Our Look Back at 2024
As you blast off into 2025, take a look back at the past year.
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Unions for Both Workers and Tenants Gained Power in Denver in 2024
Organizers report heightened interest in unions in the Mile High City, and they expect that interest to grow in 2025.
Ten Resolutions for Denver International Airport in 2025
DIA is on track to serve 100 million passengers annually by 2027, but it has some work to do before then.
Ten New Colorado Laws That Will Take Effect January 1: What to Know
Cage-free eggs, hand-held cell phones and…sperm donations. Oh, my.
Westword Ho Ho Ho: Help Wrap Up Our End-of-the-Year Membership Drive
Our journalism is free, but that doesn’t mean it comes cheap.
Blast From the Past: When President Jimmy Carter Visited Rick’s Cafe
The reason: The dishwasher was solar-powered.
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Commentary: Disaster Survivors Want to Rebuild Safer, More Sustainable Homes…Why Can’t They?
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
Denver’s fourth-quarter comeback wasn’t enough, and the team’s playoff dreams are now in doubt.
Colorado Avalanche Information Center Warns of Dangerous Conditions Through New Year’s Day
Weekend storms plus weak snowpack are a formula for avalanche disaster.
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Meet Denver’s Shop Dogs and Cats
From comic book stores to pottery collections, let’s give it up for these good boys and sweet girls.
How Close Are We to THC Breathalyzers?
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have been trying to effectively measure THC intoxication for years.
Edifice Complex: Vacant Buildings Made Trouble in Denver in 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
Looking back on a year of chaos within the state’s once-Grand Old Party
Colorado’s Third-Largest City Grabbed the Biggest Headlines in 2024
Aurora had to grapple with how it handles migrants, especially once gang rumors blew up.
The Most “Denver” Stories of 2024
We have assholes and loudmouths, heroes and victims, and an abundance of people too busy to notice that the joke is on them.
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Colorado’s Best Cannabis Strains of 2024
Keep your Super Boof, and give me a good Crusty Weasel instead.
Boulder County Courthouse Now a National Historic Landmark
Boulder County Clerk Clela Rorex issued the first same-sex marriage license in the nation in this building in 1975.
Some Englewood Residents Can’t Believe Their Water Bills
Water bills doubled or tripled their normal amounts after the city’s utility provider changed software.
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Denver Christkindlmarket Leaving Civic Center…What’s Next?
The annual event is moving to Auraria because of a planned renovation of the park.
Merry Litmas: Let’s Make a Ganjabread House
Let’s see your annoying neighbor top these lawn decorations.
Colorado Prisoner Lawsuit Argues That DOC Actions Violate Anti-Slavery Amendment
Any inmate forced to work in Colorado can join the case, which could have ripple effects across the country.
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New Denver District Attorney Secures Annual Raises Before Taking Office
“It would not have been my choice to come before you for the first time asking for a salary increase, but that’s what the law requires…”