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The Art of the Deal: We’ve Got Just the Spot for Donald Trump’s Portrait

By Patricia CalhounApril 16, 2025

Everyone’s a critic!

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Monumental Move: Colorado Legislature Approves Sand Creek Massacre Memorial at Capitol

By Patricia CalhounApril 15, 2025

The monument will stand where the figure of a Civil War soldier was toppled during the 2020 protests.

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Survey Says: A Majority of Colorado Voters Have Visited Casa Bonita

By Patricia CalhounApril 14, 2025

But would they go again?

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Reader: Sundance Film Festival Will Make Boulder Even More Special

By Westword ReadersApril 13, 2025

The film fest’s move from Utah has brought out plenty of critics. And critics of the critics.

Lauren Boebert

Who’s Going to Cast the First Stone? Not Boebert’s Truth Brigade

By Teague BohlenApril 13, 2025

The Colorado congresswoman’s latest gaffe was no April Fools’ prank.

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Reader: Denver Is the Capital of the Coolest State in the Country…Close Enough for Me

By Westword ReadersApril 13, 2025

Is this really a cool city? People are hot over what qualifies as cool.

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“You’ve Reached 911”: The Voices Behind the Calls Deserve to Be Seen

By Lea HarmsApril 13, 2025

“When people ask what it’s like, I tell them it’s stepping into chaos while sitting perfectly still.”

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Strengthening Tenant Rights Begins With Empowering Local Communities

By Alison Coombs and Hannah Gay KeaoApril 12, 2025

“Unscrupulous landlords and bad-faith housing actors have exploited our web of state and local housing laws to their advantage.”

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Judge: Newsmax Defamed Denver-Based Dominion Voting Systems

By Patricia CalhounApril 10, 2025

Dominion sued Newsmax over its 2020 election-denial reports, and a trial is set for April 28. But will the case make it to a jury?

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What Netflix’s Forrest Fenn Treasure Hunt Docuseries Tries to Bury

What Netflix’s Forrest Fenn Treasure Hunt Docuseries Tries to Bury

By Michael RobertsApril 9, 2025

As many as eight people may have died looking for Fenn’s gold.

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Reader: The RiNo Restaurant Scene Is Becoming a Chain Gang

By Westword ReadersApril 6, 2025

Jeff Osaka closed Osaka Sushi in February. Now he’s shuttering the original Sushi-Rama on April 12.

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Reader: Be the Real Change and Trade in That Tesla

By Westword StaffApril 6, 2025

Coloradans have protested Elon Musk both at the State Capitol and at his dealerships.

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You Are Safe Here: A Doctor’s Perspective

By Jennifer SantosApril 6, 2025

“ICE officials should not be allowed to enter hospitals, public health facilities or clinics.”

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Sundance Could Destroy What Is Special About Boulder

By John RockApril 5, 2025

As Chief Niwot said, “People seeing the beauty of this valley will want to stay, and their staying will be the undoing of the beauty.”

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What Does a “Vibrant” Denver Look Like? Housing Must Be at the Center

By My-Linh Nguyen Luong and Shannon HoffmanApril 5, 2025

“There is no infrastructure need more urgent than safe, permanently affordable and community-controlled housing.”

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Measles Cases Are on the Rise: Here’s How to Make Sure You’re Protected

By The ConversationApril 1, 2025

The first confirmed case in the state is in Pueblo.

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Reader: The Radio Here Is Very Bland, Catering to the Blander “Denver Sound”

By Westword ReadersMarch 30, 2025

Yes, people still listen to music the old-fashioned way…and here’s what they should listen to on the radio.

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Reader: Sundance in Boulder Sounds Like the End of a Feel-Good Movie!

By Westword ReadersMarch 30, 2025

Robert Redford, who founded the film festival in Utah in 1981, went to the University of Colorado…briefly.

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Reader: Hacienda Colorado Is an Insult to Real Mexican Food

By Westword ReadersMarch 30, 2025

Why eat corporate Tex-Mex when there are authentic mom-and-pop places?

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It Shouldn’t Matter Where Your Parents Had Sex: Rebuttal From a Transplant

By Chris MillerMarch 30, 2025

“We are not the only state home to more migrants than ‘natives,’ but darned if there’s a better state.”

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Colorado and Other States Have Expanded Access to Abortion, but Not for Adolescents

By Kate Coleman-MinahanMarch 30, 2025

Each year, tens of thousands of young people are affected by parental involvement laws, which threaten their ability to make their own pregnancy decisions.

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Reader: The Mercury Was the Heart and Soul of This City

By Westword ReadersMarch 29, 2025

We asked for your favorite memories of the Merc, and you answered….

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