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1. AD PUSH TARGETS POT USE BY TEENS
The campaign is called “.” The idea is to suggest to kids that Colorado has become a testing ground on the consequences of marijuana legalization – and they will be the test subjects if they use pot.
2. DRIVERS BRACE FOR ROUND 2 OF WORK ON I-25
Friday night and early Saturday during the first phase of the weekend marathon of lane-widening, asphalt-pouring, sewer pipe-laying and bridge demolition, according to state and Denver city officials.
3. TONY STEWART PULLS OUT OF RACE AFTER FATAL CRASH
Greg Zipadelli, competition director for Stewart-Haas Racing, said at a news conference that Stewart “feels strongly” about on Sunday following Kevin Ward Jr.’s fatal accident during a race in upstate New York Saturday night.
4. OBAMA: IRAQ MISSION IS “LONG-TERM”
The ongoing strikes, which began Friday, address “immediate” concerns of protecting Americans, besieged minorities and critical infrastructure in the north, President Obama said. But comprehensive aid to push back advances by the Sunni Muslim extremists through much of the country in the past two months , he said.
5. TOP DENVER PLANNER RAISES EYEBROWS
Brad Buchanan, a weekend farmer and longtime architect who’s well-regarded in development circles, is five months into his job as Denver’s head city planner. – an Eastern Plains rancher responsible for making key decisions about Denver’s increasingly dense urban footprint – has some critics of the city’s building bonanza grumbling.
6. STEM CLASSES SET TO FLOWER IN DENVER SCHOOLS
As Denver students get ready for school this month, officials are preparing to spend geared toward science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, to benefit about 1,000 students in the first year.
7. IMMIGRATION ISSUE COULD TIP SCALES IN SENATE RACE
and how it interweaves with Rep. Cory Gardner’s own tale could have an outsized impact on the politics of immigration in Colorado and which candidate, Gardner or U.S. Senator Mark Udall, ultimately returns to Washington next year.
8. DENVER-BASED PRESCIENT VOWS TO DISRUPT
A Denver startup claims it has developed a system to build apartments, hotels and dorms faster, cheaper and greener and with fewer defects than current construction methods. “This is a disruptive technology,” said John Vanker, CEO of Denver-based Prescient. “.”
9. BRONCOS WR EMMANUEL SANDERS PUTS IN THE WORK
Young Emmanuel is all grown up now, and after every Broncos practice, he can be seen putting in more time . Not since Bradley Van Pelt and Tim Tebow has a Broncos player stayed after practice more than Emmanuel Sanders.
10. PAIGE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM BRONCOS’ PRESEASON OPENER
The Broncos won the “” but, unless we missed it, there wasn’t a trophy presentation.
11. HOST TOWNS SEEK BIG PAYOFF FROM USA PRO CHALLENGE
The 11 communities anchoring a stage in the fourth iteration of the popular race have learned it’s not so much about reaping cash as it is that millions will see on television.
12. HOW ASPEN’S ART SCENE WENT GLOBAL
Every museum curator knows about art: What’s hot, what’s over, what’s next. is to know it before everybody else.
