Earlier this week, we shared Best Hair on a Local Personality winners from 2010-2014 as a preview for the 2015 Best of Denver issue. Now, the issue is out — and so is word about the Best Hair champs in both the female and male categories. But who were the runners-up?…
Yesterday, as part of our continuing coverage into the attack on Michelle Wilkins, who was seven-months pregnant when her baby was cut from her womb, allegedly by Dynel Lane, we were able to pass along some good news: Wilkins had been released from the hospital. A few hours after the…
Earlier this week, we told you about the third homicide on a single Aurora block over a six-month period. Last night, a disturbingly similar incident took place, but with an even smaller time frame. Two shootings happened on a block in Denver within minutes of each other. The two victims…
Six marijuana grows in Denver were ordered to quarantine and possibly destroy plant harvests after Denver Fire Department officials determined that the grow facilities weren’t using chemicals properly. Bugs and pests are a fact of life for commercial growers, but dealing with them appropriately is important, because eventually, humans will…
One of the subjects that gets fires passions among our readers involves whether or not Colorado is getting too crowded due to the influx of newcomers drawn to experience the wonders of our great state for themselves. In a recent Comment of the Day, a reader dismissed the debate by…
Denver blog posts can make it anywhere. At our Music blog, Kat Bein lists the ten kinds of people who won’t make it at the Ultra Music Festival this weekend. Mile High Report’s Bronco Mike: “Kubiak talks ‘bench’ to Peyton Manning.” Colorado Pols believes a deal to sort-of fund a…
For years, we’ve reported about pit bull owners that decry Colorado breed bans targeting their pets. Yet as of last year, pit bulls remained the most euthanized dogs on the Front Range. Against this backdrop comes the story of Dan Hayman, who says he shot and killed three pit bulls…
Dear Stoner: I have an Iolite mini-vaporizer, and I’ve noticed that many different kinds of herb taste the same in it. Could this be because of the constant temperature the vaporizer operates on? Is there a moderate-priced vaporizer with temperature control that will let me enjoy the various flavors of…
Yesterday, we noted that anti-pot zealot Christine Tatum was among the authors of “Clearing the Haze,” a four-day marijuana-hating jeremiad published by the Colorado Springs Gazette. At this writing, Tatum, the wife of Dr. Christian Thurstone, another notable Colorado cannabis critic who’s featured in the package, has not responded to interview requests…
A few weeks ago, we told you about Kelly Mae Myers, a Grand Junction-area high school student whose body was discovered in Cactus Park two-months-plus after she was first reported missing. Now, disturbing new details have emerged about the case. We now know that Myers’s body was found stuffed in…
Which Denver neighborhoods have the most bars? FindTheBest.com collected the data to answer that question for a post featured in the Denver Business Journal. We’ve collected and photo-illustrated the top twenty, featuring FindTheBest.com data for the number of bars in a particular neighborhood per 10,000 people. Count them down below, and…
“Clearing the Haze,” a new four-part series by the Colorado Springs Gazette, is hardly an even-handed look at marijuana in the state a year-plus after the legalization of limited recreational pot sales. Rather, it’s a beautifully presented but woefully one-sided anti-weed screed typified by a headline on a March 24…
For years, one of the most popular features in Westword and other Voice Media Group papers around the country has been the “Ask a Mexican” column penned by Gustavo Arellano, who edits the OC Weekly, one of our sister papers. Nevertheless, not everyone responds to Arellano’s brash approach to the topics he tackles…
Denver blog posts have a nose for news. With spring on the horizon, it’s no surprise readers have rediscovered a vintage Arts blog post by Kalen Deremo about the Callery pear tree, whose smell has been likened to fresh semen. Colorado Peak Politics weighs in on the latest Iran letter,…
The Denver City Council approved a plant limitation on non-licensed marijuana grows Monday night that could force many cultivating operations within city limits to shut down. A 36-plant limit in non-residential zone lots was approved 11-0— meaning any recreational co-op or medical marijuana caregiver over the mark will have to…
Westword staff writer Alan Prendergast has been awarded the 2015 Eugene S. Pulliam National Journalism Writing Award by Ball State University for his article “Bloody Ludlow,” originally published on April 17, 2014. The cover story, which commemorated the hundredth anniversary of the worst labor conflict in American history, was praised by…
The Denver Zoo has reportedly done a bang-up job of breeding and managing African wild dogs. According to the zoo, 28 puppies have been born there since it began housing the species in 2001. And the baby boom could continue thanks to the recent acquisition of two four-year-old brothers who,…
The photo above captures the beautiful smile of six-year-old Alexis Case, known by those close to her as “AJ.” Unfortunately, the image currently appears on a GoFundMe.com page created to raise money for her funeral expenses. Alexis died after her uncle, Danny Case, hit her with a truck. Case, who’s facing…
This week, we’ll be unveiling Westword’s Best of Denver edition for 2015. Included among the winners will be this year’s choice for Best Hair on a TV Personality — Female, which is annually one of our most competitive categories. The 2015 champ will join our Follicle Hall of Fame, alongside…
There’s been a rash of violence in the metro area in recent days, including the attack on Michelle Wilkins, whose unborn baby was cut from her womb, and the third homicide on one Aurora block in six months. But few crimes have been as mysterious as the one that took…
Get ready for the next big marijuana controversy. Charas Scientific, one of eight labs licensed by Colorado to test cannabis for potency, among other things, has conducted a new pot study based on the reported analysis of 600 buds from legal growers and sellers in the state. This afternoon, Charas Scientific’s Andy…
In a recent Comment of the Day, a reader that he felt dumber after he stopped smoking pot. This (probably) humorous take inspired a lot of folks on Facebook to contribute their own. The following is one of our favorites — and even though it’s tongue in cheek, it makes…
