The Health Center is a tiny center in a tiny house on a tiny block in the Uptown neighborhood. What isn’t little, though, was the selection of unique strains more than worth taking home…
In this week’s cover feature, “Will the Real Rick Strandlof please stand up?,” Westword delves into the fascinating story of 35-year-old college student Rick Strandlof, whose past false identities ended with a second chance last month. On June 28, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the Stolen Valor…
You know that awful feeling when you approach the spot where you parked your bike only to find that some or all of it has been stolen? Well, a new smartphone app — whose makers are now looking to tap into the Denver market — is designed to give victims…
Denver blog posts aspire to greatness. Predominantly Orange’s Kim Constantinesco reveals that Von Miller prepared for Broncos football this season with a lot of downward-facing dog. The Redheaded Slut has two words for us: “Use me.” Denver PR Blog: RIP Dan Peterson, who died from injuries sustained in a hit-and-run…
Last night’s Florence + The Machine show at Red Rocks is one attendees will always remember — because of the music, of course, but also due to the expanded stretch when it stopped. According to our Kelsey Whipple, who reviewed the show, the encore began with lead singer Florence Welch…
The first person identified as a victim of the Aurora theater shooting was Jessica Ghawi, a.k.a. Jessica Redfield, a fledgling sports journalist interning for 104.3 The Fan. On Tuesday, her family created a scholarship fund in her name in the hope that $20,000 could be raised by November 20. But…
Brett Williams loved being in the Colorado State Patrol, where he rose to the rank of captain in twelve years. But he says he knows it isn’t possible for him to return to the job. Why not? Because Williams was rejected for reinstatement for reasons he believes were connected to…
Our post highlighting five twisted theories about the Aurora theater shooting attracted a few more. But it also inspired a comment from the following reader, who suggests positive ways to react to the tragedy…
As of the end of May, there were 98,910 red card-holding medical marijuana patients in the state according to MMJ registry numbers released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. That’s up from the previous report, released in June. But despite a steady increase over the past six…
Days after accused gunman James Holmes fired shots at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, there have been heated discussions about gun control, along with debates on whether it is an appropriate time to tackle the subject. We gave Denver Mayor Michael Hancock an opportunity to…
Update below: News of the Aurora theater shootings and suspected killer James Holmes continue to dominate headlines not just in Colorado, but nationwide — and Yates Walker is sick of it. Writing for The Daily Caller, Walker, a self-described conservative activist, vents his frustration in a piece entitled “James Holmes…
Instagram isn’t just a creative tool. It’s also a way for people to visually process their feelings — and that’s certainly the case when it comes to the Aurora theater shootings. The images we found vary from mournful to inspirational to livid and back again. Check out the collection below,…
The Associated Press is reporting that the Reverend Jesse Jackson will meet today with the husband of an Aurora theater shooting victim. He’s also said to be planning a press event near the apartment of suspected murderer James Holmes following a nationwide series of gun-violence gatherings over the weekend…
Colorado dealers turned in 40 percent more background check requests for gun purchasers in the four days after the Aurora theater shootings than they did the previous weekend, a spike in gun sales similar to previous runs after other mass killings, including the 1999 Columbine High School attack, according to…
The Aurora theater shootings have generated plenty of sympathy online — but also some twisted responses on the fringes. Now, in the tradition of Facebook tribute pages to James Holmes, the man accused of murdering twelve people and injuring dozens more at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises,…
Let me address some relevant background info. The majority of the last twenty or so years has involved me lying, deceiving, cheating or in general being a terrible human being. Meet Rick Strandlof. On his Facebook page, the 35-year-old puts up a funny and exceptionally intelligent front. He is single…
The Fifty Shades trilogy — often called “mommy porn” — appears to be changing the face of the adult toy business, one pink whip at a time. In fact, ever since E.L. James’s novel Fifty Shades of Grey rose to fame as the fastest-selling paperback of all time, romance retailer…
“The Hot Yoga War,” Rebecca Moss, July 19 Not Cool Very good story on the yoga wars. It persuaded me that I should just stick to a brisk walk around Washington Park. Julie RandallDenver This is hysterical. So much for yoga as a method for the contemplative, meditative seeking of…
The American press continues to report the body count in Mexico’s ”War on Drugs” at more than 50,000 dead. But Molly Molloy, a researcher at New Mexico State University, tallies more than 100,000 Mexicans killed to wage a war financed and mandated by American authorities and led by Mexican president…
Editor’s Note: Molly Molloy, Border and Latin American Specialist at the New Mexico State University Library, has made it her mission to document the number of people killed in Mexico’s wave of violence. Using official government reports as well as press accounts, Molloy has created a detailed record of the…
In July 2011, the writers and editors of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel were called together in their ninth-floor newsroom in downtown Fort Lauderdale. It was a staff without a leader — Editor in Chief Earl Maucker had retired almost a year earlier, and the staff’s numbers had dwindled to the…
The cinematic Batman has been at the center of the media spotlight since the Aurora theater shooting for obvious reasons: The assault took place during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. But the comics version is under scrutiny, too, which explains why DC has delayed an upcoming issue,…
