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Here's a look at what's going on Wednesday in the Colorado Springs area:
    
FESTIVALS
Through June 30: Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Experience — With Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, Lizz Wright, George on My Mind and more, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen; tinyurl.com/yb2awjrz.
Through July 5: Once Upon a Time in the West Art Show — Featuring western art, Cripple Creek Heritage Center, Cripple Creek; tinyurl.com/y7mbka2r.

Owners of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway will help Manitou Springs establish 300 to 400 new parking spaces for visitors if the city signs a fifty-year tax incentive agreement that the railway's owners says they need to rebuild and reopen the attraction.
The pact with Oklahoma Publishing Co., which owns the Cog and The Broadmoor hotel, will go before the City Council for a final vote Tuesday night in a meeting that starts at 6 p.m. at Manitou Springs City Hall.

A crash cut power to nearly 4,000 customers in an area east of North Academy Boulevard Monday evening, Colorado Springs Utilities reported.The lights went out at about 7:45 p.m., and half an hour later, power had been restored to more than half of the affected customers."We are aware that your power is out and are working to restore it as soon as possible," the utility said on its website. Power was expected to be restored to all by midnight.Lines were cut after a truck crashed into a utility pole, Gazette news partner KKTV reported.

A record-breaking number of El Paso County residents cast their ballots in Tuesday's primary election, according to county officials.
As of about 2 p.m. on Monday, the county Clerk and Recorder's Office had received ballots from 92,251 of its roughly 390,000 active registered voters. Of the ballots returned, 22,883 were from Democrats, 49,071 were from Republicans and 20,297 were from unaffiliated voters.

A Colorado Springs woman on Monday admitted that she played a role in the abductions of two Coronado High School teens who were driven at gunpoint onto a remote country road before they were each shot in the head over a gang dispute.
Alexandra Marie Romero, 23, pleaded guilty to three counts of kidnapping in the March 2017 shooting deaths of 15-year-old Derek Greer and 16-year-old Natalie Cano-Partida.

Teller County residents with concerns or questions about taxes, Social Security, veteran benefits and more will have the chance to speak with a member of Colorado Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet's staff Tuesday.
A representative from Bennet's office will be available in Cripple Creek on Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. to speak with constituents. Appointments are required and can be made by emailing John_Griego@bennet.senate.gov, Bennet's office said in a news release. The meetings will be held in the Teller County Office Building at 112 North A Street in Cripple Creek.

Dunton Hot Springs
In 1994, a London-based investor bought an abandoned mining town that would never be the same. Nestled above 8,800 feet between Telluride and Durango, Dunton still has its 19th-century appearance but "thrives on contradictions," according to the resort now ruling the town.

The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is growing again - this time in the heart of downtown.
UCCS, one of the state's fastest growing universities and colleges, announced Monday it will establish a satellite location at 102 S. Tejon St. in Colorado Springs, just south of Tejon and Colorado Avenue.

Before trying the cannabidiol-based drug Charlotte's web, Kim Shaw Clark said she was waiting for the seizure that would claim her son's life.
Caden, now 14, tried more than a dozen medications - from antipsychotics to benzodiazepines - and underwent brain surgery during their years-long attempt to relieve the symptoms of his Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy.

The Sky Sox are plowing ahead in their mission to change the team’s name, and they say they have about 1,500 suggestions to work with.
General manager Chris Phillips hopes for about 1,000 more name suggestions as the team amps up its in-stadium drive for engagement – including an offer of a free ticket for a submission – prior to Wednesday’s 5 p.m. deadline.