Journalism organizations frequently decry powerful enterprises that dodge questions about important issues. But media firms engage in such behavior, too — although few do so with the tone-deafness currently being exhibited by Digital First Media, parent company of the Denver Post. Multiple sources have told Westword about significant layoffs by…
The Marijuana Memes Facebook page is among the most regularly updated addresses of its type. Some of the material is political, some of it’s funny and a lot of it is both. Check out our twenty favorites below…
Earlier this month, when we posted about Joshua Harker’s arrest for prostitution with knowledge of HIV/AIDS, we referenced two previous high-profile cases involving Darren Garcia and William Head, both of whom were accused of the same offense. Afterward, we were contacted by Julia Stancil, the attorney who represented Garcia and…
There were two violent flare-ups over the weekend, with a total of four people shot. In the first incident, one person has died. In the second, police believe one of the wounded is a victim while the other is a suspect. Details below…
Talk about overzealousness. The headline alone from this September 1920 front page story in the Aspen Democrat-Times is salacious enough. But the idea of “dope peddlers” hanging outside of VA hospitals “fleecing” vets out of their money for drugs was probably enough to boil the blood of all the good…
Our post about the latest police officer to wind up on the wrong side of the law — Colorado Springs’s Jeffrey Warkocz — prompted a conversation that spun off in many directions. An example is the following comment from a reader who thinks a majority of people in this state…
Denver blog posts are all about inclusiveness. On our Cafe Society blog, Mark Antonation pulls together the nine best places for Texans to eat in Denver. The Colorado Independent’s Mike Littwin: “Judge Krieger mocks the great gun-law sound and fury.” Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons offers reasons to like the (seemingly…
U.S. District Judge Marcia Krieger has ruled that Colorado’s controversial gun laws don’t violate the constitution in a judgement Dave Kopel, who assembled a lawsuit endorsed by assorted businesses and dozens of Colorado sheriffs, has already pledged to appeal. In May 2013, shortly after the suit was filed, Kopel detailed…
Here at Schmuck of the Week headquarters, we’ve heard plenty of excuses for bad behavior. But few of them are as weird, weak and creepy as the one allegedly offered by Neil Cleary, a staffer at Denver International Airport, for surfing for child pornography while on the job: “Getting old…
As part of our coverage of last week’s shooting at Red Rocks during the Nas-Flying Lotus-Schoolboy Q concert, we’ve shared a detailed description of the law enforcement response from Jeffco sheriff’s office rep Jacki Kelley as well as accounts from Bree Davies and Mary Willson, two Backbeat contributors who were…
The Cannabis Business Summit took over part of the Colorado Convention Center this week — and many of the products on sale in the expo hall, from business insurance to marketing solutions, were a testament to the ever-growing professionalism of this state’s marijuana industry members. But there were some fun…
Judging by photos taken by our Marissa Shevins, there was more underwear than overcoats at “Overcoats and Underwear,” the latest Denver Cruisers ride. But in even greater supply was a good time. Look below to see a sampling of Shevins’s shots and click to see the complete “Denver Cruisers’ Overcoats…
Earlier this month, we checked to see how many of those listed in a 2012 post featuring Denver’s nineteen most wanted murder suspects had been caught in the succeeding two years. The answer: zero. Boulder County did a little better when it came to our fifteen most wanted sex offenders…
Last August, when eighteen-year-old Isabella Guzman was arrested for murder, an arrest affidavit on view below estimated that she’d stabbed her mom 79 times. But subsequent evaluation determined there were even more knife wounds — 151 of them in all. Now, however, a judge has accepted Guzman’s not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity plea in…
Metro Cannabis isn’t really known for much. It is generally seen by patients as a warehouse shop with warehouse-quality buds and nothing to really offer someone who wants true variety and well-grown herb. It’s a low-rent shop set up along a rough stretch of Colfax that relies on walk-in traffic…
The debate continues to rage over the homeless issue in the Ballpark neighborhood, LoDo and the 16th Street Mall area even after Denver City Council approved $1.8 million for additional police patrols. Here’s a passionate response from a reader upset at those who blame the homeless for their situation…
Denver blog posts can be pretty heavenly, too. On our Cafe Society blog, Lori Midson looks inside Boulder’s recent ranking as one of the country’s top foodie cities. Big Media’s Jason Salzman on the talk-show host who wants to “block the vote,” not “rock the vote.” Denver Urbanism’s Ken Schroeppel…
We tend to think of videos made by public agencies as staid, safe and dull. Not so the latest clip from the Denver Police Department showing law enforcers simulating an active shooter situation in a building at the old University Hospital site. The footage includes gunshots, explosions, hysterical screaming, open…
Editor’s note: Backbeat contributors Bree Davies and Mary Willson were at Red Rocks last week when shots were fired at an SUV whose passengers included Schoolboy Q. On Tuesday, we shared Davies’s story. This is Wilson’s account. Before being stuck in a parking lot at Red Rocks a week ago…
Update: The man found dead on the 6800 block of South Broadway on June 25 has been identified as Martin Graw, 55. See our previous coverage below. Original post: The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death in Littleton last night that’s described as suspicious in nature. Does that…
Back in March, we told you about the arrest of sex offender Jaacob Vanwinkle following the murder of a woman and her two kids in Canon City. The person who led to Vanwinkle’s arrest was a sixteen-year-old who he’d allegedly raped. Now, court documents reveal Vanwinkle’s plan to enter a…
TripAdvisor has come up with its choices for best landmarks and parks in the U.S. and the world — and one in Colorado finished very, very high on the list. How well did it do? Count down the photo-illustrated top ten below, featuring TripAdvisor text and links to each location…
