Popular Korean Food Truck Opening Brick-and-Mortar Soon
We’re aiming to raise $20,000 by April 26. Your support ensures Westword can continue watching out for you and our community. No paywall. Always accessible. Daily online and weekly in print. Denver has an extensive food truck scene and, over the years, many have become brick-and-mortar businesses. The latest...
Aurora Police ask for tips in teen’s unsolved homicide
AURORA, Colo. — Aurora police are renewing their call for help in solving the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy months after he was killed following a house party. Investigators say Cayden Mazotti was shot July 20 after a gathering on East Bails Place. When officers arrived, they found multiple spent shell casings from guns of different calibers in the street, according to...
South Broadway Goes Up In Smoke as Sour Magic Deals Free Pizza and Pot
Sour Magic is throwing a free, 4/20-style block party on South Broadway this Sunday, lining up live music, local vendors and giveaways that put pizza and pot on the same menu. The Sexy Chemistry Block Party will shut down the 1700 block starting at noon, organizers say, with free admission and early-bird perks handed out on a first-come basis. For...
‘Very rare’ southern bird spotted in Colorado suburb
ARVADA, Colo — Birdwatchers in Colorado are reaching for their binoculars to catch a glimpse of a bird typically found in the southern half of the East Coast. The American white ibis has been spotted hanging out at a retention pond in Arvada. The white ibis is a wetland...
Denver Drivers Hit With Late-Night Red-Light Crackdown
If you are used to cruising through Denver’s main drags on a long stretch of green lights after midnight, that late-night free pass is starting to disappear. Denver traffic engineers have reprogrammed signals on several major streets so that lights keep cycling overnight instead of staying green for long periods. The move forces more stops along key corridors and is aimed squarely at...
New details reveal what led up to deadly Curtis Park shooting
New details are shedding light on a deadly shooting that happened April 9 in the 1100 block of 32nd Street near Curtis Park in Denver.
Wheat Ridge man arrested on 35 counts in major drug bust, Jeffco deputies say
A Wheat Ridge man was arrested this week on nearly three dozen drug-related counts following a major drug bust operation in Jefferson County.
West Metro Drug Task force seizes MDMA, LSD, ketamine, cocaine, firearms
The West Metro Drug Task Force in Colorado has seized a large quantity of drugs, including thousands of pills, tabs of LSD, and pounds of cocaine and psychedelic mushrooms, along with firearms, and identified one suspect.
Body Found In Denver’s City Park Sparks Mystery Death Probe
Denver police have opened a death investigation in City Park after emergency crews were called to a report of a person down in the park. The department is treating the case as an active death investigation and says officers stayed on scene to sort through what happened. Authorities have not released the person’s name or any other details about the situation.
Abrupt closure of boutique business leaves vendors scrambling to move out
Small business owners in Northglenn are scrambling after the abrupt closure of Painted Tree Boutiques in Northglenn.
