Last week, we told you about a UFO sighting over Lafayette — and frankly, some of our readers weren’t impressed. But the video we shared went viral anyhow, even catching the attention of Good Morning America. So how does it stack up against the top UFO sighting reports of all…
In October at the Loveland Museum/Gallery, Montana trucker Kathleen Folden attacked Enrique Chagoya’s “The Misadventures of Romantic Cannibals” with a crowbar because of a panel that appears to depict Jesus receiving oral sex — an act for which she was given eighteen-months probation and a $2,991 fine a few weeks…
Courtney Bowles, a former teacher at Mountain View High School, got national exposure for exposing herself, in a manner of speaking. She was caught having sex with a student in a car, setting off a web frenzy spurred by her comely photos and hot-for-teacher fantasies of the sort Van Halen…
DARE officers are charged with going into classrooms and telling kids that they should stay off drugs. But Michael Mangino probably should have added that they should stay off cops, too. He’s been accused of several sex crimes in relation to an allegedly inappropriate relationship with a fifteen-year-old runaway. And…
The last time I sat down to really think about and articulate my love for Denver — exactly five years ago, in the introduction to the Best of Denver 2006 — I hardly knew her majesty, the Queen City of the Plains. A transplant of only six months, I wasn’t…
Did they give you a North Face jacket in your Denver welcome kit? I never intended to end up in Denver. Not once did I give this city, state or region more thought than the occasional trip to visit my aunt here during the summer. But a move to the…
Welcome to our Best of Denver 2011 issue. Below is a quick guide of our classic Best Of categories, updated with new awards every year. There are more than 475 winners this year, so what are you waiting for? Check out our picks below. – People & Places – Sports…
While James Mejia may not be considered the front-runner in the Denver mayoral race, he’s willing to push the publicity envelope to earn some attention — and possibly a few more votes. Take his decision to sit down for a video interview with stand-up comic and former Westword writer Adam…
Supporters of the effort to recall Denver Public Schools board president Nate Easley have until tomorrow at 5 p.m. to turn in 5,363 valid signatures from voters in Easley’s district of northeast Denver in order to put the recall question on an upcoming ballot. They’ve been at it for the…
Maine Governor Paul LePage is sticking with his decision to remove a labor-history mural from its current home inside a Department of Labor building. In Colorado, there are no similar union-lovin’ murals in government facilities for conservatives to take aim at. But we do have public artwork commemorating one of…
It’s Denver blog posts on Monday, Monday. Bronco Talk’s Jon shows off the cover of Tim Tebow’s forthcoming memoir, Through My Eyes — with the title spelled out in his eye black. Won’t John 3:16 be jealous? Things to Do in Denver When You’re Broke suggests checking out the Glendale…
Most fans wouldn’t expect a visit to the Murphy and Denise Facebook page to be disturbing. Yet a post from earlier today by KOSI morning-show host Denise Plante certainly qualifies. She shares a medical crisis currently being experienced by her son after he ate some tiny magnets, complete with an…
To date, Denver mayor’s race commercials have ranged from the slick predictability of spots for Chris Romer and James Mejia to the unintentional humor of Carol Boigon’s clip, in which she spends as much time talking about John Hickenlooper as herself and ends with the line, “I’ll do what it…
What a drag: Angelina Essex, the first lady of drag, bid farewell (for a while) during a Friday show at Tracks. Westword was there, and a lot of other places over the weekend, too. Check out photo galleries of a Steampunk Grand Ball, the people of Caffeine 2011, the 3…
Graffiti can be artistically fascinating or it can be simple vandalism. This is a post about the second kind. At least 33 different spots in the Spruce Mountain Open Space area have been tagged by folks with a skill mainly for despoiling nature. And the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is…
Our post about the World Penis-Size Map, which we connected to a previous survey showing that Colorado placed fortieth among fifty states in a shlong-length survey, drew a philosophical comment from one reader. Check out this good news-bad news scenario…
Tom Manoogian, known to local radio listeners as Lou From Littleton, is the manager of Front Range Sports Network — and he’ll be overseeing some switching around of the properties he oversees. On March 31, The Ticket, currently heard at 87.7 FM, will swap places with ESPN Desportes, at 102.3…
Update: Last week, we spoke to Representative Claire Levy, sponsor of a bill to set THC driving limits. She had originally set the standard at 5 nanograms per milliliter of blood; then, after listening to the concerns of medical marijuana community members, she backed an amendment changing the number to…
Update: Still no arrests in the quintuple shooting at the Windsor Court Apartments, 900 South Quince, last week. But while the two main suspects remain mysterious, we now know the names of the two people who didn’t survive their wounds. According to a report from the Denver coroner’s office, they…
The precipitation falling at this writing should put a punctuation mark on the Indian Gulch and Burning Tree fires — but the moisture isn’t enough to end the dry conditions that have prompted multiple local fire bans. Not that everyone’s paying attention, judging by not one, not two, but three…
Update: Last week, two people were found in a car parked on a Westminster street: one dead, one wounded. Now, the Westminster Police Department has shared its view about how they got that way — a failed murder-suicide, with Christopher Thomas Mainock, 22, wielding the weapon…
The Denver Roller Dolls have a new home team: the blue-and-yellow Electrocuties, whose logo is a roller skate wheel with a lightning bolt trailing behind it. The Electrocuties have a superhero-ish vibe, says skater and team member Andrea “Kendra Blood” Hill…
