High Plains Comedy Festival founder and former Westword writer Adam Cayton-Holland reflects on the event and its ending.

A hushed cheer fell over the packed Adams County District courtroom as former MMA fighter Lumumba Sayers Sr. was sentenced to 48 years in prison for the murder of 28-year-old Malcolm Watson on July 24 ...

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For a fleeting moment, it seemed as if the pulse on the Underground Music Showcase (UMS) had stopped — but a quick breath ...

Long-term risks were well managed by engineering practices, according academic research, but there were acute issues.

City leaders are exploring fines, confiscations and even penalties for parents to get off-highway vehicles off the streets.

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The Underground Music Showcase (UMS) is back… Kinda. UMS is returning for its 26th year — but it’s the first time the ...

Blucifer’s First Rodeo gallops onto Broadway July 23-26, making its debut in the old stomping grounds of the Underground ...

People are telling each other what they want,” says Mike Young, “and none of us want what we’re getting fed.” That’s why he ...

A small state-run program in Colorado attempted to see how a registered medical marijuana patient could obtain insurance ...