Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through their lawn decoration… Gay pride festivals are celebrated mid-June in Denver and on the last weekend of August in Boulder. In Wheat Ridge, gay pride is celebrated everyday at a home with a well-hung rainbow flag that has been entirely crafted in a…
Among the top stories on CBS4’s website at this writing is an introduction to newly hired anchor/reporter Evrod Cassimy. But one viewer who clicked was distressed to discover that Cassimy’s head shot, seen here, was accompanied by a photo of him arm-in-arm with singer Chris Brown, who pleaded guilty in…
In a post about Saturday’s preseason game between the Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks, I suggested that Tim Tebow will spend the upcoming season on the Denver bench. One reader disagrees — and not because he thinks Tebow will win the starting quarterback job…
Update:Early on July 23, Sergeant Anthony Silva texted his parents from a Motel 6 in Denver a short time before he was due to head home to Illinois. The message read: “In some shit but ok. Call me 2morrow.” Before that call could come, Silva was dead — allegedly murdered…
The comments that popped up on our recent post about Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division inspections of dispensaries made it clear that many members of the MMJ community feel security-camera requirements are intrusive and overly expensive. But Bill Delany, owner of Good Earth Meds in Pagosa Springs, isn’t complaining. His system…
In July, when we first told you about the Ugliest House in Denver contest, we noted that the five finalists looked better outside than in. And that’s definitely the case with the just-named winner. Some of the exterior photos on view below make the now-rehabbed abode look rundown but livable…
A group of jumpers from Mile-Hi Skydiving Center obviously knows a thing or two about teamwork. This weekend, they set a state record by linking together 69 divers in an elaborate pattern dubbed a “Colorado Snowflake.” And despite the warm weather, it’s really coming down. Look below to check out…
The Colorado Department of Transportation is nearly as good at releasing smartphone apps as it is at pissing off the state’s English-only crowd. In December 2009, CDOT released R U Buzzed?, the cheekily named iPhone app designed to push the agency’s ongoing effort to remind people not to drink and…
“Meet the Neighbors,” Alan Prendergast, August 18 Neighborhood Watch I live in Capitol Hill and agree with my neighbors generally about Open Door Ministries: We have too many group homes and similar spaces in such a concentrated area, and we don’t need another. However, I disagree completely with the entitled…
The voice on the other end of the phone was calm, in control. That part wasn’t unusual. Women who call the offices of Highlands Investigations & Legal Services, Inc., often sound unbreakable. If only that were true. This one used an even tone, but it disguised a fire raging in…
Two organizations have applied to operate the first official syringe exchange programs in Denver, according to the city’s Department of Environmental Health. The office will now review the proposals submitted by the Harm Reduction Action Center and another agency whose name has not been revealed and make a decision in…
It took Boulder District Judge Gwyneth Whalen less than a minute this morning to rule that prosecutors shouldn’t be allowed to compel a Westword writer to testify in a criminal racketeering case simply because the newspaper had published an interview with the accused. The writer in question, yours truly, left…
Jury selection in the trial of Robert Walters, an Iraq war veteran accused of killing his girlfriend and then putting a hit on his wife so she couldn’t testify against him, began Friday in Denver District Court, and opening arguments will likely begin tomorrow or Wednesday. The central question the…
Denver bloggery on parade. Now that Levi Leipheimer has won the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Colorado Independent’s David O. Williams wonders: Will the race inspire an Olympics bid? Lakewood Edge’s Charley Able: Just one Lakewood city council incumbent faces a challenge. Check out the latest product review from Toy With…
Earlier today, we noted that Chatfield High School graduate Whitney Wonnacott is engaged to marry basketball star Jimmer Fredette. But another Chatfield product is in the news for a much less positive reason. Former Chatfield footballer James Skelton is one of two CSU Rams to have been cited in regard…
On Sunday in Civic Center Park, people were yelling, bumping into each other, ringing cow bells, throwing flowers, drinking beer, singing Colorado’s praises and poppin’ bottles. Oh yeah, there was a bike race too. Levi Leipheimer, a Californian who held the leaders jersey for the final three stages, won the…
Much like the radish, the Green Valley Ranch neighborhood has a multicultural reputation for diversity. The Egyptians revered the nutritional riches and paid pyramid workers in radishes, while the Greeks prized the peppery punch as a means to punish infidels by inserting golf-ball sized radishes into the rectums of unfaithful…
Update below: This weekend, I got around to watching Machete, director Robert Rodriguez’s variation on ’70s blaxploitation epics, with Danny Trejo as the blade-wielding title head chopper unleashed against the backdrop of a Texas-Mexico immigration battle. I found the results to be ultra-enjoyable — but I’ll bet I wouldn’t have…
Senator Rollie Heath’s Proposition 103, which would raise taxes to better fund public education, faces an uphill climb at a time when people of all income levels are being squeezed. Still, one reader sees him as fighting the good fight…
Steve Kelley, the host of the new morning show on KNUS/710 AM, admits that he’s “still working on the confidence that I’m making the right topic choices” in his first fulltime radio job since leaving KOA in 2005 for a TV gig that didn’t pan out the way he’d hoped…
Bad Trip took a bad tip at Longmont’s Kinetic Sculpture race on Saturday, but that didn’t stop the fun captured by photographer Dave Ingraham. And plenty of his peers were clicking away, too. Check out the Christines’ reunion at the hi-dive, the Stones Throw 15th Anniversary Party at City Hall…
As BYU sharpshooter Jimmer Fredette ascended to national basketball stardom, photos of his girlfriend, BYU cheerleader Whitney Wonnacott, began popping up everywhere. Such shots were of particular interest in these parts, since Wonnacott grew up here and graduated from Chatfield High School. Now, she’s back in the spotlight, after Jimmer…
