A lot of us have suffered through rough starts to Valentine’s Day over the years — but an unnamed juvenile’s experiences early on February 14 puts bad romance in perspective. Erick Perez, twenty, and seven others, many of them teenagers, face a potpourri of charges related to allegedly setting the…
You can’t dip into the company coffers to pay a remodel to your house and you can’t stick your fingers into your parishioners’ purses to put your kids through college. It’s a lesson that the Reverend Donald Armstrong’s kids may have learned if they took Ethics 101 in college –…
Face the State, a conservative-skewing news outlet that Westword named 2009’s Best Political Blog, is no more. While the site’s still online, founder Brad Jones confirms FTS has reached “the end of the road, and I will be moving on to other opportunities.” What sealed its fate? Finances, of course…
Location: outside of Pho-natic Vietnamese on Colfax and Grant. Number: (303) 831-9702 Status: Operable. Cost: 25 cents for local calls. Photo taken: 1:10 p.m. on February 10…
Our post yesterday about the New York Knicks debut of former Denver stars Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups was an emotional rollercoaster for Nuggets fans — especially those who felt Nugs management owed Billups an apology for sending him east. The vibe was captured perfectly by the following post…
What with the Carmelo Anthony trade, the Chauncey Billups apology and the triumphant debut of the new-look Nuggets, you may have missed one of the most memorable sports stories of the week — the season-long suspension of Colorado Eagles assistant Greg Pankewicz for demonstrating his anger by stripping to the…
Butane, used as a solvent in making hash, is among the more controversial substances for medical marijuana users. Experts like Westword medical marijuana reviewer William Breathes, believe butane extracts are safe when done properly. But Wanda James, co-owner of the cannabis edibles company Simplypure.com, is 100 percent anti-butane, and she’s…
Update: Yesterday, we could only speculate about how Rita Redford, sixty, wound up dead at the bottom of the stairs in her Lafayette home as her rap-sheeted son Adam Raszynski was being rushed to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. Now, however, a search warrant affidavit reveals new and disturbing…
Chauncey Billups may have been more valuable than Carmelo Anthony in their first game for the Knicks since the blockbuster Melo trade — but Anthony got all the love. And the new Nuggets acquisitions, including Juggernaut-tattoo-wearing Wilson Chandler? They debuted versus the Boston Celtics last night and played a frantic…
On top of the news that Carmelo Anthony and his glitzy wife La La Vazquez have left Denver (and the Nuggets) for New York (and the Knicks) came the news that the couple will star in their own VH1 reality television show, La La’s Full Court Life. The subject?…
Locals fighting the Army’s plans for increased training on the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site — the subject of this week’s cover story, “The War Next Door” — have a basic public relations problem. Unless you grew up in southeastern Colorado, you probably have never seen its stunning views, hidden canyonlands,…
As we reported on Tuesday, a new court filing suggests the prime suspect for the implosion of Operation Fortune Cookie, the person many people suspected of tipping off restaurateur and apparent drug kingpin Dan Tang and sabotaging the state’s largest pot bust, was Thornton Sergeant Dante Carbone, one of the…
Matt Arnold, the man behind Clear the Bench Colorado, has announced his intention to succeed Dick Wadhams as Colorado Republican Party boss — and it promises to be a take-no-prisoners bid. The profile photo on his campaign Facebook page showcases a chainsaw-wielding Bruce Campbell from the cult fave Army of…
Mosey up to these Denver blog posts. Mile High Report’s Sayre Bedinger: As of now, John Fox says Kyle Orton is starting QB. But what about Timmy? Colorado Pols feels Latino alienation will add up to demographic disaster for the GOP. In contrast, WhoSaidYouSaid sees catastrophe for the “TAX THE…
William Breathes’s latest medical marijuana dispensary review is a rave for Kind Love in Glendale, a top-shelf center located in the basement of an old gym. And there’s more leafy goodness to be found in our newly updated MMJ listings. Click here to access our medical-marijuana dispensary directory…
The only thing that kept me from going into Kind Love, formerly Herbal Connections, were the ridiculous ads on the former gym’s building: closeups of a man’s abs with text reading “9 out of 10 women prefer this to shopping” and a woman’s-abs version declaring “9 out of 10 men…
The house in which JonBenét Ramsey’s body was found in 1996 is among the most notorious in Colorado — and it’s on the market, listed for $2.3 million; see a full gallery of photos below. This marks the third time the home has been put up for sale in recent…
One of this month’s most debated posts continues to be our item about Brian Hill, a diabetic, mildly autistic twenty-year-old hobby blogger being sued by Righthaven LLC for unauthorized use of a Denver Post photo on his website. The latest? A note from Hill’s grandmother, who reveals how Righthaven wanted…
This morning, a team led by attorney Darold Killmer will file a lawsuit on view below in relation to Marvin Booker, who died in Denver jail July 9 after being put in a sleeper hold and Tased. But Killmer, who’ll be center-stage during an 11 a.m. press conference about the…
Yesterday, we previewed Colorado-based 127 Hours subject Aron Ralston’s appearance on Minute to Win It last night — and win it he did. During a program featuring an encouraging video from James Franco, who portrays Ralston in the movie, he aced a game called “Broomski Ball,” earning $125,000 for the…
The Nuggets issued an apology to Chauncey Billups after dealing him to the New York Knicks as part of the Carmelo Anthony trade — and he probably deserves another one from the New York media, which treated him like a virtual afterthought at yesterday’s intro press conference, viewable below. But…
“Recount!” Patricia Calhoun, February 10 Call the GOPs! Patricia Calhoun wrote a very good, insightful critique about the ramifications and consequences of the election for the GOP, which should have been seen beforehand. The 2010 Colorado governor’s race, with Grand Junction’s Josh Penry bowing out of the GOP selection process to his former…
