The Facebook pages of Savanna Grose and Chris Tafoya are tributes to loving parenting. Grose’s intro reads: “I am the luckiest momma in the whole entire world! My daughter is the most amazing person I know!” And Tafoya’s gallery is dominated by photos of him with the couple’s adorable little…
Last week, we shared Best Hair on a Local Personality winners from 2010-2015 as a preview for the 2015 Best of Denver issue. Now, the issue is out — and so is word about the Best Hair champs in both the female and male categories. But who were the runners-up?…
It’s a sad but inescapable annual trend. As the weather warms up, the number of metro-area shootings tends to rise. Witness two fatal incidents that took place yesterday. The first took the life of a motorcyclist in Denver. The second killed a man in Northglenn. The Denver matter is being…
There’s a common misconception that those who are killed at ski resorts must be beginners who took on challenges beyond their skill set. The story of Hansi Brenninger proves that this theory isn’t true in every case. Brenninger was an expert skier — so much so that he reportedly worked…
Once upon a time, guitarist Nils Lofgren was the “new guy” in Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band — but no longer. It’s now been more than three decades since Lofgren stepped in for longtime E-Streeter Steven Van Zandt — Little Stevie split in 1984 — and he’s been a mainstay alongside Van Zandt…
A recent Comment of the Day claiming that Nebraska and Oklahoma are ass-backward about marijuana was prompted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a lawsuit filed by the states against Colorado over Amendment 64. A reader subsequently offered a strong argument for why Nebraska’s anger at cannabis from…
Denver blogs would like another one, barkeep. At Westword Food & Drink, Jonathan Shikes reports that Vail’s Big Beers Festival could end without a new location and financial help. Denver Egotist shares a video focusing on local commercial filmmaker Shelby Smith’s around-the-world trip. Denver Urbanism’s Ken Schroeppel highlights Brighton Boulevard reconstruction…
In February 2015, we told you about a death on Java Court that was being investigated as a homicide. The victim was later identified as Francis Canham, known to friends and neighbors as Frank. Within days, Daniel Gonzales was arrested for the crime even though he’d traveled across the country;…
No need to pretend there’s the slightest suspense: Estately’s new list of the “most marijuana-enthused states” puts Colorado in the number one position. By a lot. As for which other states made the cut, the answers aren’t exactly shocking — but some interesting facts and figures determined their order. The…
Plenty of popular television shows depict stories that supposedly happened in our great state, including Dynasty, Mork & Mindy and South Park. But as we’ve noted, there have been lots of TV series most viewers didn’t know were set in Colorado, in part because they didn’t last long. It’s too soon to…
It’s been a year since we last shared a Texts From Last Night collection from the 303 area code. And since we last checked in, thumbs have been busy. So have a lot of other things, judging by the hilarious weirdness of the messages that follow.. Continue to experience our…
The phrase “justice delayed is justice denied” doesn’t quite fit cold cases. In such instances, convictions of guilty parties are always preferable to situations in which offenders are never punished for their illegal actions. But the story of one woman’s abuse at the hands of Warren Foster represents a close…
We recently wrote about the arrest of Kim Burgans, a nurse in Frisco who’s accused of stealing the painkiller fentanyl. This particular opioid has been at the center of other similar cases in which former medical pros such as Rocky Allen and Kristen Parker have been implicated. Many of the…
Denver blog posts are the cat’s meow. Our Westword Arts crew explains that the Denver County Fair’s Kitten Pavilion, which replaced the Pot Pavilion last year, will feature Venus the Two Face Cat. Mile High Report’s Ian St. Clair on how the Broncos are hanging on to Jordan Norwood. The Colorado Independent’s…
We seem to remember a saying that goes like this: Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. But apparently the folks at Denver Public Schools can’t. In February 2015, we reported about criticism of DPS for the lateness of a snow-day call — a delay that prompted…
Yesterday, we told you about controversy stirred by a painting of a KKK-hood-wearing cop pointing a gun at an African American child that had been displayed as part of a student art show at the Wellington Webb Municipal Office Building. After the National Latino Peace Officers Association branded the image “hate…
On occasion, we warn readers in advance about potentially disturbing material in a post. We do so again in the case of Colby Messer — and we really, really mean it. According to an arrest affidavit, Messer, a Canadian citizen, has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman he met in…
A travel ban in Denver? Say it isn’t so! Denver International Airport, bill as the “all-weather airport,” was closed, as were the roads leading to it, as of 12:34 p.m. today, March 23. The spring snowstorm, which has exceeded 24-inches of accumulation in some parts of the state, took the entire…
Next week, we’ll be unveiling Westword’s Best of Denver edition for 2016. Included among the winners will be this year’s choice for Best Hair on a TV Personality for both females and males — annually two of our most competitive categories. The 2016 champ will join our Follicle Hall of…
Yesterday’s spring storm closed Denver International Airport for only the second time ever (DIA is open again, but delays remain) and turned some of the highways in and around the metro area into parking lots for hours at a time. I know about the latter from personal experience. I was…
We recently re-shared a vintage post featuring ten online reasons not to move to Boulder. And once again, the items prompted widely varied responses from readers. One of our favorites is the following, in which the author uses withering sarcasm to decimate stereotypes about the community. Here’s what he had…
Denver blogs are feeling festive. At Westword Music, Bree Davies highlights ten great spring music festivals in Colorado. Mile High Report’s Scotty Payne shares Broncos coach Gary Kubiak’s theory about how to replace Malik Jackson. Colorado Pols: “Trump Slushes Up Controversial Local Mail Vendor.”…
