in a water dispute from the drought-hit Colorado River. The decision aimed to preserve existing agreements and maintain river management. (CPR)

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Today in Denver:

  • Unwavering: First Annual Alumni Exhibition: At Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design Rotunda Gallery. (4-7 p.m.)
  • Women Who Rock the Rockies: Number 38. (5 p.m.)
  • Teen after hours: Cosplay night at Columbine Library. (6 p.m.)
  • Writers of Jimmy Kimmel Live: At Comedy Works. (7:15 p.m.)

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