“I did not become an athlete for reasons like this.” This statement was shared yesterday on Facebook by Justin Reiter, a snowboarder from Steamboat Springs, after a court appearance in Switzerland related to a lawsuit he filed against the International Olympic Committee. The reason for the complaint: the IOC’s decision…
Less than a month after his trial, Aurora theater shooter James Eagan Holmes has begun serving his sentence of life without parole — plus 3,318 years — in Colorado’s highest-security prison, the Colorado State Penitentiary. The supermax is known for housing some of the system’s most dangerous inmates in isolation;…
Last year, we told you about the breakup of a child prostitution ring operating in Lakewood and Wheat Ridge, as well as the arrest of alleged ringleader Daniel Onodera and six others said to have been associated with exploiting teenage girls via meth and more. More than a year and a…
Porn stars played a prominent part in two Ranker lists about Colorado: the ten most famous people from Denver and the ten most famous attendees of Colorado State University. Clearly, the University of Northern Colorado is slacking in this category. Instead, the ten most famous UNC alums (and all of…
This week, the Colorado Springs Police Department released its annual report for 2014. The 76-page document, included below in its entirety, features a huge cache of information. But some of the most intriguing material pertains to the activities of the department’s Metro Vice, Narcotics & Intelligence (MVNI) division — and particularly…
Last week, in reporting about a stabbing outside a Glenwood Springs medical marijuana dispensary, we noted that the large number of security cameras required by law at such businesses offers plenty of investigative clues to police officers. As such, committing crimes inside or outside of pot shops is very risky —…
We recently shared the latest report about marijuana legalization in Colorado from the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, an anti-pot organization that receives federal funding. The group cobbled together stats meant to portray Colorado’s marijuana policies as a societal disaster that’s wreaking more havoc with each passing day…
Denver blog posts don’t have abandonment issues. At our Arts blog, Lindsey Bartlett spotlights the ten most amazing abandoned places in Colorado. Denver Stiff’s Mike Olson notes that for the Denver Nuggets, the times, they are a-changin’. Coyote Gulch shares a hopeful temperature and precipitation outlook…
Cannabis is growing in importance in Colorado, shaping our economy as well as our image. For a closer look at the businesses creating that image, Westword took a behind-the-scenes tour of L’Eagle, a mom-and-pop pot shop on the industrial edge of the Baker neighborhood that specializes in organic, sustainable and health-conscious…
Dear Mexican: I’m tired of debating these pasty whitebreads that the Camino Real has had people back and forth across the border for over 500 years, and that a fence is redundant and that people will always be crossing our southern border. The whitebreads insist that the wall can end…
Have you been thinking about trying meth? If so, there probably isn’t anything we can say to talk you out of it — and we doubt more photos of emaciated meth users with rotted teeth and cadaver-quality skin will do the trick, either. But maybe, just maybe, the story of…
We admit that our predictions aren’t always flawless. But every once in a while, we get one right. Earlier this week, we argued that Miss Colorado Kelley Johnson had won the Miss America pageant even though she finished as second runner-up thanks to the attention she’d received for her monologue about…
Broncos fans who bailed out on last night’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs in the middle of the second quarter no doubt woke up shocked this morning. Early on, Denver’s offense looked horrific once again, with the line allowing one pass rusher after another to abuse Peyton Manning. He…
Ever since Chris Brown admitted to battering then-girlfriend Rihanna a few years back, the singer has been fighting to reclaim his good reputation among female music lovers, in particular. We imagine an incident that allegedly took place this week at the Platinum 84 strip club won’t help his quest. According to…
All of us understand that Colorado is one of the most beautiful places in the nation. No wonder it was the only state to land two cities among Outside magazine’s top ten picks for best places to live in America circa 2015. Now, the Washington Post is offering more proof — and the…
Ever have a day when you want to shut out the world? That was me a few weeks ago, after an avalanche of bad news. First, I got a parking ticket on a street that never has meter maids, then a date bailed on me (I hadn’t been excited, but…
A recent Comment of the Day item found one reader declaring that the constant complaining about high rent costs suggests that Colorado is filled with whiners. No surprise that this take generated some serious push-back. Plenty of folks reiterated their complaints about rent prices, particularly in the most popular neighborhoods, with…
Denver blog posts like preserving things for posterity. At our Arts blog, Lindsey Bartlett writes about Mountain Thrift murals that will be painted over because of complaints from the veterans group that owns the building. The Colorado Independent’s Mike Littwin declares Carly Fiorina the winner of last night’s Republican debate,…
Colorado’s tax holiday on retail marijuana provided full waiting rooms and plenty of customers, but most of the action was taking place in growing operations months before. The one-day tax break, a product of Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights, saved customers the cost of the 10 percent state sales tax…
A word to the wise criminal: If you’re going to break the law, don’t do it anywhere near a medical marijuana dispensary. Under state law, dispensaries are required to install surveillance cameras — lots of them. Commit a crime inside or in the immediate vicinity outside and there’s a very…
A lot of us like to think of Denver as the best sports city in America — especially on a day like today. After all, the excitement is as high for tonight’s nationally broadcast Broncos-Chiefs game as if it was taking place in Colorado instead of Kansas City. But while…
Last night’s Republican presidential debate, sponsored by CNN and staged at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, was advertised as a verbal steel-cage match between Donald Trump and the GOP hopefuls who he’s currently drowning out. But it wasn’t all about Trump. One notable section found multiple candidates…
