A peek inside the life of a firefighter; DOJ warnings about noncitizen voting; a new step for the mile-high marker

Despite intense heat over the weekend, firefighters made good progress combatting the wildfires blazing around the state (please note: an earlier version of today's podcast was produced before news broke that a pilot has died fighting the Gold Mountain fire). Then, the US Department of Justice sent a letter to Colorado’s Secretary of State warning against noncitizen voting, something already explicitly banned in the state constitution. Plus, a team of scientists spent nearly two decades measuring exactly where the mile-high marker should go at the state capitol. Now, they finally have an answer.

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Read more on the stories in today’s show:

• Find all of CPR’s wildfire coverage here
• CPR’s Caitlyn Kim on the DOJ letter to Colorado’s Secretary of State 
• Denverite’s Sandy Battulga on the moving mile-high marker

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Madilyn Rose, Mateo Schimpf, Jack Armstrong, Stephanie Wolf, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.