According to a recent study, Colorado is in the bottom third of states when it comes to excessive drinking. Our post sharing the stats got people talking about whether or not Denver has a drinking problem. Some of those who responded consider the issue to be overblown, while others feel…
Denver blog posts look back — and forward. At Westword Arts, Brad Weismann pays tribute to ten long-gone Denver institutions, including 16th Street the way it was before the creation of the mall. Roundball Mining Company’s Cody Russell weighs in on rumors that the Denver Nuggets might be a landing place…
Last month, we told you about a legislation sponsored by State Senator Tim Neville that would allow concealed carry without a permit in Colorado. Senate Bill 16-017, the original version of which is shared here, is still alive; on February 12, according to the Colorado General Assembly’s history page, the…
The Denver Police Department is currently on the lookout for the man captured in surveillance images captured here. The suspect is considered dangerous for a very good reason. He’s though to have randomly stabbed an employee at an East Colfax Good Times restaurant in the eye with a switchblade. But…
During many if not most highway-related commutes these days, drivers will see a sign that reveals the current number of traffic deaths thus far in 2016. The official figure through February 8 was 28, but it will change soon. We know of at least one fatality since then, in a…
No one is enjoying the Broncos’ win in Super Bowl 50 more than game MVP Von Miller. We’ve already showcased his appearances alongside Ellen DeGeneres and Saturday Night Live. But that’s just the tip of a media iceberg. And thanks to Miller’s Instagram page, as well as the videographers of America, it’s…
Boulder’s Elise Lachowyn devoted her career to bringing childlike joy to others. As the vice president of marketing with Tech 4 Kids, a Canadian company whose products include 3D Magic and Squishy Pops, she was very much in touch with her younger self — something with which her six-year-old daughter…
Last month, Massachusetts lawmakers visited Colorado to learn more about the state’s marijuana industry in advance of a 2016 ballot measure in their state — and some of them were pretty freaked out by the experience. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren seems much calmer about the issue — particularly as it applies…
We recently showcases samples from a guide to driving in Denver, as written by a longtime local. Among his assertions: “The sooner you realize that everyone else is either an idiot, an asshole, or legally blind in this town, the sooner you can make the decision to buy a bike, leave…
Denver blog posts are all about sharing the credit. The Westword Food & Drink crew shares reader suggestions for best green chile places in Denver. Denver PR Blog highlights a piece about the trademark fight between The Kitchen and Wolfgang Puck penned by former Westword scribe Julie Jargon. Colorado Peak Politics on how…
Beverly England, the married mother of two young children, vanished in the Salida area on June 12, 1980. Since then, her family and the folks behind numerous websites, as well as the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, have sought to solve the mystery of her disappearance. We don’t have all the…
Last week, we told you about the fatal stabbing of a six-year-old boy, subsequently identified as Riley Johnson, and sexual assault of a woman caring for him, allegedly by a man who later turned the knife on himself. The man has now been ID’d as Brandon Johnson — the boy’s dad…
Despite the Broncos’ victory in Super Bowl 50, the reports about Peyton Manning that emerged in recent days — including coverage of a lawsuit that accuses him of pressing his testicles and rectum into a female doctor’s face while in college — has been far less than super. But the…
Sometimes it seems that fares at Denver International Airport will climb as high as the planes that regularly depart from the facility. But now is not one of those times. New figures from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (a branch of the U.S. Treasury Department) reveals the best average fares at…
Chic, which headlines the Paramount Theatre on February 19, has been nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ten times (a record), but has not yet been enshrined — a fact that leaves group leader Nile Rodgers perplexed, to say the least. But in many ways, that doesn’t…
Peyton Manning is a hero in Denver and beyond for his play on the field — he led the Broncos to two Super Bowls in four years, one of which the team won — as well as for the perception that he’s a straight arrow off it. But in recent…
We recently posted about NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s claim that the league’s marijuana ban is “the correct policy.” Goodell’s statement, made just before Super Bowl 50, retreated from previous statements suggesting a willingness to consider altering the NFL’s treatment of the substance, not to mention advocacy by plenty of former…
Denver blog posts know that it’s not easy being great green chile. At Westword Food & Drink, Mark Antonation presents the ten best places for green chile in Denver, 2016 edition. A confession by Mike Olson of Denver Stiffs: “I play with myself.” A provocative Colorado Peak Politics headline reads,…
Ron Howard had an important role in the lead-up to Super Bowl 50, won by your Denver Broncos. But he made his biggest contribution to the contest after the fact — via a video shared here, in which he speaks for a pouting Cam Newton while being gently chided by…
Last October, we told you about a class-action lawsuit filed against LivWell Englightened Health dispensaries based on its alleged use of a pesticide called Eagle 20 “in the first quarter of 2015 and likely for many months, if not years, earlier.” The substance is described in the suit, seen in its…
Rich Wyatt’s reversal of fortune has taken place in slow motion. Five years ago, he was a reality TV star thanks to American Guns, a popular Discovery Channel program that showcased him, his telegenic family and his business, Gunsmoke Guns in Wheat Ridge. But American Guns was canceled in December 2012,…
On April 20, 1999, Hochhalter was shot during the attack on Columbine High School.
