Yesterday, longtime 9News anchor Adele Arakawa revealed that she’ll be retiring from the station in June 2017 — an announcement prompted by what she decried as a “Fake News” story about her impending departure. But the report about Arakawa, published yesterday morning on the media-gossip site FTVLive, doesn’t fit the definition…
‘Tis the season for American Atheists to put up billboards in Colorado Springs, one of the most heavily Christian communities in the country, encouraging residents to skip church for Christmas — and so it has come to pass. Billboards were scheduled to be erected in the Springs this week, and they’re…
Today, December 6, is the seventh annual Colorado Gives Day, when folks are encouraged to donate to nonprofits in the state — and there are at least a million reasons to dig deep. Community First Foundation and FirstBank have each donated $500,000 to create a $1 million incentive fund. This…
Although Tomas Beauford was 24 at the time of his death, he suffered from intellectual and developmental disabilities that caused him to function on the level of a six-year-old — a fact that makes the tragedy that befell him even more heartbreaking. Beauford died from a seizure while in custody…
Update: Since last year, we’ve been covering the dueling lawsuits between former Denver DJ David Mueller and pop star Taylor Swift over allegations that he touched her inappropriately during a meet-and-greet prior to a June 2013 concert at the Pepsi Center. In his lawsuit (which mentions Westword’s inquiries into the matter), Mueller…
Our first post about Paxton Lynch, published in April shortly after your Denver Broncos spent a first-round draft pick on him, sports the headline, “Meet Paxton Lynch: Broncos QB of the Future or the Next Tim Tebow?” And while the Broncos earned a 20-10 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars yesterday…
“I know my rights,” Darsean Kelley announced to Aurora police officers during a February stop. As he spoke these words, Kelley was facing away from the cops with his hands up — a pose that clearly made him no danger to anyone in the vicinity. But an instant later, he…
In a recent interview, University of Denver law professor Sam Kamin outlined three ways Donald Trump could shut down state-legal marijuana — a prospect that has raised increasing levels of concern among cannabis reformers since the president-elect’s nomination of pot-hating Senator Jeff Sessions as U.S. Attorney General. Erik Altieri, executive director…
Last week, we shared the latest Denver rent data from Zumper by way of counting down the metro-area cities with the lowest-to-highest rent for a one-bedroom apartment. As we noted, the median prices for rent varied by more than $300 from the top of the roster to the bottom. Today,…
Update: Earlier this fall, as we’ve reported (see our previous coverage below), Christopher Gebers was found guilty for his role in a 2015 crash that caused the death of Colorado State Patrol Cadet Taylor Thyfault, 21, and the serious injury of Trooper Clinton Rushing, 37. Now, Gebers has been handed a stunning…
Ever since the nomination of hardcore pot prohibitionist Senator Jeff Sessions for the position of United States Attorney General, numerous members of the cannabis community have expressed increasing concern that the incoming Donald Trump administration might crack down on state-legal marijuana businesses in Colorado and beyond. At this writing, neither…
In our recent interview with The Fox’s Rick Lewis, published two years after longtime partner Michael Floorwax announced that he wouldn’t be returning to the Lewis & Floorwax show for health reasons, the man who’s arguably the biggest star on current Denver radio talked about new opportunities ahead of him, particularly…
In November, Colorado voters approved Amendment 70, which will gradually increase the state minimum wage to $12 per hour (from its current $8.31) by 2020. But the proposal’s success hasn’t slowed the Fight for $15 movement, which has been holding events in the Denver area for years, although none quite…
Update: Instagram model Elizabeth Ruiz, who reportedly wanted $2.5 million to destroy a sex tape co-starring Denver Broncos superstar Von Miller (see our previous coverage below), has made her first public comments about the controversy to TMZ, which originally broke the story — and to put it mildly, they’re bizarre. In…
How much does the average Coloradan budget for the holidays? Turns out the amount differs by location — and it differs a lot. WalletHub came up with holiday-budget estimates for communities across the country — an incredible 570 of them. Included were sixteen cities in Colorado, where holiday-budget estimates start at…
In a new interview with Rolling Stone magazine, outgoing President Barack Obama makes his most explicit comments about marijuana decriminalization to date. He argues that cannabis should be treated as a public-health issue along the lines of cigarettes and alcohol — and pointedly notes that most of those who voted for…
Your dog is anxious, or so itchy that he won’t stop scratching himself until he’s raw — or maybe his joints ache to the point where he can barely move. If your first instinct is to give your pooch medical marijuana, don’t do it. As we reported way back in…
The Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association has released its list of the ten most stolen cars in Colorado by make and model. But in a report entitled “Assessment of Motor Vehicle Thefts in Colorado 2015,” the organization also drills down into the prevalence of car theft across the state —…
Heidi Hemmat worked as a reporter and anchor for KDVR-TV, also known as Fox31, for a decade and a half before leaving the station earlier this year; the six-time Emmy winner’s final stories were aired in May and she formally severed ties in August. But neither she nor the broadcaster…
Update: In September, Adrian Moya pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder in regard to a gun battle last December between him and a Northglenn police officer. Each of them were shot multiple times, but both survived — and in April, the officer, who’d been wearing a ballistic vest that likely saved…
Even longtime Broncos fans may have a hard time thinking of a more agonizing regular-season defeat than Denver’s 30-27 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs last night — and in the minds of many, the reason has everything to do with Coach Gary Kubiak. Allow us to set the stage…
Late last month, a jury ordered Douglas County resident Casey Ferguson’s insurance company to pay Chicago’s Tom Dubert $263,454.44 in damages for a February 2015 skiing accident at Keystone in which Dubert separated his shoulder. At first blush, the size of the award seems excessive. After all, a separated shoulder is…
