Six struggling Denver schools were awarded $14.4 million in federal money to help them “turn around” — which is education-speak for raise test scores and graduation rates. The schools — Montbello High School, Rachel B. Noel Middle School, Gilpin K-8 School, Greenlee Elementary School, Lake Middle School and North High…
GOP Senate hopeful Jane Norton surely expected to outrage Dems with her video attacking “liberals in Washington” for being soft on terror. But when the founder of Muslims For Bush denounces your tactics as stupid race-baiting, maybe it’s time to re-evaluate. “Nothing has hurt the GOP more than Republican candidates…
Just in from the Broomfield Police Department: Thomas Holloway, 53, from Boulder has been arrested following a couple of incidents last night. According to the BPD, Holloway is suspected of firing two shotgun blasts through the door of his estranged wife’s Summit at Flatirons apartment. No one in the apartment…
Update, 2:27 p.m.: New info below the original 1:37 p.m. item. While Republican Ken Buck used the caucus system to transform himself from a senatorial dark horse into a frontrunner (the kind now getting attacked by the likes of Politico), Andrew Romanoff, the champion Dem at the caucus level, seems…
A Denver blogs three-peat. Purple Row’s Bryan Kilpatrick notes that Ubaldo Jimenez was perfect through three innings (just like his last start) before fading (just like his last start) and then being saved by Rockies bats (just like his last start). Square State’s Bill Egnor asks, “What is the purpose…
Season four of Mad Men doesn’t get underway until July 25. But for Denver fans addicted to the show like it’s characters crave nicotine, AMC has a temporary fix. Tonight from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the Retro Room is hosting a Mad Men mixer, and those who arrive clad…
On Friday, we shared an account by Open Media Foundation’s Tony Shawcross about an FBI request for information from Colorado Indymedia following acts of vandalism at two Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices. Now, a Colorado Indymedia representative weighs in on the incident, which, in his opinion, has spawned misinformation about…
Lucky Parker Real Name: Mike Cotsworth; Occupation: Car Wrangler; Suburb of Operations: Parker; Hair: Fishtails; Eyes: On the Road Suburban superhero skills: As a suburb-cruising car collector endowed with superhuman traffic telepathy, he is able to decipher and direct traffic energies with enough skill to find a parking space at…
Late Sunday, Stephen Michael Shappell, 21, was arrested in Denver in relation to the Philadelphia-area murder of Kevin Mengel Jr., 33, who owned a landscaping business where Shappell worked. Morgan Mengel, Kevin’s wife, has also been charged in the crime, which involves spiked Snapple, a bludgeoning and the dumb criminal’s…
Don’t know if the pranksters who congregated on the 16th Street Mall over the weekend constitute a flash mob. “Flash large grouping” is more like it. Still, they managed to take shoppers by storm with a routine for “Safety Dance,” a tune originally performed by ’80s staples Men Without Hats…
Massage fan Ted Haggard’s attempted comeback with St. James Church is such a made-for-TV enterprise that it makes sense his pulpit performances are getting regular reviews. Thus far, however, there’s wide disagreement among critics about whether the services strike the right balance between spirituality and show biz…
Today, the swastika is almost exclusively associated with the Nazi regime. But the icon was once seen as a benign decorative device — which explains how it turned up on a quilt recently donated to the Greeley Museums. Manager Erin Quinn views it as a gorgeous specimen. But how to…
Yesterday, we told you about a weekend kidnapping near Peak to Peak Highway — the third assault on Boulder County nature lovers in June. Hours later, following the release of a suspect sketch, authorities came upon Joseph Scott Carter, a local transient who’s been arrested as a suspect in the…
Osama hunter Gary Faulkner’s fifteen minutes are ticking away quickly, and he’s making the most of them. Mere hours after blathering on CBS’ Early Show about his intention to capture bin Laden like a thief, the Greeley man was sitting opposite David Letterman essentially measuring himself against the most wanted…
Twenty-one-year-old Karl Pfeiffer has been obsessed with the paranormal since grade school. So when SyFy’s popular reality show Ghost Hunters launched its third spin-off, Ghost Hunters Academy, the CSU sophomore enthusiastically sent his audition tape (below) and earned a spot on the show. After a successful run on the show,…
The ACLU is challenging a Boulder ordinance that penalizes homeless people for sleeping outside under the cover of blankets — even when the city’s homeless shelter is full. That’s what happened to David Madison. He was ticketed last November under the city’s controversial camping ban for sleeping outside in a…
Nothing moves swiftly in the upper echelons of government decision-making — especially when the decisions have to do with a tiny rodent that can stall development projects. Today marks the public-comment deadline on the proposal for critical habitat designation of the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse. But don’t expect the battle…
Today’s Denver blogs sampler: On Mile High Report, PolarBear14 wonders if it’s bad to root against former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan. Sorry, Shanny. 5280’s Michael de Yoanna reports about Congressman Doug Lamborn’s support for the son of Hamas’ founder. Never mind the sins of the father. Colorado Pols considers if…
Earlier this month, we told you about a dust-up involving Fountain City Councilman Harold Thompson that ended with medical marijuana advocate Al Lender taking an elbow to the mouth — after he called Thompson a son of a bitch, that is. Now, a special prosecutor says no charges should be…
HB 1284, the bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry, may have been signed into law by Governor Bill Ritter earlier this month, but plenty of questions about its implementation remain. Among them: If you haven’t applied for a license by July 1, will you have to wait until July…
Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through lawn decoration. As lovers of country, patriots need to establish clear boundaries. For them, a good fence helps to separate who they are and what they love from the harsh realities of the outside world. From chain-link bunting to split-rail pinups, a thorough…
On Thursday, we told you about the second recent attack on a nature lover in the Boulder County area this month. Now, a third: a man and a woman were reportedly kidnapped by a rifle-wielding man over the weekend, but managed to escape. How concerned should locals be? Commander Rick…
