At first the problem seemed like a mechanical issue. A piece of machinery failed to operate properly. A rescue mission had to be aborted. Someone died. Caleb Carr was there when it happened, a wide-eyed, fifteen-year-old member of the Explorers, a volunteer group in Oregon that assisted the Multnomah County...
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Over the years, Westword has featured plenty of stories about crimes solved by DNA found in unlikely places. Take the cigarette butt that led to the killer of Kurt Levias at the Bluebird Theater. But never before have we encountered a shittier DNA case than the one involving Rodney Hendrix, who was...
For its fall offerings, the Arvada Center is hosting three shows connected not by style or theme, but in how the works included in each were made. The subjects of the three shows — unified under the banner of FIRED — are iron, ceramics and glass, with the iron having...
Show off your state-made tipples this holiday season with a fine bottle of Colorado booze. After all, as the days of December count down, chances are you have plenty of holiday parties, get-togethers and fancy dinners to attend — what better offering to bring than something to imbibe. From wine...
Given the alternating pattern of drought and floods brought on by global climate change, water has become an ever more urgent topic — not just for scientists and farmers, but for artists as well. These environmental issues provide the context for a discussion of six solos at two of the...
In just over a week, 2015 will come to a close. That means it's time for that most joyous of traditions — the year-end list! Everywhere you turn, lists of the best, the worst, the most and the least are springing up, informing you about all the cool shit that...
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Early on October 14, Jesse Wright posted the following comment on his Facebook page: "Almost home to the 303 cant wait to be bacc in Denver been gone too long." Barely 24 hours later, Wright was presumably less happy to be in Colorado. That's because he was in custody of...
The federally funded Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area is nothing if not predictable. The organization has spent recent years on a jihad against marijuana, regularly rolling out reports suggesting that legalization is rapidly destroying the fabric of society in Colorado by way of statistics that critics have long...
This week we'll post the 2015 winners of our My Best/Worst New Year's Eve contest. To prime the pump, Brad Weismann is sharing his memories of not one bad New Year's Eve, not two — but three. Keep reading for the sad stories. Ah, New Year’s Eve! That gala night...
The City of Centennial was on a real high last week, with the announcement that it had just ranked fourth on 247WallSt.com’s “America’s 50 Best Cities to Live In,” up from a still-respectable 26 last year, according to USA Today. In listing the top cities, the site noted that Centennial...
So you’re hard up for gift ideas this year, like you are every year, because ‘tis the season to stress over who gets what on your holiday list. You don’t know what anyone wants, so shopping sucks. You want to look like you’ve put some thought into it, so cash...
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau has made a point recently of checking in on kombucha producers to make sure they're keeping their brews to less than .5 percent alcohol by volume, the legal limit above which beverages are subject to the bureau's regulations. At alcohol levels that...
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Changes might be coming for Colorado cannabis physicians and the patients they serve – but at least those docs and their clients will have had a say. On November 19, the Colorado Medical Board will consider, and likely approve, the final draft of guidelines for medical marijuana physicians that would...
The Colorado caucus system might be the least understood political process in the state — and that's saying something. "Precinct caucuses are meetings of registered electors within a precinct who are members of a particular major political party," explains the Colorado Secretary of State's web page. "The purpose of precinct...
The Colorado Board of Health will hold a meeting tomorrow that could result in another affliction being added to the Medical Marijuana Registry's list of debilitating conditions. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a rising problem among combat veterans, will be considered for approval during a public rule-making hearing aimed at updating the...
Overnight, a fire reportedly broke out in a two-story garage on South Bryant Street, between Federal and Hampden in the community of Sheridan. The blaze has been extinguished and is being mopped up at this hour. But it remains newsworthy because representatives of the Denver Fire Department suspect that the...
Some combinations, like peanut butter and chocolate, are self-evident. No one needs to tell you those two are going to work great together; it’s obvious if you’ve tried them both. Others, like chicken and waffles, are a little weirder, but just as great once you try them. Paul Verhoeven’s 1997...
In 2011, five talented Denver high-school grads dropped out of college after their freshman year and formed a theater troupe. Crossroads Theater, a 105-seat venue on Welton Street then managed by the City of Denver, was the first place to give the group a chance. The city was offering cheap...
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The attack came without warning. It was carried out swiftly, with ruthless, mechanized efficiency. And when it was over, it was as if the trees had never been there in the first place. Rich Grant had never seen anything like it. A forty-year resident of the Washington Park area and...
Jason Flores-Williams is a Denver-based attorney. But he's taken on the cause of medical marijuana patients in New Mexico — particularly those who live in rural areas without easy access to MMJ. In recent weeks, he's filed two court documents, including one today, that take up their cause, including a...
Why do we love A Christmas Carol so much that we see it again and again, year after year? It’s an annual pageant of redemption that gives us a villain we get to boo, and a reformed soul we get to cheer. Scrooge stands in for our guilty and regretful...
Colorado residents rejoice: now you can order craft cocktails delivered to your door with just a click of a button. Okay, so maybe you won't get a frosted glass brimming with a fresh Gimlet or a dose of a Pain Killer handed to you when the doorbell rings, but with...