Wisconsin’s Patrick Sievert died yesterday at Copper Mountain, due to what the Summit County coroner’s office cites as skull fractures; he was reportedly wearing a helmet. The tragedy was felt keenly at Sievert’s high school, where he was a popular student athlete, and adds to a growing list of deaths…
The Peyton Manning sweepstakes continues to consume the NFL world and Denver fans, many of whom are clinging to hope that the Broncos have a legitimate shot at attracting one of the greatest pro quarterbacks this side of John Elway. The latest rumor: The Kansas City Chiefs are pressing hard…
Erick Perez’s sentencing this week for second degree assault and unlawful sexual conduct brings to a close the prosecution of a highly unusual case that led to the conviction of five other young men — some of them teenagers when the crime was committed. It started with a party. And…
I’ll be honest: The name Chronorado sounds like something a marble-mouthed hippie would say when telling his friends where the Rainbow Gathering is this summer. And the place isn’t that appealing from outside. But lately, the shop’s been getting decent reviews from people I’ve encountered, and I figured I could…
In a nation of widening waist bands and shrinking candy bars, Colorado’s obese population is going the way of King Size Snickers. The results from a new Gallup-Healthways poll show the state came out on top (again) as the least obese in the nation. And while Boulder and Fort Collins…
Denver blog posts love you for your mind. South Stands Denver’s Colin D. says Denver’s a Tebow town now — and dealing him is too high a price to pay for Peyton Manning. Occupy Denver’s blog says the DPD is protecting, serving and repressing. Colorado Peak Politics: The cavalry comes…
Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler claims he’s under unwarranted attacks by media and Democratic leaders like Rick Palacio, who recently accused Gessler’s proposed voting policy as an attempt at voter suppression. Palacio connected Gessler’s legislations to the 1965 civil rights movement, during which advocates protesting for African-American voting rights…
Marcos Martinez, the controversial founder of the Ricardo Flores Magon Academy and subject of our cover story “A Hard Line,” has resigned. So, too, have two other employees whom the school’s board of trustees asked to take a paid leave while they investigated complaints against them. The school is now…
Shortly before his death at age 43, provocateur Andrew Breitbart hyped what was supposed to be a bombshell video of young Barack Obama — one that would supposedly unmask his radical racialist agenda. Well, the video’s out — see it below — and the mainstream media is reacting with a…
On March 6, 2011, KUNC-FM personality Kyle Dyas committed suicide by jumping from the 42nd floor of the Spire Building. This act was shocking for Dyas’s fans and devastating for his longtime partner, Michelle Venus. Now, a year later, Venus is launching And Tomorrow Comes Again, a project that aims…
Our post about an Englewood Police operation in which 28 percent of businesses that sell alcohol served minors (by contrast, no medical marijuana operations have been cited for similar offenses) revved up debate about responsible practices. One reader believes even those bars and restaurants that properly card underage patrons deserve…
Life Skills Center lost its appeal yesterday before the State Board of Education, which sided with Denver Public Schools’ decision to close the school. The last-chance high, which Westword profiled in 2007, will shut its doors after eight years of educating all who showed up on its doorstep, no matter…
We’ve known since 2010 that the senseless slaying of sixteen-year-old Alicia Martinez was allegedly followed by a horrific attempt at body disposal by accused killer Edward Timothy Romero. But the info emerging from the trial of Francesca Pagliasotti, charged with helping to cover up the crime, is even more loathsome…
Yesterday’s formal parting of Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts unleashed a barrage of speculation about where the QB — an all-time great, albeit one whose future is uncertain as he continues to recover from a neck injury — might land. And while Denver wasn’t thought to be a possible…
Amendment 64, previously known as the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, has been approved for the November ballot, and thus far, its backers include former Colorado House Majority Leader Paul Weissmann, the ACLU of Colorado and ex-New Mexico governor/Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson. But it’s latest supporter comes straight out…
Tomorrow morning, James Craig Bird is slated to be sentenced after pleading guilty to pattern child sexual assault by a person in a position of trust. His court appearance marks a remarkable turn of events for a man who created a website and a video (see it below) to proclaim…
Today, approximately a hundred advocates of women’s health took to the Capitol as part of Pro-Choice Lobby Day. The event, held in Denver annually for more than a decade, brought the Protect Families Protect Choice Coalition together with Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains to train supporters as citizen advocates…
Regis University in Denver is taking the lead on a program to teach online college courses in refugee camps in Malawi and Kenya, and in urban Syria. The four-year pilot project is called “Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins” and it aims to solve a stark problem: the dearth…
Denver blog posts make great pets. Colorado Pols quotes John Hickenlooper, fresh off his “sex star” stumble, talking about what Mayor Michael Hancock gives his wife in the shower. Really. Denver Urbanism’s Ken Schroeppel on Denver homes of the ’90s. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein on tonight’s Pepsi Center visit by…
You’d probably never honeymoon in Aurora, Colorado. But city officials hope the strip mall-laden Denver suburb will attract visitors from several niche demographics, including obscure conferences, sick people (and their loved ones) who come to be treated at the city’s top-notch hospitals, and huge youth sports tournaments. To help lure…
Last September, we told you about a movement to end school zero-tolerance policies enacted after the 1999 Columbine massacre. These efforts led to Senate Bill 46, which passed its first committee test last week. But its narrow margin of victory leaves sponsoring Senator Evie Hudak worried that some legislators see…
After months of waiting and sifting through discovery, Mercer Lewis, 21, became the first Occupy Denver activist to take his case in front of a jury yesterday. After the trial, Lewis, who was found not guilty on the charge of obstructing a street or passageway, had a great deal to…
