Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman has revealed the top ten consumer complaints in the state during 2015. The list is divided by the industries that generated the most gripes to Coffman’s office last year — and there are some significant changes from the top consumer complaints in 2014. For example,…
In the age of Internet porn, when extremely explicit images and videos are just a click away, physical magazines such as Playboy seem almost old-fashioned. But in the case of the mags seen in photos used to illustrate a complaint filed against the Denver Fire Department by former firefighter Camilla VonBurkhardt, the…
Last September, we told you about Laurie Teter, whose body was discovered on the side of the road in a remote area after she’d been reported missing. At the time of our post, her death was being investigated as a homicide. More than six months later, an indictment has been…
There are only seven marijuana dispensaries in Aspen. But they are presumably as busy as liquor stores in the community — and sometimes more so. According to newly released City of Aspen statistics, alcohol sales exceeded marijuana sales in the community in 2015. But during two months of the year…
Westword contributor Matthew Van Deventer recently wrote about the prospect of Denver placing a limit on the number of marijuana business and grows in the city. Most of the readers who responded suggested that the market, not the government, should dictate how many shops and grows Denver can support. We also heard…
Denver blogs put safety first. At Westword Music, Emily Healy presents the newbie’s guide to safety at Denver shows. Colorado Peak Politics tweaks Jared Polis for making fun of Donald Trump being rich. Mile High Hockey’s Ryan Murphy recaps the Colorado Avalanche’s victory over the Phoenix Coyotes…
No, Leonardo DiCaprio hasn’t purchased a summer home in Colorado Springs. But a fake news story published on a satirical website has fooled plenty of people into thinking that he has. And it’s hardly the first time something like this has happened in these parts. The article in question, headlined…
How much money do you need to be considered a 1 percenter? The folks at Estately have come up with an interesting way to answer that question. A new post on the site sets out to “determine the minimum it would cost to buy one of the 1 percent most expensive…
As we noted in a post about the Brock Osweiler woman-pushing video published a short time ago, the retirement speech delivered by Peyton Manning yesterday received rave reviews in the sports press. But his Super Bowl-winning season earned a thumbs-down from DeAngelo Williams. A running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Williams…
Yesterday, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning announced his retirement in a speech that prompted ESPN’s Michael Wilbon to name-check the most famous farewell address in American professional sports history — Lou Gehrig’s 1939 goodbye to the Yankees, when he called himself “the luckiest man on the face of the earth” despite suffering…
In recent weeks, we’ve shared two reports about shootings related to marijuana robberies. The first involved Jason Mesaros, who was shot ten times by police following a heist at a home grow that involved gun play and an attack on the residence’s owner. The second pertained to Athina Munoz, just busted…
We recently posted about the ten largest new rental developments in Denver. A report about the projects calculates that more than 3,300 units of rental inventory were added in the Mile High City during 2015 alone. Not all of our readers were psyched about the construction of so many structures…
Denver blog posts are glad there are more openings than closings. At Westword Food & Drink, our Cafe Society staff documents the February restaurant roll call, which includes ten permanent closures, four temporary shut-downs, two name changes and (the good news) nineteen restaurant and/or bar openings in the metro area last month…
Once upon a time, people who wanted to smoke without annoying anyone would simply head outside. Now, however, large parts of the outdoors in Boulder County may be off-limits to smokers no matter the substance they’re consuming, be it tobacco or marijuana. And violations could result in fines as high…
We all know the old saying about how a picture is worth a thousand words. But the juxtaposition of photos, and the back story related to them, can speak in even greater volumes. An example: Compare this image of Jason Mesaros having fun at the beach to his booking photo…
We’re so accustomed to Colorado communities winding up near the top of city lists — take the presence of both Boulder and Fort Collins on the latest roster of America’s happiest cities, which we shared last week — that when it doesn’t happen, there’s practically a disconnect. That’s the case…
One sure way of identifying the most passionate Peyton Manning fans is their use of the middle name given to him in honor of his quarterbacking prowess: Peyton Fucking Manning — or PFM for short. When news broke early yesterday that Manning would be announcing his retirement at a press…
Thus far, the 2015-2016 skiing season in Colorado has seen fewer fatal accidents that normal. But the tragedies have started to accumulate. So far this year, we’ve told you about the January deaths of Logan Salviano at Vail and Jason Taylor at Keystone, as well as the passing of Tennessee…
The response to our post offering a first look at Denver NORML’s initiative to allow marijuana clubs suggests that there’s a lot of support for the idea. Comments flooded in, with the vast majority backing the concept. The most common reason cited was the Amendment 64-vintage call for marijuana to be…
Denver blogs pedal as well as peddle. At Westword Arts, Kyle Wagner highlights the eight best early season mountain bike rides near Denver. Denver PR Blog considers the contrast in the Denver Post’s coverage of media retirees John Ferrugia and Mark Koebrich. Coyote Gulch: Slopes around Aspen got 63-76 percent of normal…
A seventeen-year-old currently living in Grand Junction is being held in a detention center there on a $1 million bond for the 2012 murder of Riverton, Utah’s Anne Kasprzak. She was fifteen at the time of her death, while her alleged killer was fourteen — but there’s already speculation about…
Claude Wilkerson is in plenty of trouble with the law. On Sunday, the resident of Gateway, on Colorado’s Western Slope, was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault, kidnapping, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and more. If he’s found guilty of these crimes, Wilkerson will face a hefty sentence…
