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Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell has been the news editor of Westword since February 2024. He’s been with the publication since 2017 and was formerly its cannabis editor. He’s earned numerous awards and accolades for his work, including placing second for the Marijuana Enterprise Reporting Award from the Colorado Society of Professional Journalists in 2018; being named a Top Cannabis Journalist by Leafbuyer in 2020; and placing first for the College Sports Writing Award from the Arizona Press Club in 2014. His prior work experience includes Arizona Republic, Inman News and Fox Sports.

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Nonstop Flights From Denver to Rome Coming Soon

By Thomas MitchellDecember 19, 2024

Friends, Denverites, men who can’t stop thinking about ancient Rome, lend us your ears.

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Colorado Marijuana Sales Continue Getting Colder in 2024. Low-Potency Weed Won’t Heat Things Up.

By Thomas MitchellDecember 11, 2024

The quality of cannabis, just like industry claims, can always be sniffed out by a good honker.

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Colorado Announces Start Date for Psychedelic Business Applications

By Thomas MitchellDecember 4, 2024

The state will begin accepting applications right before the year ends.

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Denver Airport Flight Delays Surge Amid Winter Storm, Holiday Travel

By Thomas MitchellNovember 27, 2024

Denver International Airport flights have been delayed and canceled as snow falls on Thanksgiving Eve, one of the busiest travel days of the year.

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston speaks to the press.

Trump Border Czar Says He’s Willing to Put Denver Mayor in Jail Over Immigration Enforcement

By Thomas MitchellNovember 26, 2024

“But look, me and the Denver mayor, we agree on one thing: He’s willing to go to jail. I’m willing to put him in jail because there – there’s a statute.”

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Eight Ways to Donate and Volunteer in Denver This Thanksgiving

By Thomas MitchellNovember 22, 2024

Whether you’re giving money, food or your time as a volunteer, it all helps these Denver pantries, food drives and dinners.

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Adam Schefter Amazed to Learn That John Elway Hasn’t Spoken to Bo Nix

By Thomas MitchellNovember 20, 2024

Sports insider reading between the lines, or a generational disconnect between Baby Boomers and Generation Z, who’d rather run a mile than make a cold call?

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Bloom County Cannabis Recalled From 34 Dispensaries

By Thomas MitchellNovember 15, 2024

Marijuana from the popular wholesale grower in Colorado has been flagged over potential mold contamination.

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Attorney General Fines Pueblo CBD Company for Misleading Claims, No Age Verification

By Thomas MitchellNovember 14, 2024

Bee’s Knees has to fork over $225,000 after the AG cited misleading product claims, improper age verification and lies about supporting conservation groups.

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Eight Colorado Towns Voted on Marijuana This Election

By Thomas MitchellNovember 6, 2024

Voters weighed marijuana-related initiatives in Littleton, Loveland and Colorado Springs, where separate measures banning and allowing retail pot both passed.

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Colorado Ballot Results: Mountain Lion Hunting Ban Fails, Abortion and Gay Marriage Protections Pass

By Thomas MitchellNovember 6, 2024

From a proposed hunting ban on mountain lions to constitutional protection for abortion, here is how Colorado’s fourteen ballot initiatives are faring.

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Trailer Park Boys, Colorado Marijuana Grower Create New Strain

By Thomas MitchellNovember 5, 2024

It’s all about supply and command.

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Unofficial Denver Election Bingo Card to Drink Fear, Frustration Away

By Thomas MitchellNovember 5, 2024

As the world burns, so shall your liver.

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Cannabis Edibles Flagged for Mislabeling in Colorado

By Thomas MitchellNovember 1, 2024

Each peach-flavored gummy is infused with about 5 milligrams of THC and 10 milligrams of CBD, but some of the interior labeling switched the numbers.

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OSHA to Begin Regular Inspections of Colorado Marijuana Facilities

By Thomas MitchellOctober 18, 2024

Citing risks involving fire, chemicals, electricity, machinery and toxic breathing, the federal agency is going to start regular inspections at cannabis businesses this fall.

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Five Craziest Moments at Donald Trump’s Rally in Aurora

By Thomas MitchellOctober 11, 2024

The event included clips from Full Metal Jacket, talk of kissing and sleeping with immigration charts, and multiple un-ironic spins of “YMCA.”

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Lakewood Turned an Abandoned Gas Station Into a Window to 1954

By Thomas MitchellOctober 9, 2024

It all started in a lot full of junk behind Coors Field. Or in 1926, if we’re being thorough.

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Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels Scheduled for Denver on Same Day

By Thomas MitchellOctober 8, 2024

When the former president visits Aurora on October 11, he’ll be sandwiched between performances by his former “honey bunch.”

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Colorado Marijuana Prices Nearing Record Lows Again

By Thomas MitchellOctober 1, 2024

Dispensaries continue to close or change hands as legal weed prices and sales decline.

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Remembering Denver Nuggets Legend Dikembe Mutombo

By Thomas MitchellSeptember 30, 2024

His career was built on rejections, but Dikembe Mutombo was an example of embracing humanity.

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CBD, the Mosquito Killer? Hemp Extract Shows Promise as Pesticide

By Thomas MitchellSeptember 24, 2024

We love all animals, except mosquitoes. They can go straight to hell – and maybe hemp can help get them there.

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Colorado Tops U.S. in Cocaine Use…Again

By Thomas MitchellSeptember 24, 2024

This marks the second time in three years that Colorado tops the country in admitted cocaine use, according to federal data.

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