A week of Denver blogging roundups begin like so… No deal yet for Brandon Marshall, and Kyle at Bronco Talk says Josh McDaniels and company won’t bargain with the Seahawks for his services: Either it’s the sixth pick in the draft or nothing. Wonder if anyone will blink. Joseph Boven…
The ongoing Darrent Williams murder trial has been filled with revelations about the continuing dangers of gang life that may come as a surprise to many people — but not to the Reverend Leon Kelly. As the executive director of the Open Door Youth Gang Alternative, he’s spent a quarter-century…
Last month, we shared the story of Spork, a dachshund owned by Lafayette’s Tim and Kelly Walker who bit a veterinary technician at Jasper Animal Hospital — and subsequently received a vicious animal citation. The tale stirred protests, a Save Spork Facebook campaign and media coverage sympathetic to the pet…
The study of neighbors through their lawn decoration… Figure 53. Barnum: The English and the indigenous bust a new move. The photograph above shows that the residents of this home are at the forefront of the new movement to use stuffed animals as yard art. Traditionally thought of as indoor…
It was a spring-esque weekend in Denver, but that didn’t stop Nederland from celebrating its favorite Frozen Dead Guy. See photos from that, an Oscar party, and Babes Around Denver on the slideshow page…
Last week, during the first opportunity to publicly comment on House Bill 1284, an attempt to regulate Colorado’s medical marijuana industry that’s being spearheaded by Representative Tom Massey, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers was unable to testify. He was in Washington, D.C., on another matter, so he sent an associate,…
Last night’s Nuggets victory over the Portland Trail Blazers would be a happier development if it weren’t for the presence of Kenyon Martin in street clothes during the game. This season, the Nuggets have emerged as legitimate title contenders — a squad tough enough not only to challenge the title-holding…
House Bill 1284, Representative Tom Massey’s legislative attempt to regulate Colorado’s medical marijuana industry, was presented to the House judiciary committee last week, with plenty of law enforcement types testifying against it — a process that advocate Rob Corry found unseemly. Now, another curve ball. Massey and state senator Chris…
Last night’s Academy Awards ceremony offered big ups to some local filmmakers. Boulder-based director Louie Psihoyos won Best Documentary Feature honors for his dolphin-killing exposé The Cove — although producer Fisher Stevens used up all Psihoyos’s spotlight time on the broadcast with thank-yous of his own. (The show’s supervisors rigorously…
All of us in Colorado know that Duane “Dog” Chapman, aka Dog the Bounty Hunter, serves as a role model for a certain brand of rough-and-tumble American man. But is he the ideal blueprint for American womanhood, too? That’s the implication made by comedian Zach Galifanakis, best known for his…
Westword is covering the trial of Willie Clark, accused of murdering Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams early on New Year’s Day 2007. The most recent updates for the day will be at the top; to check out the account chronologically at day’s end, read from the bottom up. Click here…
Did you know that Colorado Springs is kinda conservative? It’s true — and one indication of the city’s collective mindset is recent press garnered by Vista Grande Community Church simply for being officially affirmed by the United Church of Christ for welcoming gays, lesbians and transgendered people to its services…
Personhood USA, a national pro-life group, is gathering signatures in Colorado (again) to secure a spot on the ballot for a voter initiative to redefine the start of a person’s life as the first point of biological development. Weird, right? You have no idea. Most people think abortion rights established…
Nederland resident Harvey Arnold, 61, didn’t think he was doing anything wrong — just running his 1997 Lotus through a Conoco car wash. But as he was reportedly drying his windows, the car began to roll — and when he dashed in front of it to try to prevent its…
Anyone who’s been unemployed for an extended period of time knows how difficult it is to find work these days. However, the latest report from Indeed.com suggests that it’s considerably better in Denver than plenty of other major cities. In the site’s comparison of fifty job markets circa February, Denver…
Rollin’ out more Denver blogs. As Bronco Talk’s Mr. East reports, ESPN’s Adam Schefter says Brandon Marshall will be in Seattle tomorrow to see if the Seahawks can “hammer out an offer sheet.” That could mean the Broncos would get the sixth overall pick in the draft — which would…
Update, 1:44 p.m.: The amount of the reward for information leading to the arrest of Lyndsay Pham’s killer or killers is now at $20,000, thanks to the offer of an additional $15,000 from Pham’s family and friends. The original item is below. Earlier, we told you about the stabbing murder…
Enduring the ear-drum-shattering sounds of a freshmen band is bound to drive any man crazy. And it seems to have done just that to Kent Jones, the band teacher at Louisville’s Monarch High School. According to the Boulder Daily Camera, police are investigating allegations that Jones — fed up with…
Yesterday was a long one for attorney Rob Corry, one of the state’s highest profile medical marijuana advocates. He briefly attended a rally at the Capitol opposing House Bill 1284, Representative Tom Massey’s attempt to regulate the medical marijuana industry. Then he headed inside, where he waited nine hours to…
“Look, John! I’ve combined your mandatory children’s bike and skate helmet legislation with Mark’s phone book delivery-restriction law to create the mandatory phone book helmet law! People can’t hate all those extra phone books tossed on their porches if they are required to put them to use in protecting children…
Last night, around a hundred people crammed into Forest Room 5 for the funeral of Internet Explorer 6, which reportedly died during a workplace accident at Google Inc. The biggest surprise, according to Jon Clark, business development director for Aten Design Group, which planned the memorial? “The Internet Explorer team…
Yesterday’s introduction of House Bill 1284, Representative Tom Massey’s long–in-the-works attempt to regulate the medical marijuana industry, drew a sizable protest from frustrated advocates, not to mention so much public comment that a preliminary vote was pushed back. That’s fine by at least one local medical marijuana grower. He prefers…
