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Hiking, bike riding, breweries and pot. Do Denver residents live up to the stereotype?

Ask someone from another state what the typical Denverite likes, and you might get any number of answers. Skiing. Craft beer. Hiking. Cannabis. Goldendoodles.




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Denver sets new records in visitor numbers and spending in 2023, passing $10 billion for first time

Visit Denver, the city's tourism sales and marketing agency, said last year's visitor total of 37.4 million was a 3% bump over 2022. And the $10.3 billion in Denver's tourism revenue last year outpaced the $9.4 billion collected the prior year by nearly 10%.




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Colorado solidifies regulations for psychedelic mushroom growers, manufacturers and therapy centers

Anyone seeking to become part of Colorado’s psychedelics industry by growing mushrooms, operating a healing center, or manufacturing psilocybin edibles now has guidance on how to do so legally.





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Psychedelic therapy advocates fear high fees will curb Colorado industry before it starts

When psychedelic-assisted therapy becomes available in Colorado next year, the state will be just the second in the U.S. to regulate the production and use of psilocybin mushrooms.




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If You Like It, Put a Ring on It



Someone gets engaged on Just Keke.







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Recording Artists Phillip and Emmanuel Hudson



Keke reminds the The Hudson Brothers of a millennial Oprah.




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Suli McCullough Shares Ghetto Trivia Tidbits



Suli McCullough explains ghetto tendencies.




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William Byron launches Hendrick Motorsports’ 40th anniversary season with win in Daytona 500

William Byron launched Hendrick Motorsports’ 40th anniversary season by snapping the team’s nine-year Daytona 500 losing streak with a win Monday in the rain-delayed “Great American Race.”




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Renck: No new Broncos quarterback in free agency? No problem. This is what rebuilding looks like.

The truth is loose: The Broncos are colts, an increasingly younger team tasked with cobbling together a foundation for the future. They are cheaper, shrewder investments, their signings requiring Google searches for statistics and correct spellings of names.











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Upon Further Review: The left side of the Broncos’ FG protection unit had been a blinking red light. Kansas City took full advantage

Courtland Sutton and the Broncos were still celebrating his 32-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter Sunday when the tremor preceding the earthquake rippled.





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Broncos Mailbag: What does the path to playoffs look like from 5-5 for Sean Payton’s team?

What are the Broncos' NFL playoff odds after back-to-back losses? And did Denver provide the rest of the league the blueprint for how to beat Kansas City?




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Keeping POTUS alive isn’t as easy as it sounds in Curious Theatre’s season 27 opener | Theater review

The All-Female “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive ” is timely and a surprising respite.





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Two compelling plays — perfect for election season — to see this month in Denver and Boulder

Set in earlier eras, these powerful dramas engage our political moment.




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Yadira Caraveo, seeking reelection to Congress, navigates politics of abortion, immigration as some positions shift

As U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo emphasizes abortion rights in her reelection race in Colorado's battleground 8th Congressional District, she's moved the right on immigration -- angering some allies -- while facing fierce attacks from supporters of Republican challenger Gabe Evans.





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Westminster’s $16 million sewer project leads to sagging roads; city retains counsel for possible lawsuit

Westminster City Council this week retained a law firm that specializes in construction defects to determine what is causing several roads to sag and settle in the northernmost stretches of the city.




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Reintroduced Colorado wolf likely died after fight with another wolf, federal wildlife officials say

One of Colorado's reintroduced wolves likely died of wounds it suffered during a fight with another wolf, federal officials announced Thursday.




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Colorado’s oil and gas industry says it’s reducing emissions at drilling sites by 95%. Environmentalists aren’t so sure.

Center for Biological Diversity is suing sued the state health department over two Crestone Peak sites.







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Colorado companies join coalition in methane-seeking space mission

Colorado has led the nation on regulating methane emissions and now companies in the state are major contributors to a new satellite expected to be an important tool in identifying and quantifying the emissions globally.




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Why has a Fort Collins business drawn pro-Palestinian protests? A look at its ties to bombs used by Israel.

Demonstrators who held a "die-in" outside a Fort Collins-based defense contractor over the weekend were motivated by purported connections between Woodward and a component of a bomb dropped by Israel on a camp in Rafah in late May. Here's a look at those ties.








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Kiszla: The Broncos have no quarterback, no draft capital, no salary-cap flexibility and no real hope

After not only losing, but getting bullied in a 27-14 manhandling by the hated Raiders, Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton tried to scrawl a smiley face on this mess.




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Kickin it with Kiz Podcast: What Bill Belichick, Nick Saban exits say about what Sean Payton has to do in Broncos Country

In the latest edition of the Kickin' it with Kiz podcast, sports columnist Mark Kiszla reflects on a pair of coaching legends calling it quits in the same week.




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Kiszla: Fearless prediction for 2024? Nikola Jokic and Nathan MacKinnon will lead dueling victory parades through streets of Denver

On any given night, Nuggets center Nikola Jokic or Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon can be a whole flight of stairs above any competitor on the court or in the rink.




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Sony’s Access controller for the PlayStation aims to make gaming easier for people with disabilities

Playing video games has long been a challenge for many people with disabilities, since the traditional controllers for the PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo can be difficult or even impossible to maneuver when a person has limited mobility. Losing the ability to play doesn’t just mean the loss of a favorite pastime — it can also exacerbate social isolation for a community that already experiences it at far higher rates than the general population. Sony’s new Access Controller, developed with input from accessibility consultants, aims to change that.





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Can AI truly replicate the screams of a man on fire? Video game performers want their work protected

The physical strain this type of motion work entails, and the hours put into it, are part of the reason why he believes all video-game performers should be protected equally from the use of unregulated artificial intelligence.




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James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader voice lives on through AI. Voice actors see promise and peril in that

Voice actors say they fear AI could reduce or eliminate job opportunities because the technology could be used to replicate one performance into a number of other movements without their consent.