This week’s cover story, “A World Away,” tells the story of Drucie Bathin, a 46-year-old refugee from Burma who has made it her life’s work to help other, newer refugees. She has a soft spot for the teenagers. To help them connect to their heritage, and stay out of trouble,…
Denver blog posts know how to make friends. Denver Stiffs links to a Fox Sports piece in which Andre Miller says he’s unhappy with his backup role for the Nuggets. And I was unhappy when he couldn’t make a shot against the Hornets. Denver Egotist: Mando-Matic has the retouch. Colorado…
Tim Tebow is big news. In fact, he’s such big news that it’s no longer acceptable for non-sports fans to not know who he is. Don’t worry: Westword has your back. For all of you who think NFL stands for National Forensic League and spend your Sundays and Monday evenings…
The December news that Richard Rosenthal, Denver’s Independent Monitor, would be leaving the post for a similar job in British Columbia, was greeted with enthusiasm by some law-enforcement types, who saw him as anti-cop. And their delight wasn’t tempered by his office’s final scathing report, on view below. But just…
It took nine years of fighting for money the government insisted it wasn’t owed. It probably cost him his job, too. But last week, former federal auditor Bobby Maxwell and the Justice Department finally reached a $26 million settlement with Anadarko Petroleum over underpaid royalties on oil leases in the…
Yep, Tim Tebow and the Broncos are in the playoffs, and each day this week, to get you ready for Saturday’s showdown with the New England Patriots, we’re going to put real fans to the test with brain teasers from the Denver Broncos Trivia Game (the 1985 version, which I…
Jerry Grilly, the president and CEO of the Denver Post, is retiring — and not for the first time. Grilly had been lured back to the Post three years ago, shortly after the closure of the Rocky Mountain News, which ended the joint operating agreement that yoked the two papers…
Tebow-mania continues unabated, and while it could die down if the Broncos lose to the Patriots on Saturday, we’re enjoying it while it lasts. Take our post about a (sorta tongue-in-cheek) theory that equates Tebow’s season passing stats to Biblical references, which generated some hilarious responses from readers. Here’s one…
Yesterday afternoon, pepper spray was discharged in a Carmody Middle School bus packed with about fifty students — eight of whom required medical treatment afterward. At this point, according to Lakewood Police spokesman Steve Davis, the spritzing appears accidental and no criminal charges are anticipated. But he thinks such incidents…
Last night, after a long lecture about neighborhood crime and a short drive for membership, the Sloan’s Lake Citizen’s Group confronted its single largest neighbor: the Broncos’ stadium. After the deadline to increase signage at Sports Authority Field at Mile High was delayed last week, stadium district officials are bringing…
Today, as Governor John Hickenlooper delivers his State of the State address at the Capitol, cannabis activists will gather at nearby Lincoln Park for what they’re calling the Marijuana State of the State Rally. The event will take place from 10:30 a.m. to (naturally) 4:20 p.m. and feature speakers aplenty…
In June 2010, Superior’s Stephanie Rochester smothered her baby, six-month-old Rylan. That fact’s never been in dispute. Since then, the question has been: Was Rochester legally insane when she committed this shocking act? Yes, a judge has decided — meaning that she’s been found not guilty in Rylan’s death…
Given Tim Tebow’s recent proclivity for posing topless in just his Jockeys, no one should be surprised that women are lining up to relieve him of his self-professed virginity. But plenty of nice girls would love to be chosen by The Chosen One, too. They don’t want to get laid…
Our most recent choice for Shmuck of the Week was Englewood teacher Alexandra McLean, who allegedly cozied up to a student in a car following a performance of Lend Me a Tenor. Shocking? Sure, but not all that surprising. The last year has included an unfair share of local reports…
In the past four years, more than 2,000 Burmese refugees have arrived in Colorado. Though the state provides support, some of them struggle to navigate language, laws and customs of their new home. But Drucie Bathin, who came to the U.S. in 1999, can help. She heads the Colorado Rangers…
Last summer’s wild multi-state crime spree by the Dougherty Gang — two scary-looking brothers and their stripper sister — understandably drew some superheated media coverage, what with Lee-Grace Dougherty’s online bikini shots and all. But the story fizzled shortly after the trio’s brief rampage ended in a police chase and…
Could Tebow-mania cost Jockey big? In a perfect world, yes. The outfit made Tebow an endorser in 2010, long before he started in the NFL, with its release of a Chosen One snapshot that July prompting “multiple small orgasms” according to one Jockey Facebook fan. Now, however, the firm is…
Denver blog posts-o-rama. At People’s Press Collective, Jon Caldara touts next month’s founder’s night dinner, co-starring Ann Coulter and…Jake Jabs? Unseen Denver features a shapely Capitol Hill skeleton. At Colorado Education News, Vinny Badolato thinks standards will take charter schools to the next level…
Update: Peter John Jentsch, current Occupy Boulder protester and bodyguard of Occupy Denver’s canine leader, Shelby, was released from jail last night after he was arrested early Sunday morning for third-degree trespassing. For now, a newly approved restraining order keeps him from returning to Occupy Boulder’s current home. Although Jentsch…
At first, the June 2009 murder of Billy Ortiz, age 21, seemed apt to be lost in the shuffle. But pressure from his family and friends kept the heat on. Now, at last, Richard Impellizine, 22, has been found guilty of what the indictment against him portrays as an incredibly…
Yep, Tim Tebow and the Broncos are in the playoffs, and each day this week, to get you ready for Saturday’s showdown with the New England Patriots, we’re going to put real fans to the test with brain teasers from the Denver Broncos Trivia Game (the 1985 version, which I…
In today’s get-pageviews-or-die web world, even network TV affiliates, among the last bastions of family-friendly media, understand that grabby topics are the best way to get clicks. Which explains why the top national headline in 7News’s “Staying Healthy” section currently reads: “Penis Tattoo Causes Permanent Erection.”…
