In this week’s cover story, “Back on the Beat,” Westword explores recent changes within the Denver Police Department’s oversight system and its investigation of Alex Landau’s January 2009 beating. For a while, there won’t be any changes: While the Department of Justice analyzes the Landau, the DPD has delayed its…
Wildfire season — which has included several massive Colorado blazes already this year — puts thousands of seasonal firefighters to work. But because many have temporary status, they aren’t eligible for federal health insurance — a concern Representative Diana DeGette hoped to address in a new bill…
Denver blog posts make miracles happen. At Mile High Report, metalman5050 celebrates ESPN’s Ron Jaworski ranking Peyton Manning above Chargers hurler Philip Rivers. And so do we. Colorado Pols: Here’s one candidate who isn’t thrilled to advertise Tea Party love. The Intermittent Blogger thinks that Andrea Mitchell is an Obama…
Update: The original version of this post, on view below, noted that Marquis Garrison was arrested and charged with child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury after allegedly slamming his baby to the floor in an attempt to stop the child from crying. But those accusations got a considerable upgrade…
In March, we told you about a lawsuit filed against bankrupt consumer advocate Tom Martino by Sheldon Chrysler, an ex-friend who Martino excoriated as a “waste of skin.” A court date has now been scheduled in that case, and attempts to settle the dispute have been unsuccessful thus far. Meanwhile,…
Our Sam Levin has offered up a series of posts about bicycling and commuting, with the latest, about a likely record number of Denver cycling accidents in 2012, stirring up commentary aplenty. Here’s a post by a reader who thinks bicyclists won’t ever take over the road, for reasons having…
Facial tattoos aren’t exactly the kind of ink that’s easy to cover with a piece of clothing — not if you want to see where you’re going, anyhow. And this proved to be a problem for Nehemiah Chavez, whose Playboy bunny tat — designating his alleged membership in a Greeley…
There are a lot of lingering questions in the local renewable energy industry, and in Aurora, about news that General Electric is laying off employees and putting construction of an Aurora solar plant on hold. Yesterday, we tracked down Brian Murphy, one of the founders of PrimeStar, a Colorado startup…
Update: At long last comes the announcement residents of Colorado Springs have been awaiting since June 23, when the Waldo Canyon fire flared to life. The blaze, which destroyed 346 homes and took the lives of Barbara and William Everett, age 73 and 74, respectively, is finally 100 percent contained…
As our Melanie Asmar reported earlier this week, gang murders are up in Denver. However, overall homicides in the first half of 2012 are down compared to the same point in 2011 according to figures compiled by the Denver coroner’s office: twenty versus 24 through June of last year. Look…
Mitt Romney spent yesterday in Colorado: raising cash in Aspen, visiting the fire zone in Colorado Springs and speaking in Grand Junction, where he attempted to flip the script on some of the many Barack Obama campaign commercials currently running in the state by labeling the President the “outsourcer in…
As we all know, possessing child pornography is a serious crime. But actually making videos that fall into this vile category takes the offense to an even higher level. A variety of federal and local agencies are currently teaching this lesson to one Jesse Evans…
Alex Landau grins and waves at the thirty people seated in a circle around him at the Hiawatha Davis Community Center in Park Hill. He lives in this neighborhood and knew many of them even before his bloody face made the news. “My name is Alex Landau, and I’m going…
Weld County is launching a campaign to educate immigrants about the importance of reporting crimes to the police. “We want everyone to report crime, every time,” Ken Buck, the Weld County district attorney, said today at a press conference in Greeley. That includes undocumented immigrants and refugees who may be…
Denver blog posts missed you. Colorado Pols on Mitt Romney’s decision to visit the Waldo Canyon burn area despite earlier plans to skip it. Denver Urbanism’s Ryan Mulligan updates East Rail Line progress. At Education News Colorado, Mark Sass is inspired by an NYC school flash mob. Everybody say, “Glee!”…
More than eight months ago, Occupy Denver protester (and former Westword cover subject) Corey Donahue called it a “bad nut-tap joke gone wrong.” But this morning, during his trial for the misdemeanor charge of unlawful sexual contact, the events of October 15 grew more serious. After a day-long trial that…
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of reports about biking and bike safety in Denver and beyond. Update: After we reported yesterday that the number of bike-related accidents jumped from 2010 to 2011, the Denver Police Department sent us new statistics for 2012 — and it’s looking…
After months of research, Denver City Councilwoman Robin Kniech concluded that Denver’s city council was among the worst in the country when it came to allowing public comment. Heated debates followed. But this week, Kniech successfully lobbied her colleagues to agree to a change in standards that will give the…
We’ve recently shared with you the story of Brandon Coats, a paralyzed medical marijuana patient fired by DISH Network for failing a drug test. Coats’s appeal is moving forward — but it turns out he’s not the only MMJ patient with a case against DISH. Meet Sonny Meyers…
Sam Levin’s recent post about a Barack Obama campaign event starring Eva Longoria, star of the long-running (and just-ended) program Desperate Housewives, made at least one of our readers desperately unhappy. Here’s his memorable rant against Longoria and other politican-boosting celebs…
Another story that got lost in the Latest Word holiday-week shuffle: The only-in-Boulder tale of Stephen Armbruster and Robert McManus, who allegedly tried to get even for a fraternity prank with the use of bear-approved pepper spray. The incident caused quite a bit of blowback for Armbruster and McManus –…
In recent days, plenty of cultural arbiters have gotten upset over “Booty Pop,” the explicit new video by Albert Roundtree, age six; the NSFW clip is on view below. Surprisingly, however, that’s not the subject of a headline viewable until a short time ago on the Denver Post’s website –…
