Until an enterprising visionary starts up the 5,000-channel satellite network of the world’s best live security-cam feeds, we’ll have to make due with random images captured by Google maps street-view cameras. Recent address searches have revealed some Coloradans behaving badly…..
Family members of hit-and-run victim Tim Albo believe current laws reward drunk drivers for leaving the scene of an accident — and they’d like to change that equation. In the meantime, asks one reader, where’s that leave victims?…
It’s summertime, and the photos are eye-popping. Find snapshots from Titwrench Fest 3 at the Mercury Cafe, Midnight at Chloe and the Denver County Fair (including an appearance by Devo), as well as our top nightlife photos of 2011 so far (NSFW) and more, on the Westword slideshow page…
A Kyle Orton trade to the Miami Dolphins seemed all but certain to take place last week. Then, the Dolphins acquired QB Matt Moore and reportedly abandoned negotiations for Orton’s services. But is the possibility of Orton in teal really off the table? Or, in the tradition of Monty Python,…
We’ve been following the progress of Larry Shurtleff, who was finally able to undergo facial reconstruction surgery after being deemed cancer-free — a diagnosis he largely credits to Phoenix Tears, a cannabis oil treatment. This weekend, he left Porter Hospital to continue his recovery at home — progress that he…
MTV debuted thirty years ago — and I was there. The cable system in my conservative hometown of Grand Junction began airing the net on day one — and my friends and I were instant converts. We used the wall-to-wall music clips as near-constant background media even though many, if…
This weekend, the manhunt for Michael Arangio, wanted for murdering three Colorado Springs teens, brought police to a Whistler Point apartment — and after a standoff of several hours, Arangio had apparently taken his own life. Afterward, a memorial for his alleged victims was vandalized…
We’re starting a new Caption of the Week contest with the photo above, in which the wacky pastime of planking and Westword come together in a weird and suitably bizarre way. Use the comment button to share your line. The winning entry will be featured in next week’s Caption of…
Getting rejected by a potential employer is disappointing. But getting rejected after building the company’s logo out of LEGO pieces and submitting it as your résumé is even worse. Thus was the case with Kendra Wiig, who applied for the job of community manager last September for LEGO Universe, an…
You can take the man out of the brewery, but you can’t take the beer away from the man. Governor John Hickenlooper will cement beer as Colorado’s state beverage on Monday when he joins Pete Coors and Glenn Knippenberg, present of Coors subsidiary AC Golden Brewing, in toasting Colorado’s 135th…
These Denver blog posts are hotter than July — or at least close. Colorado Independent’s Scot Kersgaard on a study that says (shocker) most MMJ patients are male — but ones less likely to booze, do blow or gobble prescription drugs than the population as a whole. Colorado Egotist on…
To cynics, American Idol is passé by this point. Season 10’s Scotty McCreery only just won back in May. But auditions for Season 11 began weeks ago around the country, and this morning in the pre-dawn black around Invesco Field, wannabes were already lined up…
Von Miller got screwed. Well, about as much as a guy who just signed a $21 million contract can get screwed. Last year’s No. 2 overall pick, Ndamukong Suh, who was selected by the Detroit Lions, signed a deal that could be worth $68 million. Since Miller opted to stay…
We cheered when the Colorado Rockies re-signed Tulo and Cargo to huge deals before the season; we were patient as the two stars struggled… and struggled… and struggled some more; we kept our chins up as manager Jim Tracy reshuffled the lineup more times than Dexter Fowler has struck out;…
Bob Crouse is a longtime Colorado Springs restaurateur — the eatery Yakibob’s is a local staple — as well as a cancer patient who uses medical marijuana. But he could also become a convicted felon. He currently faces criminal charges related to cultivation and distribution for exceeding the state’s plant…
As you read on Wednesday, Westword’s illustrious cartoonist Kenny Be is at the Denver County Fair this weekend, where anyone — anyone! — can buy postcard-sized prints of his Denver Neighborhood Seed Co. cards. (See the full batch here.) Also, make sure to read Kenny’s feature this week: “Happy Birthday,…
IKEA Centennial, which staged its grand opening this week, has already posed for plenty of photos like these. But for true devotees, a few snapshots isn’t enough. They need moving pictures to capture their passion. So here’s a series of videos from the big day, including one person who proclaims,…
Is Michael Bennet the only Washington politician whose reputation has been enhanced by the debt-ceiling debate? Bennet was recently at the center of a Fox News love fest — and this morning, The Early Show’s Chris Wragge introduced him as a “common-sense guy” before inviting to tee off on the…
Sometimes the most interesting comments pop up on older posts. Take, for instance, an item that appeared on an August 2010 report about the jailhouse death of Marvin Booker, which remains a rallying point for protesters of alleged police misconduct, as demonstrated by a rally staged earlier this month. This…
Update: Greenway University, which specializes in marijuana-related instruction, was closed by the state in part because owner Gus Escamilla didn’t disclose a 2000 conviction on a license application. We’ve now obtained documents showing another conviction, this one in 2003 — and a Department of Higher Education spokesman says GU has…
JonBenét Ramsey was murdered in December 1996 — yet fifteen years later, there continues to be a fascination with anything connected to the case, from the Boulder house where the killing took place being put up for sale to the lives she left behind. Mom Patsy Ramsey died in 2006,…
Update: We’ve gotten our hands on a copy of the video shot by marijuana activist Kathleen Chippi of fellow advocate Corey Donahue’s arrest at a Boulder library, allegedly for disrupting a volunteer meeting associated with the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012. The only editing we’ve done is to…
