Colorado continues to have a reputation in some quarters as a bad-weather state. But anyone who lives here knows that’s a gross exaggeration whether or not the state’s 300-days-of-sunshine claim is a myth or not. More evidence comes via a new study by the folks at WalletHub to determine which…
Yesterday in Arizona, convicted murderer Joseph Rudolph Wood was executed…very slowly. Wood reportedly gasped for breath for nearly two hours as witnesses watched before finally expiring. This is hardly the first botched execution, as is clear from the following roster, first published last year. It highlights nine startling stories assembled…
Steve Jackson is singularly qualified to recap at least part of a crazy Jefferson County crime spree involving a couple busted on charges including robbery, vehicle theft, burglary and attempted murder. A former Westword staff writer (here’s his author page), Jackson is a crime-book author of national renown — and…
“Growing Concerns,” Kyle Harris, july 17 Way to Grow! Excellent article. Tragic. I am afraid all of Denver has fallen victim to gentrification. One man’s progress is another man’s demise. Sad. Thank God for gardens — they give life, food. We need more gardens.Naomi WolkinskyPosted on Facebook “Frack Attack!” Alan…
Dear Stoner: My dad lives in Aurora, and we’re coming out for his 75th birthday party. My wife has never smoked pot (or anything, not even cigarettes) but suffers from chronic migraines. She wants to try a pot edible, but I heard that pot can only be purchased by non-residents…
According to data compiled by the National Review, welfare recipients have used electronic benefit (EBT) cards to withdraw cash at dispensaries at least 259 times since the sale of limited amounts of cannabis to adults 21 and up began in Colorado on January 1. In total, more than $23,600 of…
Our post featuring one hater’s thirteen reasons why Colorado sucks elephant balls riled up readers in a big way, with most dismissing the complaints about our fair state. But this reader saw a few good points among the bad ones. See also: Photos: One hater’s thirteen reasons why Colorado sucks…
Denver blog posts wouldn’t mind chilling for a while. At our Show and Tell blog, Jamie Siebrase lists the ten best free fountains to cool off on a hot Denver day. Colorado Peak Politics says liberals are panicking over polls showing statistical ties in the gubernatorial and senatorial races. An…
In a recent airline quality survey that hammered Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines finished in the middle of the pack. But Minnesota’s Duff Watson would no doubt rank the carrier much lower. He says he was asked to deplane prior to a flight home from Denver because he criticized a Southwest…
Last fall, the largest flood (by total rainfall) in Colorado’s history led the federal government to declare a state of emergency in fourteen counties. None were hit harder than Boulder County, where the two swollen branches of St. Vrain Creek decimated Lyons, driving thousands of people from their homes and…
Could women with a sexy Facebook profile photo be hurting their chances to be hired for a job by another female? That’s among the implications of a new study by Elizabeth Daniels, currently an assistant professor at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. The analysis, entitled “The Price of…
Of late, the Denver Post has been making news in addition to covering it thanks to significant layoffs at parent company Digital First Media, damaging revelations from an ex-DFM staffer and continuing rumors that the Post is on the block. The Post recently laid off two employees, too — and…
There’s no shortage of gorgeous spots in Colorado. But where are the top places to see Colorado’s state animal, state bird or even state insect — and what’s the finest Denver mountain park? The scribes who helped assemble Best of Denver’s 2014 edition have the answers to those questions and…
Denver is trying to change the subject away from troubles at the city’s sheriff’s department. But doing so is costly. A day after Sheriff Gary Wilson resigned (and news broke that interim chief Elias Diggins has a criminal record), City Attorney Scott Martinez announced a deal to pay $3.25 million…
It’s not the kind of news that typically breaks overnight — but longtime Broncos owner Pat Bowlen has always done things his own way. A short time ago, the Broncos released a statement through NFL.com revealing that Bowlen, seventy, is formally giving up control of the team — something that…
The trial of Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes is now scheduled to begin on December 8. Judge Carlos Samour set that date at a hearing today over objections from Holmes’s attorneys, who argued that it wouldn’t give them enough time to analyze a second sanity evaluation of Holmes that’s…
Last month, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd shared a bad experience with a marijuana edible during a visit to Colorado, joking (maybe) that such items be stamped with a “stoned skull and bones.” The Dowd piece, coupled with other negative news stories linked to edibles use, is among the…
The frustration with your Colorado Rockies that was captured in our recent collection of the twenty most memorable Colorado Rockies suck memes flowed into a Comment of the Day in which a reader argued that hot women on the party deck were the best reasons to go to games. Here’s…
Denver blog posts are game for just about anything. At our Cafe Society blog, Jenn Wohletz counts down the five weirdest new fetish foods, including (we’re not making this up) Gummy Bear sausage. Big Media’s Jason Salzman thinks the intensifying personhood debate should put the spotlight on senatorial hopeful Cory…
Backers of a proposed “healthy living park” in Alamosa, who saw their efforts last year to acquire former school property in a prime location frustrated by a controversial deal that put the property in the hands of an RV park developer for substantially less than its appraised value, have settled…
The Denver Department of Environmental Health ordered the recall of products made by a local hash-infused edibles manufacturer last week after “possible contamination from unsanitary equipment” and using equipment “not intended for food manufacturing,” according to a statement by the DDEH’s Public Health Inspections Division. The equipment in question: a…
Animal lovers who’ve considered becoming an animal control officer may have had their minds changed by a tweet-along staged yesterday by the Arvada Police Department’s animal management department. Incidents in what appears to have been a normal day included a roadkill pickup, a corpse recovery, a neglected pet that couldn’t…
