Opinion & Commentary

The deadline to turn in signatures pushing initiatives for Colorado’s general-election ballot in November was 3 p.m. August 8, and as Westword was broadcasting a Facebook Live interview with Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams, word came down that a U-Haul loaded with petitions for 75 and 78 — which…

Today US. News & World Report unveiled its annual Best Places to Live rankings for cities in the United States — and Denver is #1 for 2016. That the Mile High City rated the top spot isn’t that surprising, though, considering that Denver has been one of the country’s “cool cities” for years.

At 11 a.m. on Sunday, November 29, Governor John Hickenlooper will be on the steps of the State Capitol, greeting the participants in the seventeenth annual Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run. Last year, on the 150th anniversary of the raid that Colonel John Chivington led on a peaceful camp…

Just in time for Thanksgiving — and yet another predicted snowfall — the Lawrence Street Community Center has gotten the green light to open its doors. This is the day-shelter for the homeless that had been in the works for several years, promised back when Denver officials approved the urban-camping ban…

There’s been lots of noise coming from construction projects all over Denver — and lots of noise from neighbors of these projects. But no area has seen more development — or more irate neighbors — than northwest Denver. Tonight, those neighbors will be sounding off at Denver City Council Chambers,…

As I drove south along Speer Boulevard this morning, I passed a dozen sign-fliers — some begging for help, some begging for money, some begging for beer — as well as several new signs posted along Speer by the Denver Police Department warning against trespassing in certain medians, or under…

While there’s plenty of talk about ugly buildings popping up all over Denver, there are definitely some designs worth celebrating — and Mayor Michael Hancock did just that yesterday, when he and Brad Buchanan, executive director of Denver Community Planning and Development, honored sixteen projects at the 2015 Mayor’s Design Awards…

The Rocky Flats Lounge has been a landmark on highway 93 for more than sixty years — first as the payroll office for the brand-new Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, then as a dive frequented by bikers riding along the foothills and, for the last two decades, as the metro…

The meeting of the board of History Colorado originally scheduled for this morning was cancelled — no quorum — but that doesn’t mean boardmembers have been inactive since the Colorado Legislature approved a revised structure for the board this past spring, and Governor John Hickenlooper appointed eight members to the…