Ben Petrick played his last game with the Colorado Rockies on June 30, 2003—a pinch-hit appearance in which he struck out—and ended his major league career in Detroit fewer than three months later. The catcher’s career numbers are hardly legendary: five seasons, 669 at bats, 27 home runs, and a .257 batting average. But those statistics become... MORE

A policy decision on how the federal government will handle legalized-marijuana measures in Colorado and Washington will be made “relatively soon,” United States Attorney General Eric Holder said last week. Holder told members of the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee he’s had productive conversations from representatives from both states, but didn... MORE

In this Age of More that seems hell-bent on forcing most of us to make do with less, two rat-race refugees have taken the concept of simple living to a blissful extreme. The Minimalists are Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, childhood friends from Dayton, Ohio who left six-figure telecom jobs a few years ago when they realized that the... MORE

Of all the questions you’ve gotten during a job interview, perhaps none will be  as strange (or as offensive) as the one Nick Kasa says he was asked last week: “Do you like girls?” Kasa, a senior tight end from the University of Colorado, says he was asked that question—among several others about his sexual orientation—last week during... MORE

I’ve spent several hours recently clearing snow off my driveway, which left me some time to think about shoveling. Particularly, I’ve been wondering if I’m doing the job in the most efficient way. Should I push snow from the garage and out to the street (like one of my neighbors, who, it seems, doesn’t care about the two-foot-high pile he leaves... MORE

Olympic swimmer Missy Franklin might soon have some competition when it comes to being Colorado’s coolest teenager. Meet Arielle Gold. The aptly named 16-year-old high school sophomore from Steamboat Springs is among the world’s best young snowboarders and has proven it so far this year with four medals—including gold in the halfpipe this month at... MORE

Pathetic snow totals across the state have left snowpack in Colorado’s mountains far below normal levels, the Natural Resources Conservation Service reported this month. Overall, the state’s snowpack is barely 70 percent of normal—and 90 percent of last year—which could significantly affect stream runoff and prolong drought conditions across... MORE