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Year: 2024

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Ten New Colorado Laws That Will Take Effect January 1: What to Know

Ten New Colorado Laws That Will Take Effect January 1: What to Know

By Hannah MetzgerDecember 30, 2024

Cage-free eggs, hand-held cell phones and…sperm donations. Oh, my.

<i>Westword </i>Ho Ho Ho: Help Wrap Up Our End-of-the-Year Membership Drive

Westword Ho Ho Ho: Help Wrap Up Our End-of-the-Year Membership Drive

By Patricia CalhounDecember 30, 2024

Our journalism is free, but that doesn’t mean it comes cheap.

Blast From the Past: When President Jimmy Carter Visited Rick’s Cafe

Blast From the Past: When President Jimmy Carter Visited Rick’s Cafe

By Westword StaffDecember 29, 2024

The reason: The dishwasher was solar-powered.

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Reader: All My Favorite Places Are Closing, Like Café Brazil

By Westword ReadersDecember 29, 2024

It’s been a tough year for Denver restaurants old and new.

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Commentary: Disaster Survivors Want to Rebuild Safer, More Sustainable Homes…Why Can’t They?

By Susan Ostermann and Abbie B. LietDecember 29, 2024

Three years after the Marshall Fire consumed over 1,000 homes and buildings in Boulder County on December 30, 2021, questions remain.

Broncos Fans Blame Sean Payton (Again) for Brutal Loss to Bengals

Broncos Fans Blame Sean Payton (Again) for Brutal Loss to Bengals

By Michael RobertsDecember 29, 2024

Denver’s fourth-quarter comeback wasn’t enough, and the team’s playoff dreams are now in doubt.

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You Can Go Home Again – but It Won’t Be the Same

By Gordon MehlerDecember 29, 2024

A time traveler’s trip through seventy years of Denver memories.

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Every Opening and Closing This Week: One of the City’s Best Sports Bars Says Goodbye and More

By Molly MartinDecember 28, 2024

There are also five new bars and restaurants to check out in the metro area.

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Music to My Ears: I Took My Year-in-Review Assignment a Little Too Far

By Jason HellerDecember 27, 2024

I didn’t stop with looking back a year. I went all the way back to 2002, and a writing career that almost ended before it began.

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Mutiny to Host the Live Comic Book Radio Show You Never Knew You Needed

By Jason HellerDecember 27, 2024

The Jack Kirby Players are bringing their retro-pulp mayhem to Mutiny Comics & Coffee on New Year’s Eve.

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Grey Duck Eats Food Truck Is Serving SmÁ¸rrebrÁ¸d in Boulder County

By Chris ByardDecember 27, 2024

“I’m Danish and Norwegian. I just wanted to bring Scandinavian cuisine to Colorado,” says owner Jared Mikkelsen.

Colorado Avalanche Information Center Warns of Dangerous Conditions Through New Year’s Day

Colorado Avalanche Information Center Warns of Dangerous Conditions Through New Year’s Day

By Catie CheshireDecember 27, 2024

Weekend storms plus weak snowpack are a formula for avalanche disaster.

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DCPA Upgrading Ticketing System in January: Here’s What to Expect

By Toni TrescaDecember 27, 2024

“The DCPA will follow the growing national trend to deliver all tickets closer to the performance date in order to decrease the amount of time secondary brokers have to resell tickets at an inflated cost.”

Meet Denver’s Shop Dogs and Cats

Meet Denver’s Shop Dogs and Cats

By Chloe RagsdaleDecember 27, 2024

From comic book stores to pottery collections, let’s give it up for these good boys and sweet girls.

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How Close Are We to THC Breathalyzers?

By Herbert FuegoDecember 27, 2024

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have been trying to effectively measure THC intoxication for years.

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The Best Places to Eat and Drink on New Year’s Eve

By Audrey FerrerDecember 27, 2024

There are dozens of choices, from multi-course dinners to fancy soirées.

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Blood Incantation Makes Time Magazine’s Top Ten

By Jason HellerDecember 27, 2024

The Colorado-based metal group’s latest album, Absolute Elsewhere, has been racking up spots on high-profile year-end lists.

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Na Favola Offers a Traditional Italian Trattoria Experience in Greenwood Village

By Antony BrunoDecember 27, 2024

It opened two months ago in the former home of Cherry Crest Seafood Restaurant & Market.

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Edifice Complex: Vacant Buildings Made Trouble in Denver in 2024

By Catie CheshireDecember 27, 2024

The city added 160 properties to its neglected and derelict building registry in 2024.

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Colorado Republican Party Gains Ground (and Controversy) in 2024

By Hannah MetzgerDecember 27, 2024

Looking back on a year of chaos within the state’s once-Grand Old Party

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Colorado’s Third-Largest City Grabbed the Biggest Headlines in 2024

By Bennito L. KeltyDecember 27, 2024

Aurora had to grapple with how it handles migrants, especially once gang rumors blew up.

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Remembering Marc Campbell of the Ravers and the Nails

By Jason HellerDecember 26, 2024

The Colorado singer and guitarist pioneered punk in Boulder and beyond.

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