“Only in Boulder” is a popular phrase in these parts — and the story of Jon Barbour certainly qualifies. Barbour has been charged with attempted murder for shooting a neighbor in the buttocks, reportedly over a fight about feeding squirrels that he sees as a way to connect with his…
Earlier this week, we posted about three Aurora police officer-involved shootings in May, including an incident on Sunday, May 15, during which a suspect was critically injured. The person shot has now been identified as nineteen-year-old Natnael Gebretsadik, and in a press conference on view below, Aurora Police Chief Nick Metz…
Nothing gets more Westword readers talking these days than the topic of development in Denver. Likewise, there’s plenty of debate about modern buildings popping up in neighborhoods all over the Mile High City. Some people love them. Others hate them — or at least dislike the often jumbled juxtaposition of new-school…
We recently told you about a home invasion in Golden involving three males allegedly in search of drugs and cash who are said to have entered the wrong house — a mistake that resulted in the stabbing of the male resident and one suspect. We now know much more about…
Last month, we reported that the Denver 4/20 Rally at Civic Center Park, which was postponed due to a snowstorm, had been rescheduled for Saturday, May 21, with original headliners Wiz Khalifa and Lil Wayne still aboard. The 21st is now just days away, and Santino Walter, whose Santino Walter Productions…
Our latest post about Anonymous threats against Michael Hancock involved a video that warned the Denver mayor about possible retribution if he didn’t change his policies regarding homelessness. The next month, Anonymous demanded that Hancock resign or else face exposure for his alleged ties to the Denver Players prostitution ring. Among…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Food & Drink, Mark Antonation introduces you to three eateries offering rare tastes of Caribbean cuisine in Denver. The Colorado Independent’s Marianne Goodland: “Forgery Accusations Won’t Keep Jon Keyser Off the Ballot.” Predominantly Orange’s Sayre Bedinger on Broncos quarterback Mark Sanchez’s thumb surgery…
MARCH 12, 2009 LYNNWOOD, WASHINGTON No one came to court with her that day, except her public defender. She was eighteen years old, charged with a gross misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail. Rarely do misdemeanors draw notice. Her case was one of 4,859 filed in 2008…
Transportation issues could create a real traffic jam in Denver today. A coalition of local and national business, environmental and transportation groups are hosting the second annual Live.Ride.Share, a conference devoted to the growing technology-driven transportation trends, at the Colorado Convention Center. Meanwhile, Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx will be…
Since 2013, we’ve been covering the murder of Martel Thomas, a veteran who was buried with full military honors. There’s no suspense about who took Thomas’s life: In 2015, Ken Mackey was convicted of the crime, which involved a cocaine deal gone wrong, gunplay and a battle with a samurai…
Back in February, we reported about Nuggets and Avalanche owner Stan Kroenke’s purchase of a Texas ranch the size of a country. Shortly thereafter, the folks at the SelfStorage.com Moving blog proved it via a series of maps that compared the ranch’s size to that of Panama, Puerto Rico and a…
Last July, Troy Tulowitzki, among the best players in Colorado Rockies history, was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays, where he appears to be flourishing. Tulo helped lead the Jays to the playoffs last year, and on Sunday, he belted his eighth homer of the season, raising his slugging percentage…
Pueblo’s Ken Ramos didn’t quite become a Major League Baseball star — but he was good enough to spend ten years in the pros and earn his way into the Pueblo Sports Hall of Fame. Now, however, the 48-year-old is dead in what the Pueblo coroner has determined was a…
In recent years, we’ve written plenty about Wyoming’s unhappiness over Colorado’s marijuana laws. Back in January 2015, Wyoming Governor Matt Mead said his state wouldn’t be joining a (failed) lawsuit filed against Colorado by Oklahoma and Nebraska over Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational cannabis sales here. However, he made…
We’re still collecting comments on a recent post that attempted to pin down why the price of marijuana has been falling at Colorado dispensaries. Plenty of readers have offered their own theories, but this one goes beyond explanation to offer predictions about where prices will go from here. Spoiler alert:…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Music, Brett Callwood highlights the ten best DJs in Denver right now. Denver Urbanism’s Ken Schroeppel: “Denver Union Station Expands Bicycle Infrastructure.” Purple Row’s Ryan Freemyer on the Colorado Rockies completing a sweep of the New York Mets with a little help from Ryan…
The Denver City Council is about to get a crash course on one of Denver’s most enlightened citizens: Emily Griffith. The legendary educator got her start in Denver as a substitute teacher, became a deputy superintendent of schools for Colorado in 1904, and founded the Opportunity School a century ago. Its…
There was a time when the Church of Scientology basked in the reflected glamor of its celebrity adherents, from Tom Cruise and John Travolta to the likes of Isaac Hayes and Chick Corea. But in recent years the religious organization launched by sci-fi writer L. Ron Hubbard seems to have…
We’ve been reporting about the disturbingly high number of officer-involved shootings in Colorado of late. Between Halloween and mid-December 2015, for example, eleven officer-involved shootings took place along the Front Range — and the pace of such incidents has remained troubling in 2016. Recall that late last month, we told you…
Last week, we told you about an Anonymous video warning Denver mayor Michael Hancock that if he didn’t resign, the organization would expose his alleged ties to the Denver Players prostitution ring. This clip followed one in March that ripped Denver (and threatened doxxing) over the city’s homeless policies. Now,…
Residents in some Denver neighborhoods routinely live shorter lives than folks who make their homes across town. And the differences can be striking. That’s the takeaway from data compiled by the Center on Society and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University. VCU researchers have mapped life expectancy on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood level…
Actor Shia LaBeouf is, to use a technical term, one weird son of a bitch. Once a prepubescent/teen crush thanks to roles in Even Stevens and Holes, not to mention the Transformers movies, LaBeouf has, in recent years, actively shunned celebrity via his version of performance art. Take this Dazed account of…
