The very nature of gardening is a life and death matter. Out in the yard, something has to die so something else can live. Tending greenhouse-grown transplants from toxic weeds and voracious bugs requires round-the-clock protection from a hoe-wielding vegetable vigilante. Combined with hailstorms and root rot, the threats are…
Last week, the Aurora Police Department busted Dr. Manuel Aquino-Villaman for allegedly writing medical marijuana recommendations to two undercover police officers without examining them. Among other things, he’s been charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Should this sting operation be viewed in the context of Aurora’s reputation as an anti-MMJ-biz…
By any objective standard, the 150 error-ridden pages of “Musings on Water” churned out by Scott McInnis aren’t worth the $300,000 the Hasan Family Foundation paid for them. Now we know, thanks to this morning’s front-page story in the Denver Post, that they’re not even the gubernatorial candidate’s own work…
Update below: As the temperatures have heated up, so has metro-area violence. In recent days, Montae Davis died after a shooting near Fairfax Liquors and Cesar Reyes was arrested for an Aurora triple shooting over the weekend. The latest homicide: A possible ambush shooting on East 36th Avenue that wounded…
In early June, several Colorado Springs locals filed paperwork to put a medical-marijuana-business ban on the November ballot. Since then, I’ve tried to reach petition signatories or anyone else representing the group. And today, I finally succeeded. Unfortunately, though, they’ve refused to talk to Westword, in part because they disapprove…
Comeback pastor Ted Haggard’s new St. James church has been alternately praised for its feel-good message and derided as an empty infomercial due to the frequent presence of film crews recording his every prayer for a potential documentary. Which leaves us to wonder: Is his impending move to Colorado Springs’…
Not many wedding toasts make headlines — but Chris Paul’s salute to Carmelo Anthony and bride Lala Vasquez at their weekend nuptials was definitely an exception. Paul teased a possible big three to counter the LeBron James-Dwyane Wade-Chris Bosh combo in Miami. The idea: Paul, Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony…
A trio of worthy posts from Denver blogs. Tim Tebow gets a toughness ranking of 98 on Madden 11, notes jonmark93 on a Mile High Report fan post. Grrrrr! Colorado Pols shares Stan Garnett’s attack on John Suthers over the Defense of Marriage Act. Defend that. 5280’s A.J. Vicens considers…
The folks at magazines and websites love to cook up city lists — rosters proclaiming that a certain burg is the best this, or the worst that. Doing so makes sense, given that people with a connection to those places will click, and the towns themselves will promote the links,…
Earlier today, we gave you the basics about a murder near Fairfax Liquors over the weekend. Moments ago, the Denver coroner’s office identified the victim of the shooting as Montae Davis, seventeen. According to a release, “The cause of death is gunshot wound to the chest. The manner of death…
As readers of this blog no doubt know — if only because we incessantly mentioned it last week (along with news of a proposed pickup game involving junior dreamboat Justin Bieber) — Carmelo Anthony and Lala Vazquez tied the knot in New York City this past Saturday. Want to see…
The Robert Wallace case has all the trademarks of a justice-gone-awry tale. When Wallace, an 81-year-old Wheat Ridge resident, saw two men trying to steal his trailer this past February, he opened fire, hitting one of the men in the head. But the person busted in the shooting’s immediate aftermath…
Last month, we told you about claims that Grand Junction Police officers had vandalized a homeless camp — assertions followed by the firing of three GJPD members. But the story’s not over. In recent days, another cop’s resigned and a colleague’s been placed on leave over allegations that homeless people’s…
The study of neighbors through yard decoration. Meet Mary who’s blessed most everywhere, From Vietnam to Vatican Square. But Guadalupe is hard to know, she’s just a local saint from Mexico. What a crazy pair! But they’re virgins, identical virgins all the way. One pair of matching tubmates, as different…
The weekend in Denver was full to overflowing, and Westword photogs were on the scene, capturing the action. Check out shots from the Top Model casting call, where plenty of women hoped to follow in the footsteps of local winner Nicole Fox, plus the Colorado Burlesque Festival, a pointed lawn-dart…
See update below: Unfortunately, a triple shooting in Aurora wasn’t the only weekend homicide in the Denver metro area. Late last night, a man with a lethal gunshot wound was reportedly found near Fairfax Liquors, at 2801 Fairfax. However, Denver Police believe he was actually hit on the 2800 block…
Update, 4:30 pm: As Mike McKee predicts below, the Inspector General’s report on the lease sales is now posted on the Department of the Interior’s website. For the report summary, go here. Utah County Commissioner Mike McKee wants Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to release an internal report that…
We have a good news-bad news situation for racists and chauvinists. The good news? We’ve found a specialty in which white men continue to dominate. The bad news? The specialty in question is sex offenses. The U.S. Marshals Service has released its list of the top 100 most wanted sex…
See update below: At this point, the Aurora Police Department is sharing only a few details about a shooting that took place in Aurora early Sunday morning. All we know thus far are that three people were hit, and one of them subsequently died. Look below to see an interactive…
The fastest way for a local television journalist to make the leap to a national network has nothing to do with scooping the competition on a groundbreaking story that produces headlines around the globe. Nope, it’s all about the hair — especially at Fox News, whose reporters are among the…
Sorry, world: Most Americans didn’t care one bit about yesterday’s World Cup finals. I did, though — and now I know the secret to getting more Americans to love (or at least better understand) the game the rest of the world knows as football. Each of us should be assigned…
While one editor gets her voice back, Colorado Pols is speechless: Jared Jacang Maher continues to dismantle the reputation of disgraced developer Erik Osborn — as well as that of a few city agencies — with his latest for Face the State. I ink, therefore I am: Kathryn Eastburn, co-founder…
