This is your second to last weekend to take a ride on a B-cycle before the bikes are pulled from the streets for the winter on December 6. The now-iconic red bikes made their debut last April and will return for on March 1, 2011 after a brief hibernation. The…
This dispensary has closed. I can remember back in the day when having the option of a bag with or without seeds was about as much selection as I’d get when buying pot. Now I can walk into a shop that carries two-dozen strains of herb and walk out having…
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Last week, Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council in Colorado Springs, said that if the United States ends the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in the military, it could bring back the draft. His reasoning: strapping young recruits won’t want to serve next to men and women…
In spite of the best efforts of neighborhood activists, the Denver Public School Board has unveiled plans, shown in the photo above, to sell the abandoned Byers Junior High School building to a successful Detroit-based developer of high-end dog malls…..
At six-foot-two-inches and 314 pounds, Michael Lee Jones is one of the larger felons in Colorado’s prison system. And now, thanks to a gripping account in the December Vanity Fair of the unusual investigation that linked him to at least four rapes in three states, he’s one of the state’s…
The UFO Watchtower in Hooper (part of Westword’s weird and wonderful Summer Guide from 2009) is many things: fascinating and disappointing, endearing and strange. There isn’t much there — just a metal platform, a giftshop and the crazy garden that Kirk Johnson talks about in his New York Times article…
Our post about Philip Rivers making Josh McDaniels and the Broncos his bitch generated an interesting post about a player who was hardly on the field during that debacle: Tim Tebow. Is he Denver’s savior. One reader thinks not…
It was dark, it was twenty degrees outside, and some jerk took just bought the last half-price camera at Target. Welcome to #blackfriday. But maybe you’re still home in bed? Well, here’s a taste of what you missed earlier this morning from the Twitter world…
Most locals know Coolerado, the Denver AC company, solely from noticing the factory name as they drive east on I-70. But according to Slate, Coolerado is more than a quirky name. It’s also a groundbreaking tech operation that symbolizes the opportunities and challenges of the new global economy…
Phil Anschutz, labeled “one of the most secretive moguls in America” by Forbes, nevertheless was the focus of a major profile in the business magazine recently — even if the author never got to interview Anschutz himself…
Thanksgiving is a day of rest for The Latest Word. We hope you and yours enjoy the day — and for those who are doing the holiday thing solo, here’s a video that’ll make you appreciate doing things like reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, whose scenes of graphic…
It didn’t make much sense that Candice and Kristin Hermeler would travel halfway across the world to enact a suicide pact at a local gun range — until reports began to surface about the Australian twins’ obsession with the Columbine shootings. While police have tried to downplay that angle, a…
We invite you to sample these three tasty Denver blog posts. Mile High Report fan poster gcman thinks former Bronco turned ESPN commentator Mark Schlereth would make a good Denver general manager. What say you? 5280’s Michael de Yoanna notes that Denver doesn’t rank worst in crime in Colorado. That…
Face lifts get a bad rap thanks to people like Kenny Rogers, who regularly appears on lists of horrific, shield-your-eyes worst plastic surgery disasters. But KHOW talk-show host Peter Boyles emerged from the process as an extremely satisfied booster of the procedure. “I really recommend it,” he says. “This is…
The turkey-carcass sled comic seen above advises that the leftover skeleton from the Thanksgiving dinner can double as an inexpensive toboggan. It sounds like a ridiculous idea, but it is based on a true-life childhood experience of a Westword co-worker…..
This week, Travis Anderson was found guilty of child abuse resulting in death and manslaughter in relation to the passing of his three-week old child — and the evidence put forward against him could hardly have been more damning. Authorities say he stole some tools and then looked up info…
In June, medical marijuana caregiver Ann Marie Miller said she was being prosecuted in Adams County because authorities counted dead plants she’d thrown out to say she was over the state-approved limit. The latest twist? She’s charged with a felony for what’s now a misdemeanor…
Alan Prendergast’s post about Pueblo’s Philip Greaves, author of The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure, which was belatedly dumped by Amazon, has attracted some extraordinarily angry and vitriolic comments. Consider the following, which is written entirely in capital letters…
Midday on Monday, Aurora Police say, the body of Terence Scott George was found in an apartment on East Kepner Place. He’d been shot, and his girlfriend, Tiffany Durst, was missing; she hasn’t been seen since last week. At this point, authorities haven’t identified Durst as a either a suspect…
Rumors about a Carmelo Anthony trade continue to swirl — and it’s becoming increasingly clear that if such a deal is made, Melo won’t be the only one impacted. Indeed, there’s a good chance that a number of dominoes could fall, with one of them being hometown hero Chauncey Billups…
It’s one of the busiest travel periods of the year, and you’re already worried about having your junk irradiated or fondled by TSA agents. But the stress isn’t guaranteed to end once you’re on the plane, as shown by the story of Brian Robert Dougal, who was allegedly assaulted by…
