“Blow Back,” Melanie Asmar, August 23 Drunk Tank When this clown opened his operation, he sent letters to a multitude of agencies, trying to poach therapists. Their case managers are given numbers to meet. If they meet these financial numbers, they are given bonuses. If they don’t, they are written…
Stephen Ludwig, a member of the University of Colorado’s Board of Regents who is running to retain his spot, plans to campaign in 6.4 counties on Saturday and another 6.4 on Sunday. Well, maybe not exactly 6.4, but Ludwig, a Denver Democrat, does plan to roll through all 64 counties…
Standing in front of thousands of Mitt Romney supporters crammed into the gymnasium at Lakewood High School, Paul Ryan told a cheering crowd just how much he loves the Rocky Mountains. “There’s nothing like the stars and the skies and the Colorado Rockies at night,” said Ryan, just three days…
For the last eight months or so, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Colorado has been shutting down medical marijuana storefronts within 1,000 feet of schools by simply sending the dispensaries a letter and giving them 45 days to vacate or face possible seizure of their property and assets. The tactic…
Members of eleven families with a loved one who died in the Aurora theater shooting gathered yesterday to criticize Governor John Hickenlooper and a nonprofit in charge of donations, claiming they’ve been left out of the process. Some of them also had complaints about another group: the local media…
Echo Mountain, the tiny 226-acre ski area near Evergreen that we’d taken to calling “the little terrain park that could” in our annual winter activities guide, The Edge, apparently couldn’t: Denver’s closest ski area was put up for sale in June after operating at a loss for six consecutive seasons,…
Some government jobs are too important to be left up to the whims of voters. That, at least, seems to be the thinking behind the exit strategy of Summit County Coroner Joanne Richardson, who announced her upcoming resignation this week — just after the deadline passed for scheduling an election…
Denver blog posts are fan-tastic. Mile High Report’s Scotty Payne on the Broncos-Packers Super Bowl prediction by SI’s Peter King. Denver Stiffs’ Jeffrey Morton on Twitter and the “genius GM absurdity.” Purple Row’s Jeff Aberle: Minimum salary players versus the 1 percent…
In this week’s feature, “Purple Haze,” we take a close look at why all eyes are on Colorado in the presidential race, just in time for the Republican National Convention in Florida. An issue Mitt Romney’s campaign has pushed here — one that was also the RNC’s theme last night…
Earlier this month, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow spoke about Colorado’s Personhood Amendment as if it had already been approved for the ballot. We suggested this assumption might be premature given the number of signatures proponents submitted — and indeed, the Secretary of State’s office has just announced that it’s fallen short…
One of 2011’s biggest stories was the arrest of ex-Arapahoe County Sheriff Pat Sullivan amid tales of meth for masturbation and gay porn, among other things. In the end, Sullivan received a 38-day wrist slap after pleading guilty to lesser charges. But he’s now reportedly violated his probation via behavior…
In our post about Judge David Archuleta rejecting the Boulder’s request for a permanent restraining order against Seth Brigham, its most annoying critic, a city spokeswoman argued that he remains a threat. However, a number of our readers felt the main thing being threatened was the Constitution — including this…
The Sleeper house, the Colorado mountain home made famous by Woody Allen’s 1973 film Sleeper, is among our state’s most iconic buildings — and, according to a recent Forbes list, one of America’s ugliest mansions. The magazine claims “it’s perfect…for aliens” — but plenty of us humans love the place…
Update: This weekend, Colorado Springs Gazette editorial page editor Wayne Laugesen published a scathing piece in which he argued that Planned Parenthood was likely worse than Penn State when it came to covering up sexual assaults on children; our previous coverage is below. Laugesen explains the timing of the item…
Richard Holman’s August 2011 arrest wasn’t the first in which he was accused of sexually assaulting a child — but it may be his last. The 51 year old seen in this ultra-disturbing mug shot (a larger version is below) has been sentenced to 48 years behind bars for a…
After winning Olympic gold, hometown hero Missy Franklin got an Olympic rings tattoo on her hip — but that’s hardly the only spot fellow Olympians have chosen to ink up. There are also rings on backs, arms, feet and near enough to the pubic region to give you a mighty…
As Barack Obama was visiting CSU, where he was greeted by 13,000 supporters and an attack sign with a typo, the folks behind Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, released a letter with an academic flavor. It features the signatures of 100-plus professors who back the measure, including…
President Barack Obama’s visit to Fort Collins yesterday spurred plenty of videos, many of which are on view below. But the funniest involves a critical sign placed on his motorcade route. As you can see, it reads, “You were here in 08′ & you sold us like Cupid! ‘Your’ economy…
At a hearing last Thursday related to the James Holmes/Aurora theater shooting case, Judge William Sylvester said he hoped to rule by Monday about whether prosecutors should have access to the suspect’s University of Colorado educational documents. However, a decision on that matter hasn’t been made public at this writing,…
Yesterday afternoon, across the street from the Westword offices, the first Sniagrab tent popped up on the sidewalk outside Sports Authority in anticipation of huge discounts on sporting gear. With a new law banning urban camping on the books, Sports Authority acquired a permit from the city to allow prospective…
Update below: Eleven families who lost loved ones in the Aurora theater shooting came together for a news conference today, during which they cast blame on an organization called the Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance and Governor John Hickenlooper. They say they have not had any voice in the disbursement…
The Scarlet Ranch swingers club, which moved last year from Denver to Littleton, won’t be getting an infusion of city money anytime soon. Last night, the city council narrowly rejected a $42,500 settlement agreement to resolve a federal lawsuit alleging that in May 2010, Denver police “illegally entered, searched and…
