The first time Todd Mitchem’s mother was diagnosed with cancer, she says it scared him more than it did her. “He thought he was going to lose his mom,” Kenny Cummins says. “It was a very fearful time.” When she was diagnosed with cancer a second time, she started using marijuana…
Arnold Palmer’s death at age 87 has prompted plenty of memories about the golfing legend, who helped bring the game into the modern age through his combination of tremendous skill, aggressive play and a media savvy that today’s athletes emulate whether they realize it or not. But of his 62…
Three games in, the 2016-2017 Denver Broncos season is all about victories that leave fans of the defeated team pissed-off and fuming. And we couldn’t be happier. Yesterday, the Broncos bested the Cincinnati Bengals by a score of 29-17, with Denver QB Trevor Siemian having his best game as a…
“Dayle, we are all big fans and would sure like to see you drop 20 lbs. or so.” This e-mail was sent anonymously to 7News morning anchor Dayle Cedars earlier this month — and she could have shrugged it off. After all, the Internet can be a cruel place, particularly…
In less than a month, the Broncos have managed to make this season interesting for reasons game-related and otherwise. From linebacker Brandon Marshall joining the knee-taking contingency of the NFL to crazy rookie haircuts and angry-tweet-inciting losses (not ours!), here are some highlights of the 2016 season so far. (Bonus:…
Just as Westword was going to press with this week’s story on the city’s ramped-up homeless sweeps, reporter Chris Walker received word that another sweep was imminent. That one wiped out “Pipe Town,” one of the city’s most hidden encampments. Unlike the major sweeps of March and July, this action…
It’s not always the case that something positive comes out of tragedy. But Alex Landau, a local African-American activist who was the victim of a brutal beating by Denver Police officers in 2009 after being pulled over for a traffic violation, won an Emmy award this week for an animated…
Peyton Manning will go down in history as one of the greatest Broncos quarterbacks, perhaps second only to John Elway himself. But the trouble is that we have to share him — with his original team, the Colts; with most of Indiana, which still loves him like a prodigal son;…
Last night, a CBS4 investigation about “dead voters casting ballots in Colorado” prompted a response from Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams’s office sent out at a highly unusual time: 10:39 p.m. “While vote fraud is rare, it does indeed occur,” Williams acknowledged in a statement. “Our office is working to ensure…
Right now, the FBI is on the lookout for a woman accused of robbing five banks in the metro Denver area wearing an ultra-ugly hairpiece. Hence the nickname bestowed upon her by the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force: the Wicked Wig of the West. The bandit nickname is a…
It’s a new Era. PAX Labs has created a new vaporizer, PAX Era, in partnership with The Lab, the concentrates production division of The Clinic. “It really is the first pen that’s true technology,” says Sunni Marsden, a representative from The Lab. “It’s next level for sure.” The primary goal was…
It’s been almost twenty years since six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was murdered in her Boulder home, but it feels like yesterday. Maybe because it was yesterday, and the day before that, and the one before that, and so on, that we’ve been subjected to a blitz of cheesy re-enactments of the crime on…
Katha Pollitt, a New York Times notable author, was in town earlier this week at the invitation of NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado, appearing at a luncheon and an Auraria campus town hall to talk about feminism and her book PRO: Reclaiming Abortion Rights. During her visit, she spoke to us about viewing…
In recent days, we told you about a surprising ski-resort death: Hansi Brenninger, an expert skier who worked as an instructor at Aspen Mountain, was killed during a visit with his son to a ski area in Park City, Utah. Today brings another story that’s as unusual as it is tragic…
“Pipe Town” was not easy to get to. If you didn’t already know how to get there, chances are you’d never be aware of the homeless encampment, which was located about a half mile from the National Western Complex behind some train tracks on the south side of the Platte…
Living without air-conditioning in Denver is more of a blessing than a curse at this stage of my financial life. Even in the middle of the summer, my house rarely went above the mid-80s during the afternoon, so I was never tempted to double my energy bill. When I lived…
Some of Denver knows this all too well: Alleys are a mess. Trash pours out of dumpsters, attracting all kinds of critters and sometimes blocking the road. But that might not be an issue come 2018. By then, all of Denver’s 120,000 homes will have converted from dumpster or manual…
Darryl Glenn, the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Colorado, says he isn’t worried about all those polls showing him losing by double digits to Democrat Michael Bennet, who currently holds the seat. And neither does Glenn admit to being bothered by criticism of his thus-far low-key campaign, his…
Earlier this summer, April Sanchez filed a lawsuit in regard to the fatal Denver police shooting of her son, Ryan Ronquillo, outside a funeral home, where he had traveled in July 2014 attend the viewing of a friend who’d taken his own life. The suit’s central claim: Ronquillo, an alleged car…
Dear Stoner: How often should I switch out bong water? I’ve heard every day, but that seems like too much. Bassy Dear Bassy: Switching your bong water is like brushing your teeth: There’s no such thing as overdoing it. No one is ever going to hit your sparkling water pipe…
Chris Craig took center stage in one of 2013’s most bizarre stories: The former college basketball coach turned self-proclaimed “Islamic jihadist” was investigated but never arrested for publicly announcing that all Catholics and Mormons in Fort Collins “would be destroyed” over a two-week period. Now, however, Craig, who’s previously been treated…
“You’re such a hateful tramp Laura! Since your a Republican and love guns so much, than maybe we should shoot you and that ugly ass family of yours straight in the face.” This line is among the warnings allegedly sent to State Senator Laura Woods by 21-year-old Dylan Hopkins —…
