MapQuest, the AOL-owned online mapping service with strong Denver ties, has unveiled a new site that’s supposed to encourage users to contribute data and correct errors in its maps — a kind of cartographic Wikipedia, or what MQ is calling a “neighborhood watch” concept. It’s a great idea — if…
Talk about a nightmare scenario for the Aurora Police Department. Not only has one of their own, Sergeant Morgan Sellman, been busted for child pornography, but his most recent assignment has been as the DARE program coordinator. Fortunately, Sellman’s DARE duties haven’t included regular visits to the classroom since 2001…
With John Hickenlooper having been elected Colorado’s governor, we know Denver will have a new mayor next year, and the race promises to be wide open. To introduce you to the players, we’re offering profiles of official candidates. Next up: Carol Boigon. “I’m a person who never gives up,” says…
Thousands and thousands of U.S. military personnel are spending the holidays far away from their families, many of them in hostile territory. They are there to serve and protect their homeland, the country where they were born. But one soldier — now a former soldier — will spend the holidays…
Although the illustration above looks a lot like me showing off the big muscle of my cartooning arm, it is actually a detail of my comic contribution to the Harvey Pekar tribute on the Scholars and Rogues website…..
The election may be over, but the political pissing match between Colorado Ethics Watch and Clear the Bench Colorado continues. The latest? An administrative law judge has ruled that CEW must pay CTBC around $13,000 in legal fees related to a complaint determined to have been filed prematurely — even…
Back in October, Amber Taufen wrote about bizarre “Eric Corff… What a DoucheBag” stickers that began showing up in Telluride a year or more ago. Now, thanks to a reader, we’ve got word of another sighting on the West Coast — plus a video from halfway across the continent!…
Thousands of local Broncos fans aren’t alone in hoping that Tim Tebow gets the start in Sunday’s game versus the Oakland Raiders in the Black Hole. A survey of ESPN SportsNation viewers showed that 68 percent of them want Tebow under center from the get-go — a big jump from…
Our post yesterday about KHOW’s Peter Boyles dominating Denver morning radio featured ratings data that told plenty of other interesting stories. Among them: KCFR, the news channel of Colorado Public Radio, kicked the ass of KOA, long the city’s commercial news leader, in most major demographic categories. (See the graphics…
Our Thursday preview of this weekend’s massive KushConII event found spokeswoman Chery Shuman focusing on the gathering’s seriousness. To that end, SAFER’s Mason Tvert is using KushConII as a platform from which to launch his approach to 2012 pot legalization. Look below to get more info on that, as well…
Update: Yesterday, we filled you in about RTD’s decision to build a Gold Line station in Adams County on the originally approved east-side-of-Federal location rather than a west side plot favored by a Louisiana developer. After the publication of that item, we heard from Concerned Citizens for Compatible Development’s Kim…
Over the past few weeks, we’ve shared the top 2010 mug shots of women, arrestees with face-and-neck tattoos and bad hair, plus busted teachers and caretakers, as well as celebrities and notables. But today, we offer the whole lollapalooza — our monster batch of the 120 most memorable mug shots…
Westword is asking readers to help us select a Shmuck of the Year by rolling out a new candidate each week throughout the month of December. The winner — loser — will be announced on January 3. Our first two candidates were Josh McDaniels and Scott McInnis. This week, say…
Westword’s recent cover story “Mean Streets” focused on East African immigrants who claim they were victims of abuse and discrimination at Yellow Cab, Denver’s oldest cab company. But it turns out immigrants aren’t the only Yellow Cab workers with complaints. Former Yellow Cab driver Doug Wennerstrom contacted Westword to say…
The Highlands Mommies love northwest Denver. Like, love-love. Like, if the neighborhood were human, they would marry it. Why? As Mommies managing director Elina Martinez tells us in this week’s cover story, “The Mommies,” “I can go to Mass, the panadería, get my hair did and do yoga within like…
We bring these Denver blog posts to you with love. Mile High Report fan poster OrangeCrush19 thinks that whether Kyle Orton’s ribs are better by the weekend or not, the time has come for the Mile High Messiah. Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic: In the GOP chairman race, Dick Wadhams doesn’t…
William Breathes meant to go Christmas shopping — but instead, he wound up at Boulder’s The Farm, his latest medical marijuana review subject. And there are more choices available in our newly updated MMJ center listings. Click to access our medical marijuana dispensary directory…
This dispensary has closed. Holiday shopping sucks. I would rather drink the water from a dirty plastic bong than walk around the mall this time of year — which explains why I always end up waiting until the very last minute to get anything done…
In an effort to promote tourism in Aurora, officials have organized a new group called VisitAurora.com. While most people associate Aurora with cheap hookers, pawn shops and Republican fund-raisers, there are so many other ways to attract tourists to Aurora by marketing vacation packages that showcase the city’s cultural identity…
As predicted, all the breathless talk among the local media about Carmelo Anthony possibly being traded to the New Jersey Nets yesterday proved to be premature, probably because Melo would much rather go to the New York Knicks. Now, however, there are signs that the Knicks may be looking for…
Yesterday’s post featuring comments from Colorado Attorney General John Suthers about medical marijuana contributing to increased teen pot use (and advocate Mason Tvert’s criticism of his viewpoint) spawned some strong reactions from readers — including one who fears that Suthers’s tactics may hurt the legalization movement…
KHOW’s Peter Boyles partly credits his number-one ratings to taking risks — such as giving plenty of airtime to the birther controversy, which even Glenn Beck regards as loonbaggery. And he’s got plenty of fresh fodder now that Greeley Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin has been found guilty of refusing to…
