Eagle County

Crazy Mountain Brewery in Edwards plans a second brewery in the Denver area

Crazy Mountain Brewing isn't leaving its home in Eagle County, but the rapidly-expanding beer-maker is looking for a spot in the Denver area to open a second brewery by the end of next year. "We are certainly eyeballing that possibility, and all options are on the table," says Crazy Mountain founde ... More >>

Scott Gessler is off the hook from Westword, but not from everybody

We won't be pressing charges against Scott Gessler for taking more than five copies of Westword -- although there have certainly been hints that we should call the Denver District Attorney's office to see if Colorado's controversial Secretary of State could be prosecuted for violating the state's ne ... More >>

Scott Gessler adopts emergency rule to prevent ballots from being traced to voters

After a voter advocacy group offered proof that county clerks and other election officials could identify how specific people voted -- which would violate a citizen's basic right to a secret ballot -- Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced an "emergency rule" effective immediately that ... More >>

Kent Denver oral-sex case: Possible lawsuit over student expelled but not charged with crime

Back in February, we told you about a Vail sex assault investigation targeting three Kent Denver students. The trio in question evaded criminal charges in the case, but the story's not over. None of the three is returning to the exclusive, ultra-pricey private school, and the father of an expelled s ... More >>

Lauren Redfern, Basalt High basketball coach, accused of sexual relationship with student

Lauren Redfern.​Lauren Redfern ignored that old warning about how you can never go home again. A star basketball player for Basalt High School prior to her 2004 graduation, she took over as the squad's head coach in 2010 and worked as a health teacher. Now, however, she's expected to be proces ... More >>

Marijuana: Mason Tvert hopes AG John Suthers isn't hyping MMJ ban, his office says he's not

John Suthers.​The continuing war of words between marijuana advocate Mason Tvert and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers shows no signs of ebbing. The latest? Tvert hopes Suthers isn't implicitly campaigning for a medical marijuana ban in Eagle County at an event slated for this evening.

Luke Irvin Chrisco, porta-potty creep: More charges for spying at DMV, Target (VIDEO)

Video below.​Update: Luke Irvin Chrisco, the man who became internationally famous for hiding in the tank of a porta-potty at a yoga festival in order to scope women's nether regions, cheerfully admits that peeping at females using toilets is practically a religion for him. And the details he' ... More >>

Today in Stoke: Top 5 Go Skateboarding Day celebrations in Colorado

​Today is the 9th annual international observance of Go Skateboarding Day, a Summer Solstice celebration that's just our style. The skater holiday was originally created as a marketing ploy by the International Association of Skateboard Companies, but has since been embraced by public skatepar ... More >>

Letters: Upcoming state GOP meeting will be for martyrs only

Anti-Obama & friends billboards link old media to new, says WhoSaidYouSaid's Kelly Maher

Kelly Maher.​Seen those "They Spend, You Pay!" billboards? The ones in which Barack Obama looks kinda drunk, John Hickenlooper appears homicidal, and Betsy Markey, Ed Perlmutter, John Salazar and Michael Bennet seem amused by your pain? According to Kelly Maher of WhoSaidYouSaid, the website b ... More >>

Top ten events of the decade, as covered by Westword

Photo by John JohnstonJessica Brakey, who was at the center of Julie Jargon's award-winning Air Force Academy feature.​It's the time of the decade when we look back at the events that stood out from the more typical sound and fury of life in general. But a simple list of incidents doesn't rev ... More >>

Avon Bakery makes heavenly pastries

Another sex dispute between a Colorado woman and an L.A. Laker

Shannon Brown, in an image from his MySpace page. Maybe Los Angeles Lakers players should keep it zipped when they visit Denver. Earlier this decade, Kobe Bryant spent month after month in legal hell after a woman said he'd sexually assaulted her, precipitating a media free-for-all in Eagle County ... More >>

Drive safely this weekend -- or else an army of cops will bust your ass

This weekend, law enforcement agencies across the state will be out in force to make sure you don't do anything stupid behind the wheel over the Memorial Day weekend. This link on the Colorado Department of Transportation website details the specific plans of 85 separate organizations. For instanc ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Ward without end, and other long-running controversies

News is busting out all over today -- and not just in Denver District Judge Larry Naves's courtroom, where Ward Churchill may take the stand in his case against the University of Colorado, now starting week two. Or on the Auraria campus, where veteran newshounds of the Rocky Mountain News will un ... More >>

Week in Review: 2/16/09 - 2/20/09

All right, so we've reached the end of another work week in the Mile High City. While we can no longer brag about having the best selling band in the country, from what we can tell, Denver music is still on the minds and in the ears of at least a few prominent folks in what's left of the industry. T ... More >>

Newt Gingrich parties with Muhammad Ali Hasan

A Perfect Match

Ali Need is Love

An Order in Ali's Court

KUVO's New Expansion Plan

Foot Fetish

HD Radio: The Original Vail Plan

Back to School Special

East High gets a guest lecture in Funny

Tour de Farce

You'll have the crime of your life in the Mile High City.

Best Nickname in the Kobe Bryant Case

Mr. X

Panty Raid

From JonBenét to Kobe Bryant, Colorado gets hung out to dry.

Kobe or Not Kobe?

Before there was Kobe Bryant, there was Kobe, Colorado. Guess which one disappeared.

Off Limits

Blinding justice

Best Scandal Magnet for the Media

The Kobe Bryant experience

Pop Quiz

The Kobeat Goes On
February 5, 2004

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Kobe's big adventure

January 15, 2004

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Outta Sight!
November 20, 2003

Off Limits

The dangle angle

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The Eagle Has Landed
October 9, 2003

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Labor Day's Haze
August 28, 2003

Open Season

Time to give Denver the business.

The Message

Welcome to Kobeville

Heroes to Zeroes

Kobe could join some heavy-hitting all-stars wearing striped uniforms.

Off Limits

With friends like these...

Spin Cycle

A page-one story about Bill Owens was wrong. So why isn't the governor angry?

Blinded by Science

Boulder throws another Barbie on the fire.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 1, 2001

Target Practice

A class-action suit becomes a vehicle for racial justice.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of May 4

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Even if one community turns them down, developers always know they can get what they want from another.

Game of the Century

The high-stakes real estate maneuvering behind Vail's newest expansion dreams.

That Fits the Bill

Need some special-interest legislation? Here's how this year's session measures up

NORTH OF THE BORDER

A MEXICAN AIRLINE PURSUES ITS EX-CHAIRMAN TO A VAIL CONDO.

MT. PAPERWORK

ADAM'S RIB SKI-AREA DEVELOPER BLANKETS POLITICIANS WITH A BUREAUCRATIC BLIZZARD.