In a state where a onetime brewpub owner, Democrat John Hickenlooper, was just elected governor, it makes sense that a onetime bartender, Paul Weissmann, would be named the House Dems’ chief of staff. Weissmann, the former House majority leader, is term-limited, so he couldn’t run for reelection in November. Still,…
Last month, we noted that Denver Post and MediaNews Group execs weren’t eager to discuss a copyright-infringement warning published by the paper. At the time, we asked these three questions: “So… what prompted the Post to rattle this saber? Are lawsuits imminent? And against who?” We now have some answers,…
Patricia Calhoun’s post about the annual protest stirred by the Nativity Scene at Denver’s City & County Building prompted a funny comment from one reader, who likens the display to a certain Chevy Chase movie — one also referenced last week in our post about resident Alek Komarnitsky web-controlled display…
‘Tis the season for holiday-themed nightlife events — like, for instance, the Schnockered Santa Pub Crawl and a Blake Street Tavern tribute to ugly Christmas sweaters. Westword photographers were there to capture the action — and that’s not all. See NSFW images from the Indie Six calendar release party and…
Update: On Friday, the Lakewood Police Department confirmed that Jarrett Berlin, shot and killed by a SWAT team after a standoff at the Bentley Apartments, was unarmed at the time of his death. Now, Tara Salazar, the woman who was allegedly in the car he used to get away from…
Last week, we offered a sneak preview of the the new CU Boulder swimsuit calendar. Westword’s Hunter Stevens attended the launch party, and we’ll post a full slideshow shortly. But here’s a bonus: Photos of all twelve months of the calendar, with many of the images featuring autographs to Westword…
Update, 5:29 p.m.: According to 9News, the person identified as Thom McDaniels, now fired Broncos coach Josh McDaniels’ father, during CBS’ broadcast of the Broncos-Kansas City Chiefs game on Sunday was not actuallyThom McDaniels. The station’s Drew Soicher reports that the elder McDaniels was, in fact, at the game, but…
We’re building to our list of 2010’s top mug shots by highlighting photos from specific categories. For instance, we recently shared the top 20 women’s mug shots of 2010. And today, we’re admiring arrestees whose booking photos feature some sweet ink — including Jacob Joseph Medina, seen here, who has…
This week’s cover story, “Mean Streets,” details the sordid working conditions many Denver cab drivers say they’ve experienced behind the wheel. But what about taxi customers? How do cab riders rate Denver’s taxicab industry? Is it a dream… or a nightmare?…
Everybody poops, including elephants — who produce 200 pounds of the stuff every day. That’s the weight of a man. Hear that, kids? An elephant poops out a man every single day. And the Denver Zoo has a plan to turn all that poop into electricity to power its new…
Would you like to peruse these Denver blog posts? We hope so. Mile High Report’s Sayre Bedinger thinks Josh McDaniels might be able to keep his job if the Broncos gave John Elway a front office job and made Wade Phillips the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach. Those were…
By definition, a youth pastor has access to lotsa young folks. And Joshua Amoroso, 21, who served in this capacity at Colorado Springs’ Gateway Church, is accused of violating the trust required by someone in that position in the worst possible way — with a fourteen-year-old girl. As detailed by…
Colorado food banks have seen “a staggering increase in need,” the Denver Post reported this week, and 12.2 percent of households “were categorized as food insecure in 2009.” The answer, according to Republican U.S. Representative Mike Coffman: cut off food stamps…
Colorado’s Department of Revenue will introduce the final draft of medical marijuana regulations on Monday. But interpretations of HB 1284, the state’s main MMJ law, continue to be made on the local level, with Carbondale telling centers that adding infused products to its menu before July is illegal…
Denverites love a scrappy underdog and a parade — but sadly, time and circumstances don’t always permit a joyous combination of the two. The ideal Grand Marshal of the 2010 Parade of Lights would be underdog Ward Churchill, but there are not enough snow-making machines in hell to make that…
Update: The original headline on this post asked who was the bigger idiot in the story of a mother discovering her car had been towed with her baby inside. We now know the Denver Police Department’s answer to that question. After an investigation, the mom, Rene Calderon, and the child’s…
Alek Komarnitsky loves Christmas — and he’s managed to spread his affection for the holiday planet-wide, thanks to Alek’s Controllable Christmas Lights for Celiac Disease, a web page that allows surfers across the globe to view and actually control his display of 20,000 lights and multiple giant inflatables. He shared…
Right now, one of our liveliest conversations is taking place on a post about Denver City Council medical marijuana regulations. But for one reader, the tone of the chat is too divisive. He’d like everyone involved to pull together…
Lately, the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force hasn’t been bestowing nicknames upon all of the bank robbers it’s seeking — a pity given how much we enjoyed putting out the alert for the likes of the Bad Hatter Bandit, the Hoppin Hooded Bandit and more. So we’re grateful the…
Update: See photos from the CU swimsuit calendar launch party and all twelve months of the calendar. ________ More good news for CU boosters beyond the impending hiring of Jon Embree to coach the Buffs: Tomorrow’s launch party for the Boulder Swimsuit Calendar 2011, featuring twelve CU students showing off…
Speculation that Eric Bieniemy would be CU’s next head coach was close, but no cigar. The Denver Post quotes Bill McCartney as saying Bieniemy will serve as offensive coordinator for another ex-Buff, Jon Embree — and that we’re hearing it from him shows why CU administrators didn’t offer him the…
Last night, participants in the Western Governors’ Association confab at the Curtis Hotel got a sneak preview of models from the five finalists in an international design competition to build a special wildlife bridge over West Vail Pass — and each entry was a pretty impressive blend of the wild…
