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Good morning, Colorado.

My garden has been doing well this summer. Maybe a little too well … I think the thyme is about to take over.

From heirloom tomatoes to delicious plums, I hope you’re making the most of Colorado’s summer produce before you know what arrives. (Fall, I’m talking about fall.)

Now, the news.

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The Colorado River passes through Shoshone Power Plant on April 9 near Glenwood Springs. The power plant is at the center of a landmark water rights deal in Colorado. (Hugh Carey, The Colorado Sun)

Big Front Range water players are questioning a Glenwood Springs-based conservation district’s $99 million deal to purchase one of Colorado’s oldest and most impactful water rights. Whether there will be official opposition, though, depends on some highly anticipated data. Shannon Mullane has more.

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Rocky Mountain Steel employees prepare products before shipping for building purposes from inside the warehouse Tuesday in Olathe. The company is one of many the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade has helped transition to employee ownership, which is seeing growth in rural parts of the state. (Hugh Carey, The Colorado Sun)

6 in 10

How many business owners across the U.S. plan to retire or sell within the next decade

20%

How many listed businesses actually sell

In Colorado, where 48% of small businesses are owned by people 55 or older, employee ownership could mean the difference between a lot of businesses shutting down in the near future or many of them staying open. At least, that’s what one private investor thinks — and he’s putting his money where his mouth is, Tracy Ross reports.

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Paralympian Lacey Henderson demonstrates her running blade. Now retired from competition, she’ll anchor NBC’s Paralympics coverage in Paris. (John Leyba, Special to The Colorado Sun)

Retired long jumper Lacey Henderson, one of two Paris-based anchors for NBC’s Paralympics coverage starting today, is charged with reframing the Games not as a trite feel-good story, but as a world-class competition waged by intense, charismatic, sexy athletes. Larry Borowsky has more.

📺 The Paralympics start today and run through Sept. 8. Catch the opening ceremony at 11 a.m.

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