In November, Colorado voters approved Amendment 70, which will gradually increase the state minimum wage to $12 per hour (from its current $8.31) by 2020. But the proposal’s success hasn’t slowed the Fight for $15 movement, which has been holding events in the Denver area for years, although none quite…
Update: Instagram model Elizabeth Ruiz, who reportedly wanted $2.5 million to destroy a sex tape co-starring Denver Broncos superstar Von Miller (see our previous coverage below), has made her first public comments about the controversy to TMZ, which originally broke the story — and to put it mildly, they’re bizarre. In…
How much does the average Coloradan budget for the holidays? Turns out the amount differs by location — and it differs a lot. WalletHub came up with holiday-budget estimates for communities across the country — an incredible 570 of them. Included were sixteen cities in Colorado, where holiday-budget estimates start at…
In a new interview with Rolling Stone magazine, outgoing President Barack Obama makes his most explicit comments about marijuana decriminalization to date. He argues that cannabis should be treated as a public-health issue along the lines of cigarettes and alcohol — and pointedly notes that most of those who voted for…
Your dog is anxious, or so itchy that he won’t stop scratching himself until he’s raw — or maybe his joints ache to the point where he can barely move. If your first instinct is to give your pooch medical marijuana, don’t do it. As we reported way back in…
The Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association has released its list of the ten most stolen cars in Colorado by make and model. But in a report entitled “Assessment of Motor Vehicle Thefts in Colorado 2015,” the organization also drills down into the prevalence of car theft across the state —…
Heidi Hemmat worked as a reporter and anchor for KDVR-TV, also known as Fox31, for a decade and a half before leaving the station earlier this year; the six-time Emmy winner’s final stories were aired in May and she formally severed ties in August. But neither she nor the broadcaster…
Update: In September, Adrian Moya pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder in regard to a gun battle last December between him and a Northglenn police officer. Each of them were shot multiple times, but both survived — and in April, the officer, who’d been wearing a ballistic vest that likely saved…
Even longtime Broncos fans may have a hard time thinking of a more agonizing regular-season defeat than Denver’s 30-27 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs last night — and in the minds of many, the reason has everything to do with Coach Gary Kubiak. Allow us to set the stage…
Late last month, a jury ordered Douglas County resident Casey Ferguson’s insurance company to pay Chicago’s Tom Dubert $263,454.44 in damages for a February 2015 skiing accident at Keystone in which Dubert separated his shoulder. At first blush, the size of the award seems excessive. After all, a separated shoulder is…
Sorry, Colorado drivers. Just because you’re willing to pay extra for a vanity license plate doesn’t mean the State of Colorado will let you put anything on it. As we’ve reported, Colorado has a long list of vanity-plate requests that it’s rejected, presumably because someone at the Department of Motor Vehicles…
Back in 2007, we published a gallery of photos by former Westword staffer Luke Turf showing signs in front of often-aging motels along one of the metro area’s most venerable commercial strips. We called the slide show, which accompanied a Turf feature article, “Motel Hell of East Colfax,” little knowing…
For more than a year, numerous major Denver LGBTQ venues have received regular reports about crimes at or near their establishments and others like them across the Denver metro area. But while the data is drawn from Denver Police Department statistics, DPD representatives aren’t compiling or distributing it. The person…
While some surveys suggest that overall Denver rent prices have plateaued or are going down, that’s not universally true. Indeed, rents are still rising in some Denver neighborhoods. Likewise, prices for a one-bedroom apartment vary widely in different communities across the Denver metro area. That’s among the takeaways from Zumper’s…
Update: Last December, we reported about the arrest of Anthony Sena. As we reported, a months-long search conducted by the family of 77-year-old victim Susan Hernandez had led straight to him — her own grandson. Our previous coverage has been incorporated into this post. At the time Sena was taken into…
Today’s Schmuck of the Week lesson: Schmuckiness can be stealthy. Take Kari Aaeng, a 54-year-old from Aspen who hardly fits the image of a chronic drunk driver. Which is precisely what she is. Aaeng was recently arrested for driving while just shy of four times over the legal intoxication limit…
Denver gets a lot of love from list-makers, as witnessed by the community being named the best place to live in America by U.S. News & World Report earlier this year. But Colorado is hardly a one-city state. As evidence, eyeball WalletHub’s roster of 2016’s Best Small Cities in America. The…
In October 2014, Jack Jacquez was killed by James Ashby, a member of the Rocky Ford Police Department. Afterward, Ashby was charged with murder — a rare occurrence for a police officer whose actions had taken place while he was on the job. Yet the shooting didn’t get much national…
The Equal Employment Opportunities Commission is suing the University of Denver for allegedly paying not just one or some of its female full law professors less than the mean average salary of male full profs at the law school, but all of them. And two major factors bolster the federal…
Good news for Broncos fans: Denver didn’t lose yesterday. Bad news for Broncos fans: Denver didn’t win yesterday. Worse news for Broncos fans: Denver didn’t play yesterday, because the team had a bye week. Trevor Siemian and company won’t hit the gridiron again until Sunday night, November 27, versus the…
Last week, as we reported, the Denver social-marijuana-consumption measure Initiated Ordinance 300 officially passed. But the initiative’s vision of patrons being able to use cannabis in bars or restaurants that serve alcohol is very much in doubt. Why? The Colorado Department of Revenue has adopted a proposal recommended by the…
Last week, we posted about a petition launched by the Marijuana Majority calling on president-elect Donald Trump to respect cannabis laws in states such as Colorado, which has legalized limited pot sales for recreational purposes. In an interview with Westword, Marijuana Majority chairman and founder Tom Angell also expressed concern…
