After the National Motorists Association placed Denver among the ten worst cities in the U.S. and Canada for speed traps, Alan Prendergast listed the top five speed traps in Denver according to Speedtrap.org. But these are hardly the only reported speed traps in the area. Below, see Speedtrap’s next five,…
This dispensary has been renamed Sacred Seed. The green and white paint job of The Wellness Center stands out along a drab of East Evans like a bowl of dank in a sea of schwag. But it isn’t until you park that the actual size of the building comes into…
Those of you addicted to reality television (hello! guilty!) will be familiar with the MTV show Made, which takes awkward teenagers and transforms them into the prom queen. Last month, CMT debuted an adult version, and next week’s episode features a stay-at-home mom who wants to be made into a…
Nederland’s official website declares that the funky mountain burg is a “town like no other.” And the abrupt resignation of Mayor Sumaya Abu-Haidar eighteen months into her two-year term, amid what she describes as a hostile political climate and “extraordinarily rude, insulting and disparaging” e-mails from opponents, seems to underscore…
These Denver blog posts need a loving home. Predominantly Orange’s Kim Constantinesco touts tomorrow’s Broncos back-to-football pep rally at Skyline Park, co-starring mascot Miles and plenty o’ cheerleaders. The Grazing Mind’s Jarod Ballentine explains the concept behind the Big Boulder Shutdown. Mile High Mama Lisa Vratny-Smith: How to talk to…
The photo seen here isn’t a screen capture from the last scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark. No, these boxes contain medical marijuana business applications that have been gathering dust up until now. And I was invited along to watch the first of them get brushed off…
A business brief in today’s Denver Post notes that the paper will not renew its contract with Righthaven LLC, a Las Vegas firm that takes legal action on behalf of newspapers claiming copyright infringement. The deal’s September 30 expiration will end a relationship best known for Righthaven’s suit against disabled…
Will President Obama’s new jobs plan save the country from a double-dip recession or burden our sliding economy with another $400 billion of deficit spending? Below, an easy-to-read chart explains the president’s entire economic stimulus plan in a nutshell…..
Update: After two police officers fired for the 2009 on-camera beating of Michael DeHerrera were reinstated to their jobs, we spoke to Anthony DeHerrera, Michael’s father and a law enforcement veteran, about his displeasure with the decision. His words are echoed by Michael himself, who calls the move “shocking. It…
Patricia Calhoun’s Wake-Up Call post about Mayor Michael Hancock seeking a win-win-win regarding a potential move of the National Western Stock Show raised a red flag for one reader, who thinks a potential compromise wouldn’t result in a victory for Denver at all. Here’s his post…
Yesterday, the Drug Policy Task Force met to consider THC driving limits. The DUID-marijuana working group studying the subject couldn’t agree on a proposal last week, and Task Force member Senator Pat Steadman thinks its inability to do so may prevent THC-driving legislation from being blessed by the state Commission…
Yesterday, we noted in our post about the reinstatement of cops fired for beating Michael DeHerrera that we’d reached out to spokespeople for Mayor Michael Hancock to get his take. That response came yesterday evening, with Hancock calling for an appeal of the ruling — and he wasn’t the only…
Ever wonder why your mom and dad (or maybe you) are such a mess? These “discussion posters” from 1973 offer clues. Some are icky (“I’m O.K., and You’re O.K.”). Some are depressing (“What is the purpose?”). And some are borderline obscene, like this shot of a curious boy with a…
This week’s feature story, “Kink of the Jungle: A field guide to Denver’s wild life,” explores the various sub-sects of the kink scene in Denver. We go inside the world of the kinksters, who have an adults-only, sex-play headquarters in the heart of town. Given the edgy nature of this…
Waste oil recycling is supposed to be a feel-good industry, taking what used to be thrown away and turning it into fuel. But in Boulder, two oil recycling companies are engaging in a minor grease war. Sustainable Oil Service (SOS) has accused Rocky Mountain Sustainable Enterprises (RMSE), also known as…
Shaun Kaufman and Colleen Collins, husband-and-wife private detectives and Westword cover subjects, don’t just serve lawsuits to biker dudes named Billy and find bullets buried on 800-acre ranches. They also write books, and their first, How to Write a Dick: A Guide to Writing Fictional Sleuths from a Couple of…
Real-estate investor Aaron Million’s audacious proposal to provide water to a thirsty Front Range by building a 550-mile pipeline from southwestern Wyoming, the subject of a 2009 feature by Joel Warner, is no cheap fix. Two years ago, Million estimated the cost of the project at around $3 billion. But…
Governor John Hickenlooper has proclaimed September as Ethics Month for the Public Relations Society of America’s Colorado chapter. According to the PRSA’s Code of Ethics, the goals include “to build respect and credibility with the public for the profession of public relations” and “to build trust with the public by…
These Denver blog posts lined up in single file. Mile High Report fan poster Alexander Wall thinks Tim Tebow is being treated like he has cancer — but he’s certain Tebow’s career has plenty of life left in it. Elephant Journal’s Brent Binder tells the true story of a bicycle…
The owners of a Highland day-care center, who objected in June to The Clinic, a medical marijuana center, moving into the neighborhood, sold their business and building to the MMC earlier this month, allowing the pot shop to finally open their doors last Saturday after a two-month delay…
Today, a jet crash in Russia claimed at least 43 lives, including two former (and well-remembered) Colorado Avalanche players, Karlis Skrastins and Ruslan Salei. Skrastins was known as the “Iron Man” for playing 487 consecutive games between 2003 and 2008, while Salei skated for the Avs from 2007 to 2010,…
In late August, we noted that the search for a new MediaNews Group CEO to succeed Dean Singleton had stretched out for seven months, with no end in sight. At last, the situation has changed. John Paton, a director of the Journal Register Company, has been named the firm’s CEO…
