With the trading deadline (2 p.m. Friday) breathing down on them, the Rockies’ main wild-card foe made a couple of small but significant moves this week, dealing for first baseman Ryan Garko (whose bark is bigger than his bat but fills a need at first) and second baseman Freddy Sanchez…
House Democrats are playing nice again, and moving closer to finding compromise on a stripped down version of the president’s health-care plan. And wouldn’t you know it, just days after irking upperclassmen with his very-un-freshman-like stance on the bill, Rep. Jared Polis (D-A Big Pile of Money) showed up on…
No one knows exactly when the first elk wandered into the median around milepost 142, but after a few days they were hard to ignore. By that point, there were 25 or 30 of them spread over three miles, trapped, cars and trucks streaking by them on the interstate that…
Ask a Mexican, Gustavo Arellano, July 9 Gasket Case Gustavo: I have never written to a columnist before, but I find your responses to the vitriolic and bigoted Fountain Valley Fucktard and Linguistically Loco to be quite restrained and professional. However, I believe your great sarcasm will be lost on such…
Medical marijuana patients scored a victory last week when the Colorado Board of Health rejected a change to state regulations on the subject. The change would have limited to five the number of patients that can be served by “caregivers,” a nebulous group that includes an ever-increasing number of medical…
Colorado reported 35,302 collisions between animals and vehicles from 1986 through 2004. The actual number may be much higher, since the available records are sketchy — in 60 percent of the collisions, the species involved isn’t even identified — and many minor accidents involving wildlife aren’t recorded. The highest incidence…
Why isn’t my dad Obama’s adviser? Today in The Latest Word: -The sad, graphic world of roadkill. -What standards? -Michael Vick really shouldn’t ever be a Bronco. -Trapeze in Westminster. -Denver is OK for singles. Today in Cafe Society: -The stupidest breakfast foods. -Defend our food honor. -Blue Moon in…
We’re giving away three links every day. All you have to do is send them to us. The challenger for John Salazar’s House seat isn’t exactly rolling in dough at this point. (Colorado Independent) Corruption for a good cause in Longmont? (Face the State) Brekenridge might not even need to…
His grandfather was at the infamous Ludlow Massacre; his father worked in the fields around Boulder. Regnier himself was born in Erie to a family of coal miners, and he’s used his own past and that of his ancestors (both Taos Pueblo and Belgian) to create books beloved by readers…
Cheesman Park: It’s not just for weddings and Frisbee. As the onetime Mount Prospect Cemetery, it’s also apparently a good place to pick up bones of Denver’s former “villains, robbers and those that had a lot of malfeasance in their character,” according to this presentation by a guy who says…
Forbes.com — America’s go-to source for tax law updates, breaking commodities news and sexiness — has named Denver the 13th best city for singles. “With a brunt of popular sports teams — Broncos, Nuggets, Avalanche and Rockies — as well as a lively bar scene, Denver isn’t just for skiing,”…
Social media and tech website Mashable reports that a fifteen-year-old Colorado boy named Dustin Simantob was able to lead police to his stolen property, thanks to a nifty new feature of the iPhone. It’s called Find My iPhone, and that’s just what it did. Simantob was able to provide police…
The scene: A vacant field at 76th and Stuart in Westminster, now home to the rig of the Imperial Flyers, quite possibly the oldest continuously operating amateur trapeze group in the world. The cast: Daring young men, some not so young, and daring young women, too, all floating through the…
Did you know that opportunistic organizations have always ruled Denver from behind the scenes? In the 1920s it was the Ku Klux Klan, today this city is being run by two web-based Mommy Mafia groups known as the Mile High Mamas and Moms Like Me. Learn more about community organizing…
In this week’s Westword, Alan Prendergast reports on a growing chorus of animal-rights advocates calling for more wildlife crossings throughout Colorado. Not convinced taxpayer money should be spent on bridges for deer and bison? These photos — ten of the worst available Flickr photos of road kill — might change…
The pretty reliable football-news sleuths at ProFootballTalk.com have a running list going of teams said to have no interest in former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, who is out of prison and job-hunting. (Resume Objective: “Find job as quarterback in city that loves running QBs but is sort of luke-warm on…
I keep a running list of jobs, hobbies and other activities I fear my future daughter will pursue, and near the top of that list — right below stripper, Real World contestant, and Republican — is Girl in Bar Who Wears Logo Tank Tops and Gives Out Shots and Generally…
The entertainment broadsheets have been a-twitter this week with news about The Town, the new crime thriller to be directed by and starring Ben Affleck. The film, based on Chuck Hogan’s 2004 novel Prince of Thieves and also starring Mad Men’s Jon Hamm and Frost/Nixon’s Rebecca Hall, is all about…
UPDATE: HuffPo is also looking for an editor in Los Angeles, LAWeekly.com reports. Rahm Emanuel’s daughter is said to be considering the job, but is “worried it might conflict with ballet practice.” ORIGINAL POST: On the off chance you were worried the Huffington Post would abandon its storied brand of…
I don’t want to miss a thing. Today in The Latest Word: -Eat local. It’s getting easier to tell. -Jim Green’s fart art. -Frontier has an Emmy but not money. -Twitter Tuesday Today in Backbeat Online: -Tyler Jacobson bowing out of Lipgloss. -The Pixies are coming! -Hot Meese underpants action!…
It’s scary out their in blogland, but we’ll hold your hand. Send us links. Fuel from pee, poop and pond scum. (Colorado Independent) Denver Stiffs and Pickaxe and Roll form like Voltron. (Denver Stiffs) Parole denied for the man who did horrible, horrible things to Kelsey Grammar’s young sister. (5280)…
Urbavore’s Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers’ commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Check out the full series here. While Denver’s urban…
