Our Matthew Van Deventer recently wrote about potential changes to short-term-rental rules in Denver. Suggestions floated by a Denver city councilwoman include requiring that the owners to live on the properties in question — a change that would likely impact loads of STRs in the Mile High. Readers reacting to…
Denver blog posts have a neighborhood feel. At Westword Arts, Teague Bohlen lists five things that make Five Points residents really, really mad. Denver Infill’s Ryan Dravitz offers a final update on the 250 Columbine project in Cherry Creek. Mile High Mamas’ Amber Johnson details a Boulder mom’s new babysitter app…
Stan Kroenke, owner of the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Avalanche and lots of other stuff, clearly has a thing for ranches. Until recently, he reportedly owned eleven of them in Arizona, Montana, Wyoming and British Columbia. Now, make it a dozen — and number twelve is a whopper. The W.T. Waggoner…
To the victors go the spoils — and for your world champion Denver Broncos, they include making appearances on major talk shows. First, Ellen DeGeneres hosted Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller, who said that he job was to make sure the other guy had a horrible day. Then, last night,…
Back in 2014, we shared Centers for Disease Control figures showing where several major Colorado cities ranked as measured by binge drinking. The results weren’t especially positive — and data from the United Health Foundation’s annual health rankings suggest that the trend has yet to be reversed. There’s plenty of good…
When it comes to a series of incidents that took place in unincorporated Arapahoe County yesterday, tragedy followed tragedy followed tragedy. First, a woman was sexually assaulted at knife-point. Then, law enforcers speaking to the victim belated entered her apartment to find that a six-year-old boy had been stabbed to…
We recently wrote about how rents for apartments in Denver rise and fall depending on the size of their building. But the discussion wasn’t limited to this theme. Indeed, one of the most interesting responses involved the condition of homes for rent — the implication being that the demand for…
Denver blogs know it’s a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll. At Westword Music, Brett Callwood describes how watching AC/DC in concert is like watching It’s a Wonderful Life. Predominantly Orange’s Tylor Walden lists important off-season dates for your Denver Broncos. The Colorado Independent’s Mike…
Congratulations, Justin Carrigan. You’ve got the most forgiving, understanding wife in all of human history. Why? Because she isn’t giving him the heave-ho despite telling a reporter in a video that went viral how he expected to spend $30,000 to see his beloved Denver Broncos play the Carolina Panthers in…
Although Von Miller still hasn’t gotten a car for being Super Bowl 50 MVP — come on, John Elway, pony up! — he did get to meet Ellen DeGeneres, who he called “the only one” who picked the Broncos to beat the Cam Newton’s Carolina Panthers in the big game. Not…
It’s a crime almost too shocking to be believed: A man accused of biting off his girlfriend’s eyelid. But it happened — and now, Jose Leyva-Estrada will have plenty of time to think about it. Leyva-Estrada has now been sentenced for the crime, which took place during the early months…
Driving in Denver is among the most debated subjects among Westword readers. Now, we offer another opinion on the subject. Or should we say a whole bunch of them. “How to Drive in Denver,” featured on the Instructables.com site, finds a local resident and writer named fultron89 breaking down the local automotive transportation…
An estimated one million people attended yesterday’s Broncos victory parade and rally. And while the downtown celebration in the immediate aftermath of the team’s win over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 featured a dozen arrests, numerous police confrontations and the use of pepper spray to disperse crowds, there were…
All but lost amid the hype in advance of Super Bowl 50, won by your Denver Broncos, were remarks by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about the league’s policy toward marijuana — an issue that arose during a Q&A in advance of the game that came complete with a reference to…
Amid our recent snowstorm, we shared a vintage post naming the top ten cars whose drivers can be jerks on icy roads. Among those who responded was a reader who didn’t own doesn’t own any of the vehicles on our list — but confessed to being jerky behind the wheel…
Denver blogs bring people together. At Westword Food & Drink, Lauren Monitz shares her choices for the ten best date-night restaurants in Denver. Denver Stiffs’ Adam Mares ranks the Denver Nuggets by nickname. The Colorado Independent’s Corey Hutchins on Senator Cory Gardner’s joke about saving room in supermax for Hillary Clinton…
Yesterday, we highlighted thirty NFL experts who predicted the Panthers would beat the Broncos in Super Bowl 50. We could have featured a lot more. The overwhelming majority of sports pundits thought Carolina would thrash Denver in the big game — including our own prognosticator, Brian Badzmierowski, who has now…
For his incredible performance during the Broncos’ Super Bowl 50 win, Von Miller was named the game’s Most Valuable Player — and deservedly so. But he’s got a reason to be wearing the expression seen in the photo above, which he shared on his must-follow Instagram page yesterday. His MVP…
This charming photo of CU Boulder student Merissa Hirneisen seen above is from her Facebook page. The portrait snapped after her arrest for allegedly trying to steal text books and then using a stun gun on security guards merits different adjectives — “memorable” among them. Look below to see the grabbiest, most…
A Broncos win in Super Bowl 50 would have bummed out Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton under any circumstance. But the loss has been compounded by reactions to his petulant reactions during numerous moments in the game and a subsequent press conference, which found him pouting up a storm and…
Thanks to Denver’s win in Super Bowl 50, and the parade and rally scheduled for today, all of Colorado seems to have Broncos fever. But not everyone appears to be thrilled about the way most folks are celebrating. Our item about post-game celebrations in downtown Denver that led to twelve…
The celebration of the Broncos’ victory over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 is jam-packed with events beginning at 10 a.m. tomorrow, February 9, and continuing into the afternoon, and the public is invited. But they’re not invited to smoke pot. The press release about the festivities, included below in its…
