Westword has an opening for a part-time social media editor. This 20-hour/week position combines journalism with social-media skills to increase Westword’s audience and serve as its online public face. The social media editor manages Westword’s Facebook and Twitter accounts, among others, with the expectation of continued engagement and growth. The social media…
Denver blog posts have plenty of growth potential. At our Arts blog, Bree Davies wonders if Denver will erase its own charm as it grows — and offers a lesson from Las Vegas. Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons looks at the roster depth of your Denver Nuggets. At the Colorado Independent,…
On August 4, a small but important election will take place in Glendale, a tiny city with big ideas. A total of twelve people who own property or lease space within a few blocks along Cherry Creek will vote on whether to create a “downtown development authority” (DDA) for the…
Next month the Colorado Judicial Department will start charging interest on the court-ordered restitution that state prisoners owe to crime victims — a surcharge that was supposed to be imposed across the state under a law passed fifteen years ago, but which officials in many judicial districts neglected to collect…
Yesterday, we told you about the cancellation of the Lozilu Denver mud run, slated for later this month, as well as other similar events sponsored by the organization in major cities across the country. In our post, we noted the unhappiness of numerous people who’d hoped to participate and a…
How long has Jon Stewart hosted The Daily Show, the Comedy Central program to which he will bid farewell tonight? Long enough to have “reported” about the Broncos’ Super Bowl victory in January 1999. “Yeah, Broncos,” he said with mock enthusiasm at the time. “I’m so happy, I could destroy…
Even though Westword is based in Denver, we consider the entire State of Colorado to be our beat. That’s why we write so frequently about Colorado Springs — and why our attention was grabbed by the recent Estately post “25 Things You Should Know Before Living in Colorado Springs.” Turns out plenty…
Last December, we published a post headlined HIGH RENT IN DENVER: WHAT $1,000 A MONTH WILL GET YOU. Less than a year later, unfortunately, the piece is out of date. Rent costs have continued rising through 2015, as many of our readers have noted. But the variety of prices is…
Dear Stoner: I’m looking to smoke higher concentrations of THC but wasted half of my wax last time I bought some. Is there any way to get stoned off my gourd that isn’t so sticky and messy? Jamal Dear Jamal: Wax heads and dabbers would cringe to hear you say…
Fredy Pedraza Castillo and two other Nebraskans were recently charged with crimes committed in Colorado. They’ve been accused of traveling from their home state to Westminster, where they allegedly pistol whipped and bound victims before stealing a large supply of marijuana. In our post on this topic, we noted that Nebraska…
Denver blog posts are open 24/7. At our Arts blog, Lindsey Bartlett shares her picks for the twelve best murals on Denver restaurants — and her top choice is for an eatery that’s currently closed. Big Media’s Jason Salzman chats with Claire Martin about her 31 years at the Denver Post ,…
To those Colorado Rockies followers who feel that fan pressure is the only way to force this terrible team to improve, I offer my apologies. Why? Because instead of boycotting the Rocks, I went to their game against the Seattle Mariners last night. And even though the squad got crushed…
Doug Hill would not be opposed to living completely off the grid. He could sport his homemade buckskin shorts every day, drink untreated water from streams, pluck his lunch from blueberry patches. He wouldn’t need to worry about a 401(k) or his ten-year goals; his only concerns would be surviving…
During the early morning hours, gunshots rang out on Iliff Avenue. Three people were shot, with one said to have suffered a life-threatening wound. The location offered up by the Aurora Police Department corresponds to McDonough’s Irish Pub, a watering hole known for its bargain-priced libations. The address in question…
If you were planning to take part in the Lozilu Denver mud run on August 29, well, you’ll have to find another way of getting dirty. The event, slated to take place at the Broomfield County Commons Park, has been canceled, along with all other Lozilu mud runs around the…
Not all places to park in Denver are created equal. Some collect more in fines than others. A lot more. As evidence, consider data recently collected by 9News about parking fines in Denver, using 2014 figures. Many of the addresses listed generated hundreds of tickets and thousands in fines — and…
Last year, we told you about the search for Colorado Springs’ Bionca Rogers, then 21, after she’d been named in arrest warrant relating to the death of Grant Frazier, 61. Frazier’s body was found in a car in Iowa, the state from which Rogers hailed. Rogers subsequently surrendered to Iowa…
Tara Breed, a 44-year-old Denver resident, died doing what she loved — challenging herself against the natural beauty of Colorado. The Boulder coroner’s office has identified Breed as the woman who died in a fall from Paiute Peak late last month. But even as this news was being made public, her family was…
This Thursday, August 6, Fox News will broadcast the first Republican presidential debate of the 2016 campaign season live from Cleveland, Ohio, and all eyes will be on Donald Trump, who’s galvanized the public and the media with pronouncements about, among other things, illegal immigrants and narcotics. “When Mexico sends…
The responses to our post about how much Denverites need to earn to have an adequate standard of living were fascinating. The data contained in the piece came from a new study from the Economic Policy Institute. E.P.I. used the most recent data available to come up with salary amounts…
Denver blog posts know that dining variety is the spice of life. At our Food & Drink blog, Mark Antonation collects the ten best dishes from a year of Ethniche, our online category specializing in the best ethnic food the Denver area has to offer. Colorado Peak Politics has the…
A new study concludes that race and geography play a significant role in whether a criminal defendant faces the death penalty in Colorado, providing hard-numbers support to the objections about bias raised by Governor John Hickenlooper two years ago when he granted a reprieve from execution for convicted killer Nathan…
