Westword photographers captured a lot of revelry over the weekend. First up is Skylab, the electronic-music festival celebrating its sixteenth anniversary; shutterbug Aaron Thackeray was there. Check out his shots plus images from Tech N9ne at the Fillmore and Strung Out at the Ogden on our always busy slideshow page…
The death by suicide of Denver Bronco Kenny McKinley, whose funeral today may be protested by the Westboro Baptist Church, has brought new attention to the subject of suicide in general. In many ways, that’s a good thing — but it also has drawbacks according to Denver Public Schools’ Kristy…
The political pissing match between Colorado Ethics Watch and Clear the Bench Colorado, which wants to throw the bums off the state’s supreme court, was resolved on Friday in CEW’s favor. Granted, CEW will have to pay some court costs from a July hearing — but Clear the Bench’s Matt…
With the Denver Nuggets’ media day upon us, the Carmelo Anthony trade rumors are as fierce as a tsunami — and sometimes contradictory. There are some reports that a potential four-way trade involving the New Jersey Nets is all but dead. But if so, there are plenty of other possibilities…
Last week, we told you about Tom Tancredo’s fundraiser at the Grizzly Rose co-starring Dog the Bounty Hunter and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio — and judging by photos posted on the Facebook page of Tea Party Brewing, the event itself more than lived up to its advance billing. Look…
Did you ever expect Kyle Orton to throw for 476 yards in a Broncos uni? Probably not. Did you ever think you’d see him toss a pass like that 48-yard touchdown strike to Brandon Lloyd? Doubt it. Did you expect to see the Broncos lose to the Colts by two…
Last month, the DPS school board held a day-long retreat at the district’s Balarat Outdoor Education Center. The seven-member board is divided on many issues, with four members in the majority and three — including Andrea Merida, the subject of this week’s feature — in the minority. The retreat was…
There are no national polls gauging Colorado’s 1st Congressional District race. Staunchly Democratic Denver is widely viewed as a lock for incumbent Diana DeGette, who has held the seat since 1997. But there is anecdotal evidence to suggest that Republican newcomer Mike Fallon is picking-up steam…
There’s a strange, split resolution in the political pissing match between Colorado Ethics Watch and Clear the Bench Colorado, which aims to throw the bums off the state’s supreme court. Administrative Law Judge Robert Spencer has ruled in CEW’s favor. But the organization still owes legal fees to Colorado Ethics…
Lookit these three Denver blog posts. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein links to the latest Melo trade rumor — he’d go to New Jersey, with the Nuggets getting the Nets’ Derrick Favors, Utah’s Andrei Kirilenko and draft picks aplenty. Interesting, anyhow. 5280’s Michael de Yoanna notes that Phil Anschutz is number…
On Wednesday, Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett decided not to file charges against the volunteer firefighter thought to have accidentally started the Fourmile Canyon fire. But no such luck for Joel Ledermann, who’s been formally accused of fourth-degree arson in relation to the smaller but still destructive Reservoir Road fire…
In January, we told you about Plants 4 Life, a Castle Rock dispensary the town attempted to shut down via an emergency ordinance despite granting it a license to operate. Now, attorney Rob Corry has sent the city formal notice that, sans a resolution, he’ll file suit, with damage claims…
Hu-mi-dor, noun: 1) A case or enclosure (as for storing cigars) in which the air is kept properly humidified. 2) A catalyst for baseball conspiracy theorists, primarily those in NL West, who can’t handle Denver’s dry air…
Boeing announced on Monday that it would be entering into a partnership with space tourism company Space Adventures to offer tourists rides on its CST-100 spacecraft. The rides will begin in 2015, and Boeing estimates that a passenger ticket on the spacecraft will range from $20 million to $50 million…
The insane homophobes at Westboro Baptist Church are branching out beyond protesting against Jews and celebrating the deaths of American soldiers. Now, they’re promising to picket the funeral of Kenny McKinley, the Broncos receiver who committed suicide earlier this week. And while the service is in Georgia, the target is…
Yesterday, we heard from Law & Order Special Victims Unit star Richard Belzer about his participation in this weekend’s Plant Medicine Expo and Healthcare Provider Conference. Belzer stressed that the event’s focus would be on the medical uses of marijuana, not the weed lifestyle — and expo organizer Seth Ginsberg,…
Correction below: Is Dean Singleton, head of MediaNews Group and Denver Post publisher, looking for a successor, Kim Jong-Il style? Doubt it: Despite his continuing battle against multiple sclerosis, he seems energetic, active and fully in charge. But judging by a Thursday memo, he’d like to help his eighteen-year-old son,…
Against all odds, Tom Tancredo seems to be gaining momentum in his third-party gubernatorial run. With pundits essentially writing off Republican nominee Dan Maes, whose recent attempt to raise $500,000 in a day fell over $400,000 short, Tancredo operations manager Cliff Dodge is buoyed by new poll numbers and confident…
A 2009 blog post declares that Abbe Dorn gets “Illegal.” In that case, the reference was to Illegal Street Wear, a clothing line shown off by the Denver cop, who moonlights as a bodybuilder, model and former American Gladiator candidate. But the headline echoes in a different way now that…
On Saturday, Joseph Owen Coy was accused of a racially motivated attack on Olubiyi Ogundipe for allegedly punching the Nigeria-born CU student amid slurs about monkeys and worse — but Boulder Police didn’t know if Coy’s two companions would face similar charges. Now, one of them — Zachrey Harris, 21…
When methheads start cooking their own product, they’re rarely as fastidious as Walt and Jesse in Breaking Bad. The cost of decontaminating a former lab can run into tens of thousands of dollars, as detailed in my feature “Toxic Shock.” And sometimes the best option is to raze the place…
Our latest feature story, “Andrea Merida’s Classroom Behavior Has Earned Her a Seat Apart on the Denver School Board,” profiles Merida, the controversial DPS board member who, in ten months on the board, has butted heads with administrators, stood up for teachers when no one else would, and survived two…
