Melanie Asmar

Melanie Asmar is a staff writer for Westword. She joined the paper in 2009 and has won awards for her stories about education, immigration and epic legal battles. Got a tip? She'd love to hear it.

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Murder Victim's Fund Aims to Help At-Risk Adults Live More Fulfilling Lives

By Melanie Asmar
Jan 26, 2017

In the wake of his death, Aaron Tuneberg's family set up Aaron’s Fund, which raises money to help at-risk adults live safer and more fulfilling lives.
New Bill Could Change Felony-Murder Law, but It Won't Help Luke Pelham

By Melanie Asmar
Jan 24, 2017

Luke Pelham says he didn’t foresee what was going to happen the night he went to his friend Aaron Tuneberg’s apartment with another eighteen-year-old he barely knew. Pelham didn’t think it would turn tragic — not even when the other guy brought along a bat and a golf club. “If...
Glendale Lost Out on Tourism Deal: Eco Devo Weighing Last Round of Proposals

By Melanie Asmar
Oct 22, 2015

In 2009, Colorado business leaders came up with an idea to boost the state’s then-sagging economy: help cities and counties build new tourist attractions by allowing some of the state sales-tax revenue that would be generated by those attractions to be rebated to the developers to pay off construction costs...
Glendale Has Big Plans for the Future — and Just One Small Obstacle

By Melanie Asmar
Oct 20, 2015

Glendale, a pint-sized city surrounded on all sides by southeast Denver, has always had outsized ideas. A municipal rugby complex? Yes! The only King Soopers in the state that sells booze, just blocks from the only Target in the state that sells booze? Sure! A big new marijuana store next...
New Charter Middle School Coming to Lincoln High Despite Protests

By Melanie Asmar
Oct 16, 2015

Some Lincoln High School students are pushing back against a plan by Denver Public Schools to open a middle school charter school at Lincoln, located in southwest Denver. A protest organized by the community group Padres y Jovenes Unidos is scheduled for 5 p.m. tonight in advance of a 6...

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