Initial reports about the arrest of Michelle Aleman in an attack on her sister, Bernadette Deleon, referred only to a stabbing. Days later, Fort Collins authorities are releasing more information about the incident, for which Jeremy Velasquez was also busted, including the implement used to seriously wound Deleon — a…
Limited space to fit Washington Street, Welton Street, 27th Street and 26th Avenue on horse-drawn streetcar signage culminated in calling this neighborhood transit stop Five Points. From streetcar suburb of the aristocracy to historic jazz-age “Harlem of the West,” the people of Five Points have always been the heart of…
MediaNews Group’s get-tough policy toward copyright protection has been led by Righthaven LLC, a Nevada firm whose Denver Post-related lawsuits have targeted the likes of Internet star Matt Drudge. Far less powerful is Brian D. Hill, a twenty-year-old hobby blogger on disability, who says he received no warning about unauthorized…
Yesterday, we posted about a Saturday Night Live gag on Weekend Update, hosted by Seth Meyers, which attempted to satirize Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of the Rockies’ mobile MMJ program. Was the bit hilarious? At least one commenter thinks not…
Update below: The Denver Parks and Rec Department has unveiled the final draft of its master plan for Washington Park. The 133-page document calls for things like improving the loop road and moving the parking lots away from Smith Lake. You know what it doesn’t call for? Reducing the geese…
Yesterday, the Denver City Council attempted to tackle medical marijuana regulations that MMJ attorney Warren Edson initially feared could close 137 of 150 MMJ grows in the city. The current measure, which will be voted upon by council a week from today, is no longer so draconian. But Edson says…
It’s an indication of just how dangerous authorities consider Marc Patrick O’Leary, 32, that he’s being held on a $5 million bond. That’s a $5 million cash bond. And while he’s been charged with sex assault, kidnapping and more in two incidents, the cops fear he may have left more…
What to get that special someone on Valentine’s Day? Candy and flowers are so played out — so how about a hand grenade? Granted, we don’t know for certain that the grenade found at Colorado Springs’ Memorial Park yesterday morning was intended as a gift. But it was wrapped –…
Reports that Amare Stoudemire’s toe injury had ratcheted up pressure on the Knicks to make a Carmelo Anthony trade happen apparently weren’t enough to get a Melo deal done yesterday. Meanwhile, the Lakers’ alleged interest in Melo has been denigrated as a non-story — but after the Lake Show’s humiliation…
Update: The Denver coroner’s office has identified the man found dead in a house on the 100 block of North Stuart Street as Ronald Ford, 63. “The cause of death is blunt force trauma to the head,” reads an office release. “The manner of death is homicide.” Look below for…
“A Surprising Turn,” Laura Shunk, February 10 Peak Performance I can’t tell you the lengths that the Flagstaff House went through to help me propose to my wife, who had been wanting to go there for as long as I could remember. I proposed on the deck while the staff…
This weekend, the Denver Center Theatre Company’s New Play Summit featured Great Wall Story, a play by Lloyd Suh based on the true — really! — story of how, in 1899, three Denver reporters came up with a hoax that the Great Wall of China was being torn down, and…
Dana Cain’s Ten Things You Need to Do to Put on a Denver County Fair Dana Cain believes a couple of things about event planning. First, and this is crucial, one must be prepared. Second, one must buoy the audience with hoopla throughout the event. Never forget a detail, and…
Dana Cain is an Enneagram Social 7: The Enthusiast. And then some. Social 7s, according to the nine-pointed Enneagram personality system, run away from pain and have a passion for gluttony. And while too much is never enough in Dana Cain’s universe, the beauty of it is that she’s more…
Major League pitchers and catchers report to spring training today — Valentine’s Day. Which is appropriate considering how little most of the guys will see their loved ones over the next seven or eight months. But the brand spanking new Spring Training facility for the Colorado Rockies, Salt River Fields…
There aren’t a lot of wild horses left in Colorado, but a small herd of mustangs fifty miles north of Grand Junction just got a reprieve. Besieged by legal challenges of its plan to relocate “excess” horses from public lands to private holding facilities and pastures, the Bureau of Land…
Maybe Peter Forsberg quickly realized his body couldn’t handle NHL game action anymore, or maybe he just wanted to get away from the suck that is the Avalanche right now. Either way, Forsberg will reportedly announce his retirement from the NHL at a Pepsi Center press conference moments from now…
We spread Denver blog post link love. The Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic on John Suthers’s dismissal of criticism about his Defense of Marriage Act stand. Eddie at People’s Press Collective touts Falcon School District 49, Ben DeGrow and… Cookie Monster? At Denver Egotist, Carmel Hagan fears that your kids are…
Local TV has been all over a lingerie night sponsored by Puff Hookah Cafe Bar that promised “no cover charge” for females sixteen and over “who come dressed up.” In an attempt to do damage control, Puff has posted a message to concerned parents insisting that the night was handled…
It is an established fact that love makes people act like fools. If the goo-goo eyes and baby talk weren’t enough, fools in love often feel the need to broadcast their idiocy to others. The tools they use and the location of the valentine vandalism reveal much about a valentine…
Just ten days until the NBA trade deadline, and the pressure is increasing on the New York Knicks to complete a Carmelo Anthony trade. New reports suggest that the Nuggets’ patience could pay off, with an injury to Knicks’ star Amare Stoudemire potentially factoring in when it comes to improving…
Westword photographer Marcus Gadison didn’t exactly draw the short straw when he was assigned to capture images of the gogo dancer auditions for Caffeine at the Church. His shots are among the many new photo galleries on display. Check out the Red, Yellow, Green Party at Sutra, Hollogramz at Galatic…
