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“Book of Mormon” cancels Denver summer dates amid national tour’s demise

The Tony-winning, nationally touring Broadway musical "The Book of Mormon" on Tuesday canceled its Denver dates amid a cross-country shutdown related to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Businesses that rent Denver-owned space can delay their payments

Dazbog, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Pizza Republica and others that rent city-owned space have the option to defer rent payments for three months this year.





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Metro district board candidates face election challenges because of coronavirus restrictions

The novel coronavirus pandemic has been a challenge for dozens of metropolitan district board candidates across Colorado as they grapple with stay-at-home orders and social distancing impacting their campaigns.




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Tenants at Acacia Apartments in Denver strike on rent

Members of the Acacia Tenants Union in Denver have posted banners saying "Don't Pay May" and "Rent Relief Now" after failing to reach terms for rent relief with their landlord, Olive Bark LLC.




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Kiszla: Saying goodbye, unable to give a final hug to my dying mother, during the time of coronavirus

During the final minutes of her life, heartbeat fading, my mother was too weak to speak or open her eyes. But 1,500 miles away from where hospice had gently laid her down to die, I felt the strength of her spirit pushing me out the door. So I grabbed cross-country skis from the garage, clicked boots into my bindings and glided across a cold, empty meadow, where I surrendered Mom to the hand of God.




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Coronavirus outbreaks reported at 5 Denver-area jails; nursing home death toll rises to 531

Five jails in the Denver area have confirmed outbreaks of the new coronavirus as of Wednesday, with more than 100 confirmed infections and one death linked to Colorado correctional facilities.







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Former CU Buffs forward Jakub Dombek to continue collegiate career at Hartford

Jakub Dombek will attempt to make a career out of college basketball at Hartford. The former Colorado Buffaloes forward announced via his Instagram account that he has committed to the University of Hartford.





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Dathan Ritzenhein, 3-time Olympic runner and CU Buffs standout, announces retirement

Distance runner Dathan Ritzenhein announced his retirement Thursday, closing a career during which he made three Olympic appearances and also was one of the first to question the methods being used by his coach, Alberto Salazar, who is serving a four-year doping suspension.




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Their wrestling tournament canceled by COVID-19, Broomfield family starts “helping” by producing face masks

Xtreme Pro Apparel, a sports attire company based in Broomfield, specializes in producing anti-microbial fabric necessary for wrestling singlets to combat skin disease. Now it will make face masks to assist in combating the coronavirus.





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Tokyo Olympics: Signs suggest summer dates for 2021 Olympics

Tokyo Olympic organizers seem to be leaning away from starting the rescheduled games in the spring of 2021. More and more the signs point toward the summer of 2021.




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Athletes already qualified for Tokyo Olympic Games get to keep spots in 2021

About 6,500 athletes who already have earned their spots for the Tokyo Games are in for 2021 under redrawn qualifying regulations published Tuesday by the International Olympic Committee.




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Kiszla: Shaken by coronavirus scare in his family, Olympic great Edwin Moses uncertain Tokyo will be safe to host Summer Games in 2021

Hunkered down in Georgia, certain his tomato plants will reach for the sun as the invisible fog of coronavirus begins to recede, Edwin Moses feels blessed. Tilling the red clay of a vegetable garden, Moses is safe at home, a 64-year-old legend filled with gratitude for health as solid as Olympic gold. The greatest hurdler […]




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Tokyo Olympic CEO hints games could be in doubt even in 2021

As the coronavirus spreads in Japan, the chief executive of the Tokyo Games said Friday he can’t guarantee the postponed Olympics will be staged next year -- even with the long delay.




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Colorado’s metro district developers among the biggest campaign contributors

Metro district developers and home builders in Colorado are major campaign contributors to elected officials where they have developments. Developer Pat Hamill of Oakwood Homes is a major contributor, no more so than the Ebert Metropolitan District in Denver where his company is its developer.




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Woman allegedly spits on Arvada cop, tells him, “There’s some corona for you”

Brenda Johnson, 62, was arrested Sunday for investigation of second-degree assault on a peace officer, driving under the influence, hit-and-run and several other traffic charges, the news release said.




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Zoom weddings and drive-by birthdays: Life’s big moments still find a way in the midst of a pandemic

Coronavirus has turned life upside-down, but Coloradans found alternative ways to celebrate in the here-and-now.




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Coronavirus forces some Colorado cities to try virtual democracy

As state officials close countless public gathering places to slow the spread of the coronavirus, cities and towns across Colorado are leveraging the latest technology to continue doing the people's business -- though the efforts at virtual democracy haven't come without fits and starts. Municipalities across Colorado have long broadcast or live-streamed public meetings on the web or on a local cable channel, but recent unprecedented crowd control measures prompted by the pandemic have forced local officials to scramble to keep city and county agendas intact while not violating the requirements of the state's open meetings laws.






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When in Rome … stay indoors during the coronavirus pandemic, or else

There are 350 different varieties of pasta. If my coronavirus lockdown in Italy lasts much longer, I may try them all.








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You might need reservations to drive to Maroon Bells this summer with shuttle service “not an option”

With concerns about COVID-19 in mind, the U.S. Forest Service is thinking about swapping public transportation for limited vehicle entry.




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“It’s like a doomsday scenario” as oil prices drop below zero for the first time ever

Analysts and industry officials were searching for new adjectives Monday to describe the cataclysmic fall of oil prices into sub-zero territory for the first time ever, prompting analysts to predict the idling of wells and bankruptcies.




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Regis Jesuit baseball’s chance to repeat wiped out by coronavirus: “It tears me up”

Pitcher Jacob Thompsen and catcher Owen Best spent a good chunk of their Tuesday morning swapping memories via computer. Such is the life of high school seniors in the age of the coronavirus.




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Keeler: Meet the Grandview girls basketball coach who rallied to beat coronavirus

Meet Robert Dennis, the Grandview girls basktball coach who proved that with enough love, enough caring hands, it’s amazing how far a man can fly.




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Wheat Ridge to require customers to wear masks inside grocery stores, other businesses

Beginning Monday, anybody entering a grocery store or other retail business in Wheat Ridge will be required to wear a face covering under a new order from City Manager Patrick Goff intended to help protect customers and employees from the novel coronavirus.




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Safer at work? Colorado is drafting rules to allow COVID vulnerable to stay on unemployment

"The big questions of the day for the workers is, 'I don’t feel safe. Do I have to go back to work?'" a Colorado Department of Labor and Employment official said Monday. "And, as with everything with unemployment, it depends."




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Colorado safer-at-home: Here’s what can open Monday

The final stage of re-opening under Colorado's "safer at home" coronavirus protocols is set for Monday, when offices across the state will be allowed to bring employees back under strict limitations.





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Former race car driver Bob Lazier dies from COVID-19

Bob Lazier, the 1981 CART rookie of the year and father of 1996 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Lazier, died Saturday from COVID-19. He was 81.




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NASCAR to resume season May 17 with seven races in 10 days

NASCAR announces season will resume May 17 with seven races in 10 days, including four in elite Cup Series.




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WATCH: Denver sights during the novel coronavirus stay-at-home order

Photojournalist Hyoung Chang examines the Denver metro area from the air and on the ground during the statewide stay-at-home order.




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Officials say former CU Boulder scientist did not separate public research from private company

Detlev Helmig most recently attracted attention for a paper that stated emissions from oil and gas production on the Front Range are largely underestimated.




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EPA officials defend their role amid rollbacks as agency hits 50: “Expect continued improvements” in Colorado

U.S. withdrawal from the international agreement to combat global warming, along with rule rollbacks, have slowed momentum that once inspired emulators abroad.





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Tracking the “murder hornet”: A deadly pest has reached North America

With queens that can grow to 2 inches long, Asian giant hornets can use mandibles shaped like spiked shark fins to wipe out a honeybee hive in a matter of hours, decapitating the bees and flying away with the thoraxes to feed their young.




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33 million have sought U.S. unemployment aid nationwide since coronavirus hit, nearly 420,000 in Colorado

Nearly 3.2 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the business shutdowns caused by the viral outbreak deepened the worst U.S. economic catastrophe in decades.





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Two JBS Greeley employees say they were fired after staying home sick during coronavirus pandemic

Married couple Tammy and Ann Day said they got sick with symptoms of the novel coronavirus on March 27.




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50 Coloradans have been allowed to stay on unemployment after refusing work, labor official says

So far, state labor officials have opened investigations into 150 instances of workers being called back to their workplaces or being offered new jobs and refusing, choosing instead to continue requesting unemployment benefits because of coronavirus-related concerns.