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January 10 at 8:47 p.m. by Michael Emery HeckerSeveral hundred people — and nearly 100 vehicles adorned with signs like "Impeach Traitor Trump" and "Trump Has Blood on His Hands" — gathered at South High School on January 10 to call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump and listen to…
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January 6 at 5:36 p.m. by Michael Emery Hecker
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Colorado Capitol on January 6 for "We Are the Storm," a protest of the electoral college vote certification slated for the same time in Washington, D.C. — before protesters there stormed the U.S.…
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January 5 at 1:30 p.m. by Westword Staff
The world of marijuana was full of uncertainty, growth and fast times last year, and our photographers were there to capture it. Here are our ten favorite Colorado marijuana photos of 2020.
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December 28 at 10:22 a.m. by Evan Semon
This started off like most years in Colorado, with the traditional Stock Show parade and the Martin Luther King Marade; in February came a parade of presidential candidates. Then COVID changed everything, locking down the state even as…
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December 14 at 11:15 a.m. by Michael Emery Hecker
On November 20, as counties across Colorado moved into Level Red, restaurants in those counties were ordered to close their dining rooms. Most complied; the Lyons Den Restaurant and Taphouse did not. On December 7, the Lyons Board of Trustees…
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November 30 at 4:25 p.m. by Michael Emery Hecker
Before the sun came up on November 30, city workers along with Denver Police Department officers started to sweep a giant homeless encampment running alongside the South Platte River in RiNo. A crowd of protesters heckled the officers and helped…
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November 22 at 2:57 p.m. by Michael Emery Hecker
The Denver branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation organized a rally to demand justice for Elijah McClain on November 21 at the Colorado Capitol — where it overlapped with a Stop the Steal demonstration on behalf of President Donald…
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November 19 at 5:14 a.m. by Evan Semon
While Denver continues to grapple with the city's homelessness challenges — efforts that included a sweep in the 600 block of Sherman Street on November 19 — the Department of Housing Stability installed holiday lights at Sonny Lawson Field in…
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November 9 at 9:25 a.m. by Jacqueline Collins
Denver's cannabis scene got a little hotter on Thursday, November 5, when California-based Cookies made its debut on South Broadway's Green Mile. Founded by cannabis breeders Jigga and Berner, whose original cut of Girl Scout Cookies started one of…
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November 7 at 3:04 p.m. by Evan Semon
Denver joined other U.S. cities, including Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, New York City and Washington, D.C., as large crowds flooded the streets to celebrate the election of Joe Biden as 46th president of the United States. The celebrants were on…
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November 3 at 12:29 p.m. by Evan Semon
Record numbers of voters are turning out in Colorado today, from the eastern plains to the Front Range, celebrating their country by waving flags and signs, and voting in record numbers.
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October 20 at 6 a.m. by Jacqueline Collins
The Creswell Mansion at 1244 Grant Street was once part of Denver's Millionaire's Row. But over the last decade, it's gone in a different direction, as attorneys and activists used the space to plot out the future of cannabis in Colorado. Today,…
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October 12 at 2:09 p.m. by Michael Emery Hecker
A crowd of friends, family members, neighbors, church peers and safe-street advocates gathered on October 11 to remember Tim Campbell, killed by a driver who ran a red light at the corner of West Colfax and Irving while he was headed to the…
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October 10 at 6:55 p.m. by Michael Emery Hecker
Two protests in Civic Center Park — the Patriot Muster and a BLM/Antifa counter-protest set up as a soup drive —- were both winding down on Saturday, October 10, when a shot rang out and a man went down. He was pronounced dead at Denver Health; the…
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October 5 at 4:40 p.m. by Noah Kaplan
Ten homeless individuals and Denver Homeless Out Loud filed a class-action suit in federal court on October 5 against Denver and more than fifty other individuals, agencies and organizations over the sweeps of encampments that have occurred in the…
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October 4 at 6:14 a.m. by Michael Emery Hecker
In response to recent spikes in gun violence in southwest Denver, the community gathered on October 3 at Offerings of Hope, before a community altar, to remember those who were lost. At 3 p.m. Sunday, October 4, a peace march will go from the…
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September 24 at 8:37 a.m. by Michael Emery Hecker
Breonna Taylor was shot dead by police officers in her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 12; on September 23, a grand jury decided not to indict any of the officers in connection with her death, although one was charged with "wanton…
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September 22 at 5:40 a.m. by Evan Semon
September 22 marks the first day of autumn. But you don't need to look at a calendar to know that fall is here: Just join the other leaf-peepers rushing into the Rockies, where the aspen are turning. Our photographer did, and came back with these…
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September 22 at 4:13 a.m. by Westword Staff
When Westword decided to leave its home of twenty years, publisher Scott Tobias looked all over the Golden Triangle. But when he saw the historic Dodge Building at 13th and Lincoln, he knew the landmark that got its start a century ago as a car…
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August 31 at 4:59 a.m. by Evan Semon
On the first anniversary of Elijah McClain's death, on August 30 hundreds of demonstrators joined in the March Against Racism & Police Violence, which started at the foot of the Martin Luther King Jr. Library in Aurora with speeches and…
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