Saturday brought news about the shocking death of George Hickenlooper, Mayor John Hickenlooper’s filmmaking cousin, who was in Denver to screen his latest flick, Casino Jack, as part of the Starz Denver Film Festival. The show will go on, says festival director Britta Erickson, with at least one more Casino…
On Saturday, Sergei Berejnoi was apparently upset that he arrived late at his DIA gate. So he allegedly said there was a bomb in his already checked luggage — and was promptly busted. Of course, we’ve come to expect this kind of lunacy from passengers who land in Colorado. Here…
We’ve told you about a search for a door-to-door groper who allegedly molested a child after claiming to be an immigration doctor. Now, Aurora Police believe they’ve got their man — 54-year-old Kenneth Lee, whose mug shot resembles a sketch and computer-generated graphic of the suspect but isn’t as flattering…
After our “Top 10 Ways Josh McDaniels Has Destroyed the Denver Broncos” post last week following the team’s 59-14 shellacking by the Oakland Raiders, we hoped there’d be no reason to come up with another critical list today. No such luck. The Broncos’ 24-16 collapse against the woeful San Francisco…
Update: City of Boulder officials have announced that the evacuation order for many residents put in place due to the Dome fire will be lifted at 10 a.m. today — a very good sign…
We’re in the Halloween spirit at Westword — especially managing editor Jonathan “Uncle Sam” Shikes. And you can join in with the click of a mouse. Check out our overflowing Halloween events page, our lists of the top 16 Denver Halloween parties for people who’d rather eat and the year’s…
This morning, Patricia Calhoun previewed UFO believer Jeff Peckman’s event supporting Initiative 300, which would establish an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission. Westword photographer Johnny Molfetta attended the press conference, capturing images of Peckman, author Stan Romanek and more. Page down to see Molfetta’s snapshots and captions…
These three Denver blog posts should keep you busy for a few minutes, anyway. Roundball Mining Company’s Jeremy considers the repercussions of Carmelo Anthony’s long-delayed public admission that he feels it’s time for a change. He wonders if locker-room tensions could turn the mood ugly. A Colorado Pols survey suggests…
Some of them sneak up when you’re not looking. Some are brazen enough to do it right in front of you. But all of them — every squirrel — eat pumpkins. And I’ve had it. It’s bad enough that these varmints sit in their trees and yell at me while…
How tough a job market is it for radio professionals these days? J.J. McKay, who not all that many years ago was among the most popular morning-show personalities in Denver, has just taken a new gig in Ketchikan, Alaska, a community with an estimated population of just over 7,000. Not…
Our post yesterday about an ESPN SportsNation poll showing almost half the voters want Tim Tebow to start at QB for the Broncos brought out some passionate love from one of our readers. But the love wasn’t for Tebow. It was directed at Kyle Orton, the current Broncos starter…
Michael Bennet’s camp knows turnout will decide if he retains his Senate seat or loses it to Ken Buck — and so does Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele. In conjunction with the launch of NoMoreFrankens.com, a website using the SNL performer turned Minnesota senator as a cautionary tale, Steele…
Earlier this week, we shared the Boulder Police Department’s plans to deal with the Boulder Mall Crawl and possible Naked Pumpkin Run this weekend. City of Boulder spokeswoman Sarah Huntley wasn’t enthusiastic about a naked run, but she hoped the crawl would go as smoothly as it did during last…
While Tom Tancredo’s campaign thinks the Denver Post is trying to drag John Hickenlooper’s carcass over the finish line in the guv race, Tanc has honor rally organizer Glenn Beck in his corner. On his radio show, Beck recently declared that if Tancredo was elected, he might move to Colorado,…
This morning’s Denver Post suggests that Tom Tancredo has injected a racial element into the gubernatorial campaign by inaccurately quoting President Barack Obama as having denigrated “bitter white people.” Tancredo operations manager Cliff Dodge argues that the paper’s goal in publishing pieces like these is to “drag the carcass of…
Beware the single guy who’s a little too eager to babysit your male children — at least if he resembles the description emerging of Anthony Ganter. Colorado Springs authorities have charged Ganter with sexual assault on a child, plus failure to register as a sex offender, in relation to as…
Update: Congrats to Ryan (“I’ll cheer louder than vuvuzela!”) With that kind of claim, how could we not give you the four tickets. And you got to see a Rapids victory! Thanks for reading and playing along; there were some very good entries. ________ At 7 p.m. on Thursday night,…
Update:It took over a week for the Denver coroner’s office to identify the man found dead in a car on the 1100 block of South King Street on October 17. The information came around the same time Paul Cortez was ID’d in a homicide near Bruce Randolph and York. The…
Update: More information has begun to filter out in relation to a murder that took place near the intersection of Bruce Randolph Avenue and York Street. The Denver coroner’s office has identified the victim of this crime as Paul Cortez. Look below to see the release revealing this information:…
The Republican-heavy state Board of Education is going after a $3.2 million abstinence-only education grant that Governor Bill Ritter’s administration passed up in favor of a $3.9 million grant that pays for sex ed that teaches kids about birth control, too. So… if Colorado wins the grant, will school districts…
Fidel Ramos was a criminal and a drug addict. He was also a smart and fearless man who had a central role in forcing the State of Colorado to transform its prisons from hellholes into something more humane. Ramos, who died of a brain hemorrhage at Sterling Correctional Facility last…
This week’s cover story, “The Damage Done,” details the Denver-based Justice Initiative for Drug Endangered Families, a unique approach to drug treatment that employs cops in their off hours to mentor addicts they usually lock away. The feature focuses on sisters Audrey and Katie and their recovery through the program,…
