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Chris Walker Wins National Journalism Award for Denver's Acid History

Westword Denver

Westword staff writer Chris Walker has won a Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award in feature reporting for "Acid Trip: Denver's Secret LSD Labs Fueled the Psychedelic Revolution."

Do You Know What's in Your Pot? CannaSafe Will Tell You — Good and Bad

The state of California requires legal marijuana to be tested in medical laboratories before being sold to the public. And that is what created companies like CannaSafe Laboratories in Van Nuys, with a dozen scientists and researchers, two state-of-the-art chromatographs and 700 clients.

Elfrink Wins Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award

Miami New Times

Miami New Times' managing editor has won a Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award in non-deadline reporting for his story "Hooked: How a Floating Bale of Cocaine Led to the Florida Keys' Worst Murder in Decades."

UT-Dallas Students Compiling National Database of School Shootings

Dallas Observer

News reports after the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and similar school killings often tell inconsistent stories about the number of such cases because of incomplete data, adding to fear and confusion. Nadine Connell, an associate professor of crime at the University of Texas at...

Green Roof Initiative Backer on His Missteps, Future in City Policy

Westword Denver

Brandon Rietheimer might have successfully pushed the most campaigned-against measure on last November's ballot, but the man behind the controversial Green Roof Initiative is anything but.

Video: Miami-Dade Police Repeatedly Taser Man on American Airlines Flight at MIA

Miami New Times

While fellow passengers record on their cell phones, a young man with a waxed mustache struggles with three Miami-Dade Police officers on an American Airlines plane sitting on the tarmac at Miami International Airport.

A Brief History of Denver Police Shootings and How Much They Cost You

Westword Denver

A new lawsuit prompted by the fatal police shooting of Dion Damon two years ago this month deals with more than the facts of the tragic case. The document, on view below, also maintains that the incident exemplifies a pattern and practice of the Denver Police Department when it comes to excessive force and attempts to bolster its argument via a select history of ten controversial DPD shootings, many of which resulted in huge settlements funded by local taxpayers.

The Wonderful Life and Tragic Death of Yevaeh Patrick-Moon

Westword Denver

Her full name was Yevaeh Patrick-Moon, and she was nine when she was found unresponsive in the pool at Colorado Springs' Hotel Elegante on December 16 of last year. What happened to Yevaeh involves a potential crime. Last month, Lynthia Washington, the grandmother of two young girls who accompanied Yevaeh to the hotel, was arrested and subsequently charged with child abuse — negligently causing death by the Fourth Judicial District Attorney's Office. She was supposed to be supervising the children at the pool but was allegedly nowhere to be found when Yevaeh sank beneath the waters for the final time.

Aventura Police Accused of Beating Up Diabetic Man Who Asked for Help

Miami New Times

Barry Berler entered an Aventura Police Department station in 2014 to ask for help locating his then-missing sister-in-law. Instead, he says, he wound up beaten, jailed, and in the hospital with serious injuries.

Average Rent Prices for Every Denver Neighborhood Right Now

Westword Denver

What are the most and least expensive places to rent in Denver right now, no matter what size apartment you'd like? Find the answers here.