Tomorrow, the Denver Board of Adjustment for Zoning will announce whether or not construction on the Denver Rescue Mission’s new community center can move forward as planned. The Ballpark Neighborhood Association had appealed the city’s okay for the construction of a 11,800 square-foot facility behind DRM’s current Lawrence Street Shelter…
Update: Last week, we told you about a fatal stabbing on Elm Street, with the suspected killer described as having known the victim; see our previous coverage below. That turns out to have been an understatement. The dead man has been identified as Jesse James Morrison, 23 — and the…
There’s yet another edibles work-group meeting first thing this morning in Golden, and there’s a lot more happening this week in cannabis. Keep reading to find out what: See also: DIA Says Pot Merchandise Won’t Fly — But You Can Weigh In…
By law, police agencies are required to let people know about the presence of sexually violent predators in their communities. At present, Denver lists fourteen of them. Below, get more information about each Denverites categorized under this designation, including photos and official SVP notification forms, which contain plenty of additional…
We knew going into yesterday’s match-up between Denver and St. Louis that those confidently predicting a Broncos blow-out were either stupid or delusional. After all, the Rams are a better team than their record indicates, with a win over Seattle standing as Exhibit A. But even we were stunned by…
Rachel Neiman, a Regis University student, took no part in a suspected street race that ended when another vehicle slammed into hers. She was an innocent victim, and in the wake of her death a week later, she’s being remembered as a promising and adventurous young woman whose life was…
We thought finding one article about curing foot ailments with cannabis was strange and rare enough. But apparently it wasn’t as oddball as it seems according to this strange advertisement/article in the Leadville Evening Chronicle from 126 years ago almost to the day. See also: “DIA Says Pot Merchandise Won’t…
Our post about a Twitter campaign launched on behalf of a husky left outside in freezing weather has received a slew of widely varied comments. Some readers salute those who acted on behalf of the dog, while others argue that the husky was never in danger because the breed loves…
Denver blog posts love variations on a theme. At our Cafe Society blog, Mark Antonation unveils five different styles of Ramen and where you can find them in Denver. At Roundball Mining Company, Charlie Yao sums up the Nuggets’ season to date with this glum headline: “The Plane Has Crashed…
On December 3, after five days and 170 miles, the fifteenth annual Sand Creek Massacre Healing Run will end with a procession to the steps of the State Capitol, where descendants of Arapaho and Cheyenne tribe members killed at Sand Creek will join with more tribal representatives, historians, politicians and…
John Parr, Westword co-founder Sandy Widener and their oldest daughter, Chase Parr, were killed in a car wreck in December 2007, a tragedy that dimmed some of Denver’s brightest lights. In tribute to this exemplary family (the only survivor was younger daughter Katy), friends and colleagues created the Parr Widener…
This week at Schmuck of the Week HQ, we’ve got a yin/yang situation. Or maybe we said say Schmuck/Anti-Schmuck, since the man Jeremiah Proctor allegedly tried to slice up with a samurai sword for the sin of towing his improperly parked car has responded in decidedly unschmucky fashion. See also:…
Among 2012’s most heinous crime was the murder of 56-year-old Beverly Liggett, whose body was dismembered, allegedly by her son, Ari Misha Liggett. On Monday, a jury found Liggett guilty, and this afternoon, he’ll be sentenced for a slaying said to have been motivated by his discovery that Beverly had…
What were the biggest federal crimes associated with Denver? The FBI has shared a history of the Mile High City’s office, complete with vivid descriptions of busts going back more than half a century. Continue to see our photo-illustrated picks for the ten most memorable, arrayed in chronological order and…
Congratulations: You’ve made it to the end of the season’s coldest week (so far). As a reward, we’ve put together photos guaranteed to warm you up, culled from our Why We’ll Miss Summer in 50 Photos slide show. Check them out below, and to see the complete gallery, click here…
As we’ve discussed in tragic stories such as Chris Bankert’s killing of high-school sweetheart Kacey Heberlein and himself late last month, police reassurances that the public isn’t at risk following the discovery of two or more violent deaths almost always translates to a murder-suicide scenario. However, there’s a strange twist…
Herban Medicinals takes up the basement of the building at 70 Broadway, just down the street from Sweet Action Ice Cream. Coincidence? Likely. But I stopped in for a pint of the pumpkin pie ice cream, and I’ll bet I’m not the first medical pot patient to wander south a…
Lots of opinions were generated by our post about whether the South Broadway area known as Antique Row should re-brand as The Green Mile. Among them was the following post, from a reader who’s not liking the current evolution of this stretch. See also: Marijuana: Antique Row Backers Cool to…
Denver blog posts track comings and goings. At our Backbeat blog, Kiernan Maletsky profiles Paper Bird and chats with Esme Patterson about the reasons she had to reluctantly leave the group. Denver Egotist on the mantra of Colorado’s Air Methods. Predominantly Orange’s Kyle McKinnon asks this provocative question about the…
Tonight, more than a hundred people will sleep on the lawn of the First United Methodist Church of Boulder in temperatures that could dip below zero again. The Sleep Out for Homeless Youth fundraiser, now in its third year, is expected to raise $100,000 for Attention Homes, a homeless youth…
In the year following the 2013 murder of state prison chief Tom Clements by a parole absconder, parole officers working for the Colorado Department of Corrections put in for an unprecedented 8,858 hours of overtime pay — and nearly a third of that overtime was logged by one small, elite…
Earlier this week, we posted about the ten dog breeds with the most and fewest bites in Denver, featuring material culled from a new 9News study. The station has now followed up with a report revealing the breeds most frequently euthanized along the Front Range — and pit bulls top…
