Dear Westword: I want to start by saying I’m a Chicano. Now, I don’t understand why you allow Gastavo [sic] Arellano’s article in your publication. He is a racist. First, he has a negative cartoon of a Mexican. Just look at it. Just because his last name is Arellano does…
No one knows exactly how much taxpayer money was spent on the Aurora theater shooting case, but the three-year investigation/trial was surely one of the most — if not the most — expensive in Colorado history. Figures obtained by CU News Corps from several public agencies reveal that the investigation…
So you’re going to the mountains tomorrow, your weed jar is dry as a bone, and it’s nearing 7 p.m. – dispensary closing time in Denver. No worries: You can just replenish your stash tomorrow at a dispensary in the mountains, right? Not always. While many popular snowy destinations in…
Municipalities across the country are navigating the uncharted waters of the sharing economy, struggling to determine when, how and even whether to regulate mom-and-pop ventures. These days, the biggest struggles focus on seemingly grassroots businesses backed by internationally renowned corporations that provide users a platform for renting and selling their…
Fresh from pleading guilty to distributing child porn and having sex with underage hookers, former Subway pitchmeister Jared Fogle arrived in Colorado a few days ago to begin serving his fifteen-year federal prison sentence. Why Colorado? Because that’s what we do here. We’re the top turnkeys, the customary custodians of…
Despite strong disapproval from the Obama Administration, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson both say they will continue to push the U.S. Supreme Court to allow their states to sue Colorado for legalizing cannabis. In a brief written by U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, the…
A plethora of Star Wars posts could Make this a starry, starry night. The Colorado Legislature often fails to attract the attention of anyone outside a circle of outsiders. But that could change if people started thinking of it as another installment of Star Wars, as does “VII Ways The…
Denver was socked by its first big snowstorm of the season a week ago, when irate travelers were tweeting their irritation at snow removal. But seven days later, streets all over the city are still icy, rutted disasters. So while some readers were complaining about the transplants who don’t know…
No room at the inn on Christmas Eve? No problem: You can still snag a “luxury loft in the heart of downtown,” as well as a “Curtis Park charmer” and a “cozy Capitol Hill apartment.” These are last-minute holiday miracles you wouldn’t have dreamed of finding a decade ago —…
Oh, Denver: One of the few places in the world where you can tell your pot dealer, “This shit sucks. I’m going somewhere else,” and actually mean it. Securing a new and reasonably un-sketchy weed guy is a headache for people in other, less-fortunate states – but not here, where…
Kerri Peek woke up in her Aurora motel room at 7:30 a.m. Monday and had soon managed to spill Cocoa Puffs and milk down her bra, break her favorite coffee mug, spill chicken soup in her Crocs — and collect some “crazy hate” that accused her of being a fake…
The state’s medical marijuana program started a new era last month, after the Colorado Medical Board unanimously approved a set of recommendation guidelines for medical marijuana physicians – and those guidelines took effect immediately. Although the final draft of the policy, written by the Medical Board’s Medical Marijuana Workgroup and…
It was less than ten degrees and snowing when Denver police officers began rousing people from their tents and lean-to shelters near the Samaritan House at Park Avenue and Lawrence Street around 6 a.m. last Tuesday, remembers Peter, a homeless man. In the midst of the storm, the police told…
Pueblo County has weathered some stinky economic times over the past several decades, so it’s not surprising that even traditional boosters are seeing lots of potential in the cannabis industry, as Thomas Mitchell outlines in his story, “Can Cannabis Become Pueblo’s Next Cash Crop?” Still, there are some naysayers, including…
Mondays bring out the best and the worst in Denver blogs. Our food blog lays out our picks for the fifteen best new Denver restaurants of 2015. Agree or disagree? Westword music editor Katie Moulton asks this about Nathaniel Rateliff: Why this music, and why now? The Mile High Report…
Denver’s cannabis calendar is emptying out as the end of 2015 draws closer, but there are still plenty of good, ganja-oriented times — starting with SexPot Comedy’s annual holiday show. This year’s rendition, “A Very SexPot Chris-Mas,” will be headlined by Chris Gethard, star of The Chris Gethard Show and a…
The current Westword cover story, “What’s Killing the Trees in Denver Parks?”, examines an emerging controversy over Denver Water’s recycled water program, which provides wastewater that’s been sufficiently treated for irrigation purposes at a fraction of the cost of potable water. Denver’s parks department has saved millions by switching numerous…
Something’s going on in Pueblo County. You might not notice as you drive through the town – which took a big hit during the steel recession of the ’80s and has slowly been coming back — but your nostrils should get a clue once you reach the outskirts, where the…
The former Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant was officially declared cleaned up – or as close to clean as it was going to get – ten years ago. That was fifteen years after the FBI led a pre-dawn raid on the facility that produced plutonium triggers for nuclear bombs, a…
This week, the federal government sided with Colorado against Nebraska and Oklahoma, which submitted a lawsuit against Amendment 64 to the U.S. Supreme Court in December 2014. The filing of the brief, whose listed authors include the U.S. Solicitor General, comes as a surprise given that the feds still list cannabis…
Denver blog posts go balls-out. At our Arts blog, Robbie Herbst tells the naked truth about a wild New Year’s Eve. A Colorado Pols headline reads, “Donald Trump: Are you frightened yet?” At Mile High Mamas, a writer who identifies herself only as Alfreda writes about finding a home after…
Gentle cabrones: Behold my annual Mexican Christmas guide, where I recommend the best Mexi-themed libros for you to give to your loved ones this Navidad. Buy them at your local bookstore or order online, but do buy! F*ck Cancer: The True Story of How Robert the Bold Kicked Cancer’s Ass…
