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Investigative reporter

Sam Tabachnik

Sam Tabachnik is an investigative reporter for The Denver Post. His projects have included deep-dives into the world of illicit antiquities, abuses of migrant workers and unconstitutional practices of Colorado municipal courts. Before joining The Post, Sam helped produce shows for NBC News, launched digital projects for The Washington Post and covered sports and arts for the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

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An agricultural worker from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, who came to work in Colorado through the Temporary Agricultural Employment of Foreign Workers Act, uses a ladder to pick peaches high in the trees of an orchard on July 21, 2023 in Palisade, Colorado. According to Bruce Talbot, the manager of Talbot Farms, roughly 90% of the workers at the Palisade-based farm come from the H-2A program, and are widely seen as critical to the survival of Colorado growers. Talbott Farms has not had a violation of federal labor laws since 2011, which Talbott attributed to then-recent rule changes that he was not aware of at the time. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Unenforced Labor: An investigation into unsafe working conditions in Colorado agriculture

September 3, 2024 at 9:37 a.m.

In this three-part special report, The Denver Post uncovers chronic abuses in Colorado鈥檚 agricultural supply chain 鈥� and the lack of action from state and federal regulators.

Gilbert Thomas sits outside his girlfriend鈥檚 apartment, where he is staying after recently being released from jail in Pueblo, Colorado, on June 3, 2024. Thomas is working to turn his life around after receiving a 660-day jail sentence for petty crimes he committed. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

How Pueblo weaponizes contempt of court to inflate jail time for minor crimes

January 21, 2025 at 4:05 p.m.

Pueblo city judges have sent people to jail for months on charges that in other Colorado courts are punished by one or two days in jail. Experts call it "draconian"...

The seven鈥憈iered pyramid of Prasat Thom, Koh Ker, Cambodia, is pictured on Aug. 10, 2022. The complex was one of the most targeted by looters. (Photo by Thomas Cristofoletti/Special to The Denver Post)

Looted: Stolen relics, laundered art and a Colorado scholar’s role in the illicit antiquities trade

March 17, 2023 at 10:01 a.m.

In this three-part report, The Denver Post investigates the role of Emma Bunker, as "The Scholar," in an illicit antiquities smuggling operation that left Cambodian temples plundered for big money.

Don’t look now, but Denver has become Hockeytown, USA

June 15, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

Colorado teams, from the youth level to high school to college and the pros, just keep winning.

Six people injured, including two Denver police officers, after pursuit on Interstate 225

June 13, 2022 at 10:22 p.m.

Six people were injured, including two Denver police officers, after authorities initiated a chase Monday evening on Interstate 225 near Colfax Avenue.

Bailey-Kent Funeral Home, whose building is ...

Former Lake County coroner acquitted of felony charges related to abuse of a corpse

June 8, 2022 at 3:57 p.m.

Shannon and Staci Kent were facing felony charges after authorities found the remains of the 42-year-old truck driver, Victor Akubo, in a coffin at the Kent-Bailey Funeral Home in Silverthorne,...

Local tow truck companies like Extreme Towing are seeing an increase in calls for motorist running out of gas due to increased fuel prices. Extreme driver Randy Barnes makes his normal rounds around the streets of Denver on Wednesday, July 2, 2008. **PLEASE NOTE: The cars in these photos did NOT run out of gas. They are being towed for other reasons.

Colorado enacts new “towing bill of rights”

June 8, 2022 at 11:10 a.m.

HB22-1314 evens the playing field that has long tilted in favor of towing carriers, bill sponsors say, amounting to a new towing bill of rights that increases protections for car...

This tiny Colorado town may change its name to “Kush.” Seriously.

June 7, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

"Kush," a moniker for marijuana named after the Hindu Kush mountain range in south-central Asia, could be the next Humboldt County, California.聽The Napa Valley for bud.

Russian billionaire Vladislav Doronin looks on ...

Colorado newspaper settles lawsuit from Swedish billionaire who objected to “oligarch” label

June 3, 2022 at 2:43 p.m.

The Aspen Times has reached a settlement agreement to end a defamation lawsuit brought in April by a Swedish billionaire who alleged the mountain newspaper had wrongly portrayed him as...

Southwest Airlines aircraft at Concourse "C" at the Denver International Airport February 20, 2015.

Southwest Airlines faces $1.3 million in fines over “systemic violations” of Colorado labor laws

June 2, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

Southwest Airlines faces $1.3 million in fines after Colorado regulators found "systemic violations" of dozens of state labor laws, including sick leave policies for workers with COVID-19.

Colorado becomes first state to ban anonymous sperm and egg donations

June 1, 2022 at 3:58 p.m.

Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed a landmark bill that will make Colorado the first state in the nation to give donor-conceived individuals the right to learn their donor's identity...

Denver weather: Much-needed rain should end in late morning

June 1, 2022 at 6:40 a.m.

Rain is expected to end late Wednesday morning after hours of much-needed precipitation for drought-stricken Colorado.

Jeannette King, daughter-in-law of Lloyd King, ...

The strange, untold story of the King Soopers family fortune

May 29, 2022 at 6:03 a.m.

Saying their legacy has been hijacked, the Kings want a say in running their family's charitable foundation

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