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Kent Thiry, DaVita CEO and John Oliver Punching Bag, Opts Out of Guv’s Race

By Michael Roberts

Kent Thiry, the CEO of Denver-based kidney dialysis giant DaVita, who was recently satirized in brutal fashion on an episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, has opted out of running for Colorado governor in 2018. But while this development removes one well-heeled potential guv hopeful from the equation, the amount of money expected to be spent by current competitors and those still flirting with candidacy will likely be record-setting.

Denver Roofer Offering $500 in Free Weed If You Buy a New Roof

By Thomas Mitchell

It only takes one hail storm to see how competitive the roofing wars of Denver get, with companies offering hundreds of dollars in gift cards and rebates to buy a new roof. But one roofer is combining his trade with another Colorado pastime for a higher return, offering customers $500 in weed if they buy a new roof.

13,000 New Denver Apartments in 2017: Where They Are, How Much They Cost

By Michael Roberts

Although rent prices in Denver have been sky high in recent years due in part to a severe shortage of available units, that situation may be changing. A new report estimates that more than 13,000 new apartments will open up in Denver over the course of 2017, with the majority of them situated in some of the city’s hottest and most rapidly growing areas.

Is Eric Ashby the Latest to Die Searching for Forrest Fenn’s Treasure?

By Michael Roberts

Eric Ashby, 31, remains missing after his raft reportedly flipped on a challenging part of the Arkansas River on June 28. A friend who’s leading online efforts to raise awareness about the situation believes Ashby died searching for what’s described as a $2 million treasure hidden by New Mexico author Forrest Fenn. If he’s right, Ashby is the third person from Colorado to perish while looking for this prize in just over a year and a half, and the second in two months.

Trent Nims, 15, Dies After Rescue: 14th Colorado Water Attraction Fatality in 2017

By Michael Roberts

The fifteen-year-old boy who was pulled from Cherry Creek Reservoir on July 22, as recounted in our previous coverage, on view below, has died. The teen has been identified as Trent Nims, and while the final cause of death hasn’t been determined, drowning is suspected. He is at least the fourteenth person to die at a Colorado water attraction in 2017. Continue for our earlier report.

Planned Parenthood Rolls Out Tele-Health Program As Clinics Close

By Grant Stringer

Even without the threat of the American Health Care Act, which would have cut about 40 percent of the organization’s budget and billions from Medicaid funding, the leaders of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains are taking measures to ensure that as many people have access to care as possible.

Could Cristina Barbuto’s Court Win Help Coloradans Fired for Medical Pot?

By Michael Roberts

The Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that a company acted improperly when it fired medical marijuana patient Cristina Barbuto after she tested positive for pot. The Colorado Supreme Court reached the opposite conclusion in an analogous 2015 case, determining that DISH had the right to dismiss paralyzed MMJ patient Brandon Coats following his own positive test for cannabis. And while the Barbuto finding won’t directly impact the Colorado case, Coats’s lawyer sees a trend toward granting more patient protections here and in other medical marijuana states.

Why Mark Redwine Was Finally Busted for Son Dylan’s Murder After Nearly Five Years

By Michael Roberts

For years, the tragic 2012 murder of Dylan Redwine shared one major element in common with the JonBenét Ramsey case. In both slayings, a parent or parents were under suspicion, yet law enforcers never brought criminal charges. But that changed on Saturday, July 22, when Mark Redwine, Dylan’s father, was arrested in Bellingham, Washington, on suspicion of killing his son. And a grand jury indictment released in the wake of the bust and accessible below reveals why in greater detail than has been previously shared with the public.

Not-Guilty Pleas in Second Cory Gardner ADAPT Protest on Eve of Trials Over First

By Michael Roberts

This week, Wheelchair Sports Camp MC Kalyn Heffernan and nine other members of the advocacy organization ADAPT pleaded not guilty to trespassing and other charges related to a three-day sit-in at the office of Senator Cory Gardner on June 29. And next week, several of the activists, many of whom have disabilities, are scheduled to be back in court regarding another matter. On Monday, July 24, the first of those cited for a previous protest targeting Gardner will go on trial, and there’s definitely crossover between the two groups.

Sorry, Mervin Cabe: Even White People Can Tell You’re Not Chad Johnson

By Westword Staff

One of the many stinging jokes in season one of the excellent Netflix series Dear White People involves college journalist Lionel Higgins, played by DeRon Horton, discovering that he can use a fake ID with a photo that looks nothing like him because Caucasians can’t tell black men apart. But Mervin Cabe wasn’t so lucky. He was recently busted in Aspen, one of the whitest places on the planet even when there’s no snow on the ground, after unsuccessfully impersonating former NFL player Chad Johnson, whom he doesn’t resemble in the slightest.

NCIA Colorado Cannabis Caucus: “Keep Fighting the Good Fight”

By Edward Dahlia

On Thursday, July 13, cannabis professionals ascended on Denver’s Cultivated Synergy for a quarterly meeting held by the National Cannabis Industry Association. But this wasn’t any ordinary meeting; it was a caucus – a cannabis caucus. And the group was rallying to keep fighting for legal marijuana.

9News’s Kyle Clark on His War of Words With Frontier Airlines

By Michael Roberts

9News’ Kyle Clark has been engaging in a war of words with Denver-based Frontier ever since needling the carrier for turning flight attendants into “awkward props during executives’ speeches about the virtues of the ultra-low cost airline,” which has recently scored poorly in airline quality rankings. And when he learned that Frontier staffers had accessed his personal travel records in an apparent effort to learn if he was an Ann Coulter-esque whiner about air travel, he became even more exercised, as he makes clear in an interview below.