Only hours prior to the start of the Monday morning commute, a fatal accident took place at one of Denver’s busiest surface-street intersections: Colorado Boulevard and 17th Avenue. One individual involved in the crash died as a result of the collision, while five other people were taken to nearby hospitals…
We have so much marijuana at Westword, we don’t know what to do with it. Marijuana news, that is. We’re looking to bring on our second-ever pot-specific intern. You don’t need to be a medical marijuana cardholder or anything like that, but some working knowledge of cannabis and the cannabis…
Rollin Oliver pleaded guilty today to second-degree murder in the shooting death of Denver police officer Celena Hollis last June. The 22-year-old faces a sentence of sixteen to 26 years in prison according to the plea agreement, which is on view below. The original charge of first-degree murder/extreme indifference was…
Denver blog posts really need a nap about now. Denver Egotist pitches the Kickstarter campaign for Fort Collins’ Aluboo Bicycles, which are made of aluminum and bamboo. Really. Denver PR Blog offers free advice to the DU athletic director. Colorado Peak Politics says a Harlem Shake video to hype a…
The Denver coroner’s office has identified the University of Denver student killed in an overnight auto-pedestrian crash as Wilson King, twenty. He’s originally from Winnetka, Illinois, and his LinkedIn profile lists him as planning to graduate in 2015. We found a fairly recent YouTube video featuring King talking about politics…
Ever heard someone described as being so greedy that she would steal from her own mother? Well, that particular shoe fits Judith Eakins, 53, as if it was made for her, since she did steal from her own mother, a 92 year old with dementia who died last month. But…
Back in December 2011, we told you about Kaleb Young, a marijuana caretaker who’d been acquitted of three felonies. But while the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office gave back some of the items seized during a raid the previous year, 42 marijuana plants weren’t returned — because they had died. Now,…
In January 2012, Rick Barber, who began hosting KOA’s overnight shift thirty years earlier, found himself out of a job, replaced by syndicated programming amid budget cuts and sinking revenue. Most people would react angrily to such an ouster, but Barber responded with gratitude and class, just as fans from…
Patricia Calhoun’s post about the end of Smiley’s, once the world’s largest laundromat, sparked a lot of nostalgia among our readers, who associate it with a lot more than an often-unpleasant but necessary task. Here’s an example from someone who thinks there’s still a place for laundromats in the 21st…
Update: The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office recently issued an alert for two alleged white supremacists thought to have been in touch with Evan Ebel shortly before he allegedly killed Colorado prison boss Tom Clements in March. The first of the pair, James Lohr, 47, was arrested in Colorado Springs…
Last year, we paid tribute to the ultra-funny Passive-Aggressive Notes website with a collection of our ten favorite Passive-Aggressive Notes from Colorado. But a year later, Coloradans have shared plenty more passive aggression, on subjects ranging from extreme Christmas light displays and restaurant service to dog crap and urinal use…
Unfortunately, instances of child abuse resulting in death happen far too frequently — especially considering that “once” qualifies as “far too frequently.” As a result, the sentencing of Donald Scarlett to more than four decades behind bars for the killing of 22-month-old Michael Harris was expected to be fairly routine…
The Denver Police Department has announced that Matthew Mann, 38, had prompted a “modified lockdown” yesterday at Denver Health Medical Center, where he used to work. At this writing, the facts of the case remain sketchy. But Mann’s Facebook page states that he recently ran his own gun-related business and…
There’s an unwritten rule with restaurant critiquing that you don’t visit a place in the first month or so after it opens, since the chef needs a few weeks to break in the staff and grow accustomed to the flow of the operation. The same could apply to medical marijuana…
Last week, Denver Manager of Safety Alex Martinez announced that there would be no charges against the three Denver police officers who nearly beat college student Alex Landau to death in 2009. Earlier this week, we spoke with Landau’s lawyer, who was troubled by evidence he fears Martinez ignored. Today,…
Denver blog posts really, really mean it. Colorado Pols: GOP leaders are heading in the wrong direction of the Tea Party is driving the bus. Roundball Mining Company’s Kalen hands out mostly good grades for the Nuggets victory over the Spurs last night. Free Range Longmont’s Ann Kibbey offers a…
This week, Mayor Michael Hancock appeared before a Denver City Council subcommittee to talk marijuana. And during his time in the spotlight (see a video of his chat below), he made it clear that if he had his way, pot would be tightly regulated and clubs for those who want…
Do you think people in Boulder get tired of having the city ranked the best this or the top that? If so, they must be relieved to discover that Boulder finished second in a list of the most-content cities — although that reaction may only make them feel more satisfied,…
After we wrote about a Huffington Post article branding Colorado as one of the most overrated tourist destinations and Denver as “weirdly bland,” people who knew better leaped to defend the state and the city. But some readers didn’t lament the thought that fewer jerks might be vacationing here, including…
A Portland man has been arrested for harassing the families of victims of the Aurora theater shooting. Kevin Michael Purfield, 45, is accused of “e-mailing, calling and using social media to contact various family members of victims of the theater shooting,” the Portland police say in a statement. “None of…
In recent months, we’ve shared photo posts of the most expensive homes for sale in Denver and Boulder. But they’re practically shacks compared to the priciest properties available in Aspen, where the reported sale of John Denver’s Windstar Foundation, listed last year for $13.5 million, is small potatoes by comparison…
A Colorado ban against texting while driving went into effect in 2009 — not that Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle thought it would make a huge difference. At the time, he shrugged off the measure as a “feel-good law” that would be tough to enforce. More than three years later,…
