Update below: Law enforcement investigated motions filed by someone impersonating a victim in the James Holmes case, prosecutors say in one of 57 documents made public. As Westword previously reported, at least one of those motions is truly bizarre, claiming that Holmes is being “framed by Philip Anschutz, police chief…
Patricia Calhoun has been following the controversy over a proposed Denver Walmart project — and the passions of proponents and opponents alike are certainly running high. One reader has a theory about why, as well as thoughts about other factors that should be considered in terms of backing or attacking…
This morning, the court released more than fifty documents in the James Holmes case that had previously been kept from public view — dating all the way back to Holmes’s application for a public defender on July 20, the day prosecutors say Holmes shot and killed twelve people and injured…
The venerable CollegeHumor.com website earns laughs with user-generated content from all over the country — including our own backyard. There are hundreds of Colorado items on the site, including lotsa photos of weird signs and people under the influence of weed…because that’s what college is all about, right? Look below…
Kenna Egbune didn’t just go to school at CU-Boulder. He was extremely involved in campus life as PR director of the African Students Association and member of CU’s Queer People of Color and EyeResist groups. No wonder that the turnout was so large at a candlelight vigil last night to…
Update: An arrest has been made in the horrific hit and run that killed Laura McDermott over the weekend: Dennis Esquibel, 25, has been charged with the crime. But it’s not that simple. He was reportedly joined in the car that caused the fatal crash by two other people –…
This dispensary has closed. Not to be confused with Mile High Green Cross on Broadway (or any of the dozens of dispensaries around the state that use a green cross for their business), Green Cross Clinic recently took over the former Alternative Wellness Center space on 38th, with two other…
A recent push by state prison officials to crack down on the sexual content of inmates’ mail has greatly expanded the range of books and magazines intercepted by prison censors, including such staid fare as Rolling Stone and Men’s Health. The move has also prompted complaints from inmates’ loved ones…
Claudia Folska’s resume is impressive. In college, she started a nonprofit. After graduate school, she biked from Pakistan to China. This past spring, she earned a dual doctorate from the University of Colorado. And best of all, she once groped Arnold Schwarzenegger — a feat she jokes that she could…
After his friend and aide was accused of sexual harassment, Mayor Michael Hancock sacked him without launching an investigation into the allegations. That’s the main argument of Wayne McDonald, who plans to sue the city months after being ousted. But those aren’t the only accusations made by McDonald’s attorney. She…
Sam Levin’s coverage of Mitt Romney’s recent rally in Jefferson County included a post featuring ten rally-goers weighing in on Romney’s chances of victory in November. The conversation spurred by the latter wound up raising the question of the media’s supposed liberal bias — an assertion one reader doesn’t buy…
The powers-that-be in Douglas County really, really oppose Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act. Yesterday, the Dougco commissioners passed a strongly worded resolution against the measure, while Sheriff David Weaver launched a salvo that paints a world in which Amendment 64 is law as downright apocalyptic; see both…
Critics of Secretary of State Scott Gessler argue that he spends more time intimidating and suppressing voters than he does registering them. Though Gessler has always denied those claims, he admitted yesterday that nearly 800 voters who legally registered may not have been put into the system due to a…
The Golden Police Department has identified the man who died in a terrible crash last week as David Oursler, a forty year old from Morrison. Oursler’s Facebook page reveals a man who loved the great outdoors and the Republican party, which he served as a Jefferson County commiteeman…
As you know from seeing our past collections of bizarre discussion placards from the ’70s, we love vintage school posters — and we found a treasure trove of them on Etsy.com, including erotic plants, smiling tighty-whities and more. Count down our top fifteen below, and click on the links if…
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. A year after being named Playboy’s number one party school, CU-Boulder didn’t even make the 2012 top ten — and this despite having just been featured on ABC’s 20/20 as the drunk-walking capital of the world. To add insult to injury, Colorado School of…
As usual, South Park’s timing is impeccable. As the replacement refs debacle was finally being resolved, last night’s season premiere, “Sarcastaball,” featured satirical jabs at the NFL, officiating, commissioner Roger Goodell, the Broncos, Peyton Manning and the Denver cheerleaders, re-dubbed the Whoopdy-Bleeping-Doo Girls. Get a taste of the hilarity in…
Claudia Folska offers her elbow to her companion and leads him through a pedestrian tunnel that connects a noisy light-rail platform to a parking lot. The tunnel is dark and wild inside. A cacophony of recorded bells and whistles echoes off the walls, which are decorated with long tubes of…
“99 Percent Gone,” Off Limits, September 20 Who’s Nuts? Occupy Denver is alive and well. Though the camping ban ended the physical occupation, the movement is still living, breathing, changing, growing. This article illustrates the kind of perspective that holds us back as human beings and keeps us trapped in…
The start of fall this past weekend brought relief not just for heat-stricken Colorado residents, but for their indoor medical marijuana gardens as well. Cannabis grows across the Front Range have been suffering from heat stress, bug issues and mold problems, resulting in a decrease in summer production that has…
In June, Mayor Michael Hancock fired his aide and close friend Wayne McDonald amid “serious allegations of misconduct” — which became a major distraction at a press conference on the city’s structural budget gap. Now, McDonald intends to sue the city and has filed a complaint with the city’s Board…
Denver blog posts know the difference between a touchdown and an interception. Bronco Talk’s Monty on reports that the NFL and referees are finally about to end the year’s most buzzed-about labor dispute. Big Media’s Jason Salzman on a talk radio show he sees as poisoning rational debate on illegal…
