- Boulder finds itself again in the wrong kind of national spotlight after a hate crime targeting the city’s Jewish community resulted in 15 people being injured, some badly.
- Denver Post reporter Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton announced she is leaving the paper. It is not clear whether she jumped or was pushed, but her colleague Max levy is also leaving and he made it clear he was pushed.
- FEMA Administrator David Richardson stunned members of the organization’s staff when he shared that he was unaware that there was a hurricane season in the U.S. Historically, hurricane damage has accounted for about 55% of the agency’s distributions of disaster relief funds.
- The college baseball postseason has been a dumpster fire for several coaches. Wake Forest‘s coach apologized for using a homophobic slur that ESPN microphones picked up on air and the University of Florida coach apologized for an expletive-filled rant against NCAA officials that went viral.
- An Austrian magazine has retracted an article about actor and director Clint Eastwood. Rather than try to interview Eastwood, the reporter pulled old quotes – some dating back as far as 1976 – to cobble together an article. It should have been a dead giveaway when he cited “Every Which Way but Loose” as the movie he was most proud of.
- A bettor who aggressively heckled Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas at a recent track event in an attempt to win a parlay bet has been banned from the FanDuel online betting platform.
- Proctor & Gamble announced it will lay off 7,000 employees and Citigroup plans to cut 3,500.
- Nothing divides a community more than politics, religion and a proposed Buc-ee’s.
- Yulissa Escobar, one of the contestants on the reality dating show “Love Island U.S.A.” was kicked off after videos of her repeatedly using a racial slur surfaced. Her next move is probably to run for office in Florida.
- A private Japanese company’s attempt to land a probe on the moon resulted in a crash landing, the company’s second in two years.
- The way things are trending, every grocery store in Denver may soon be on strike.
- The President Donald Trump–Elon Musk bro-fest has come to an unceremonious, “Real Housewives“-style end.
Who won the week?
- Dovetail Solutions is celebrating its 20th anniversary in business.
- Linhart PR promoted Sophie Wells to Senior Account Executive.
- Former Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning joined the ownership group of Denver‘s new NWSL women’s soccer team.
