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Does Anyone Care Who Hancock Picks as the Next Sheriff?

By Conor McCormick-CavanaghDecember 23, 2019

The average attendance at most meetings has been fifteen people.

Gunfire Erupted at Large Halloween Party at Airbnb in Capitol Hill

By Conor McCormick-CavanaghDecember 23, 2019

A Halloween party at an Airbnb in Capitol Hill devolved into fights, shots fired, and 911 calls.

Reader: If Pot Is Bad for My Memory, Why Do I Never Forget to Smoke It?

By Westword StaffDecember 22, 2019

Sorry, what was the question again?

A Master’s Degree in Yoga…and Other Colorado Degrees We’d Like to See

By Teague BohlenDecember 22, 2019

If Naropa University is going to offer a master’s in yoga, we have a few other suggestions for Colorado’s advanced degree work.

Denver, Colorado Springs Pot Lounges First to Apply for State Licenses

By Nina PetrovicDecember 21, 2019

The two clubs are already licensed at the city level.

Reader: Shouldn’t We Be Increasing Public Transit Instead of Reducing It?

By Westword StaffDecember 21, 2019

RTD’s proposal would discontinue service entirely on six bus routes that the agency says are low-performing.

Denver’s Camping Ban Will Be Tested in Courts as Activists Call for Repeal

By Sara FlemingDecember 20, 2019

Is it constitutional to criminalize homeless people sleeping outdoors?

Our Five Most Popular Ask a Stoner Questions of 2019

By Herbert FuegoDecember 20, 2019

As America’s knowledge about the plant grows, the range of subjects our Stoner handles have expanded. While most of the questions we received in previous years asked such things as how to roll a joint or if it’s possible to boof marijuana (it is, but be careful), 2019 queries ventured…

RTD Cuts Would Eliminate Six Bus Lines, Reduce Service on 19 Others

By Chase WoodruffDecember 20, 2019

“Clearly we would rather not be doing any of this. Some of these I think are going to be painful to certain sectors of the population.”

Are Colorado’s 68 Police Shootings in 2019 a Terrible New Record?

By Michael RobertsDecember 20, 2019

A Lakewood killing yesterday brings the 2019 total to 68.

The Ten Biggest Denver Media Stories of 2019

By Michael RobertsDecember 20, 2019

Plenty of Denver media stories went national this year.

How Coloradans Live Today

By Michael RobertsDecember 20, 2019

A look at the average Coloradan.

CBD, CBC, ETC: Navigating the Alphabet Soup of Cannabis

By Thomas MitchellDecember 20, 2019

Hemp goes far beyond just THC and CBD.

Activists, Sheriffs Deputies Clash at Courthouse, Delaying Extinction Rebellion Trial

By Sara FlemingDecember 19, 2019

The defendant’s attorney Jason Flores-Williams says he didn’t appreciate an outburst in which activists clashed with sheriffs deputies while observing a trial for his client, who was arrested during a climate protest.