The City of Denver recently argued that an order banning protests outside the courthouse where Dexter Lewis’s death penalty trial is underway should be upheld because there might be civil unrest if Lewis is sentenced to die when Aurora theater shooter James Holmes wasn’t. As court documents note, Lewis is…
Denver blog posts have plenty of meat on their bones. At our Food & Drink blog, Mark Antonation has the details about Carve Barbecue’s planned South Colorado Boulevard opening. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein breaks down the Denver Nuggets 2014-2015 schedule. Want the latest update on the 701 Sherman project? Denver…
As we’ve reported, U.S. District Court Jude William Martinez issued a preliminary injunction against an order that blocked protests at Lindsey Flanigan courthouse in Denver — an action prompted by the arrests of Eric Brandt and Mark Iannicelli for distributing jury nullification pamphlets. Jury nullification is the act of jurors finding…
The first post in Westword’s Aurora Theater Shooting archive was published early on July 20, 2012. It’s very simple headline reads, “Videos: Aurora Century 16 Shooting at The Dark Knight Rises.” Since then, we’ve published hundreds of posts about the horrific acts that took place that night, with topics including the first…
Back in May, we posted about the ten Denver neighborhoods with the highest crime to that point in 2015, as measured by crime density statistics complied by the Denver Police Department. This post is both an update and a much broader look at the topic. Once again, we’ve drawn upon DPD stats…
In November 2012, we published a post entitled UNSOLVED MURDERS IN COLORADO: READ TEN MORE PERSONAL STORIES OF VICTIMS, featuring cold cases highlighted by the invaluable Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons website. Among the tragedies we featured was the murder of Carolyn Jansen, who likely died in 2003, around…
The folks behind the Tinder dating app are getting ready for a particular busy time: the start of another the academic year at colleges across the country. Not that scholastic achievement is the focus of a new post on the Tinder blog. Instead, Tinder has come up with its list…
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has big problems with Colorado’s marijuana laws — and as a recent open letter to Trump shared in this space makes clear, not everyone in these parts is down with what comedian Andy Jett describes as his “xenophobic, irrational perspective on immigration.” But he’s got a big fan in Grand…
We got a huge response from our post about Jessica Neely, a former Coloradan once known as porn star Angela Aspen. Neely has now gone public with horror stories from her past, including multiple suicide attempts. She’s now turned away from porn and is making a new life with help…
Denver blog posts already have costume ideas. At our Food & Drink blog, Beer Man Jonathan Shikes shares three great Colorado pumpkin beers that are already available long before Halloween. Colorado Peak Politics on the state GOP allowing delegates to choose a candidate. Big Media’s Jason Salzman thinks district attorney…
It’s one of the more bizarre series of events in recent Colorado municipal history. Joshua Canvasser was appointed to serve on the board of the Longmont Housing Authority. But when it came time for him to do so, the City of Longmont couldn’t find him. One possible reason: Canvasser is…
Craig Pirazzi lived his life on the edge — and over it. As a hang-glider pilot, he helped capture some of the most spectacular views of the West imaginable — including shots that are included in a movie entitled Free Flyers that was released on YouTube earlier this year. See it…
Last week, we told you that Eric “Fuck Cops” Brandt had been unable to meet a judge’s deadline for removing documents about a police officer’s threat from his Facebook page because he’d been jailed in Denver on a charge related to passing out jury nullification brochures in front of the Lindsey-Flanigan…
Last week, we posted about the five Colorado counties where incomes have risen the most since 1980. Now, we look at the other side of the coin: the five Colorado counties where incomes have fallen the most over that same period. As before, the information comes from the folks at…
Two years ago, when we told you about the murder of Claudia Miller, a local attorney, and the subsequent arrest of Warren Watson in the case, it was already clear that the crime was extraordinarily disturbing. However, information that came out in Watson’s just-concluded trial is even creepier than we…
As a law enforcement officer, Eagle Police Chief Joey Staufer is trained to be cool under pressure. And judging by audio of a 911 call that captures him delivering his own daughter on the side of a highway — hear two samples of it below — that training paid off…
Over recent months, we’ve continued to hear whispers about the impact the rapidly growing marijuana industry is having on commercial real estate prices, as well as the amount of available warehouse space. Now, a new Wall Street Journal piece offers insight into the situation — and helps identify some of the winners…
Our post featuring reasons why visitors to Colorado shouldn’t move here, as heard in a KTCL-FM audio clip, provoked strong reactions. Plenty of readers agreed with the sentiments, which were presented humorously. Others, however, felt that the attitude at the heart of the item was problematic, including a reader who…
Denver blog posts offer condolences to Spencer Cooke’s friends, family and loved ones. At our Music blog, Kiernan Maletsky shares the sad details about the death of Spencer Cooke from a fall at Red Rocks following Friday’s Yonder Mountain String Band show. Colorado Pols argues that “Jeb! Bush just makes…
In 2010, our Jef Otte published INTERVIEW WITH A PORN STAR: ANGELA ASPEN ON HIV, YOUTH MINISTRY AND WHY PORNOS HAVE PLOTS. The post starred Colorado-born Angela Aspen, who spoke boldly and positively about the porn industry. Now, however, Jessica Neely — Aspen’s real name — is telling a very different…
For months, Northern Colorado residents dealt with the fear and uncertainty created by a series of shattered windows on area roadways and the seemingly random killings of two people and the serious wounding of a third. These incidents seemed to die down in late June, around the time the task…
Longtime Denver residents know that this summer has hardly been among the most sweltering in the community’s history. In fact, the Mile High City hasn’t registered a 100-degree day since 2012. But by 2015 standards, today’s predicted high of 93 degrees should feel plenty hot — so much so that by…
