Last October, when we first reported about Tyler Tabor’s heroin-withdrawal death in Adams County jail, we wrote that while no lawsuit had been filed in the case, “one will arrive soon.” That day has come. At 2:30 p.m., Tabor’s family will appear at a press conference announcing a suit they’ve…
The story of Grace Davis, a Ponderosa High School student who’s been locked in battle with the Douglas County Board of Education for months, is an educational variant of a David-and-Goliath tale. And while the board technically won the latest round, Davis has landed some mighty blows — and she’s…
Update: In May, Carlin Qar’Tune Williams, a 39-year-old inmate at a federal prison in Florence, Colorado, filed paperwork asserting that he is the son and sole heir of Prince Rogers Nelson, better known as Prince; see our previous coverage below. Just over a month later, TMZ is reporting (and the Associated Press has…
“It was a real whirlwind.” That’s how Rex Fuller, vice president of communications and corporate giving for the GLBT Community Center of Colorado, characterizes this past weekend’s Denver PrideFest, which the center produces. And if anything, that’s an understatement. The huge event took place on the same weekend as Denver…
We’re still collecting comments on Chris Walker’s post about a $3.5 million federal grant to Denver in regard to permanent housing for hundreds of homeless people. Many folks are upbeat about the grant itself. But they don’t see it as a panacea. Take this reader, who mentions the impact of…
Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series looking at violence on the 16th Street Mall. To read part one, featuring a Good Samaritan’s story of helping a stabbing victim, click here. A weekend stabbing on the 16th Street Mall that led to two arrests wasn’t an isolated…
Mike Rust, nicknamed “Mike the Bike,” isn’t credited with inventing mountain biking. But he was undeniably a pioneer, helping to popularize the sport both as a competitor and a behind-the-scenes technician whose innovative spirit is still being felt today. Now, finally, his friends, family and loved ones have some closure…
Over the years, anti-marijuana groups have argued that greater legal access to cannabis inevitably leads to increased teen pot use. Last year, for example, Project SAM, an organization co-founded by former Representative Patrick Kennedy and launched in Denver, claimed that national figures from the Department of Health and Human Services showed…
Part 1 This past Saturday night, Erin Chalmers visited the 16th Street Mall with her sister to check out the attendees of some special events in the area. “It was Comic Con and Pridefest and the Greek Festival,” Chalmers says. “We wanted to have a long dinner and watch people…
We recently collected the most memorable Colorado posts on the Whisper app, whose users communicate anonymously using text over images, meme-style. The one we used at the top of the item posed this question: “Are there any single women in Colorado who aren’t lesbians?!” This line inspired plenty of our…
Earlier this month, we reported that Englewood had voted to prohibit marijuana clubs in the wake of controversy over iBake, a pot-consumption business with storefronts in the community and Adams County, where officials announced that they were looking at ways to shut down the one there after three years of operation and…
Anyone who’s watched Denver television in recent years has likely seen commercials featuring attorney Frank Azar, who’s branded himself “The Strong Arm” — and who makes it clear that he’s willing to grill insurance companies on behalf of his clients. But Azar’s the one on the hot seat now —…
Last week, we told you about Tim Plybon, a Denver firefighter who’s been accused of indecent exposure for allegedly masturbating in a store at the Town Center of Aurora mall. Now, a woman has come forward to say that Plybon followed her and her girlfriend for as much as two…
We recently shared a Comment of the Day that’s among our most viewed ever. The 2014 item is headlined, “Reader: Denver Rent Prices Are So High They’re Pushing People Into Homelessness.” As was the case at the time of its original publication, the post generated a landslide of responses, including…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Food & Drink, Lindsey Bartlett names the ten best falafel spots in Denver. Colorado Pols: “Colorado Senate Republicans Get Ugly on Orlando.” Mile High Report offers up “everything we know” about the Von Miller contract situation…
For the Denver Sheriff Department, cutting down on excessive force allegations makes both sense and cents. Note that the City of Denver wound up paying a $6 million settlement to the family of Marvin Booker, who died in custody at Denver jail, and $3.25 million to Jamal Hunter in response to…
A few hours before members of the Arvada Fire Department responded to a blazing home scrawled with messages reading “My Wife Is a Cheater,” police in the community were dealing with what another tragic situation. One person is dead after a shooting at a suburban home. Is this a case…
It isn’t often that a news organization has a huge scoop on video but chooses not to publish it out of principle and compassion. But that’s precisely the decision made by the Aspen Times in regard to footage shot by staff photographer Jeremy Wallace during a rafting trip that ended in…
A few months back, the Denver Dance Memes Facebook page announced that it was “under new management.” Fortunately, though, the new management seems just as funny and crazy (and politically incorrect) as the old one. We first assembled our picks for the most twisted Denver Dance Memes posts in 2014, followed…
A recent study confirmed that marijuana-related arrests are up in Nebraska counties near the Colorado border. Representatives of law-enforcement agencies in such areas frequently complain about the resources required to stop the flow of cannabis over the border. However, the study’s authors can’t say definitively whether the increasing number of…
In case you missed it… At Westword Food & Drink, Patricia Calhoun asks: “Will 3.2 beer finally dry up in Colorado?” Coyote Gulch: “The Colorado River Aqueduct marks 75 years of water delivery.” Chalkbeat Colorado’s Nicholas Garcia: “Denver teachers to get 2.6 percent average pay increase in 2016, and there may…
Over the past few years, the Denver Fire Department has received more than its share of bad publicity. Note criticism over an alleged lack of diversity in the ranks, the firing of a DFD captain who denied accusations that he used offensive language and a settlement in a lawsuit that claimed…
