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Cameron Korth: From Make-a-Wish Hero to Stripper-and-Drugs-Loving Bomb Faker?

Utah's Cameron Korth has gone on quite a journey. In 2012, the state's branch of the American Red Cross named him a "Youth Good Samaritan Hero" for his efforts on behalf of a child he'd connected with through the Make-a-Wish Foundation. But five years later, he's facing federal charges for allegedly making a false bomb threat on a flight to Denver, adding to a significant criminal history he blamed in part on dating and doing drugs with a stripper.
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Where Colorado Republicans Stand on GOP’s American Health Care Act

The American Health Care Act, the measure intended to replace Obamacare, has been the target of criticism aplenty since its introduction in part because of predictions that it would disproportionately hurt the poor and elderly in Denver and beyond. This reception, not to mention President Donald Trump's threat to unseat any Republican who votes against the bill, has put GOP members of Congress in a difficult position, and those from Colorado have reacted with varying degrees of support and obfuscation.
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The Twelve Best House Margaritas in Denver

The house margarita is a subtle masterpiece, at once crowd-pleasing and unique — after all, it must represent a Mexican restaurant to all of its tequila-loving customers. Here are the ten best house margaritas in Denver.
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Five Years Later, Too-Sexy-For-Her-Yearbook Sydney Spies Is All Grown Up

Believe it or not, it's been five years since then-Durango High School student Sydney Spies was thrust into the national spotlight, making appearances on the Today show and numerous other outlets after her senior pictures were rejected for inclusion in the DHS yearbook after being deemed too sexy. And she's got plenty to say about the experience and everything that's followed.
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Review: Jim Hunt a Powerhouse in Buntport’s The Zeus Problem

It seems that Buntport had the Trump presidency very much in mind when creating The Zeus Problem, a story about what happens when all power is invested in a single figure, particularly one as mercurial and unaccountable as Zeus. Except that Jim Hunt is a whole lot funnier than Trump.
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Eleven States Considering Pot Laws In 2017

After four states legalized recreational marijuana last year and twice that many approved new medical marijuana laws, at least eleven more are considering changing their laws in 2017. Here's which ones are proposing what legislation: 1. Connecticut Not only are lawmakers hoping to expand Connecticut's five-year-old medical marijuana legislation, but...
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Courtney Plante Admits to Role in Bizarre Murder Try Against Former Teacher

Courtney Plante has taken a plea agreement in regard to attempted murder allegations against her significant other Sean Overstreet dating back to January 2016, when she was nineteen and he was 37. The deal trims time off her possible sentence but doesn't let her off the hook for a crime against her former teacher that was as violent as it was bizarre.
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Homelessness in Denver: The Cold, Hard Facts Behind Six Myths

A decade ago, Denver set out to “end homelessness” through the Denver's Road Home initiative — but the city has as many homeless individuals today as it did ten years ago. In the metro area, over 6,100 homeless men, women, and children are facing another winter without permanent housing. Within...
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Neil Gorsuch Sworn in, Second-Ever Coloradan on U.S. Supreme Court

Neil Gorsuch has just been sworn in as the latest justice on the U.S. Supreme Court at a White House ceremony today, April 10, following a rambling introduction by President Donald Trump, whose many shout-outs included Colorado Senator Cory Gardner. Gorsuch is the second Coloradan to serve on the country's highest court. The previous Colorado product on the court was the late Byron "Whizzer" White.
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Murder and Pot Edibles: Group Defends Industry After Richard Kirk Sentencing

Richard Kirk has been sentenced to thirty years in prison for murdering his wife, Kristine Kirk, nearly three years ago, shortly after he'd consumed a marijuana edible. During the hearing at which this punishment was formalized, Kirk implied that the pot candy had spurred the killing, saying, "I had no idea how it would affect me.... I'm so sorry that I became the monster that I was supposed to protect them from." But a major cannabis business organization maintains that legal marijuana actually reduces crime instead of increasing it.
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Meet the Guys Who Are Trying to Blow Up Election Day in Colorado

It's something journalists and campaign insiders know on Election Day usually way before the public: outcomes of elections. Why, then, are the outcomes withheld? “I think it's because one night in 1980 Congress flipped out and told the networks [releasing real-time results] was bad for democracy because there was some...
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Twelve Earth-Shattering Denver Experimental Bands of 2016

Denver's experimental music scene has yielded stellar releases in 2016. A complete list of all the bands operating in that realm could be much longer, but here is a primer of ten of the best acts that offered quality recordings anyone with an ear for the adventurous or unusual should check out. The bands are listed in alphabetical order because, as usual, music is not a competition.
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Douchebag Michael Torres’s Weapon of Choice: Bloody Snowballs

Throwing snowballs isn't usually a criminal offense — but Michael Torres found a way to turn it into one. Torres, 46, was busted in Aspen on suspicion of harassment, domestic violence and violating a protection order for repeatedly hurling the projectiles at his girlfriend's window early yesterday morning. And to...
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100 Colorado Creatives 3.0: Brian Comber

#35: Brian Comber Brooklyn native Brian Comber arrived in Denver in the 80s, where his budding skill as a printmaker in art school led him to Mark Lunning’s Open Press Ltd. studio facility. There, Comber continued to perfect his printmaking technique under Lunning’s wing, while also continuing to draw and...