The Colorado Department of Transportation has just released its 2016 Problem Identification Report. And unfortunately, there are problems aplenty. The statistics are from 2014 — the most recent year for which data is final. And during that span, the number of fatal crashes rose substantially from the year before, as…
Just about the time even longtime Denver-area residents had just about convinced ourselves that warm weather was here to stay, a new Spring storm is on the horizon. And, of course, it’s a baffling one. Forecasters don’t seem to know whether it’ll produce rain, sleet or a snowpocalypse, or what…
It was one of the most shocking and brutal allegations of early 2015. And now, Joseph Romero, the man at whom the finger was pointed, has admitted it was true. Romero has admitted guilt in the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend, Phenia Martinez, when she was eight months pregnant. The acknowledgment…
Denver Public Schools is in damage control mode in the wake of revelations that newly appointed board member MiDian Holmes has a past conviction for child abuse. Making the case even more interesting are reports that board members knew about this aspect of Holmes’s past before appointing her. DPS certainly seems…
Chris Walker’s latest post about Denver’s homeless sweep in March features documents that show the City of Denver questioning its own protocol. The report prompted one reader who says he used to be homeless to take a controversial position on the issue. Among those who responded was a commenter who rejected…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Arts, Bree Davies argues that we should just say no to RiNo and other inaccurate Denver neighborhood names. The provocative headline on Sam Schanfarber’s latest story for the Colorado Independent: “Aurora’s heavily white police force is firing at blacks.” Denver Stiffs’ Zach Mikash on the…
Last month, we told you about the death of Sammy Pickel, who died a couple of days after being put in a chokehold by a bouncer at Lodo’s Bar & Grill in Westminster. Then, last week, we noted that 17th Judicial District DA Dave Young had decided against criminal charges…
A strange child custody case that originated in Massachusetts ended, at least temporarily, in Colorado. The child, a ten-month-old girl, is currently with family living in our fair state. But we don’t yet know the legal fates of her parents: Katelyn Monteiro, whose arrest for assaulting a police officer prompted a…
One of the most entertaining things about dating websites — aside from finding a special someone to entertain — involves the handles people choose for themselves. Many are quite straight-forward. But others are weird or funny or baffling — or a combination of all three. We recently searched a major…
Last night, a vigil was held for Dion Damon, who was killed by a Denver police officer on Tuesday, April 12. A Denver Police Department spokesman now acknowledges that Damon wasn’t armed at the time he was shot to death by Officer Jeff Motz, a 22-year law-enforcement veteran. DPD maintains…
Alan Prendergast’s update on a new Denver stormwater plan generated some interesting responses. As Prendergast wrote, city planners “settled on Denver’s City Park Golf Course as the logical place to build a thirty-acre ‘detention area’ for stormwater runoff — a move that will involve closing the course for more than a…
In case you missed it…. Westword Music shares conflicting opinions about 4/20 concerts: Isa Jones thinks they suck, while Lindsey Bartlett offers seven reasons why they’re awesome. Colorado Peak Politics asks: “Why doesn’t Colorado have a straw poll anymore?” Mile High Report’s Tim Lynch thinks the Broncos should re-sign Ronnie Hillman…
Let’s make one thing clear from the jump: David Batty hasn’t been charged with murder after a dead woman’s body was found inside a trunk in his apartment. Not yet, anyway. He’s currently being held by authorities in Weld County on parole violations. But investigators are looking closely at Batty…
We should be used to it by now. After all, this isn’t the first time a Denver police officer has been punished for excessive force, then un-punished, then re-punished again. Yet the twists and turns related to a July 2014 altercation between Denver Officer Choice Johnson and Brandon Schreiber outside…
Last week, we told you about the murder of a motorcyclist in a Denver alley. The victim has been identified as Aurora’s Scott Breitinger, 45. Breitinger is being remembered at a service tomorrow evening. In the meantime, there have been no arrests in the case nor any release of suspect…
Over the years, we’ve measured Colorado fame in a number of ways. Popular posts include one focusing on ten of Colorado’s most famous actors…and Kristin Cavallari, as well as the top ten celebrity Denver Broncos fans and even the ten most notable people to die in Colorado. But who’s the single most…
In March 2014, we told you about the arrest of Thomas LaPerch for the murder of William Burchett, a longtime local musician he met via a Craigslist ad. Now, just over two years later, LaPerch has been found guilty of the crime. According to the First Judicial District DA’s office,…
Over the years, we’ve regularly reported about the Scarlet Ranch, a local swingers club operated by Kendall Seifert — and back in 2012, when the operation relocated from 424 Broadway to the former Northwoods Inn steakhouse in Littleton, we noted that the 18,000 square-foot log cabin-esque retreat was set on “several…
For years now, as we’ve reported, families with sick children have been moving to Colorado for medical marijuana access — especially those whose kids suffer from assorted seizure-related disorders that have responded favorably to MMJ, which is typically administered via pills, liquid or patch. However, such kids face an obstacle when…
A new report brands Denver one of the ten worst U.S. cities for short-term rentals such as Airbnb. But some of the readers who responded to the post apparently don’t see that as a bad thing. Indeed, their negative views about short-term rentals echo concerns voiced by some members of…
In case you missed it…. Our Westword Food & Drink crew names the ten best dive bars in Denver for 2016. Colorado Peak Politics says that Ted Cruz didn’t steal Donald Trump’s votes at the Colorado Republican Convention, as The Donald asserts. South Stands Denver’s Colin D names the five most obnoxious…
Over the weekend, as we’ve reported, troubled former Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel told TMZ he’s living with Von Miller while the latter is living in the Los Angeles area to compete on Dancing With the Stars. Nope, Von Miller retorts. But that doesn’t mean he’s thrown Manziel under the team…
