Top Denver news: Couple rescues abused dog; 8 climate protesters arrested; more

An abused dog, left for dead, is getting a second chance thanks to a Denver couple.

In the coming weeks, Denver City Council will unanimously endorse Proposition CC, a statewide ballot measure that aims to de-fang a key tenet of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights.

Members of the group Extinction Rebellion, which advocates for civil disobedience to raise awareness of the “unprecedented global emergency” of climate change, blocked several intersections in downtown Denver during morning and afternoon rush hours.

All around the country, the digital upheaval of the publishing industry is throwing public libraries into a modern crisis that will stretch their budgets and, they warn, potentially limit their traditional public roles.