J.R. Smith has gotten into trouble with his tweets, whether it’s been the Denver Post hinting that his spelling might have hidden gang code, an unwise decision to call out Kobe Bryant, or an “LMAO” aimed at a very pissed-off Kenyon Martin. But after the Nuggets’ victory over the Utah…
As we noted earlier, today is the fifteenth anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, which MSNBC is marking with a documentary featuring recordings of Timothy McVeigh telling people, “Get over it.” But an anniversary tomorrow strikes even closer to home for Tom Mauser. It was eleven years ago that his…
The study of neighbors through their lawn decoration… Figure 59. South Park Hill: Rusty hummingbird hovers over wagon wheel daisy. Old-timey farm implements and wagon-y westernalia are common in Denver’s outback neighborhoods (Marston, Fort Logan and Bear Valley), where nostalgia runs as wide as a retiree’s hinder. However, in the…
The virulent homophobes (and anti-semites) of Westboro Baptist Church will supposedly begin protesting at various locations around our area on Thursday — if they actually turn up, that is. They were no-shows at a Boulder gay-marriage debate in January, for example. Let’s hope they also fail to spew bile at…
Back in January, when attorney and medical marijuana advocate Rob Corry called on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to reveal how much money it had collected from MMJ patient fees, he complained about a waiting period for permits in the four-month range. Since then, Corry believes the…
Another Monday made tolerable only by the memory of what transpired in the days prior. This time around, it was a DIY kind of weekend, starring: Record Store Day at Wax Trax, Twist & Shout and Independent. Electric Poonany, an art-and-DJ party in a garage. The Who’s Having Fun Festival,…
A 22-year-old convicted car thief, left a quadraplegic by police gunfire and now costing the state prison system $200,000 a year for his care, was recently granted an unusual “special medical needs” parole — only to see it revoked after law enforcement officials learned of the arrangement and complained that…
In an interview last week, NORML executive director Allen St. Pierre confirmed that he’ll be attending the politically oriented 4/20 rally at Denver’s Civic Center Park this year. It’ll be his second straight 4/20 in Colorado. Last year, he was at the bash at the University of Colorado at Boulder,…
Reports of a man beaten by a group of teens at Denver Skatepark last week, resulting in a fractured vertebrae and a broken elbow among other injuries, were certainly startling. But they’re apparently not unique. Westword investigative cartoonist Kenny Be found a 2009 account of gunplay at the facility in…
Today’s fifteenth anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing resonates in Denver, where the trial of bombers Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols took place. As such, locals are likely to feel a very personal kind of anger when hearing recordings of McVeigh being shared for the first time tonight on MSNBC’s…
As promised, the Rocky Mountain Gun Owner’s Club has filed suit against Colorado State University for its board’s recent ban of concealed weapons on campus. With the suit filed on the same day as a Colorado Court of Appeals decision to throw out CU-Boulder’s similar ban, it might have more…
Update, 3:57 p.m.: Crisanta Duran has released a statement about the UFCW Local 7 endorsement. Look for it below the original item. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 has endorsed Mark Thrun, a Denver Health doctor, in the race to represent House District 5. Why is that a…
An unusual announcement moments ago from the Denver District Attorney’s Office and the Denver Police Department: A murder charge has been filed even though the body of the victim has yet to be located. Hae C. Park, 64, has been missing since March 27, when he was supposed to meet…
Latecomers to the marijuana-legalization movement may never have heard of Jack Herer, who died yesterday at age seventy. But veterans of the cause cite his 1985 book The Emperor Wears No Clothes as the manifesto that launched a campaign that continues to gather steam. Herer died from complications related to…
Tomorrow night, the Nuggets open the playoffs at home against the Utah Jazz — but the squad’s performance down the stretch didn’t exactly inspire confidence. For much of the season, the Nugs looked like a lock for the number two slot, behind only the Los Angeles Lakers in the west…
Each week we spotlight one massive shmuck. This week: the Westboro Baptist Church. The hate-spewing goofballs from Westboro Baptist Church, long known for their enthusiastic protestation of all things gay, have scheduled a swing through Colorado for next week, starting with a picket intended for the “generation of violent, simple…
We’ve selected three blogs about Denver for your reading pressure. Click them. Ian Henson at Bronco Talk opines about Kyle Orton signing his tender offer — which, unlike with Brandon Marshall, probably won’t precipitate a trade. However, Henson expects the Broncos to sign at least one more QB before camp…
Yet another unexpected twist in the case of Highlands Ranch’s Chris Bartkowicz, whose home-grown marijuana crop was seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration immediately after he showed it off to Channel 9. Bartkowicz was expected to reverse his original not guilty plea at a hearing today — one that his…
“Please tell all RTD bus drivers that just because this is the weekend of ‘Doors Open Denver,’ it doesn’t mean that they are allowed to drive through any of them.”…
The Tea Party movement is a proudly grassroots rebellion that’s deeply suspicious of the mainstream media. So perhaps the best way to get a sense of yesterday’s raucous rally at the Capitol, which coincided with Tax Day and featured appearances by the likes of senatorial candidate Ken Buck, is to…
Westword wants to hear your crazy HOA stories. Did you get a letter telling you to paint your house, even though you recently painted it? Do you have an exuberant board member spying on you (this actually happened)? Or maybe you just think your dues are too high. Whatever it…
Some siblings show their feelings for each other by hugging, kissing and sweet words. Others use knives. An incident involving the latter took place around 10 p.m. last night at the 30th and Downing light rail station. “Two sisters got into an argument on the train,” says Denver Police Department…
