“Passing on Education,” this week’s cover story, examines rising graduation rates at North High School and questions whether part of the reason is because students were allowed to cheat in online credit recovery courses designed to help them make up classes they’d failed. In the wake of the story, Denver…
Some memorable Denver blog posts. Denver Egotist shares Film on the Rocks party bus and Trading Post deets, just in the time for The Big Lebowski. Colorado Pols tracks mayoral ballots returned thus far, and deems the totals abysmal. The Ralphie Report’s Bob Bell on what Ohio State coach Jim…
Last November, when the Colorado Court of Appeals rejected ex-CU prof Ward Churchill’s bid to get his old job back, attorney David Lane admitted that “the odds of either the Colorado Supreme Court or the U.S. Supreme Court looking at the case are slim.” But he and Churchill have beaten…
The ad shown above was found on agilitynut.com, a Debra Jane Setzer website devoted to vanishing American roadside design that includes noteworthy Denver attractions. When published, the Big Top convenience store advertisement listed eight locations. A message on Groceriteria.com suggests that the local chain grew to sixteen stores. Only five…
Shane Boor, who faced harassment charges for flipping off a state trooper, is free to let his finger fly again. The Colorado State Patrol requested that the matter be dropped after the ACLU let it be known the organization would defend Boor’s right to express himself digitally — just like…
The women seen here have tongues and they weren’t afraid to use them in front of Westword photog Aaron Thackeray, compiler of this Streets of Lodo gallery. And that’s not all. Peruse Adele at the Ogden, Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae at 1STBANK Center, Amanda Lepore at Tracks (NSFW) and…
Our post about John Elway’s attorney sending a letter to a band called Elway requesting a name change drew a snarky comment from a fan who apparently fears No. 7 will be unable to rev up the team from the front office in the same way he was able to…
The medical marijuana licensing process has been underway for just shy of two weeks, and according to Dan Hartman, head of the state’s Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division (MMED), things have been running smoothly for most owners and staffers. Which isn’t to say every business has sailed through. Thus far, nine…
A recent poll shows Michael Hancock with a ten-point lead over Chris Romer in the Denver mayor’s race. That kind of thing makes politicians feel like singing — and sing Hancock did, belting out “Jailhouse Rock” with Jonny Barber & the Living Deads at Jonesy’s EatBar over the weekend. Who…
At the February 2009 press conference announcing the closure of the Rocky Mountain News, Mark Contreras, the senior vice president/newspapers for E.W. Scripps, the Rocky’s owner, mainly stayed out of the spotlight — but many soon-to-be-unemployed staffers felt he played a big part in the shutdown order. Now, however, Contreras…
TMZ’s item about J.R. Smith’s arrest in Miami over the weekend for driving a scooter without a license is punctuated with this exclamation: “THUG LIFE!!!!” Yes, the bust’s minor. But is it also a reminder to the Nuggets that inking J.R. long-term means living with this kind of stuff and…
Wouldn’t it be nice to come out the other end of a Memorial Day weekend without having another death to memorialize? Not this year: Sunday evening at Dr. Daniel Hale Williams Park, a conversation between two men ended with one of them shooting the other to death…
“Passing on Education,” Melanie Asmar, May 26 Put to the Test As a retired media specialist of 26 years in Colorado, I’m not surprised by Melanie Asmar’s story. The politicians have made this nightmare, not the teachers. Lose your job, close your school or help improve scores any way possible?…
The mayor’s race between Chris Romer and Michael Hancock has been creating plenty of fireworks lately, but even after this endless campaign finally winds up next Tuesday, the skies over downtown will remain lit up with nightly fireworks shows at Elitch Gardens. When the amusement park first moved from northwest…
There was this casino, a major online operation based in Europe, and this casino had a problem. A little problem, sure, one lousy player on a hot streak. But he was getting to be a bigger problem every day. The player — call him Ludwig — was a regular customer…
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was back in his home state yesterday, cutting a ribbon at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge’s new visitor center and unveiling several big-as-all-outdoors conservation projects for Colorado. The most ambitious project of all, which he described as his “hope and vision,” has to…
“Passing on Education,” this week’s cover story, questions whether students at North High School were allowed to cheat in online credit recovery courses in order to make up classes they’d failed — and ultimately, graduate. In the three years that North has used credit recovery, graduation rates have increased. And…
Update: The Denver coroner’s office has identified the woman stabbed to death at a HIV/AIDS group-living facility on West Wesley Avenue. Laura Emery, 46, was pronounced dead at the scene. Look below for our earlier coverage of this crime…
Denver blog posts for the long haul. Colorado Independent’s Scot Kersgaard shares info from a study showing that THC slows the monkey equivalent of HIV. Might it help human patients, too? DenverInfill’s Ryan S. shares an Auraria projects update. Geeks Who Drink’s Julio: This ain’t a pub quiz, this is…
The evolving Democratic strategy for victory in 2012? Portraying Republicans — and especially Tea Party types — as Grinch-hearted zealots determined to cut programs like Social Security. And a new poll showing that 71 percent of Coloradans across the ideological spectrum oppose such slashing should add fuel to this theory…
The United States Postal Service announced last week that Denver will be the new hub for mail going to and from Alaska — meaning we get to see Sarah Palin’s mail before she does. News of this cost-saving measure prompted a stern letter from Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, who doesn’t…
Drunk driving of the sort that allegedly took the life of Lilly Duncan earlier this month is always a concern, but even more so during a three-day weekend like Memorial Day. With that in mind, BeMyDD.com, a new designated-driver service, has just launched in Denver. How does it work?…
