Denver B-cycle launched a new station Wednesday on Delaware Street and 11th Avenue, but this one has B-cycle executive director Nick Bohnenkamp feeling giddier than the previous eighty locations. “This is Denver’s first on-street bike station,” Bohnenkamp explained during Tuesday’s opening ceremony with Denver mayor Michael Hancock “That might not…
A meeting Tuesday night to discuss a potential partnership between high-achieving East High School and struggling Manual High School looked like this: Lines of parents queued up behind two microphones, firing questions at East principal Andy Mendelsberg, who patiently — if not a bit nervously — answered them as best…
Last August, we told you about the arrest of Matthew Burnett after a friend of his turned up dead. The initial speculation was that he’d killed the man after catching him with his wife. Now, Burnett has been sentenced in the slaying, as well as for possessing a slew of…
Yesterday morning, we told you that rescue operations had resumed in the search for Danny Nichols, Clancy Nichols and Wes Hawkins, who were apparently swept away in a massive Western Slope mudslide over the weekend. Now, however, the effort, led by the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, has been suspended because…
As you can tell by this photo, Gary Lee’s Motor Club & Grub boasts a rather large bar — which should indicate the sort of intoxicant in which the venue specializes. Nonetheless, Israel Perez, who’s racked up 48 charges, nineteen of them felonies, since 1993, allegedly chose this location to…
On May 17, 2009, The Latest Word launched the Mile High Murder archive. MHM recently marked its fifth anniversary — and while the homicide numbers are lower than they were last year, the total is nothing to celebrate. In year four of the archive, which encompassed the Aurora theater shooting,…
In the months since limited marijuana use and possession became legal for adults 21 and over, we’ve been seeking out statistics related to driving under the influence of marijuana in the hope of determining how the number of offenses compares to alcohol-related DUIs. Earlier this month, for instance, we revealed…
Update: Yesterday, we reported about Troubleshooter Tom Martino pleading guilty to disturbing the peace for a domestic incident involving his wife, Holly, last December; see our previous coverage below. After the piece was published, Martino conducted a wide-ranging interview with Westword, going into more detail than ever before about the…
Early Saturday morning, a spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says two gunmen invaded a home and kidnapped three people — a married couple and a male roommate. A subsequent car chase ended with a crash in Denver. At this writing, the suspects haven’t been captured or identified, and…
Readers continue to react to Melanie Asmar’s post about Chipotle asking customers not to bring guns to its restaurants and a Comment of the Day from a Second Amendment supporter who says members of Open Carry Texas who posed with huge gats at one outlet made responsible gun owners look…
Denver blog posts are always game for something new. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun writes about Park Burger’s veggie burger, which one reader says tastes so much like the real thing he almost thought he’d been brought the wrong thing by mistake. At Mile High Mamas, Vicki Heath…
After more than thirty years of solitary confinement — including a quarter-century of good behavior, during which he committed no disciplinary infractions — convicted killer Thomas Silverstein still poses too great a threat to other inmates, staff or himself to be allowed to circulate in the general prison population, according…
Since December 2012, our Melanie Asmar has been reporting about efforts by attorneys representing accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes aimed at compelling Fox News reporter Jana Winter to reveal her sources regarding a story about a notebook Holmes allegedly sent to psychiatrist Lynne Fenton. Winter cited law-enforcement sources as…
Rebecca Maez was sentenced on Friday to ten years in prison for the death of cannabis advocate Jenny Kush. Maez, 28, was drunk and driving the wrong way in an HOV lane on I-25 last September when she collided head-on with a car being driven by Kush’s boyfriend, Jeremy DePinto,…
KREX-TV in Grand Junction, for which I interned many, many years ago, takes a highly unusual approach to its latest booking-photos roundup. The station doesn’t identify anyone or reveal why they were made to pose for a mug shot — which inspires the viewer to use his imagination. Here are…
At this hour, search crews are returning to the scene of a massive mudslide in western Colorado, near the community of Collbran. They’re looking for Clancy Nichols, 51, his son Danny, 24, and Wes Hawkins, 46, who were checking out reports of a smaller slide when they went missing. The…
East High School is hosting a meeting on Tuesday, May 27 to discuss the possibility of a new partnership between East High, considered one of the best high schools in Denver Public Schools, and Manual High, which has struggled for years to maintain enrollment and improve its academic performance. The…
Based on the above ad from the September 18, 1901 Aspen Daily Times, cigars sold anywhere other than the Brick Saloon in town were filled with weed — which, apparently, they thought led people to make out with pigs. And people say the marijuana shop competition is tough these days…
William Breathes’s post about rising medical marijuana patient numbers considered the question of whether the upward trend was being driven in part by high taxes on recreational pot. The answer from plenty of our readers was a resounding “yes.” Take this post from a self-described “old reefer man.”…
Denver blog posts have always wondered how soon is now. At our Backbeat blog, Josiah M. Hesse recaps this week’s long awaited Morrissey show, including the moment when an overzealous fan tackled him. Colorado Peak Politics celebrates Denver making the final four as possible settings for the 2016 Republican National…
“We’re building a plane while we’re flying it.” That’s how Shellene Suemori, head of science at Dixie Elixirs, a locally based enfused beverage maker, describes the cannabis industry in Colorado. Since recreational dispensaries first opened their doors in January, marijuana entrepreneurs have been exploring new ideas in business, technology and…
We actually love certain kinds of graffiti around here. Witness our November posts featuring a graffiti-scene vet’s picks for the best Denver street art. But unimaginatively scrawled Swastikas and assorted Nazi-centric hate messages belong in the Schmuck of the Week category — and if Douglas County law enforcers are right,…
