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Prosecutors pursuing the death penalty against a Colorado Springs double-killer passed a key hurdle in his sentencing phase Wednesday, winning a jury's finding that the crimes were aggravated enough to be eligible for capital punishment.
Whether Glen Law Galloway, 46, will be sent to Colorado's death row rests entirely in the hands of his jury, which could take several weeks to render its decision, attorneys say.

The last gasp of opposition to Colorado Springs' master plan for North Cheyenne Cañon Park escaped City Hall on Tuesday as the City Council denied an appeal to the plan.
City Council President Richard Skorman and members Bill Murray and Yolanda Avila voted to uphold the appeal.

The last gasp of opposition to Colorado Springs' master plan for North Cheyenne Cañon Park escaped City Hall on Tuesday as the City Council denied an appeal to the plan.
City Council President Richard Skorman and members Bill Murray and Yolanda Avila voted to uphold the appeal.

The unofficial list of winners in Tuesday's primary election in Colorado.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY BALLOT
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With decisive votes, Coloradans set the table in the June primary that ended Tuesday for seven fall congressional elections, settling most key races not long after voting ended.
Less than an hour after the 7 p.m. voting deadline, three of the state’s most interesting congressional races were already decided, and a fourth was wrapped up a short time later.

A juvenile male was arrested Tuesday evening after a shooting in northeastern Colorado Springs.
Officers were dispatched about 5:30 p.m. to the 3800 block of Surrey Lane, where they found a man with a gunshot wound. The victim was transported to a hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said the juvenile was arrested on suspicion of assault, tampering with physical evidence, obstructing a peace officer, theft and unlawful possession of a handgun.

Democrat Jared Polis and Republican Walker Stapleton are headed for a November showdown for governor of Colorado after a high-spending primary contest saw Democratic women turn out in droves and newly enfranchised unaffiliated voters lean blue.

The primary voting that ended Tuesday will mostly determine who you see in the Colorado General Assembly come Jan. 4.
That’s because most of the contests for four seats in the Senate and 14 seats in the House are “safe” — meaning the person who wins the primary will be the odds-on favorite to win the general election in November.
And while the early returns left plenty of races undecided, one key contest was decided early on: Sen. Ray Scott, a conservative, defeated moderate Rep. Dan Thurlow in the Grand Junction area’s 7th Senate District.

A quick air and ground attack on a wildfire that started along Transfer Trail below the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park Monday evening, prompting a park evacuation, averted what could have been an extremely dangerous situation.
"The fire covered about 2 or 3 acres, and we were lucky there was not a lot of wind going on at the time," Garfield County Sheriff's Office spokesman Walt Stowe said Monday night.

Surrounded by family and a small group of friends, incumbent state Rep. Lois Landgraf allowed herself only a slight smile Tuesday night as she clinched the Republican nomination for the Colorado House District 21 seat.
Landgraf said she wasn't surprised by the results. With 92 percent of the vote counted, Landgraf had 65.5 percent, easily defeating Raymond Garcia, who was making his third bid for the state House.