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Reader: Red Rocks Is Mecca to My Music-Loving Soul

By Westword ReadersJanuary 5, 2025

Billboard named the Denver-owned amphitheatre as the most-attended outdoor venue in 2024. Readers explain why.

This City Already Has Blucifer and the Big Blue Bear. Now Meet Baa’al, Denver’s Third Blue Entity!

By Ryan ClappJanuary 5, 2025

The giant mountain goat with red, glowing eyes is the best-kept secret on Buckley Space Force Base.

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Reader: Are the Police Going to Enforce the Cell-Phone Law? They Aren’t Enforcing Others!

By Westword ReadersJanuary 4, 2025

As of January 1, it’s illegal to hold a phone while driving.

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People to Watch in 2025: Can Bill Mosher Bring Back Downtown?

People to Watch in 2025: Can Bill Mosher Bring Back Downtown?

By Patricia CalhounJanuary 3, 2025

He didn’t need a job. But he wanted to feel like he’d done all he could for Denver.

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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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NORAD Tracking Santa’s Route Christmas Eve – Stone-Cold Sober

By Patricia CalhounDecember 24, 2024

While St. Nick should have a big bag, his trackers won’t be in the bag.

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A Christmas Miracle! New Ramp From Broadway to Southbound I-25 Now Open

A Christmas Miracle! New Ramp From Broadway to Southbound I-25 Now Open

By Patricia CalhounDecember 23, 2024

After months of snarled traffic, this portion of the I-25 and Broadway Travel and Safety Improvement Project opened without fanfare.

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Beyond the 2024 Election: Time to Heal and Forge Ahead as One Nation

By Sheila Van de GraaphDecember 22, 2024

For young leaders, the election represented more than policy decisions; it was a reflection of the fractured nation they are poised to inherit.

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Reader: When You Give Women Rights, They Like It So Much They Actually Move Here

By Westword ReadersDecember 22, 2024

Young men are no longer in the majority in Denver, exploding the myth of “Menver.”

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Billboard Should Be Applauded for Raising Awareness of Challenging Time for Jews

By Scott LevinDecember 21, 2024

It’s part of a national campaign by an organization that fights hatred directed at the Jewish community.

How the New Frontier Airlines Can Really Go First-Class

By Teague BohlenDecember 10, 2024

Isn’t “first-class service on Frontier” a contradiction in terms? Not anymore!

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Donald Trump Name-Checks Colorado on Meet the Press

By Patricia CalhounDecember 9, 2024

“And you’ve seen what they’ve done in Colorado and other places. They’re taking over, they’re literally taking over apartment complexes and doing it with impunity.”

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Reader: Buc-ee’s Is Just a Gas Station. Get Over It

By Westword ReadersDecember 8, 2024

A second Buc-ee’s is proposed for Colorado, right off I-25 near Palmer Lake. Some residents aren’t happy.

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Analysis: Supreme Court Could Narrow the Scope of Federal Environmental Reviews

By J.B. RuhlDecember 8, 2024

On December 10, the court will consider Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado.

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Reader: Denver Has Lost Enough. We Should Not Lose Tattered Cover, Too

By Westword StaffDecember 8, 2024

Tattered Cover has gone through bankruptcy court and three sets of owners since Joyce Meskis ran the independent bookstore. What’s the story?

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Reader: Murder of JonBenét Ramsey Will Never Be Solved

By Westword StaffDecember 7, 2024

The three-part Netflix series has revived interest in the almost thirty-year-old case.

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Opinion: Denver Needs to Commit to Building Safe Bike Lanes

By David MintzerDecember 1, 2024

The city promised to create a protected bike lane along West 29th Avenue. Then plans changed…

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Reader: Every Restaurant Should Be Vegan

By Westword ReadersDecember 1, 2024

The closing of the last two Meta Burger locations inspires a discussion of veganism in general.

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Reader: They’re Gentrifying All the Festivals Away, Like Five Points Jazz

By Westword ReadersDecember 1, 2024

The annual festival brought musicians and thousands of fans to Welton Street, the heart of Denver’s historic Black neighborhood.

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Reader: Larimer Square Is Not Exactly Tiananmen Square

By Westword ReadersNovember 30, 2024

After Mayor Mike Johnston talked about defending Denver from mass deportation, the incoming border czar said he was “willing to put him in jail.”

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Rioja at Twenty: Serving Up Two Decades of Memories

By Patricia CalhounNovember 29, 2024

Since opening Rioja in November 2004, Beth Gruitch and Jen Jasinski have changed the way people look at Larimer Square, Denver dining…and female chefs.

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Reader: Your Opinion About Politics Isn’t as Important as My Love Life

By Westword ReadersNovember 24, 2024

Should you only date people who share political beliefs?

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