The Denver District Attorney’s Office isn’t release the name of a seventeen-year old who’s been charged with child abuse resulting in death. But it’s sharing information about alleged negligence that allowed his eleven-month-old cousin to die. The accusation: The teenager left the tot and her sibling unattended and went to…
A sure sign that the threat from the Fourmile Canyon fire near Boulder is over: Moments ago, no one answered the 24-hour media line. All evacuation orders have been lifted, and while the fire zone is open to residents only, we’re clearly in the mop-up phase. Page down to check…
For more than fifty years, Buckskin Joe was a great shlocky tourist attraction in Cañon City, a real (sort of) Wild West town constructed in 1957 on a piece of land where Don Tyner had already set up his miniature Royal Gorge Scenic Railway. Photographer Karol Smith and MGM producer…
“Spreading Her Wings,” Patricia Calhoun, September 9 Survivor My heart absolutely broke for Kristen Stillman. In my job, I see kids who have been in situations not unlike the one she was raised in, and I know that the level of abuse and neglect she experienced happens on a horrifyingly regular…
This week, Westword cartoonist Kenny Be takes us down the recent memory lane of Colorado politics. This election season has had more twists and turns than the Mind Eraser. Fasten your seat belts! Click here to view a large version of Kenny’s illustrated feature…
It’s hard to pick a favorite claim by GOP gubernatorial hopeful Dan Maes. His accounts of himself, from “I did so drive 80,000 miles” to his denunciation of Denver’s bike program as a UN plot to his boasts of undercover police work invite us into a realm hitherto unknown, at…
The Department of Revenue’s medical marijuana advisory committee has been controversial from the beginning, and not only because meetings weren’t open to the public until after advocates complained. Now there are gripes from the likes of Cannabis Therapy Institute that the meeting space is too small for everyone who wants…
These three Denver blog posts are just for you. Colorado Pols has the scoop on new spots attacking Michael Bennet, from Karl Roves’ American Crossroads outfit. The bucks for (Ken) Buck start here. Coyote Gulch details the request for a report prior to approving Fremont County uranium exploration. Wonder if…
Shannon Sharpe has long been a favorite of Broncos fans — a former record-setting tight end turned broadcaster who Denverites have long felt deserves to be in the NFL Hall of Fame. But his road to Canton may have gotten longer, what with him taking a temporary leave from CBS…
The New Jersey Nets will have $23 million to spend next summer, with many folks hoping the cash could lure Carmelo Anthony. But if that scenario plays out, the Nuggets will get zip for their superstar. No wonder most observers still see a trade to Chicago as the likeliest Melo…
Watching Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper showering in his clothes almost seems normal in what will surely go down as the strangest election cycle in state history. It is only fitting in the crazy Colorado campaign of 2010 that Hick is willing to portray himself as “all wet.” Instead of using…
This just in: At noon today, all areas impacted by the Fourmile Canyon fire near Boulder will be repopened to residents (get more info below). Meanwhile, crews continue to fight the Reservoir Road fire outside Loveland — and the case against the two people suspected of starting it has been…
Among the most commented pieces on the Colorado Springs Gazette’s website in recent days has been an editorial spurred by a Westword post, “Tim Tebow: Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi Reluctantly Predicts Big Things for ‘Kid Jesus.'” Not that Gazette editorialist Wayne Laugesen is anti-Tebow. He just didn’t like writer Taibbi’s…
A second attempt to recall Denver Public Schools board member Andrea Merida has failed. The Denver Elections Division again rejected a recall petition submitted by three voters in Merida’s district because it contained numerous typos and legal flaws and was not in the proper format, according to a letter sent…
The Fourmile Canyon fire near Boulder is winding down at this writing, but the Reservoir Road blaze outside of Loveland is still more out of control than in. Containment stands at 35 percent. But in many other respects, the news is positive. Says spokeswoman Debra Schofield: “Firefighters feel that Monday…
Cold cases from 1984 in Lakewood and Aurora have just heated up. DNA evidence now suggests that the same person who killed Patricia Louise Smith in January of that year also slew three members of the Bennett family — parents Bruce and Debra, and their daughter Melissa, age seven –…
In August 2009, former Mormon church lay bishop Shawn Merriman earned Shmuck of the Week honors for Ponzi scheming millions from friends and acquaintances. But yesterday, he was awarded with an even more richly deserved prize: a twelve-and-a-half-year prison jolt, plus an order to pay $20.1 million in restitution. Will…
The Fourmile Canyon Fire near Boulder remains 100 percent contained, avoiding the potential flareups about which spokesman Greg Heule warned in yesterday’s update, linked above. But while the work continues to wind down, the costs keep ticking upward. Latest estimate: $9,439,583 — and still counting…
Much has been made of several high-profile incidents of alleged police brutality involving the Denver PD, culminating in the resignation of Denver Manager of Safety Ron Perea. Number crunchers even suggest Denver’s number-one for excessive-force complaints. But while the focus may be on Denver, the incidents may be tied to…
The lawsuit filed against Tom Tancredo has fallen short of its goal: A judge has ruled that Tancredo’s name will remain on the November ballot. The decision pleases Tancredo campaign operations manager Cliff Dodge — but he’s still irritated that his guy had to jump through this particular hoop…
It took the Fourmile Canyon fire and the Reservoir Road fire to convince Boulder County and Larimer County to put fire bans in place; click here to read about the former, here to learn about the latter. Kudos, then, to Jefferson County and Golden, which have prohibited burning prior to…
Contained herein: three Denver blog posts. Mile High Report fan poster waterboy31321 thinks Tim Tebow’s inconsequential plays on Sunday will cause opponents to waste game-planning time, thereby giving the Broncos an advantage. Denver Egotist: Are you ready for Snowboard on the Rocks? Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic notes that conservatives didn’t…
