Denver blogs have us peering into the future. Westword’s own Backbeat blog writes up Sunday night’s the String Cheese Incident concert at the 1stBank Center. The refurbished Capitol Dome is making its slow reveal, a littler earlier than predicted, according to Denver Urbanism’s photos. The Mile High Report gives us…
On the morning of December 13, eighteen-year-old Karl Pierson gave no indication that anything was amiss, according to Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson. He took the time to have a meal and go bowling by himself. Then, at around 12:30 p.m., he entered Arapahoe High School through a door that…
When it comes to getting top dollar for the taxpayer from energy and mineral resources on public lands, the federal government’s approach is a lot like that of the morbidly obese relative you see scarfing down a third helping of pumpkin pie at Christmas. Every year there’s a promise to…
When I first moved to Denver in 2004, I had a very difficult time locating pot. I spent a lot of time at galleries, concert venues and taverns like Gabors and Bar Bar, asking everyone I met where I could find “some grass” (as an ignorant farm boy, I still…
Editor’s note: We’re counting down the most popular Latest Word posts of 2013. This one came in at No. 5. Read it as originally published. January 29, 2013: Carly McKinney, 23, is a first-year math teacher at Overland High Schools, but her calculations related to a now-yanked Twitter account posted…
Just before 8 p.m. last night, the Aurora police responded to 11922 Archer Place, apartment K-23, near the Aurora Hills Golf Course to find the body of a deceased male. The man’s identity has not yet been released pending the outcome of an autopsy, but police are treating the death…
Think the U.S. enforcing our drug laws abroad is a relatively new thing? Think again. According to this gem we dug up from the February 2, 1923 Akron Weekly Pioneer Press, we’ve been meddling in other countries’ drug affairs for more than ninety years…
Marking the final Friday of 2013, Denver’s blogs turned to politics, pot and Peyton. Westword’s own Backbeat blog asks whether John Denver’s “Rocky Mountain High” was really about pot. Colorado Pols continued its political stories countdown with number eight: “The Slaughter of Amendment 66 and How it Changed School Board…
Prosecutors in the Aurora theater shooting case say the mental evaluation conducted on suspect James Holmes contains “numerous deficiencies,” and they allege that the doctor who performed it, Dr. Jeffrey Metzner, had “an unfair bias.” They’d like Holmes to be re-examined by two experts that they’ve chosen. Those are among…
Colorado State University’s football team beat the Washington State Cougars in thrilling fashion last weekend, coming from behind to win 48-45 in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl — the first bowl game that the Rams have played in since 2008. And the highlights made all the national sports broadcasts –…
Denver Parks and Recreation officials have been in high reverse gear in response to mounting neighborhood opposition to the proposed City Loop project in City Park, the subject of last week’s feature, “Parks and Wreck.” After critics raised a barrage of concerns about City Loop’s cost, public input process, and…
Every year, Westword compiles a list of some of the weirdest stories that have taken place in Colorado over the previous twelve months; our Strange but True compilation in the Year in Review issue (which also includes our Hall of Shame, parts one and two) is currently out in print…
Every year, we bring you the best examples of the worst behavior that we can find from the past 365 days of news stories. And from secessionists to bigoted bakers to Tom Martino and Mother Nature, there was plenty of shame and shmuckery to go around in this year’s Hall…
Editor’s note: We’re counting down the most popular Latest Word posts of 2013. This one came in at No. 6. Read it as originally published. November 7, 2013: It’s a dating jungle out there, and in order to survive, you need to know how to identify the animals — especially…
While Cannabition organizers J.J. Walker and Matt Brown had originally planned to host their New Year’s Day event at City Hall — no, not the City and County Building, but the Regas Christou-owned venue on Broadway — they had to move it to NORAD, at 821 22nd Street, after Christou…
‘Twas the day before the day before Christmas, and all through my place, not a bowl pack could be found to puff to my face. All the bubblers and bongs had been cleaned up with care, in hopes that I could find something skunky to put in the air. I…
Local blogs stimulate geeky list-making and — potentially — the desire for streetcars. Need some items to add to your to-do list in 2014? Westword’s arts-and-culture geek extraordinaire, Cory Casciato, has some ideas for you. Denver Urbanism looks at how Philadelphia’s streetcars might (or might not) be used to influence…
Every year, we bring you the best examples of the worst behavior we can find from the past 365 days of news stories. And from secessionists to bigoted bakers to Tom Martino and Mother Nature, there was plenty of shame and shmuckery to go around in the 2013 Hall of…
President Barack Obama recently commuted the sentences of eight federal prisoners serving absurdly long sentences for crack cocaine convictions, noting that such harsh punishments couldn’t be imposed under current sentencing schemes. But Colorado’s recent governors have been reluctant to exercise their own clemency powers, even when doing so could save…
It was one of the most sadly ironic events of the year: On Labor Day weekend — when the heat was on to catch drunk drivers — cannabis activist Jenny Kush was killed by one of those drink drivers, as related in our September cover story, “The life and tragic…
Editor’s note: We’re counting down the most popular Latest Word posts of 2013. This one came in at No. 6. Read it as originally published. September 14, 2012: Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games to books. We showcase them in our…
Denver’s growth spurts often make it seem unrecognizable as my home town, but I think 2014 has a lot of good in store. In the past couple of years, I saw Smiley’s Laundromat and the mid-century-modern diner structure that housed the first Hooter’s this side of the Mississippi go the…
