The Church of Scientology got a warm welcome from the Ballpark neighborhood last weekend when it dedicated its newest temple, located in the 1916 American Radiator Company building at 2346 Blake Street, just one block from Coors Field. City Councilman Albus Brooks, police chief Robert White, LoDo Neighborhood Association president…
“Mess Hall,” Laura Shunk, June 7 Mess Manners I think Laura Shunk’s reviews show an over-the-top type of criticism that is endless in negativity. Most restaurants struggle to varying degrees, however, I can’t remember reading anything she writes that can just leave a place alone. If she goes to any…
In April, the Colorado Division of Housing reported the state features twice as many low-income families as there is affordable rental housing for those families. This morning, at the dedication ceremony for Bluff Lake Apartments, the area’s newest affordable housing community, Mayor Michael Hancock confirmed plans to change that: “My…
Over the weekend, while reporting at the launch of Mitt Romney’s Colorado campaign headquarters, we asked some of the state’s GOP officials in attendance, what they thought of President Barack Obama’s new policy about deportations and undocumented youth. Unsurprisingly, they’re not pleased…
Denver blog posts fever: Catch it! Colorado Pols on a survey showing Mitt Romney gaining on Barack Obama in these parts. Denver Egotist on Denver Water’s latest less-is-more campaign, which makes a simple request. Free Range Longmont’s Doyle L. Myers tries to set history straight…
Two homicides took place in Aurora over Memorial Day weekend — a shooting in the parking lot of the duRoss Lounge and a man found dead in a car near East Alameda and Ironton Street. The victims — Harris Donkor (seen here) and Shawn Hicks, respectively — have now been…
The still raging High Park fire near Fort Collins has wreaked plenty of havoc, what with one resident, Linda Steadman, killed in the blaze’s early days and 189 homes confirmed destroyed at this writing. It’s also disrupted plenty of businesses, including Jack-FM, which has been off the air for well…
Update: Yesterday, Alan Prendergast reported on a supermax lawsuit alleging shocking mistreatment of mentally ill prisoners. We’ve added a copy of the suit, plus photos of the facility and the imprisoned plaintiffs in the case. See it below following Prendergast’s piece. Original post by Alan Prendergast: “A Clean Version of…
Our recent interview with Reverend Leon Kelly touched on gang violence (exemplified by the daylight murders of Justin O’Donnell and Deon Rudd) and the gentrification of Five Points and the surrounding area. This last topic prompted a fascinating comment about changing neighborhood dynamics against the backdrop of Father’s Day…
A just-released study associated with the University of Colorado Denver finds no link between teen marijuana use and the legalization of medical marijuana; read the report below. Sensible Colorado’s Brian Vicente sees these results as more evidence that regulating pot actually causes a decrease in teen use…
The case against Jesus Cornelio, seventeen, who allegedly caused his toddler cousin’s death by shoving him while Facebooking, sparked controversy after he was charged as an adult using a method the Colorado legislature was trying to reform. That bill is now law, but Weld County DA Ken Buck is crediting…
In April, we collected the ten weirdest posts on Denver Craigslist — and since then, the strangeness supply has definitely been restocked. Below, check out our picks for the most bizarre recent items to turn up on the site. As before, they’re not all for sale — but they’re all…
In our recent epic tome about the rehabilitation of the South Platte River, we told you about improvements to Lakewood Gulch. The trickling tributary in Sun Valley was for years walled in by concrete in an attempt to corral its flow — a dangerous situation that proved deadly in 2007…
Former Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson, who is now running for president as a Libertarian, stopped in Denver yesterday for Pridefest. He took a break from schmoozing with potential voters to chat with Westword about his campaign, the Libertarian Party, marijuana, gay marriage and his ongoing battle to get…
In the Denver metro area, immigrants are more likely to own small businesses than folks born in the United States. Not that much more likely, but the data presented in a new national report should at least call into question notions that immigrants influence the economy simply by displacing U.S…
This isn’t exactly the best week ever for Community Education Centers, a private company that operates halfway houses, prisons and “re-entry centers” in seventeen states. On Sunday, the New York Times began running a three-part series on the company’s alarming record of escapes, assaults, gang activity and drugs at its…
Denver blog posts are rich in protein. Purple Row’s Andrew Martin has seen enough of pitcher Jeremy Guthrie to conclude he’s not a solution for the Rockies’ problems — a good thing, since the team is reportedly seeking to deal him. Square State’s Zappatero wonders: How can Doug Lamborn be…
There were plenty of out-of-this-world sights on view in Denver this weekend — and not only at Denver Comic Con. Denver Pridefest is one of the most exciting, eye-popping events of the year, and the temperatures on Sunday weren’t the only things that were hot. See what we mean by…
Tonight’s episode of American Ninja Warrior will feature seven Colorado badasses tackling the television show’s near-impossible obstacle course for a chance to make it to the finals and win $500,000. All seven belong to a local parkour gym called APEX Movement. Check out the show tonight on NBC at 8…
Bid a bittersweet farewell to Life Skills, Denver’s own last-chance high school. Last year, Denver Public Schools announced that Life Skills would close — a decision backed by the state board of education. As such, the graduation ceremony that took place at the King Performing Arts Center on Friday will…
Saturday began with the Denver Police finding a body in an alley near South Quieto Way. It ended with members of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office dealing with a gruesome scene involving Mary Pratt, who was fatally stabbed in the neck. ACSO reps say the person behind the blade was…
If you caught last night’s ep of True Blood, you witnessed actress Kristin Bauer, aka the vampire named Pam, at her most viciously hilarious. But plenty of locals had already seen her in person at this weekend’s Denver Comic Con — and she wasn’t alone. Celebs from The Walking Dead,…
