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A Colorado recycling company uses flimsy plastic as an additive for asphalt, which improves the road’s lifespan and costs less compared to the non-recycled additive. buff.ly/3Y1u82A

In the Colorado Republican Party’s second disputed meeting in as many weeks, supporters of Dave Williams reaffirmed the far-right as party chair and attempted to invalidate a vote held last weekend to oust him buff.ly/4cMqBco

Alec Garnett, a former Colorado House speaker, is leaving Friday. He will be replaced by David Oppenheim, Jared Polis’ deputy chief of staff for legislative and policy affairs buff.ly/4e3Q0Ql

In the August special session, Colorado lawmakers approved the second statewide property tax cut this year. The size of the cut varies greatly depending on what your home is worth and where you live. Read more: buff.ly/3XgifDW

Want to get state lawmakers’ attention? All you need is a few million dollars and an idea big enough to shake up Colorado’s policy landscape. buff.ly/3T9Y21C

Revival of nearly 40-year-old whitewater race through Gore Canyon bodes well for contests rebuffed by insurers buff.ly/3zeN6c0

Extremely rare California condor killed in Colorado. Wildlife officials offer reward for help finding poacher. buff.ly/47dzf2i

Can you write a 6-word mystery? buff.ly/3ASnOkA

Colorado has had an unusually quiet West Nile season. Scientists want to know why. buff.ly/3XwREUI

The number of new companies created in Colorado in the past two years may not have set all-time records after all. Officials have discovered more than 15,500 fraudulent business filings last year by a man who used a stranger’s Northglenn home address. buff.ly/47fWj0q

The Libertarian candidate running in Colorado’s highly competitive 8th Congressional District has endorsed the Republican candidate, giving a major boost to the GOP's effort to unseat U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo. buff.ly/47uN6BH

Colorado supermarket mass shooter who killed 10 was sane and acted with intent, prosecutor argues buff.ly/3XzdXJr

Although Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2012, Denver International Airport has banned the possession, consumption, use, display, transfer, transport, distribution and sale of the drug. The prohibition includes all airport grounds. buff.ly/3Z8cHy7

Attendees can choose 2 grams of dried psilocybin mushrooms, two weeks’ worth of microdoses or a light dose of dimethyltryptamine, or DMT buff.ly/4cPLUJW

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Three people were killed Wednesday morning when a driver in a Jeep Grand Cherokee struck two Colorado Department of Transportation employees working along U.S. 6 in Mesa County buff.ly/4g9COL5