Talk about a metaphor for the Rockies’ season. In the background of a Bobby Valentine live shot on ESPN last night, sharp-eyed viewers saw third-base coach Rich Dauer get drilled in the face with a cross-diamond throw from Chris Nelson, reportedly breaking his nose in the process. Keep your eye…
Colfax has been a magnet for Colorado wild life for generations, and weekend photos from Westword’s Aaron Thackeray taken before and after midnight near venues like the Streets of London prove that its reputation is well-deserved. Page down to see a sampling of pics, and click here for the full…
Our post about a new approach by the Westminster Police Department involving a drug enforcement checkpoint on I-25 last week riled up plenty of readers. Here’s one example: a call for civil disobedience…
“School Vouchers on Hold” read a weekend headline in the print Denver Post. But while plaintiffs, including the Colorado branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, technically requested a preliminary injunction to stop the Douglas County Choice Scholarship Program, Judge Michael Martinez’s ruling (read it below) will be permanent if…
In a Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division inspections post, a security-camera provider noted that some of the specific (and pricey) DVR models that centers are required to use “are already being discontinued by the manufacturer.” This is news to MMED spokeswoman Julie Postlethwait, but she acknowledges it’s possible…
During the Broncos’ first preseason game, kicker Matt Prater scored eleven points. But that’s nothing compared to the score he racked up the previous week — .142 blood alcohol content, following a hit-and-run crash in which he was accompanied by an employee at Shotgun Willie’s, one of Denver’s most renowned…
This dispensary has closed. Pearl Co. is on the little stretch of South Pearl Street, just down the way from Sushi Den. This may have been purely coincidental, but I’d like to think not — since very little goes better with a case of the munchies than sushi, and nothing…
In the stampede of controversy over efforts to remove thousands of wild horses from public lands, few states have sent out more mixed messages than Wyoming, which features a bucking bronc on its license plate and urges tourists to take a “wild horse scenic loop tour” — while pushing the…
Here’s this week’s entry in our Caption of the Week contest, featuring one of the central figures in the feature article “Forbidden Fruit” — abstinence advocate Shelly Donahue, who’s said, among other things, that vaginas are capable of Hoovering up any sperm in their general vicinity. Use our comment section…
Denver blog posts are nutritious, delicious and kids like ’em, too. Colorado Independent Scot Kersgaard on Tom Tancredo’s column revealing his antipathy for new presidential candidate Rick Perry. BigMedia.org’s Jason Salzman: Does Cory Gardner want to dismantle the Department of Transportation. Denver Egotist eyeballs the 2700 Walnut Street mural…
Not to kick — or club — a man while he’s down, but William Loomis, a Boulder man who we wrote about earlier this week, sounds like a shmuck. According to a police report, a “preppy” looking Loomis was walking near the Boulder Theater last Sunday when a homeless man…
Largely based on Public Policy Polling’s results revealing John Hickenlooper’s approval rating as third best in the nation, Hickenlooper Lovers is a novelty line starring the Colorado Governor as an anime character featured on notebooks, folders and backpacks…..
Last October, Tim Albo was the victim of a hit-and-run accident that left him in a coma. Brandon Mondragon was charged and convicted of the crime, but Albo’s family was frustrated that he only got six months. And they’re even more upset now that Mondragon’s punishment ended this week after…
Plenty of readers were surprised to learn (from Patricia Calhoun’s recent post) that merely stopping to take a photo at Mount Evans scenic byway will cost a visitor $10. But one commenter was well aware of the situation — and notes that it’s not an isolated incident…
Update: In our earlier coverage about the death of ten-month-old Adam Gonzales, we noted that plenty of mysteries remained. Now, we’re getting more information about Frances Garcia, who allegedly responded to the baby’s crying in a way that adds up to murder, and Amanda Lujan, who faces accessory beefs…
“Kidnapping is illegal by Child Protective Services.” “Our constitutional rights are violated.” “Foster care more dangerous than family care.” Those are some of the slogans you can expect to see during a noon rally at the State Capitol. Govabuse.org organized the rally as part of the site’s nationwide protests (all…
Why would any student throwing a college party give the very people who might bust it a heads-up in advance? Seems counter-intuitive, right? But the folks behind a University of Colorado at Boulder party-registration program argue that the approach can stop beefs before they start — and they’ve got statistics…
Update: The deceased man found in a car at 8th and Decatur in what was initially called a “suspicious death” — a term that was later replaced by “homicide” — has been identified as Manuel Amaro-Rojas, 24. And while he was involved in a crash, the impact didn’t kill him…
Yesterday, I predicted that last night’s Broncos-Cowboys preseason opener wouldn’t provide us with definitive answers when it comes to Tim Tebow’s NFL future — and it didn’t. However, Denver’s 24-23 loss indicated that the minority of fans arguing that Kyle Orton should start at QB are right. Tebow’s play was…
Editor’s note: William Breathes’s weekly dispensary review, which recently moved into the 4:20 p.m. time slot (appropriately enough), will appear in this space soon. In the meantime, here’s another Breathes post, about two kinds of green. Want to hit the greens in public this weekend for a good cause? This…
News that Sports Authority is hoping to relieve Invesco of the naming rights to the Broncos stadium — thus making the stadium’s name even more of a mouthful: Sports Authority Field at Mile High — is likely to rile fans who think the name is ridiculous enough already. But Denver…
The Rockies won’t know how they made out on the Ubaldo Jimenez trade until next year at the earliest. But based on Jimenez’s first two starts with the Cleveland Indians, especially last night’s gem, Colorado could be feeling some seller’s remorse…
