Parking ticket scofflaws think of Denver boots as something to avoid, but not at yesterday’s Stock Show parade. The event took place on what Mayor Michael Hancock designated as Dress Western Day, and as you can see, he and Denver’s first lady got into the spirit of things. So did…
Update below: Not so many decades ago, stations across the country employed overnight talk-show hosts, who kept lonely listeners company as they lingered in the dead zone between yesterday and today. Now, they’re almost all gone — victims of sinking revenues and budget cutting. So it’s no surprise that Rick…
On October 28, 2010, a 26-year-old inmate named Terrell Griswold was found slumped over and unresponsive in his cell in the Bent County Correctional Facility, a private prison in southeastern Colorado. The official cause of death is listed as cardiac hypertrophy, or an enlarged heart. But Lagalia Afola says the…
In January 2003’s “The War Within,” Westword’s Julie Jargon shared tales of female Air Force Academy attendees allegedly raped by fellow cadets amid a culture that didn’t take such crimes seriously enough. And unfortunately, the war’s not over. Similar charges against three more cadets have surfaced, and reports suggest that…
Update: The Denver coroner’s office has now identified the city’s first 2012 homicide victim as Stephanie Hope, a 28-year-old from Westminster. She was pronounced dead at 2:29 a.m. on New Year’s Day of a “penetrating gunshot wound to the chest.” Kevin Carter has been arrested in connection with the crime…
Tim Tebow’s stock as a quarterback may be falling — ESPN’s Mike and Mike have less confidence in him than any other QB in the playoffs this weekend — but he remains a cultural lightning rod. Note that even The New Yorker’s Ben McGrath is weighing in on him, albeit…
The first time I walked into Alternative Medicine on Capitol Hill was a mistake. I was looking for The Clone Store, but I was stoned and walked in the wrong shop. I’m pretty easy going, so I said fuck it and waited in the lobby. But nobody came to receptionist…
In this week’s feature, “He’s Got Game,” Westword takes a look at the state’s bridge culture and the importance of young players for a card game generally associated with your grandparents. After meeting him at a bridge holiday party (where he actually played against a friend’s grandparents), Westword spoke to…
Wilma Webb was one of the first African-American representatives in the Colorado legislature — and she pushed through a measure making Martin Luther King Day a state holiday in 1984, two years before it was recognized nationally. In 1991, her husband, Wellington Webb, became Denver’s first black mayor. But then…
Denver blog posts bring the fire. In an open letter to Tim Tebow, Mile High Report’s Ian Henson tells The Chosen One to take charge during this weekend’s playoff game and let the Bronco chips fall where they may. Mile High Mamas’ Heather Ruch on volunteering as school work. Big…
Students protested at Durango High School yesterday. But the demonstration wasn’t on behalf of Occupy Wall Street or world peace or any of those mundane subjects that get people’s drawers in a bunch. No, this was about whether Durango High School can reject a yearbook photo of senior Sydney Spies…
102.3 The Ticket, launched in July 2010, was an ambitious attempt to create a homegrown sports-talk station from the ground up during one of the toughest times for radio in the history of the medium. And despite bold moves, like recruiting CBS4’s Vic Lombardi and Gary Miller to serve as…
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has finally started denying and rejecting the 4,200 medical marijuana patients who were evaluated by a physician assistants and have been waiting for as long as four months for an answer. And as if the delay so far wasn’t bad enough, many…
Every artist wants viewers to react to their work. In that sense, Carmen Tisch appears to be a dream come true — albeit one that turned nightmarish. Tisch is accused of scratching, punching, rubbing her butt against and urinating near a Clyfford Still painting valued at more than $30 million…
Our post about HBO yakker Bill Maher’s Twitter jihad against Tim Tebow revved up the faithful and the doubters alike — including David Brensilver of The Daily Maul, a site “where there’s always blood in the water.” Here, he opens up a vein about the Chosen One…
This week, Boulder City Attorney Tom Carr asked the city council to impose an emergency moratorium against new applications for medical marijuana operations, to run through at least February 8. Why? The heart of the matter involves a court ruling, on view below, focusing on Bushes, an MMJ grow…
With only five days left to voice public concerns over plans for extra football stadium signage, opponents of Sports Authority Field at Mile High’s new corporate branding are getting creative. Most recently, this includes comparing the proposed new signs to other large emblems across the cityscape. When it comes to…
A vanity license plate reading STAYCLN hints at several possible interpretations. A desire to keep the vehicle nice and shiny, perhaps, or maybe a suggestion to others to watch their language. But if Kenneth Cline also saw it as a sign to stay sober, he may have to reconsider following…
How can Denver be in the playoffs and still be a national laughingstock? This morning, NPR opened a half-hour segment by noting that the Broncos have 120-1 odds against making the Super Bowl, with the host wryly noting that this fact probably won’t prevent some Tim Tebow fans from betting…
Colorado’s Democratic leaders are worried that last night’s win for Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucus could spell trouble for immigrants in Colorado. “Folks, it takes an alarming event to bring the likes of us together to weigh in on the Republican nomination,” Colorado Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio said…
After hearing comments from the public and city council last night, Boulder City Manager Jane Brautigam is finalizing an ordinance that will close all city parks to residents from 11 p.m. until 5 a.m. daily. Despite debate from Occupy Boulder, city officials backed the bill mirroring Denver’s own park curfew…
Juveniles doing time in adult prisons, surrounded by older and stronger criminals, rarely fare well. But juveniles serving sentences of life without parole in the United States face particularly daunting prospects of sexual assault, neglect and long periods of solitary confinement, according to a grim new report from Human Rights…
