This week’s cover story, “Say What?,” tells the story of the Manual High School debate team and specifically, brother-sister debaters Theron and Teague Harrison. Westword hung out with the team all year, watching as they practiced and competed, and won and lost. Why do the students participate in debate? Here…
The concern for MMJ patients living in subsidized housing is that while the state says they can puff for their pain, the federal government, which pays their rent, doesn’t recognize cannabis as medicine. But are the feds loosening up?…
Consider, if you will, these three Denver blog posts. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein notes that Nenê now says he’d like to be a Nugget forever — and while that once might have seemed like a terrible idea, it’s looking a lot better lately. Mile High Mamas’ Lisa Vratny-Smith on talking…
It may not compare to HAL — the sentient computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey who could carry on a conversation, read lips, enjoy art and feel emotions. But a laptop stolen in January may turn out to be a nemesis for the person who took it…
Does Coca-Cola have a corporate policy against putting Coke machines in medical marijuana dispensaries? That’s the message delivered to award-winning Altitude Wellness Center a few days ago. But after AWC decided to go public with the rejection, Coca-Cola has backed down, with a representative pledging to apologize…
The website for Green Garden Spa in Edgewater promises “Total Satisfaction” — and the U.S. Attorney’s Office believes that pledge extended to happy endings. Michelle Schramm, 55, surrendered to authorities following a grand jury indictment accusing her of using Green Garden and two other spas as houses of prostitution. Among…
Location: Underneath I-25 at the Southmoor light-rail station. Number: None. Status: Operable, for emergencies only. Price: Free emergency calls for anyone in need. Photo taken: 4:10 p.m. on February 10…
The web may not be literally forever, but it certainly prolongs the life of published material — and the conversations it sparks. Case in point: a passionate and angry new response to an item that named KHOW talk-show host Peter Boyles our Shmuck of the Week — in February 2009…
Yesterday, while a lot of us were doing our award-winning impressions of keyboard monkeys, a passel of lucky Denverites were in full-on Irish mode at the early-morning Keggs & Eggs bash at Lodo’s Bar and Grill. Photog Aaron Thackeray was there, getting compelling shots of beautiful people, drunk people –…
At 6 a.m., the Department of Revenue published the final version of the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division’s rules. The document is 77 pages long, and attorney Warren Edson hasn’t had time to study them at length. However, a number of elements jump out at him — particularly the elimination of…
There were a slew of bracket-busting upsets on the real day one of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament — damn you, Louisville! — but the University of Northern Colorado Bears weren’t part of one. UNC fell to San Diego State 68-50 in their first Big Dance foray. But through two-thirds…
Grief alters people. It can devastate and give a new sense of purpose. The murder of his son Daniel in the Columbine shootings has set Tom Mauser on a crusade against gun violence that, over twelve years, has yielded small victories and gradual change — and plenty of blowback from…
Representatives Diane DeGette and Jared Polis are taking another run at tightening federal regulations on hydraulic fracturing, a natural gas drilling technique also known as fracking. Introduced this week by the Colorado twosome and fellow Democratic rep Maurice Hinchey from New York, the bill would remove the oil and gas…
A couple of recent posts in these parts have discussed the huge demand for new water diversion projects that could be facing the Front Range in a few years. But one of the simpler solutions — xeriscaping — tends to conjure up images of barren front yards filled with rocks…
Ready, set, read Denver blog posts! Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein marvels at the Nugs’ balance post-Melo while recapping last night’s defeathering of the Hawks. “John Salazar: Dream Boss?” — an appropriate headline for a post by 5280’s Michael de Yoanna about the big-bonus-giving ex-rep. Colorado Pols: Did Michael Hancock and…
William Breathes’s latest medical marijuana dispensary review focuses on Good Chemistry, a shop for the budget-minded patient. But there’s plenty of options out there, as is clear from our newly updated MMJ listings. Click here to access our medical-marijuana dispensary directory…
Four different people have told me that they either circled the block or walked right past Good Chemistry on Colfax numerous times before locating the rather nondescript dispensary. I did both. The pot shop is in a narrow space in an old retail building, a block east of the capitol…
In late 2009, United pilot Erwin Washington was arrested for flying drunk — and if this seemed like an isolated incident then, it doesn’t now. That’s because United Express’ Aaron Cope has just been indicted for doing likewise a month after Washington…
Lynn Bartels’s political reporting is a highlight of the Denver Post, in part because of the lively wit she often brings to her articles. And this quality is in even greater abundance on her Twitter feed, where she makes the state legislature seem like a fun and interesting place to…
At 5:15 p.m. today, Jimmer Fredette will join his BYU teammates at the Pepsi Center to take on Wofford in the first round of the NCAA basketball championships — and according to the Denver Post’s Woody Paige, Tim Tebow may turn up to watch a baller with a reputation every…
Our post yesterday about Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s visit to Denver to promote the expansion into Colorado of the “If You See Something, Say Something” anti-terrorism campaign drew a strong response from one reader, who sees terrorists as only the latest in a long line of fear-inducing…
A word to those who use the Newton Middle School running track: Go as fast as you can — or otherwise, you might get an eyeful of an indecent exposure suspect who’s reportedly been hanging out there, as well as at several other nearby parks. In this case, speed may…
