Last month, organizers of KushConII thanked RTD for accepting event-related bus ads. But RTD isn’t receiving the same sort of compliments from the Colorado Drug Investigators Association. Says CDIA veep and North Metro Drug Task Force investigator Jerry Peters, “We don’t feel it’s right to advertise something that’s federally illegal”…
On Friday, Joe Williams, Irv Brown and other ESPN 1600 prognosticators picked the Broncos to crush the Cardinals under the theory that the team would be ultra-motivated after Coach Josh McDaniels’s firing and other assorted embarrassments. But they couldn’t have been more wrong. In surrendering 43-13 to the woeful Arizona…
Today’s most memorable mug shots of 2010 feature (following posts on women, tattoos and bad hair) focuses on teachers and caretakers who’ve been accused of doing some mighty unpleasant things. Look below to see our top six — and click on their names to read our original posts…
Update: Moments ago, Kevin Flynn, public information manager for RTD, shared his thoughts about the debate over where a Gold Line commuter rail station in Adams County should be located — on the east side of Federal Boulevard, where it was previously set, or on the west side, near a…
Hipsters may think flash mobs are played out — but to that, we say: “Bah, humbug!” As reported by the Boulder Daily Camera, students from Westminster’s Artistic Fusion Dance Academy took over FlatIron Crossing’s food court yesterday, sashaying to Mariah Carey’s version of “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”…
As if we haven’t received enough bad news about the Denver Broncos lately, here’s a lousy development of an entirely different (and much more serious) kind: Cornerback Perrish Cox has been arrested in Lone Tree on a sexual assault charge dating back to an incident in October. At this point,…
OMG! We’re late with these Denver blog posts. Thanks for waiting. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein links to an NBA Fanhouse post about Nugs exec Masai Ujiri pitching both Melo and LaLa on that contract extension. Good luck, Masai. Big Media’s Jason Salzman summarizes a journalism panel discussion about this year’s…
Boulder’s Maria Hardman has a problem. The nineteen-year-old University of Colorado student was too pious to remove her headscarf for a booking photo this week when she reported to jail. But she wasn’t quite devoted enough to her adopted Islamic faith to keep from getting drunk and driving. Hardman, who…
The holiday lights of Denver’s City and County building will stay on through Big Air, but the statues of the nativity scene will be replaced with edgier characters that appeal to snowboarders. A “Living Extreme” decorative theme will focus attention on Denver’s mile-high attitude with the snow angel pictured above…
During a May 1 rally to legalize marijuana, Lacy Lee was arrested for holding a joint — something attorney Rob Corry considered so absurd, especially given a video of the incident on view below, that he agreed to represent her pro bono. The offense carries a maximum fine of $100…
A vigorous conversation has taken root on our post about the Denver City Council rejecting a service-dog exemption for pit bulls. One interesting observation has to do with the way pit bulls are covered by the media in comparison with other dogs…
Pot humor: a silly contrast to the serious-minded, politicized world of medical marijuana regulation and the campaign to have pot legalized for personal use by 2012 here in Colorado. Since it’s December and we could all use a laugh (or two) (or three) after what’s been called a pretty bad…
This morning on 87.7 The Ticket, John Elway offered his most detailed and wide-ranging comments to date about the firing of Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels and the possibility of him taking on a new role in the organization. He doesn’t aspire to be either head coach or general…
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: Chris Romer. “I’m going to win this race the old-fashioned…
Last week, we told you about the resignation of the Denver Post’s Susan Greene after she was told her column would be canceled. Turns out other column-oriented changes are in the offing, including a possible move for star scribe Mike Littwin from his prime page two location to the lower-profile…
Update: The Aurora Police Department has released the name of the man arrested in the Monday shooting of Aurora Central student Karina Vargas. He’s Luis Guzman-Rincon, nineteen, who’s likely in this country illegally. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has put a hold on Guzman-Rincon, a bit of info sure to stir…
Brad Whittle, president of the company that operates Yellow Cab in Denver, refused to comment for last week’s cover story, “Mean Streets,” in which former taxi drivers described alleged abuse and discrimination at the operation. But after the story came out, Whittle apparently weighed in on the subject, and our…
The copyright-infringement warning the Denver Post published last month was followed by a lawsuit filed on behalf of the Post and its owner, MediaNews Group, by Las Vegas-based Righthaven LLC against a small South Carolina blogger. This action implied that the firm had targeted a little fish as a warning…
Less than two years after Teresa Lynn was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder of her mother-in-law and the blinding of her husband, her treatment team at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo was already pushing for her to have more privileges, including trips off…
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 candidate was the newly fired Josh McDaniels. This week, say hello…
Update: The numbers are in! More than 18,700 donors contributed over $8 million to more than 500 nonprofits in 24 hours yesterday during the inaugural Colorado Gives Day. That’s eight times more than organizers expected to raise…
Here are some blog posts about Denver that we hope you’ll enjoy. According to the Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic, Muhammad Ali Hasan, subject of the 2008 Westword feature “Is This Muslim Republican Mr. Right or the Big Cheese?,” has publicly announced his decision to leave the GOP. You didn’t need…
