We’ve been fishing for blogs about Denver. Here are the catches of the day. In a Mile High Report fan post, isaiahkyler surveys readers about whether Tim Tebow deserves an NFL nickname yet. At this writing, most people think it’s too soon — but others suggest alternatives to The Mile…
Mason Tvert, executive director of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation), has spent five years arguing that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol — and even critics would have to agree that his creativity in promoting this idea is off the charts. A boycott of Starbucks because of the store’s…
AM 760 host David Sirota may seem like a mild-mannered fellow, but he’s actually pretty damned combative — verbally, anyhow. Last year, he and KOA conservative Mike Rosen staged a radio smackdown in relation to President Barack Obama’s first hundred days in office — a session a bloodied Rosen doesn’t…
Ken Gorman, the emphatic pot crusader featured in this week’s cover story, “High Times,” had a talent for attracting trouble. In fact, those who knew him said it was among his favorite things — behind pot, of course. Trouble can be lethal: Gorman was murdered in February 2007, and three…
Yesterday, we told you about bickering between Republican senatorial hopefuls Ken Buck and Jane Norton over Sarah Palin’s Denver appearance on Saturday. Buck said it would be rude of Palin to endorse Norton, which the grapevine says she plans to do, the same day as the Republican state assembly, which…
Two alleged associates of Willie Clark, who’s currently serving a life sentence plus 1,152 years for murdering Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams in 2007, admitted in court yesterday that they were in contempt when they refused to testify at Clark’s trial earlier this year. Kataina “Markie” Jackson-Keeling, 21, and Mario Anderson,…
Had the truck in the photograph above not been in motion, I would have asked the driver about the Star of David and the squirrel. These are not the kind of window stickers that a person carefully places onto their car if they don’t want to explain them. So I…
As the immigration issue continues to heat up, Tom Tancredo is finding himself in one controversy after another. Remember his call for civics literacy tests? Former House majority leader Dick Armey’s claim that he is bad for the Tea Party movement? His suggestion that Barack Obama be sent back to…
Back in March, we shared a photo gallery of criminals with Colorado connections who landed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List during the roster’s sixty-year history. But the FBI’s Denver branch has a most wanted list of its own — four murderers and one attempted murderer whose capture remain…
It’s a tough real estate market — but the City of Denver is still hoping to unload Cableland, a spectacular mansion donated by the late cable magnate Bill Daniels to serve as the official mayoral residence. Not that either Wellington Webb or John Hickenlooper chose to live there. Instead, the…
The folks at FantasyHumor.com have turned their attention to Denver — but they’re a little behind the times with the May 18 post headlined “Denver’s New Stadium Bums Out Kickers.” We’re willing to overlook the fact that the latest Broncos stadium debuted in 2001 because of the excellent, DIA-inspired graphic…
Usually, the FBI doesn’t highlight bank robbers until after the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force has given them a nickname — like the H1N1 bandit, the Tom Thumb Bandit, the Band-Aid Bandit or the alleged (and just-captured) Portfolio Bandit. But in the case of the three men who robbed…
So, your ex-boyfriend was a jerk. Maybe he was even one of the fine specimens on our Top 10 Bad Boyfriends list. After putting up with his crap for far too long, you kick him to the curb. Two months later, you’re in the pet-food aisle at King Soopers. As…
Jarrad McKay, 21, and Matthew Baker, twenty, haven’t been accused of committing the perfect crime. Instead, they’ve been charged with taking part in a really stupid one — and then making it jaw-droppingly easy for the cops to bust them for it. Early this morning, officers from the Boulder Police…
Paonia’s Paolo Bacigalupi, profiled in Westword as “the hottest writer in sci-fi” a couple of weeks ago, just got hotter. His first novel, The Windup Girl, just won the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Novel from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The Nebula is one of the…
In February 2009, the Rocky Mountain News died just shy of its 150th anniversary, and even though the surviving Denver Post has picked up more of the tabloid’s audience than anyone other than MediaNews Group’s Dean Singleton would have guessed, big challenges remain, as editor Greg Moore made clear in…
When most observers consider Denver’s most powerful websites, they frequently overlook Associated Content — and that’s a mistake. The project, which got its start in former Westword profile subject Luke Beatty’s basement circa 2004, has a simple concept: AC pays contributors fees for content based on how many people look…
Denver blogs specialize in mile-high items. Climb up and take a look at these. At MaxDenver.com, Andrew Mason notes the quarterback pecking order at the Broncos’ ongoing passing camp: “First: Kyle Orton, sixth season. Second: Brady Quinn, fourth season. Third: Tom Brandstater, second season. And finally Tim Tebow.” Want to…
On May 17, 2009, Westword launched Mile High Murder, a blog category tracking homicide in the seven-county Denver/Boulder metro area. Over the next year, we wrote about ninety different murders — all of them shocking in their own way. On May 17, 2010, year two of this project began with…
MMJ advocates have greeted the passage of HB 1284, a bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry, with cheers (from CMMR’s Matt Brown), boos (courtesy of Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Laura Kriho) or a blend of both (Sensible Colorado’s Brian Vicente sees it as a mixed bag). As for law enforcement…
Littleton Leaf Blower Real Name: Charlie Blosten Occupation: Public Services Director Suburb of Operations: Littleton, Colorado Hair: Steel Blue Eyes: Cupola Cams Super powers: The Littleton Leaf Blower channels pure willpower in the form of hot air. This willpower can be used to do just about anything, from convincing City…
Colorado rolled into the history books last week as the first place to codify a statewide marijuana distribution system, thanks to the passage of House Bill 1284 and Senate Bill 109. Both laws will take Colorado’s convoluted and confusing medical marijuana industry and… make it convoluted and confusing in a…
