Asian Tropics, the Denver Zoo’s biggest-ever project, is halfway finished. When it’s fully completed in the spring of 2012, it will be home to several species, including up to eight male Asian elephants — a necessity for captive breeding, but an intimidating feat that brings certain challenges. Among them: green…
As described in the August cover story “The Nutty Professor,” Boulder professor Peter McGraw is hard at work trying to crack the humor code. He and his team at the Humor Research Lab (HuRL) have subjected test subjects to Hot Tub Time Machine clips, dirty jokes and raunchy ads to…
Artillery ranges and tank maneuvers on fragile grasslands. Depopulated farm towns, suitable for urban warfare exercises for thousands of troops. A military installation the size of Massachusetts, sprawling across southern Colorado from Trinidad to the Kansas border. If you’re going to plan, plan big. And the U.S. Army’s plans for…
The other night a pothead friend was complaining to me about the lack of any candidate he could support in the Denver mayor’s race. I noted that Doug Linkhart, the Denver city councilman who tried to extend reviews on MMJ grows but couldn’t muster the votes, has said he supports…
Denver blog posts are popping up all over. Like here. Predominantly Orange’s Kim Constantinesco cheers the Broncos for inking Champ Bailey, and Bailey for taking a little less to stay in orange while another Orangeman — Melo — seeks big NYC bucks. Colorado Independent’s David O. Williams gets the Colorado…
Did Tracy Lee Ottaway receive the justice he deserved? You be the judge. Ottaway pleaded guilty to two counts of menacing with a deadly weapon after yelling “fucking Arab” at a valet and trying to run him down with his Cadillac Escalade. But Ottaway has been sentenced to probation –…
Update below: The story of Raymond Allen Davis, the Highlands Ranch man accused of murder in Pakistan, has made international news due to the U.S. government’s claim of immunity on his behalf. We now know Davis is a CIA security contractor — a story initially broken by 9News, although the…
This Tea Party patriot makes an adorable pet and companion. Almost human with its howling screams and non-stop temper tantrums. Your family will love it. These palm pets will grow about twelve inches wide. Eats the same food as you, even likes government cheese…..
Abuse meted out against a ten-year old back in September was so horrific that people are still being charged in the case. The latest? Mario McDonald, the boy’s father. McDonald’s not accused of physically harming the boy personally. Rather, he’s said to have allowed the child’s grandmother, Edna Iddings, to…
Westword isn’t always the nicest media outlet in town, which is why we hope you read us. For our bullshit detectors, if not our looks. But for a shining few weeks each year, we root and dig out not corruption, but Denver’s best. Which is where you come in…
Our recent post about Denver International Airport soliciting feedback on public art like the infamous Blue Mustang and other conspiracy-inspiring DIA exhibits sparked some impassioned defenses of the facility’s more unusual offerings. Here’s one excellent example…
Suck it, Andy Warhol. Colorado’s own Aron Ralston, who amputated his own arm in 2003 following a bizarre climbing accident, has already gone well beyond your universal fifteen-minutes-of-fame prediction, and the clock’s still running. He’s the subject of the Academy Award-nominated movie 127 Hours, which he introduced at November’s Starz…
Denverites take school-related threats seriously, since we know warning signs associated with the Columbine killers were overlooked until it was too late. But even taking that into consideration, wasn’t it excessive for officers to arrest, handcuff and charge an eleven-year old for a stick-figure drawing featuring the words “Teachers, they…
Despite a threatened lawsuit aimed at councilwoman Judy Montero and developer Mickey Zeppelin, the Denver City Council approved new medical marijuana grow operation regulations last night with no changes. But MMJ attorney Warren Edson predicts that the bill on view below will backfire, with businesses locating outside Denver rather than…
For fans, the most painful part of the Carmelo Anthony trade was watching Chauncey Billups, a hometown hero who made no secret of his desire to stay in Denver, get dragged to New York in order to help fulfill Melo’s big-time fantasies. Understanding that, Nuggets president Josh Kroenke (son of…
Operation Fortune Cookie, a 2008 raid that netted 24,000 marijuana plants, was the largest weed bust in Colorado history — but it imploded among suspicions of police snitches, paid-off politicians and a secret DEA investigation. Now a court filing quoting from that investigation alleges the prime suspect for tipping off…
Vowing to “run this airport like a business,” Denver International Airport manager Kim Day recently announced a ten-year financial strategy to keep operations in the black while funding a billion-dollar expansion plan. But some of DIA’s longtime vendors and contractors say they’re the ones getting the business from the airport’s…
Betsy Long, the former green-biz entrepreneur who blew a .252 blood alcohol content following a crash that killed Mary Warren, a young woman bound for the Peace Corps, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and more in December. But accepting responsibility didn’t result in a small sentence. She’s been handed fifteen…
We bring you more Denver blog posts. BigMedia.org’s Jason Salzman has more reaction from KOA’s Mike Rosen about the question of him republishing an old Rocky Mountain News column in the Denver Post. Denver PR Blog: The 9/11 Freedom Rally is seeking pro bono public-relations help. Square State’s Mucius Scaevola…
With John Hickenlooper having taken office as Colorado’s governor, we know Denver will have a new mayor this year, and the race is wide open. To introduce you to the players, we’re offering profiles of official candidates. Next up: Theresa Spahn. “I’m not an elected official,” says Theresa Spahn, “but…
Come and knock on our door! Laughter ensues when Governor Hickenlooper’s Cabinet members live as roommates in the Colorado Governor’s Mansion… In the shower shenanigans shown above, Depart of Local Affairs Executive Director Reeves Brown charges Lt. Governor Joe Garcia and Executive Director of the Department of Health Care Policy…
The Nuggets may have lost a player with major tats in the Carmelo Anthony trade, but they’ve gained an even inkier player in former Knick Wilson Chandler. Among the body art showed off in InkedCelebrity.com photos collected below include a full back illustration of X-Men villain Juggernaut accompanied by the…
