‘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…
Denver may not see the social use of marijuana as soon as some people would like. On December 5, Denver City Council members met with representatives from the City Attorney’s Office and the Department of Excise and Licenses to discuss the process and timeline for implementation of Initiative 300, which…
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…
Dear Stoner: I hear there are certain strains that help with arousal. Is that true? Ricky Rick Dear Rick: Hey, if you think there’s a certain strain that helps you keep it up or keep it going, then buy up as much as you can. It’s probably the placebo effect,…
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…
The nonprofit private university recently announced that it would no longer accept new students and plans to close the school at the end of 2017.
Steve Kerr is a six-time NBA champion, having won five titles as a player and a sixth as the head coach of the Golden State Warriors. He has the highest 3-point career percentage of any player in NBA history, he’s the reigning NBA Coach of the Year, and last week…
On Friday night, December 2, near the intersection of Colfax Avenue and 14th Street, a female spectator who’s watching the Parade of Lights is tapped on the shoulder by a man handing out fliers. “Thank you,” the spectator says, taking a flier. “Are you with a nonprofit?” “No, we’re just…
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…
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…
Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Interior – a position that hugely impacts the West, especially – is just one of a few stories we’ve followed lately about different environmental issues that are heating up as of late, from the I-70 expansion to Rocky Flats.
On Sunday, November 27, runners in the eighteenth annual Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run/Walk and their supporters started the morning at Riverside Cemetery, where descendants honored Captain Silas Soule, who refused to participate in the action that resulted in the killing of 200 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho at Sand…
Depending on how you look at things, we either got a lovely extended fall or were robbed of primo skiing due to unseasonably warm weather. If your thinking falls into the latter camp, you’ll be glad to know that resorts are finally opening – and offering more than ever this…
On December 20, both Telluride the town and Telluride the resort will be celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the gondola that connects them.
What will happen at Standing Rock? Rumors have been flying since November 28, when the governor of North Dakota issued an executive order directing all residents of the camp to leave, saying that those who stay may be “subject to penalties as defined in law.” But thousands of people are…
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,…
If you know cannabis in Colorado, you’ve heard of Jane West. Whether you’ve seen her on Nightline, CBS, or NBC, read about her in Forbes, Time, Rolling Stone or, most recently, Playboy, she’s been the face of women in the industry since she started her company in 2014. The funny thing, though,…
Schmuck of the Week honorees need to do a little something extra to stand out from the pack. And committing an offense in a way that lets everyone know who did it definitely qualifies. That was the case with several students at Fort Lewis College in Durango, who not only…
A new video makes a case that the campaigns to “Ditch the Ditch” and re-examine Denver’s stormwater plan, which have been fought separately and piecemeal for the most part, may have more in common than most people realize.
