Chris Walker is in Washington, D.C., covering events around the inauguration — and keeping an eye on Westword cover boy Jason Flores-Williams, who promises to be in the thick of the action. Here’s Walker’s first dispatch.
The tragic death of San Antonio mom Kelly Huber on a Granby ski lift demonstrates that such devices aren’t risk-free, as a skier named Richard found out personally. Earlier this month, his backpack got tangled on an Arapahoe Basin lift, leaving him dangling from the chair by his neck. He almost certainly would have died were it not for the heroics of professional slackliner Mickey Wilson, who joined Richard to talk about the rescue on yesterday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Bowing to pressure from community groups and fossil lovers, Jefferson County’s Board of County Commissioners voted last night against a proposed rezoning that would have placed up to four auto dealerships in close proximity to the most significant dinosaur track site in the country.
The controversy over a new Denver Police Department draft policy about the use of force flared up again last night at a contentious community forum at the Shorter Community AME Church, with activists, faith leaders and other community members letting Denver Police Chief Robert White and other officials how unhappy they are with the way the document was assembled and presented.
What did each state, including Colorado, Google most in 2016? The answers can be hilarious, strange, embarrassing and telling.
Lighthouse Cannabis Project launched last June to host sightseeing tours, but now it’s started hosting music sessions in grows.
In our coverage earlier this week of revelations about past sexual assault allegations against new Broncos coach Vance Joseph, which were originally made public as part of the investigation into the CU recruiting scandal, we noted that the team would apparently try to “ride out” the negative publicity that might result from the incident, which dated back to the period when Joseph served as an assistant coach for the Buffs.
The Denver Police Department is gathering intelligence on activists around town — and there’s good reason for that concern. Not only have police officers been paying close attention to social-media posts, but in early 2016 the department purchased subscriptions to a powerful social-media monitoring tool called Geofeedia, which was used by law enforcement agencies across the country to monitor protests and other actions.
It’s going to get heavy. We all know it. We’re not sure how, and we’re not sure when. But the events taking place in Washington, D.C., this coming week are going to unfold like the plot of a paperback thriller. The protagonist would have it no other way. Whether you love him or hate him, Donald J. Trump’s inauguration will be historic. And Westword will be on hand to cover the chaos.
Most Denverites like to think of themselves as environmentally friendly. But there’s plenty of evidence to the contrary. A report from Eco-Cycle on view below reveals that Denver’s recycling rate is 18 percent — one of the worst on the front range and exceedingly mediocre on a national scale.
Last month, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a new rule for marijuana extracts forcing any business with hemp or CBD products to register with the federal government using a new code — even if those products have under 0.3 percent THC. At the time, the Hoban Law Group said it would…
Who doesn’t like the word “juicy”? Besides being the name of one of Biggie’s most recognizable songs, almost everything sounds better when described as “juicy.” Fruits, steaks, derrieres, bits of information — they’re all more desirable when juicy. Just hearing the word makes me imagine something ripe and refreshing. Something like Strawberry Banana — the cannabis strain, not the smoothie.
Sean Haberthier, a 47-year-old Denver resident, is the third person to die at a Colorado ski area this season and the second to perish while skiing at Breckenridge.
Is it better to roll joints inside out? And pot cause a hangover? Our Stoner answers more burning questions.
Just in time for Inauguration Week, Vibrant, a local company, has vowed to give proceeds from its signature line of sex toys to the Rocky Mountain chapter of Planned Parenthood.
Previous sexual assault allegations against newly hired Denver Broncos head coach Vance Joseph were originally revealed thanks to the investigation into a recruiting scandal at the University of Colorado, where Joseph had played and served as an assistant coach.
Denver’s cannabis calendar is filling up this month. Whether you’d like to meet with other ganjapreners, learn more about how to market your business or get a job in the industry, you’ll find plenty of opportunities in January.
It’s been a long road for Initiative 300. Last summer, some people doubted that Denver’s social-use provision would pass — and the vote tally wasn’t official until a week after the November 8 election. But now, under the city’s schedule, businesses will have to wait until this summer before they can submit applications for permits. On January 18, Denver’s social-use advisory committee will hold its first meeting, and begin crafting other rules for implementation.
It’s taken nearly seven years to convict Javier Aguirre of killing Lyndsay Pham at Aurora’s Descano Plaza Apartments, which she co-owned and managed, even though even though police suspected Aguirre from the early stages of the investigation.
We’ll be entering a new era on January 20, when Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States at his inauguration ceremony in Washington, D.C. Although most of the action will be in the nation’s capitol, Denver will also have plenty of inauguration-related events.
It’s hard now to imagine a time when Denver real estate wasn’t booming — when we weren’t used to the the sounds of jackhammers pounding away at concrete or paying big-city prices in rent. Here are just ten projects in the works in and around Denver. 1. Jeffco Battles Over Proposed…
The revelation that Denver, named the top spot for millennials in 2011, the coolest city in the country, had dropped to the 51st position in a list of best destination for grads, inspired some non-native to offer Denver residents timely advice.
