Category: News from around Denver and Colorado

Bandimere Speedway flouting COVID-19 restrictions by allowing too many fans, Jeffco officials say

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A drag race track in Morrison is in hot water with Jefferson County health officials for allegedly allowing too many fans to congregate in violation of state rules meant to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. A letter from Mark Johnson, executive director of Jefferson County Public Health, to Bandimere Speedway expressed concern it
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Gov. Polis announces closing of some bars and nightclubs, Protect Our Neighbor phase requirements

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DENVER (KDVR) — In a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Governor Jared Polis declared the closing of pubs for in-person company, but they are able to continue to market alcohol to-go. Bars that currently serve serve and food can stay open under the rules of distancing, seating guests using their celebration and not permitting mingling.  This
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Facebook ad boycott: cancel culture is not corporate social responsibility

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Image: PixieMe / Shutterstock.com Widespread disappointment and even outrage in Facebook on its policies pertaining to hate speech has led to significant advertisers joining a boycott of advertising on the social media . Unilever, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, The Hershey Company, BMW, HP and PayPal are one of the brands which have heeded a call on #StopHate4Profit
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Zafarcakes Is Reinventing What Twitch Can Be… With a 15-Year-Old Sports Game

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You can watch Zafarcakes Reside on Twitch every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, or you can binge it from the Start on YouTube and Twitch. [poilib part =”accentDivider”] I’t got a new supervisor. He’therefore that the slightly-too-proudly English, suit-wearing football manager of European brand new boys PES United. Heor rsquo;s a good family manhe enjoys a
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The Republican Choice

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Editor’s note: This story includes a historical quote that uses a racial slur. Election Day 1981 was ugly in some largely Black and Hispanic districts of Trenton, New Jersey. Ominous signs hung outside several polling places: WARNING THIS AREA IS BEING PATROLLED BY THE NATIONAL BALLOT SECURITY TASK FORCE. IT IS A CRIME TO FALSIFY
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Former Avs forward Jarome Iginla headlines 2020 Hockey Hall of Fame class as 4th Black player elected

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Jarome Iginla headlines the Hockey Hall of Fame’therefore class of 2020 following being elected Wednesday in his first year of eligibility. Iginla will be the fourth Black participant inducted after Grant Fuhr, girls ’s hockey pioneer Angela James and Willie O’Ree. Iginla and Fuhr are the Black NHL players enshrined due to their on-ice accomplishments,
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As Nuggets begin mandatory coronavirus testing, there’s a good chance team looks for insurance

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Tuesday marks the formal activity that the NBA has seen since the coronavirus abruptly pushed a stoppage in play. All of Nuggets players and staffers will experience compulsory coronavirus testing beginning Tuesday, which contains a high-sensitivity PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and a high-sensitivity serology/antibody test. Players, staff staffers as well as Nuggets officials who aren’t
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No Audience? No Problem. Full Production Concerts Are Returning to Empty Venues

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On May 15, Jason Isbell celebrated the release of his latest album, Reunions, with his band the 400 Unit by christening the stage at the newly-built Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville alongside his wife musician Amanda Shires. The music venue and bowling alley was scheduled to make its grand opening in March, but remained shuttered after
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Matchbox Twenty Reschedules Summer Tour to 2021: See the New Dates

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Matchbox Twenty announced the rescheduled dates for their U.S. summer tour today (June 22), which will run from July to October 2021. The major arena/amphitheater jaunt will now kick off in Uncasville’s Mohegan Sun Arena on July 16 and snake across the country before wrapping in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 7. Ticketholders will
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Kiszla: The Avs have legit shot to raise the Stanley Cup, if one big weakness doesn’t cause their downfall

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Maybe what America needs is your pleasure of a hockey fight. Don’t even understand about you. However, everywhere I look, out of baseball commissioner Rob Manfred into NBA crusader Kyrie Irving, somebody’s fighting mad about something (or what ). From shore to shore, in red states and blue skies, people ’ve peaceful marches in the
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