Headlines Tuesday, July 28, 2026
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ICE detained man at his workplace in Denver; Primary results certified; Aquiles La Grave to run against Boulder’s Mayor Brockett KGNU News
ICE detained man at his workplace in Denver
Yesterday morning, a person was detained by ICE near his workplace in Denver, the Colorado Rapid Response Network reports.
Three vans surrounded the individual upon arrival at his workplace near west Alameda Avenue and south Benton Street. Witnesses report seeing agents wearing face coverings and tactical gear with the words “ICE POLICE” on the backs of their uniforms.
CORRN reports that a female agent approached the detainee first, then three vans sped into the parking lot, put him in a van, and drove away.
Volunteers with the Colorado Rapid Response Network spoke with witnesses to the detention. CORRN requests that anyone who knows more about this incident or the person who was detained contact them.
Primary results certified
Colorado has certified the state’s primary election results and 1.4 million voters cast ballots.
The state completed a bipartisan post-election audit to determine that the voting machines accurately counted the paper ballots. And the Secretary of State’s office certified the election results from June 30th as final.
The state said 48 percent of active Democratic voters participated, 40 percent of active Republican voters and 28 percent of active unaffiliated voters. Unaffiliated voters can choose to participate in either party’s primary.
Colorado had a number of high profile and competitive races, still only about a third of voters overall cast ballots. And 98 percent of voters voted by mail, rather than in person at a polling place.
This story was reported by the Colorado Capitol News Alliance.
Aquiles La Grave to run against Boulder’s Mayor Brockett
Aquiles La Grave is running for Boulder mayor, the first candidate to challenge incumbent Aaron Brockett.
La Grave has never run for political office but he has been involved in local government and civic issues for 30 years. The 48-year-old candidate moved from Venezuela to Boulder County with his family when he was a teenager, and became undocumented after losing his immigration status at 18. He became a U.S. citizen in 2022.
La Grave graduated from Naropa University in 2003 with a degree in writing and poetics and has helped found several marketing and technology companies. A central plank of his campaign is that Boulder has become too focused on explaining why it cannot accomplish something instead of determining how it can.
His campaign is proposing regular mayoral office hours and a larger role for the mayor in setting the Boulder City Council’s agenda. He wants to create a Mayor’s Office of Constituent Affairs that would respond to residents within 48 hours and establish a public dashboard tracking the city’s goals and results, among other things.
La Grave expressed concern with the city’s contract with Flock Safety, which provides Boulder’s automatic license plate reader cameras.
Boulder voters approved the direct election of the mayor in 2020, replacing a system in which council members selected the mayor. Voters will choose a mayor directly for the second time this November. Candidates have until late August to qualify for the ballot.
Boy killed and others injured by lightning strike on Mt. Bluesky
On Sunday, a teenage boy was killed and four others injured by a lightning strike on Mt. Bluesky. The group was struck while hiking at the summit, one of Colorado’s 58 peaks above 14,000 ft.
While three of the hikers, all adults, were treated for minor injuries at the scene, a minor was airlifted to Denver with serious injuries. According to the sheriff’s office, their condition is unknown.
Another hiker, not with the group, was also injured by lightning.
Experts advise to check forecasts ahead of time and that heading indoors at the first sound of thunder remains your best defense against Colorado’s unpredictable mountain storms.
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