The firing of Denver Fire Department Captain Harold Johnson raises a slew of questions and concerns. The termination letter issued to Johnson this week — see it below — lists thirteen different code-of-conduct violations, as well as vivid descriptions of allegedly problematic behavior. In one instance, Johnson is said to…
Denver is a good place to start a business and Denver Startup Week has been living proof of that. The city’s annual celebration of entrepreneurs, which started in 2012, has already attracted 10,000 people to this year’s edition, which features 250 events over the course of five days and runs…
Last week, we shared with you a list of the ten best Colorado suburbs to buy a house according to Niche, a website that specializes in ranking pretty much anything and everything. Now, we bring you Niche’s choices for the ten best towns to buy a house. As you’ll see, communities from…
Aurora’s Cherica Winston wasn’t arrested for posting the phrase “fuck this dog” on her Facebook page. However, the item led directly to her arrest for animal cruelty. Winston, who was known as “Juju LaRay” on Facebook, appears to have deleted the page in question. But former Facebook friend Travis Smith…
Yesterday, two-year-old Donnie Ro’Mello Romero Jr. died. That much we know — and it’s incredibly tragic. At this hour, however, it’s unclear whether a crime has taken place, or if young Donnie lost his life as a result of a tragic accident. But a report reveals that the child was at…
The Denver Police Department has revealed that seven pot shops were caught selling marijuana to a person under age 21 in a recent compliance sweep; we’ve got the details below. The DPD was clearly aiming to make a big splash with the announcement, and it’s succeeded, with news operations throughout…
Dear Stoner: Which Colorado mountain towns sell recreational marijuana? I’m not saying it’ll dictate where I go skiing this winter, but it would still be nice to know. Erwin Dear Erwin: You don’t have to lie to save face, Erwin. I’m the last person to judge you for planning your…
Our recent post about the seven best places to live in Colorado according to the Livability site brought out a number of commenters who feel frustrated by the continuing influx of folks moving to Colorado. But there was also some push-back. The following reader speaks for those who aren’t as…
Denver blog posts watch their words carefully. At our Music blog, Amber Taufen asks: What’s the point of parental advisory warnings in the digital age? Colorado Peak Politics on State Senator Tim Neville declaring his U.S. Senate candidacy. Mile High Mamas spotlights Meghan Dougherty’s “Confessions of a 49-Year-Old Roller Derby…
Last month, we told you about an incident during which brothers Ryan and Benjamin Brown were pulled over by two Colorado Springs Police officers for what turned out to be a cracked windshield. It was a minor infraction — but within minutes, Benjamin was in cuffs and Ryan was face down…
Boulder is known as one of the most bike-friendly cities in the country. Yesterday, however, the Boulder City Council voted to scrap protected bike lanes along a four-block stretch of Folsom (a process dubbed “right-sizing”) in favor of returning to four lanes of traffic — the configuration that had previously…
A man’s apparent plan to set a Colorado Springs bank on fire wasn’t exactly brilliant in the first place. And when it went wrong, it went really wrong, as you can see by the crazy video below. On September 8, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department, firefighters from the city…
Earlier this year, we shared the 2015 editions of our favorite Texts From Last Night out of the 303 area code, as well as the 720. Which makes it 970’s turn. Our latest collection of 970 messages from the hilarious Texts From Last Night site are plenty weird: They feature…
Joshua Maddux has been missing for seven years, and over that time, his family was left to wonder what happened to him. Had he simply taken off and was still out there, perfectly fine? Had he been so bereft over the death of his brother the previous year that he’d…
In the ring, Stepan Zeytunyan was known as “the Punisher.” Now, however, he is apparently trying to escape punishment for sexual assault he allegedly committed in separate incidents against a pair of teenage girls. He reportedly failed to show up for a court hearing yesterday, and at this writing, he’s considered a fugitive…
Yesterday in this space, we noted the contrast between marijuana enforcement across the country, where pot-related arrests take place every 45 seconds by one estimate, versus Colorado, a state that’s seen the rate of busts fall by more than 90 percent since the 2012 passage of Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational…
The most recent chapter in our ongoing coverage of driving in Denver involved a Comment of the Day post arguing that drivers don’t give a damn about red lights here. A reader countered the claim by arguing that drivers in the Mile High City are goaded into taking risks at intersections. Why?…
Denver blog posts come out of the oven piping hot. At our Food & Drink blog, Mark Antonation previews ten restaurants and beverage establishments coming to Stanley Marketplace, on the south side of Stapleton in the other Stanley Aviation building. Mile High Report’s sadaraine offers a no-bull review about the Broncos’…
According to an arrest affidavit on view below, the investigation into a sexual assault claim against Randall “Randy” Hoch started with a single alleged crime. But it soon led to another. The case began this past March. A victim told Denver Police Department investigators that she had gone to Fado’s…
After more than a decade behind bars, serving time for a crime she could never take back, Michelle was determined to make a new life for herself. She was going to stay clean, get a job, eventually get her own place. And this time, she told herself, she was not…
The photos of Jeffrey Falk that have surfaced thus far are so blurry that they can’t help but seem disturbing — particularly in light of the charges against him. Falk, a math teacher who was on the staff at ThunderRidge High School for nineteen years, has been accused of crimes…
One of the most popular items on Westword’s news blog this year has been our list of ten suggestions for Front Range places to have sex outdoors. Now, we have a better idea why so many people responded to that post. We recently stumbled upon a vintage survey by Trojan Condoms…
