Catie Cheshire

Denver

Staff writer @denverwestword 🗞 @RegisUniversity & @Cronkite_ASU grad 🔱 Concerned citizen, extra innings enthusiast (she/her)

Articles

PFM to NWSL: Manning Joins Denver Women's Soccer Ownership Group

4 days ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

Peyton Manning, who helped lead the Denver Broncos to a Super Bowl victory, has joined the ownership team of the new National Women's Soccer League team in Denver. Manning, along with legendary alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin, invested in bringing the NWSL team to Denver after the team was originally announced earlier this year. “It’s a real honor to be part of something so meaningful to the Colorado community,” Manning, a Colorado resident, says in an announcement about his investment.
Colorado Jewish Leaders Call for Solidarity After Traumatic Attack in Boulder

4 days ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

Longtime Jewish community leaders hope the shocking attacks on peaceful demonstrators in Boulder on June 1 will lead to more solidarity with Colorado's Jewish community, which is reeling in light of the attack. “I'm trembling with rage,” says Kathryn Bernheimer, who was a film critic at the Boulder Daily Camera before becoming the cultural director at the Boulder Jewish Community Center and establishing the Boulder Jewish Film Festival.
Fans Divided Over Denver Women's Soccer Team GM Hire

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

The new Denver National Women’s Soccer League team has hired the club’s first General Manager, but some fans have questions about his past. Denver NWSL named Curt Johnson GM on May 29, touting Johnson’s 25-year history of sports executive experience, including stints at Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer and the North Carolina Courage of the NWSL.
Jared Polis Angers Renters After Veto of Colorado Rent Algorithm Ban

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

Colorado Governor Jared Polis vetoed a bill designed to ban rental price-setting software that uses private data and secret algorithms. The bill passed on party lines with every Democrat legislator in the state voting in favor — but Polis, ostensibly a Democrat himself, didn’t agree.
Miller Moths Haven't Descended on Denver Yet, but They're On the Way

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

Each year, miller moths descend upon Denver as the creatures make their way from their birthplace in the plains to the mountains, where they live among the wildflowers. Though miller moths haven’t arrived in droves yet this year, they’re still on their way, according to Shiran Hershcovich, a senior lepidopterist — AKA butterfly expert — at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster.
Meet the Man Defending You (and Your Dog) Against Toxic Algae at Denver Parks

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

In early May, the Denver Department of Public Health & Environment discovered a blue-green algae bloom in Grasmere Lake at Washington Park. Usually the toxic algae pops up in lakes and ponds around Denver’s park system in the middle of the summer during peak temperatures, but this year the water was warm enough by May, according to Al Polonsky, DDPHE’s senior environmental public health analyst. Algae season came early to Denver this year.
Denver Renter Sues Landlords for Retaliating Against Tenant Union

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

Jessica Owens-Neckien has lived in the Viña Apartments in Denver’s Elyria Swansea neighborhood since 2022, when the 150-unit affordable housing building opened. Almost immediately, she and other tenants noticed deficiencies in the building, including a lack of trash chute maintenance, insecure doors and broken intercoms and door systems that caused accessibility issues, according to Owens-Neckien.
Pup Talk: Meet Gina Betters and Charley, Creators of the Denver Dog Guide

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

Is Denver going to the dogs? This city has more pet pooches than it does kids, and that raises a number of issues, as we're exploring in a week-long series. Here's the next installment: When Gina Betters and husband Taylor walk their dog, Charley, around town, they often get recognized. Or, rather, Charley does.
Colorado Twin Sisters Qualify for Youth National Championships

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

Teenage twins Daisy and Lizzie Padilla both placed at the Colorado Wrestling State Championships while competing for Arapahoe High School, but the sisters have their sights set on a bigger prize for the summer: the USA Wrestling National Championships. After a successful weekend at the state freestyle wrestling tournament in Castle Rock over Memorial Day weekend, both Daisy and Lizzie have qualified for nationals which will take place in Fargo, North Dakota, in July.
Musk's X Owes Boulder Landlord $8.2 Million, Judge Rules

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

A court ruled that Twitter broke the lease on a brand-new headquarters in Boulder shortly after Elon Musk purchased the social media company in 2022, requiring Musk’s corporation to pay $8.2 million in damages. In 2020, Twitter signed a ten-year lease with Lot 2 SBO, a real estate company registered in Centennial. Just two years later, the social media company stopped paying rent at the 3401 Bluff Street location, according to Lot 2.