Editor’s note: The memorandum below was found, crumpled into a densely compressed ball, in a men’s-room stall in the Arapahoe County courthouse. We were unable to verify the authenticity of its contents by press time. But in this age of instant communication of unfiltered, user-generated content, what the heck. To:…
Last December, we told you about the arrest of Gregory Kilcollins for shooting up a Wheat Ridge apartment complex and seriously injuring a man in the process. Turns out, though, that the only crime for which Kilcollins was guilty was possessing a weapon as a previous offender. Prosecutors now believe…
Giraffes love lettuce. In fact, they love it enough to come right up to you, deploy their long black tongues and snatch a leaf out of your hand. Giraffe Encounter is the Denver Zoo’s latest feature, and it officially opened its doors on Monday. For $5, visitors can buy three…
The Tinder phone app has helped bring a lot of couples together. But not every right swipe is, well, the right swipe. The arrest affidavit naming Darren Auger — it’s on view below in its entirety — is a case in point. What began as a perfectly pleasant get-together ended…
Last month, we shared a roster of the ten best U.S. cities for tech jobs — including one city from Colorado. But what are the best places for tech jobs within Colorado? The folks at FindtheBest.com have the answers, with specific data on the nine Colorado counties that placed highest, plus a heat map…
On Friday, June 19, Taylor Goodboe, 25, and her daughter, three-year-old Emma Williamson, headed off on a shopping trip. They haven’t been seen since. Now, the Colorado Springs Police Department has put out an alert for the pair, noting that the person who reported them missing views the circumstances as…
Advocates of marijuana reform and folks who feel changes like limited legalization of recreational sales in Colorado and elsewhere have already gone too far seldom agree on anything. Let alone federal cannabis policy. Now, however, a move by the Obama administration to make it easier to test medical marijuana’s medical…
We recently posted about the seventeen Aurora traffic fatalities that have taken place thus far in 2015. Among them were a number involving motorcycles, including one that took place earlier this week. One of our readers focused on the number of accidents involving motorcyclists here in the metro area —…
Denver blog posts are into painting the town red — and other colors, too. At our Arts blog, Lindsey Bartlett highlights the ten best places to see street art in the area — and some are definitely off the beaten path. Colorado Pols: “Coffman-Gate Scandal About to go Nuclear.” Predominantly…
Class is out until August for the children, but students of the weed industry might be interested in some of the summer school opportunities taught by Clover Leaf University in this week’s Cannabis Calendar. Clover Leaf University is teaching three different classes on the world of legal marijuana on Tuesday,…
At tonight’s Denver City Council meeting, members will be reviewing an unusual cluster of big-ticket development projects, amounting to several hundred million dollars of proposed public expenditures and “in kind” giveaways of revenue and property. All of them have profound implications for Denver’s north side, and all are dear to…
We’ve been keeping you up to date on the ongoing Fight for 15 campaign, a series of events in Denver and beyond featuring low-wage workers calling for payments of $15 per hour. A rally of fast-food workers in April drew hundreds of passionate supporters, and the group has another event scheduled…
Jake Lloyd, who starred as the young Darth Vader in 1999’s Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace, hasn’t acted for years, but he remains one of the most Googled celebrities with Colorado ties. Last December, we featured Lloyd on this subject and noted that most people searching for Lloyd wanted…
What are the safest big cities in Colorado? First, it’s important to settle on a definition for “big” — and the folks at the website ValuePenguin, which recently published a study entitled “2015 Safest Places in Colorado,” settled on a fairly modest number: a population of 20,000 or above. The communities…
Last week, we told you about the death of Jason McKain, former co-executive director of the Colorado Progressive Coalition, who drowned while fly-fishing in Boulder Creek. The incident highlighted the danger constituted by high waters in Colorado — and unfortunately, more tragedy followed over the weekend. Joseph Goodwin vanished while…
Yesterday, we spoke with Amendment 64 proponent Mason Tvert about a new proposal he’s prepping. “The Limited Social Marijuana Consumption Initiative” would make it legal for businesses in Denver to set aside an area for consumption of cannabis, so long as it was accessible only by adults 21 and over…
Denver blog posts could use a little R&R. At our Arts blog, Lauren Monitz shares her picks for the top ten weekend trips in Colorado this summer. Mile High Report’s Laurie Lattimore-Volkmann assesses Gary Kubiak’s approach to off-season work with the Denver Broncos. Colorado Peak Politics says the business community…
Dear Mexican: I’m not sure if this is solely an Orange County thing, but as a high-school student in SanTana, I can’t help but realize that the great majority of rockabilly kids are Mexican. Why is this? Weren’t the ’40s and ’50s kind of a bad time for Mexicans? Chicana…
“I am officially living in Colorado,” previous Utah resident Chase Vasic wrote in an April Facebook post. He added, “I like the people here…. It doesn’t feel that different from Salt Lake, except people are less segregated and I haven’t run into as many crazy people so far.” This reference…
Del Dawan Bankett, Jr. is only 24-years-old, but he’s scheduled to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. And the facts of the case against him, as laid out by the 18th Judicial District DA’s Office, could hardly be colder or more brutal. Prosecutors…
We recently noted that Denver has been falling on the list of most fit cities. But Colorado as a whole is still among the least lethargic states in the country — at least according to the amusing metric Estately has put together to determine which states have the most couch…
To our knowledge, Westword has never before published a post about cannibalistic rats. But that’s appropriate, because we’re guessing the officers who discovered hundreds of rats, both dead and alive, in the garage attached to a marijuana grow house hadn’t seen anything quite like what they discovered Wednesday, either. About 10…
