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Wheat Ridge

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Wylie Newton charged with stealing antique gun from museum, trying to sell it on TV

    Thieves dispensing with stolen goods typically do so quietly, outside the public eye. But if Wheat Ridge Police are right, Wylie Newton is a different breed. Newton is accused of stealing an antique pistol from a New Mexico museum, then trying to sell it on a reality TV show.

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Teller's Taproom & Kitchen opens in the culinary wasteland that's Lakewood

    After spending the weekend scrounging for food in Lakewood -- more accurately, Applewood -- I was ready to give up. I'd pushed away an inedible pizza, spit out sushi, sobbed over the limp and cold fries at Smashburger and even the frozen yogurt I got to console me, sucked. The best food I had was at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Vine Street hosts an event to raise money for kids with cancer

    Vine Street Pub, along with a group of fifth-graders from Bromwell Elementary School, will host a fundraiser on Sunday night for the Raymond Wentz Foundation, which helps raise money for parents whose children have cancer and are dealing with the medical costs associated with chemotherapy. To get p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    "Saul Gud" streets artists: How police tracked them with Facebook

    "I was able to view an album titled 'Homies' by 'Ray Jin' on Facebook." That was some of the excellent police work done by the Wheat Ridge Police Department while investigating Corey and Jesse Knapper, the subjects of this week's Westword cover story, "Buzz Kill." The twins and art-school students g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    I-70 & Wadsworth mystery crash culprit: Organic soil from EDS Waste Solutions

    Update below: One minute, drivers were zipping along I-70 near Wadsworth with no problem. The next, they were sliding as if an ice storm had just struck. Now, however, Wheat Ridge Police think they know who was responsible for the mysterious substance that slickened the highway early yesterday morni ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2010

    Funeral Party

    Update below: One minute, drivers were zipping along I-70 near Wadsworth with no problem. The next, they were sliding as if an ice storm had just struck. Now, however, Wheat Ridge Police think they know who was responsible for the mysterious substance that slickened the highway early yesterday morni ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2010

    The Butcher’s Daughter

    Update below: One minute, drivers were zipping along I-70 near Wadsworth with no problem. The next, they were sliding as if an ice storm had just struck. Now, however, Wheat Ridge Police think they know who was responsible for the mysterious substance that slickened the highway early yesterday morni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    FasTracks: What comes next in Denver's ambitious rail plans, part 1

    ​Last Friday was a very big day in Denver transit. The feds announced $304 million in loans for Union Station, completing the funding necessary for the new transit hub, as well as essentially committing to a $1 billion injection over several years for several future FasTracks rail lines. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Denver Blogs: Broncos to spend Halloween in London -- which hopefully won't be terrifying

    A Flickr photoWhen at Wembley, don't start playing by English football rules, guys. This ain't soccer!​Why not warm up for the weekend by reading some Denver blogs? The Broncos will play their first-ever regular season game outside America on October 31, facing off against the San Francisco 4 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    "Zero pro-Wolf people" at latest anti-Obama billboard picket session, says protest leader

    A sign of the times?​Update, 4:01 p.m.: Pat Dunn just called with information about a court hearing earlier today involving an altercation at an earlier protest. Look below for more information. On Friday, we told you about a call for a counter-protest against the group picketing Wolf Interst ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Makeout Point's new video looks like it's going to be positively funtastic

    ​Makeout Point, a newer outfit that formed this past spring, recently finished filming its first video for a song called "Falling In." We just got a peek at some stills from the shoot and the video looks like it's going to be positively funtastic on the homemade goodness tip, with the band rocking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Is this anti-Obama billboard racist? You be the judge

    Obama meets Sambo? Click the photo to enlarge the image.​So... whaddya think? Is this billboard, on display outside Wolf Interstate Leasing & Sales, 4855 Miller Street in Wheat Ridge, a bold (and legitimate) statement of displeasure with the Obama administration that has the guts to link the s ... More >>

  • News

    September 10, 2009

    Ganjapreneurs are cashing in on Colorado's booming medical pot business

    Obama meets Sambo? Click the photo to enlarge the image.​So... whaddya think? Is this billboard, on display outside Wolf Interstate Leasing & Sales, 4855 Miller Street in Wheat Ridge, a bold (and legitimate) statement of displeasure with the Obama administration that has the guts to link the s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2009

    Wheel Fun

    Put your scavenger skills to the test on the Urban Assault Ride.

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Gas prices in Denver up, amount of money in your bank account down

    A Flickr photo It may be overcast and rainy in Denver today, but there's at least one sure sign of summer on view: Gas prices are climbing like Clint Eastwood in The Eiger Sanction. According to the American Automobile Association, the price of unleaded has risen 38 cents per gallon in a month, to ... More >>

  • News

    May 14, 2009

    From the week of May 14, 2009

    A Flickr photo It may be overcast and rainy in Denver today, but there's at least one sure sign of summer on view: Gas prices are climbing like Clint Eastwood in The Eiger Sanction. According to the American Automobile Association, the price of unleaded has risen 38 cents per gallon in a month, to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    At least three metro-area Chrysler dealerships to close according to bankruptcy filing

    In a bankruptcy filing today, Chrysler reveals that it plans to close 789 of its 3,200 dealerships in the United States -- and a source with access to the documents finds at least three in the immediate Denver metro area on the list. They are: • Burt Dodge Chrysler Jeep, 9900 Twenty Mile Road, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    Amici's has moved to Wheat Ridge

    http://fanellisamicis.com/Fanellis_Amicis.php After years of serving up old-fashioned, red-sauce Italian at 53rd and Sheridan, Amici's has made the leap into the 21st century with a new spot at 4330 Wadsworth Boulevard in Wheat Ridge. This address once belonged to Gemini Restaurant, but it's barely ... More >>

  • News

    January 22, 2009

    From the week of January 22

    http://fanellisamicis.com/Fanellis_Amicis.php After years of serving up old-fashioned, red-sauce Italian at 53rd and Sheridan, Amici's has made the leap into the 21st century with a new spot at 4330 Wadsworth Boulevard in Wheat Ridge. This address once belonged to Gemini Restaurant, but it's barely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    In the neighborhood: The Fainting Goat

      The space at 846 Broadway has long been the go-to bar for all our needs around the office.  It's been the Parlour, the Minturn Saloon and Moon Time in the years that I've been here --everything from a kinda weird, quasi-classy bolt-hole with a serious kitchen to a mountain transplant w ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 13, 2008

    WaterCourse makes a splash at the Aveda Academy

      The space at 846 Broadway has long been the go-to bar for all our needs around the office.  It's been the Parlour, the Minturn Saloon and Moon Time in the years that I've been here --everything from a kinda weird, quasi-classy bolt-hole with a serious kitchen to a mountain transplant w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    The Fainting Goat Stands Tall

      The space at 846 Broadway has long been the go-to bar for all our needs around the office.  It's been the Parlour, the Minturn Saloon and Moon Time in the years that I've been here --everything from a kinda weird, quasi-classy bolt-hole with a serious kitchen to a mountain transplant w ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 12, 2008

    Get in the Swim

      The space at 846 Broadway has long been the go-to bar for all our needs around the office.  It's been the Parlour, the Minturn Saloon and Moon Time in the years that I've been here --everything from a kinda weird, quasi-classy bolt-hole with a serious kitchen to a mountain transplant w ... More >>

  • Summer Guide

    June 12, 2008

    Get in the Swim

      The space at 846 Broadway has long been the go-to bar for all our needs around the office.  It's been the Parlour, the Minturn Saloon and Moon Time in the years that I've been here --everything from a kinda weird, quasi-classy bolt-hole with a serious kitchen to a mountain transplant w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2007

    Best of Westword Winners: 1989

      The space at 846 Broadway has long been the go-to bar for all our needs around the office.  It's been the Parlour, the Minturn Saloon and Moon Time in the years that I've been here --everything from a kinda weird, quasi-classy bolt-hole with a serious kitchen to a mountain transplant w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2007

    Denver, Meet Smashburger

      The space at 846 Broadway has long been the go-to bar for all our needs around the office.  It's been the Parlour, the Minturn Saloon and Moon Time in the years that I've been here --everything from a kinda weird, quasi-classy bolt-hole with a serious kitchen to a mountain transplant w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2007

    Denver, Meet Smashburger

      The space at 846 Broadway has long been the go-to bar for all our needs around the office.  It's been the Parlour, the Minturn Saloon and Moon Time in the years that I've been here --everything from a kinda weird, quasi-classy bolt-hole with a serious kitchen to a mountain transplant w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2007

    Rocky columnist Bill Johnson's Error Jackpot

      The space at 846 Broadway has long been the go-to bar for all our needs around the office.  It's been the Parlour, the Minturn Saloon and Moon Time in the years that I've been here --everything from a kinda weird, quasi-classy bolt-hole with a serious kitchen to a mountain transplant w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 24, 2007

    Ask Anything

      The space at 846 Broadway has long been the go-to bar for all our needs around the office.  It's been the Parlour, the Minturn Saloon and Moon Time in the years that I've been here --everything from a kinda weird, quasi-classy bolt-hole with a serious kitchen to a mountain transplant w ... More >>

  • News

    July 27, 2006

    Head Tripped

    A funny thing happend on the way to the hallucination machine.

  • News

    August 4, 2005

    Happy Hooker

    A young pro bowler finds hope to spare.

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2004

    Thigh High

    Imperial Challenge burns in Breckenridge

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 25, 2004

    Best Private Wildlife Sanctuary

    Karin Heine property , Wheat Ridge

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    Getting Racked

    A local magazine says the city's news-box rules kick publications where it hurts.

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    Skin Deep

    Inside the Rocky Mountain Heritage Fest, Colorado's first neo-Nazi music festival.

  • Sports & Recreation

    April 4, 2002

    Best Place to Get a Bike Fitting by a Tour de France Racer and Olympian

    Wheat Ridge Cyclery

  • Dining

    February 28, 2002

    Consumed

    This Sucks!

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of November 23, 2000

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of November 9, 2000

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Best fish 'n' chips

    Clancy's Irish Pub

  • News

    July 23, 1998

    Used and Abused

    What's it like to work at the state's largest detox? These counselors were scared straight.

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    Letters

    What's it like to work at the state's largest detox? These counselors were scared straight.

  • News

    October 30, 1997

    The Horse at Poo Corner

    A group of Wheat Ridge neighbors turn up their noses at a malodorous mare.

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    The Blacktop Jungle

    Are the series of superhighways inching their way around Denver a "beltway"--or a noose?

  • News

    April 17, 1997

    Aiming at the Stars

    Two Wheat Ridge women try to plug into the miracle of TV fame.

  • News

    March 7, 1996

    Alms for the Not-So-Poor

    A "nonprofit" hospital gets its lucrative office buildings taken off the tax rolls.

  • Dining

    February 29, 1996

    Mouthing Off

    A "nonprofit" hospital gets its lucrative office buildings taken off the tax rolls.

  • News

    November 29, 1995

    LETTERS

    A "nonprofit" hospital gets its lucrative office buildings taken off the tax rolls.

  • News

    November 15, 1995

    NO DOG HAS HIS DAY

    "SUE THE CREEP" IN THE DOG-POISONING CASE? IN COLORADO, YOU'RE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE.

  • News

    December 28, 1994

    THE YEAR IN REVIEW

    "SUE THE CREEP" IN THE DOG-POISONING CASE? IN COLORADO, YOU'RE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE.

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