It’s time once again for what’s become an annual staple: Our latest salute to the Colorado People of Walmart, featuring memorable pics from the People of Walmart site. The latest photos, featuring People of Walmart text, carry on the tradition proudly: They’re weird and hilarious in equal measure. Count down…
Since shortly after your Denver Broncos won Super Bowl 50, there’s been open speculation about whether quarterback Peyton Manning would retire, so they he could go out as a champion. In the days that followed, however, the potential timing of such an announcement has gotten complicated by an ongoing NFL…
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is sick and tired of the federal government demonizing marijuana. Indeed, Warren recently sent a letter to assorted agencies encouraging them to study whether the use of medical marijuana might help address the opiate epidemic. A number of our readers agreed with Warren’s supposition. To this…
Denver blog posts are golden. At Westword Arts, Bree Davies declares the Denver Botanic Gardens Conservatory an architectural marvel at fifty. Colorado Peak Politics is thrilled that Colorado taxpayers will receive TABOR refunds this year. Predominantly Orange’s Sayre Bedinger wonders if Bronco Brock Osweiler will test the open market…
The 2016 Colorado Health Report card is out, and in general, the marks are pretty good — particularly if you’re young. As was the case last year, the study, assembled by folks with the Colorado Institute of Health and the Colorado Health Foundation, shows that the state is doing better on child and adolescent…
The new intelligence report from the Southern Poverty Law Center, called “The Year in Hate and Extremism,” makes it clear that Colorado isn’t immune from the conditions name-checked in its title. After all, the cover collage features a photo of Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Dear. The document itself…
Getting someone to join you on a date can be challenge enough. But what are your odds of scoring a second one? That’s among the questions the folks at Match set out to answer while assembling Singles in America 2016, a website featuring data based on a survey of more than…
Our Chris Walker recently reported about a University of Denver study that found the City of Denver has spent millions criminalizing homelessness. The post ushered in an interesting discussion about the best approaches to dealing with the homeless issue, and whether any public agency is using them effectively. As for…
Denver blogs specialize in sneak previews. At Westword Food & Drink, Mark Antonation gives you a first look at The Humble Pie, which opened this week on East Colfax. Colorado Peak Politics maintains that State Senator Bill Cadman’s comments about the GOP were taken out of context. Denver Urbanism’s Ken Schroeppel…
Millions upon millions of people have bought and sold items on Craigslist without a problem. But that doesn’t mean horror stories involving the service are unknown. The most prominent example locally is Dynel Lane’s alleged attack on Michelle Wilkins; Lane is accused of cutting the child from Wilkins’s womb after…
In the days after your Denver Broncos won Super Bowl 50, the Sports Authority Sports Castle, at 10th and Broadway, was absolutely mobbed with fans being keepsakes and collectibles. We know — because the Sports Castle is across the street from Westword’s offices. But just over a week later comes…
After leading the Denver Broncos to victory in Super Bowl 50, Peyton Manning should have been able to rest on his laurels in advance of a retirement announcement that would bring to an end one of the greatest careers in NFL history. Instead, a scandal over a 1996 incident with…
Some Denver topics are eternal. Note an October 2015 post that asked, “Why is everyone moving to Denver?” But while the subject was fresh, the question — and the responses to it — were first posed on a Yelp thread back in 2010. And the passage of time offered insight…
Some good news: This year, there have been far fewer ski area deaths in Colorado than during several recent years. By February 8 of 2012, for example, eleven people had died on Colorado slopes. In contrast, we’ve only published a single post this season about a ski area death prior…
Our post about the search for a suspect in an East Colfax stabbing included comments from a neighbor, who suggested that the area was dangerous. He added that this was especially true during the wee hours of the morning — the time frame when an employee at a Good Times restaurant…
Denver blogs have it all wrapped up. At Westword Food & Drink, Mark Antonation writes about HBO host John Oliver’s hilarious skewering of Chipotle. Mile High Hockey’s misterfish1 takes a look at the Colorado Avalanche’s free agents. Colorado Pols says Senator Kevin Lundberg is fighting for the rights of people who…
On November 22, 2015, Miguel Martinez was armed, dangerous and wanted in regard to an active warrant (for escape and drugs, which he was on at the time) that made explicit mention of his “violent tendencies.” He was also mentally ill, as Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey acknowledges in his…
As we recently reported, Colorado Department of Transportation figures show that in 2015, marijuana driving citations actually went down from the previous year, albeit by a small amount — 1.3 percent. In apparent response to these numbers, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office has released pot-citation data from that particular area…
We don’t know if Robert Lewis set a record for the most curse words in a minute and a half. But his profanity pace is undeniably impressive. According to Fox31, he spewed seventy swears that required bleeping over the course of a video that runs just 86 seconds. The target of…
Valentine’s Day is a time for love connections. And also for missed connections. That’s clear from the slew of tales, anecdotes and pleas shared under the Denver Craigslist Missed Connections umbrella over Valentine’s Day weekend. We’ve assembled and photo-illustrated the ten most memorable posts from the address, complete with links…
At this writing, there has been no announcement that Mesa County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Derek Geer has died. However, it’s only a matter of time. An all-too-short amount of time. Geer was shot multiple times on Monday, February 8, allegedly by a thus-far-unidentified seventeen-year-old who’s currently in custody. The deputy…
Ever since the passage of Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational marijuana sales in Colorado, state officials have been concerned about a rise in stoned driving. But has the phenomenon already peaked? It’s far too soon to say definitively. But data from the Colorado Department of Transportation show that the…
