Long before light industry’s varnish and diesel fumes flavored the air of the South Platte neighborhood, truck farms utilized the area’s fertile river bottom soil to grow the aromatic vegetable used to flavor the dishes of Denver dinner tables…..
Not to be outdone by fellow Playboy cover girl Barbi Benton in the marketing of extreme cribs, Roxanne Pulitzer and husband Tim Boberg recently offered the Wall Street Journal a tour of their 23,000-square-foot Telluride home — which is up for sale for $19.9 million. That’s slightly higher than the…
On Saturday, the 28th annual March of Dimes MUDD Volleyball tournament took place at the Majestic Commercenter in Aurora, and the action was messy. Westword photog Brandon Marshall was on hand to catch all the spikes and splats. Page down to check out a sampling of his shots below, and…
Alan Prendergast’s recent post quoted Governor John Hickenlooper as calling the prospect of contamination from fracking “inconceivable.” But one reader thinks he wouldn’t have any problems conceiving of this prospect were he not buddying up to the oil and gas industry…
I avoided attending IKEA Centennial’s July 27 grand opening due to the crowds. But my twin daughters wanted to visit the store on Saturday afternoon to pick up items for the CU dorm room they’re going to share, and given that ten days had passed, I figured things would have…
Nestor Vasquez, 64, has been charged with solicitation of prostitution — but not simply for propositioning a woman in hooker pumps and thigh-highs on the side of a road. No, he’s accused of targeting undocumented women — and among the treasures he allegedly offered in exchange for a little of…
Saturday would have been JonBenét Ramsey’s 21st birthday — had she not been killed in Boulder on December 25, 1996, precipitating one of Tabloid America’s longest-running murder mysteries. And while interest in the case has ebbed since its late Nineties peak, plenty of people remain fascinated by what this beautiful…
Here’s this week’s entry in our Caption of the Week contest, featuring a fan at a Flaming Lips concert at Red Rocks. Me-ow! Use our comment section to post your entry. We’ll announce our top pick in this space next week — and look below to see our first-ever winner!…
It turns out that even Aspen’s elite can’t escape the effects of the world recession. Smarting from the latest stock plunge, high country homeowners are also digesting today’s report in the Aspen Daily News that assessed property values in Pitkin County have dropped $10 billion over a two-year period –…
Late last month, Denver Police circulated a composite sketch of a man who may have used a stun gun in a South Broadway attack on a woman. The cops have now arrested Clifton Ray Williams for the crime, and there’s no denying he bears an amazing resemblance to the illustration…
These Denver blog posts would like to meet you. Mile High Report fan poster Royal Fan thinks the Broncos QB mess is Kyle Orton’s fault. Free Colorado’s Ari Armstrong on why throwing Doug Lamborn in the briar patch would be a good thing. Denver Egotist: Sarcasm is about to get…
Update: Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act proponent Mason Tvert decided this week not to pursue an official complaint against activist Miguel Lopez for allegedly snatching a signed petition from a Regulate volunteer in July. We’ve spoken with Lopez, who says he is happy to move on from this incident…
Update: The 18th Judicial District DA’s office decided not to charge County Court Judge Mary Celeste with a state criminal law violation for leaving her six-year-old granddaughter alone in a car on a blazing hot day while she picked up olive oil and a movie at Sam’s Club. However, she…
This weekend, Ubaldo Jimenez, the greatest pitcher in Colorado Rockies history, is expected to make his first start for the Cleveland Indians. Which got us to thinking: What pro athletes who left Colorado teams either by choice or force have been most painful for local fans to watch play for…
August is a great month for enjoying a Colorado camping trip, but it is also the busiest. Rowdy campground crowds and hiking-trail traffic jams can add extra hassle to the burden of outdoor living. People who don’t like the wilderness experience can still enjoy some August camping by following these…
There has been some discussion about whether Type 2 diabetes is curable. (There’s no such discussion with Type 1, which afflicts the street artist featured in this week’s cover story.) The common belief, supported by the American Diabetes Association and the Mayo Clinic, is that there is no cure for…
ESPN’s Merril Hoge went on a Twitter rampage against Tim Tebow this week, then appeared on 104.3/The Fan to defend his criticism of the Chosen One. By doing so, Hoge made himself a target, and one reader fired back at him using his own skills as an NFL running back,…
State regulations of the medical marijuana industry went into effect on July 1 — and that includes inspections of dispensaries by the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division. But how does the process work? We talked with a security pro who sat in on an inspection that was made for TV…
For over two years, monthly vigils have been staged at Aurora’s GEO detention center, a privately owned facility that critics charge with profiting from the United States’ immigration policies via the systematic trampling of detainees’ rights. And Jennifer Piper, interfaith organizing director for the American Friends Service Committee, a mainstay…
This week, the local journalism community is mourning the loss of Wendy Kale, longtime music writer for the Colorado Daily, who died at age 58 of still-undetermined causes — although her death is not seen as suspicious. Her passing ends an era for the Boulder music community — and for…
Update:Hours after Kimberly Powell, 48, was busted following the death of her toddler granddaughter, Amber Enard, she was released from custody pending further investigation and completion of the Denver coroner’s report — which was initially inconclusive, and could take weeks to wrap up. That leaves us with the grim clues…
Denver’s Discreet Dispensary is anything but discreet. Though the huge, old, brown-brick industrial building it occupies off Brighton Boulevard does blend in with the warehouses, auto body shops and junkyards that surround it, the huge green crosses on the front and the smell of skunk in the air from the…
