It’s the time of the decade when we look back at the events that stood out from the more typical sound and fury of life in general. But a simple list of incidents doesn’t reveal nearly as much about these happenings than do reports from the time when they were…
Interesting tidbit in the Post business section this morning about how local developer David Engleberg has decided to take a break from the real estate business by taking over a Denver cigar shop. But according to Penny Parker, the “former owner of the Capitol Cigar at 919 E. Colfax Ave…
It’s about damn time this year ended. But before it does, we’re taking a look back at your favorite stories of 2009. Here, the ten most popular Westword cover stories of the year…
Most people just go along to get along. But every once in a while a hellacious disagreement — about principle, turf, money, or who cut the cheese — makes for an old-fashioned Western display of rootin’-tootin’ feudin’ and cussedness. The most memorable Colorado showdowns of the past ten years involved…
Meet Guido. He is quite possibly the luckiest dog in all of Adams County — because of all the costly and peculiar gifts people lavish on their pets this time of year, Guido got the best one of all. A pacemaker…
May your days be merry and bright and way less awkward than this…
December is a difficult month for the real estate industry. Sales are way down, and an agent loses the ability to find food at open house events. To assist the saleless, the Food Bank for Destitute Realtors needs the following items…..
We’re still shell-shocked by yesterday’s Broncos game against the Raiders, but not because the Broncos lost. No, we’re dealing with the PTSD from seeing Raiders player Tommy Kelly’s color-coordinated job strap (above). I’m guessing the shock may have had something to do with why the Orange and Blue lost as…
Who knew? Several Colorado universities feature gun-storage lockers for students who want to bare arms but can’t keep their arsenal on their hip or in their dorm room. From today’s Denver Post: On any given day, there may be up to 50 rifles with scopes, shotguns, handguns and long knives…
Christmas came early for fans of local music. On Friday, 93.3’s Hometown for the Holidays took over Andrew’s Pub, with The Heyday, Epilogues and Churchill. On Saturday, 3OH!3, Meese, Photo Atlas and the Pirate Signal filled up the Fillmore. See photos of it all on the slideshow page…
It’s a good time to be a Colorado sports fan, with the Nuggets, Rocks and Avs contending, and the Broncos — at least until yesterday — surprising skeptics. But there have been some low moments for local athletes and teams this decade, not to mention one local scandal that starred…
It’s about damn time this year ended. But before it does, we’re taking a look back at your favorite stories of 2009. Here, the ten most popular Latest Word stories of 2009…
Gawker spotted this amusing nugget in a story in the New York Times Book Review on Sunday: At Boulder Book Store in Boulder, Colo., one writer was even busted stealing his own books. Christopher Ohman, who was a manager at the time, said: “I think he felt somewhat entitled to…
If Colorado dispensaries seem a little empty tomorrow, that’s because anyone who’s anyone in the business will likely be at the University of Denver, where Sensible Colorado, a drug-reform advocacy group, will be holding a stakeholder’s meeting from 1 to 4 p.m. at DU’s Student Forum, 2255 East Evans Avenue,…
Corrections officers aren’t supposed to brutalize the inmates in their custody, but they’re not encouraged to be too fond of them, either. The system frowns on “inappropriate relationships” between staff and prisoners — and such dangerous sexual liaisons tend to lead to explosive scandals, like this one and this one…
We’ve chronicled the story of disgraced One Lincoln Park developer Erik Osborn, who was accused of stealing from partners such as “Dealing Doug” Moreland and talk-show host Tom “Lou from Littleton” Manoogian, in a May feature article and a series of blogs accessible here. The latest development? Osborn has been…
Yesterday, King Soopers formally, and finally, acknowledged that its grocery workers had accepted the company’s last, best and final contract offer. But silenced prevailed at Safeway, whose employees turned down pretty much the same deal — until today. The firm’s release focuses most of its attention on those bargaining units…
Denver Public Schools’ high school graduation rate is rising — but so far, it’s only risen to a mediocre 52.7 percent. That was the news yesterday from Superintendent Tom Boasberg, who announced the numbers at a press conference at North High School. North, on the other hand, saw its graduation…
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Board of Health has had a rough few months navigating the issue of medical marijuana. In July, the board determined that a caregiver only had to provide a patient with marijuana to earn that label. Then, in November, the board voted to…
The end of the year — and the decade — is just around the corner. So it seemed like a good time to pull out the old crystal ball and look ahead to the year and decade to come. Predicting technology is a fool’s errand, but you’re in luck: I’m…
As the final pieces of the funding puzzle behind the $500 million rehab of Union Station fall into place, the project is finally poised to begin. But lately, what, exactly, the final development will look like has been shifting considerably, and not all observers are happy about the changes. Yesterday,…
Those Denver blogs just keep on coming… Colin at South Stands Denver with Broncos fans not getting riled up about the Raiders. Or, as he puts it, “Fuck the Motherfucking Raiders! ‘Cause THE RIVALRY AIN’T DEAD!” 5280’s Michael de Yoanna chronicles Colorado’s Week of the Migrant. Doubt if Tom Tancredo’s…
