Denver blog posts are feeling festive. At our Backbeat blog, Kiernan Maletsky writes about a new location for Riot Fest and its founder’s contention that “if we were named Good Ole Country Riot Fest, we would have never been in this situation.” South Stands Denver’s Jennifer Eakins spotlights a Mile…
Does Ryan Nuanez, who allegedly crashed into an optical store and critically injured the owner, demonstrate the dangers of driving under the influence of marijuana repeatedly raised by pot critics following Amendment 64’s passage? Or was he impaired by a completely different substance, or a combination of several? We don’t…
Nathan Finneman is an adventurer who loves to fly — and he doesn’t shy away from the spotlight, having been featured in stories by at least two TV stations in recent years. Now, however, he’s getting the kind of attention he undoubtedly would have preferred to avoid. He’s been charged…
Summer’s here and the time was right for the latest Denver Cruiser Ride theme, “Suits & Swim Suits” — a perfect excuse to suit up and strip down. This time around, the Cruisers not only took it to the streets, but also to a pool party and volleyball game. Photographer…
There have been a lot of changes in Denver’s street-art scene over the past five years, as evidenced by the photos collected in our slide show “Tagging Up Denver.” Originally published in tandem with Jared Jacang Maher’s 2009 feature “The Writing’s on the Wall,” about the arrest and conviction of…
The Rainbow Family portrays itself as a benign group populated by people who resemble throwbacks to the hippie era. But is it actually a dangerous amalgam of humanity stocked with criminals, petty and otherwise? The latter description reflects the view of the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office following the arrest of…
When we recently shared a gallery of Colorado Rockies suck memes, we asked Facebook followers if they went to Coors Field to watch the (terrible) team or to enjoy themselves on the new party deck. This reader offered an unambiguous response. See also: Photos: Twenty most memorable Colorado Rockies suck…
Denver blog posts are pro-bash — if we’re talking about parties, that is. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares the views of a reader who’s sick about the negativity that’s emerged during a discussion of what kind of venues are appropriate for kids to accompany adults. Denver Frank…
Maria Alvarado-Gomez, 32, was arrested after allegedly putting rat poison in smoothies she then gave to her young daughters; she also ingested some of the substance in an attempt to end her life. A resident of Carbondale, Alvarado-Gomez is said to suffer from mental-health issues, calling into question what charges…
Last July, in an effort to address a long-running marijuana-industry problem we’ve been reporting about for years, Representative Ed Perlmutter, joined by U.S. House colleagues on both sides of the aisle, introduced a bill intended to give state-legal pot businesses access to banking services. Just over a year later, the…
If you ever had any doubts about how big a sports fan Peyton Manning is, they were erased at last night’s ESPY awards. PM was named Best NFL Player and honored for Best Record-Setting Performance, and in accepting the latter, he said receiving the bauble from Miami Dolphins legend Dan…
Search for Denver tourist traps and you’re likely to stumble upon this ten-worst Yahoo list from 2008. How does it hold up in 2014? Not very well, in our admittedly biased opinion, although we do have to concede a few points. Count down the photo-illustrated top ten below, with Yahoo’s…
A new CBS4 report is likely to have two tangible effects: It should spur a flood of applications to work for rental-car operations at Denver International Airport as well as leading to a whole new level of scrutiny during the hiring process at such businesses. Why? The station reveals that…
Amid numerous recent claims of inappropriate actions by Colorado law enforcers, several of which were brought to the public’s attention via lawsuit, the Denver Manager of Safety’s Office issued an unusual announcement: Denver Sheriff Gary Wilson had asked the Denver District Attorney’s Office to launch a criminal investigation into the…
A post about a pit bull biting a toddler on the face in Commerce City inspired an explosion of comments — hundreds of them. Most readers wanted to discuss whether the dog or its owner was to blame for what happened, with this one arguing that the breed has been…
Denver blog posts are thrill-packed. At our Show & Tell blog, Bree Davies reveals ten things you didn’t know about Lakeside Amusement Park. On Mile High Mamas, Catherine Tidd admits: “I’m scared of my kids.” Denver Egotist asks: “Are we just jerking off?”…
We’re learning more about the early Sunday stabbing death of Nicholas Potts just outside of Grand Junction — a horrific crime witnessed by neighbors awakened by the desperate victim. Lee McDonald has been arrested in the case, and according to a just-released arrest affidavit, the motivation appears to jealousy taken…
Those who feel political polls conducted long before an election frequently have very little news value can point to two new pieces of evidence to bolster their argument. Yesterday, media organizations ballyhooed a poll showing that Governor John Hickenlooper leads Republican challenger Bob Beauprez by a surprisingly large 6 percent…
It’s the Major League Baseball All-Star break, and that’s appropriate, because the Colorado Rockies are broken. The team has gone from better than expected to as horrible as usual over the course of the season to date, with owner Dick Monfort making a bad situation infinitely worse by suggesting to…
Canada’s Adam Campbell is an elite ultrarunner who decided to challenge himself by competing in the Silverton area’s Hardrock 100, an incredibly difficult one-hundred-mile course featuring “33,992 feet of climb and 33,992 feet of descent for a total elevation change of 67,984 feet and an average elevation of 11,186 feet,”…
The Denver Police Department has released little information thus far about a double stabbing that took place around the stroke of midnight in central Denver. Here’s what we know thus far about this still-developing story. See also: Fifty homicides in year five of Mile High Murder: See where they happened…
More than six months after limited recreational marijuana sales became legal in Colorado, lots of out-of-towners (and some locals, too) remain confused about the rules. But we at Westword are here to help. Smokin’ Smart: A Guide to Colorado’s Pot Rules, by director and co-star Bailey Geoghan, takes a 1950s-style…
