At this writing, there has been no announcement that Mesa County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Derek Geer has died. However, it’s only a matter of time. An all-too-short amount of time. Geer was shot multiple times on Monday, February 8, allegedly by a thus-far-unidentified seventeen-year-old who’s currently in custody. The deputy…
Ever since the passage of Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational marijuana sales in Colorado, state officials have been concerned about a rise in stoned driving. But has the phenomenon already peaked? It’s far too soon to say definitively. But data from the Colorado Department of Transportation show that the…
According to a recent study, Colorado is in the bottom third of states when it comes to excessive drinking. Our post sharing the stats got people talking about whether or not Denver has a drinking problem. Some of those who responded consider the issue to be overblown, while others feel…
Denver blog posts look back — and forward. At Westword Arts, Brad Weismann pays tribute to ten long-gone Denver institutions, including 16th Street the way it was before the creation of the mall. Roundball Mining Company’s Cody Russell weighs in on rumors that the Denver Nuggets might be a landing place…
Facebook has been shutting down the pages of marijuana businesses around the country recently, and Colorado’s cannabis outfits are no exception. Earlier this month High Times reported that three of New Jersey’s five state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries found their Facebook pages deleted, and the shutdowns quickly spread to other legal marijuana states,…
When major television folks descend on the fly-over states to rehash some notorious tragedy, they’re generally better at playing the heartstrings than pushing for answers. That was certainly the case when Barbara Walters sat down with John Ramsey a few months ago, to bat around a few whiffle-ball questions about the 1996…
Last month, we told you about a legislation sponsored by State Senator Tim Neville that would allow concealed carry without a permit in Colorado. Senate Bill 16-017, the original version of which is shared here, is still alive; on February 12, according to the Colorado General Assembly’s history page, the…
The Denver Police Department is currently on the lookout for the man captured in surveillance images captured here. The suspect is considered dangerous for a very good reason. He’s though to have randomly stabbed an employee at an East Colfax Good Times restaurant in the eye with a switchblade. But…
During many if not most highway-related commutes these days, drivers will see a sign that reveals the current number of traffic deaths thus far in 2016. The official figure through February 8 was 28, but it will change soon. We know of at least one fatality since then, in a…
No one is enjoying the Broncos’ win in Super Bowl 50 more than game MVP Von Miller. We’ve already showcased his appearances alongside Ellen DeGeneres and Saturday Night Live. But that’s just the tip of a media iceberg. And thanks to Miller’s Instagram page, as well as the videographers of America, it’s…
Boulder’s Elise Lachowyn devoted her career to bringing childlike joy to others. As the vice president of marketing with Tech 4 Kids, a Canadian company whose products include 3D Magic and Squishy Pops, she was very much in touch with her younger self — something with which her six-year-old daughter…
Last month, Massachusetts lawmakers visited Colorado to learn more about the state’s marijuana industry in advance of a 2016 ballot measure in their state — and some of them were pretty freaked out by the experience. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren seems much calmer about the issue — particularly as it applies…
We recently showcases samples from a guide to driving in Denver, as written by a longtime local. Among his assertions: “The sooner you realize that everyone else is either an idiot, an asshole, or legally blind in this town, the sooner you can make the decision to buy a bike, leave…
Denver blog posts are all about sharing the credit. The Westword Food & Drink crew shares reader suggestions for best green chile places in Denver. Denver PR Blog highlights a piece about the trademark fight between The Kitchen and Wolfgang Puck penned by former Westword scribe Julie Jargon. Colorado Peak Politics on how…
We’ve seen vaporizers rise in popularity over the past few years as an option for cannabis consumption, including devices that can vape marijuana flower and hash oil with relative ease. Now you can add another compound of the marijuana plant to the list, and you’ve probably been smoking it without…
After more than a century as a repair and storage yard for locomotives, Burnham Shop, a mass of tracks and buildings in central Denver just east of I-25 between Sixth and Eighth avenues, closed on February 14. Omaha-based Union Pacific shut the facility, citing the decline in coal production and…
Beverly England, the married mother of two young children, vanished in the Salida area on June 12, 1980. Since then, her family and the folks behind numerous websites, as well as the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, have sought to solve the mystery of her disappearance. We don’t have all the…
Last week, we told you about the fatal stabbing of a six-year-old boy, subsequently identified as Riley Johnson, and sexual assault of a woman caring for him, allegedly by a man who later turned the knife on himself. The man has now been ID’d as Brandon Johnson — the boy’s dad…
Despite the Broncos’ victory in Super Bowl 50, the reports about Peyton Manning that emerged in recent days — including coverage of a lawsuit that accuses him of pressing his testicles and rectum into a female doctor’s face while in college — has been far less than super. But the…
Sometimes it seems that fares at Denver International Airport will climb as high as the planes that regularly depart from the facility. But now is not one of those times. New figures from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (a branch of the U.S. Treasury Department) reveals the best average fares at…
Peyton Manning is a hero in Denver and beyond for his play on the field — he led the Broncos to two Super Bowls in four years, one of which the team won — as well as for the perception that he’s a straight arrow off it. But in recent…
We recently posted about NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s claim that the league’s marijuana ban is “the correct policy.” Goodell’s statement, made just before Super Bowl 50, retreated from previous statements suggesting a willingness to consider altering the NFL’s treatment of the substance, not to mention advocacy by plenty of former…
