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The Colorado Department of Transportation is expecting to reopen northbound Interstate 25 near the Dry Creek exit at 5 a.m. today, June 1, in the wake of a massive tanker explosion that closed the highway for well over twelve hours. Southbound I-25 at Belleview reopened at around midnight.

June is the month for a lot of things: it’s Celibacy Awareness Month, National Bathroom Reading Month, and somehow Fireworks Safety Month, which clearly seems like a month too early.  You have to wonder what sort of power and money the Fireworks lobbyists must have to have kept that out of July, when apparently it’s Do Whatever with Fireworks Month. But of course, it’s also the first month of summer, so here are ten things for you to remember in June—along with your SPF 100 sunscreen and some shades that don’t make you look like you’re trying too hard.

After last month’s abrupt cancellation of the morning show starring Larry Ulibarri and Kathie J, KS 107.5 has replaced the audience favorites with the crew of Tony V, Cedes and DJ Chonz. It’s a surprising team-up, given that both Cedes and Chonz left the station last year.

Sportswriter Terry Frei’s departure from the Denver Post following a tweet in which he announced that he was “very uncomfortable with a Japanese driver winning the Indianapolis 500 during Memorial Day weekend” made for a notably ugly exit. But it’s hardly unprecedented. Indeed, Westword has chronicled a number of bizarre firings or resignations at the paper over the years, involving plagiarism charges, gambling allegations and a previous Twitter scandal spurred by an uncomfortable come-on to a female hockey fan.

The conclusion of an amended autopsy report for John Patrick Walter, who died in Fremont County jail on April 20, 2014, has been changed from “undetermined” to acute withdrawal from benzodiazepine, a prescribed medication that was withheld from him by staff during his incarceration. The findings echo claims made in a lawsuit filed about Walter’s death, and Erik Heipt, an attorney for his family, feels the results would have been known years ago if not for obstruction by Fremont County officials.

Denver has seven golf public golf courses, and a reader recently suggested that some of the Denver golf courses be turned into public parks “or opened up for festivals and other special events.” Now another reader responds.

In November, Colorado voters approved Amendment 70, which will gradually increase the state minimum wage from the current $9.30 an hour to $12 by 2020. But the proposal’s success hasn’t slowed the complaints about low wages in Denver, including one pushing the Fight for $15 campaign at the McDonald’s on…