Auraria campus police are looking for a woman whose 9mm pistol accidentally fired in a woman’s bathroom stall in classroom building this morning. No one was hurt, police say, and crews have already patched up where the bullet penetrated the drywall…
Appropriately enough, our collection of “Mile Highs and Lows” dispensary reviews just keeps growing. The latest entry finds The Wildflower Seed critiquing Ka-tet Wellness Services, which served her well in a time of need (and pain). Her piece supplements our just-updated dispensary directory, a compendium of MMJ information that’s expanding…
This dispensary has closed. As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword is offering a no-holds-barred look…
Mayor John Hickenlooper may not be into talking about the Arizona immigration law that potential gubernatorial-election opponent Scott McInnis thinks is so nifty — but Tom Boasberg, superintendent of Denver Public Schools, is not nearly so reticent. At 1:45 p.m. today, Boasberg and DPS board members will be front and…
Mayor and (nearly) Governor John Hickenlooper says, “Welcome Illegal Immigrants!” What benefits will they receive? Look below to find out:…
Tim Tebow’s new Broncos jersey was the hottest seller among all NFL draft day selections, and they’re flying off local shelves. But is there a way to get one for half price? Maybe. Credit for the concept goes to Gary Schneeberger, spokesman for Focus on the Family, whose Colorado Springs-based…
Yesterday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis made a big splash by saying he’d like to bring Arizona’s controversial new immigration law to Colorado. McInnis followed up comments on KHOW morning host Peter Boyles’s talk show with press availabilities aplenty, including one that led to a page-one, above-the-fold story on today’s…
Yesterday on his TruthWinsOut.org website, Wayne Besen wrote that Focus on the Family’s Melissa Fryrear, a former lesbian who frequently appeared at events designed to help transform unhappy homosexuals into heterosexuals, had left the Colorado Springs ministry. Besen speculates that Fryrear was a victim of layoffs of the sort that…
Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues — and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig with the U.S. Department of…
In our Tuesday story about Mike McGee and Paul Shoemaker, two Sprint employees who were fired for catching a shoplifter, Shoemaker said he didn’t plan to file a lawsuit against the company over the dismissal, even though he saw it as unfair. “I’m not out there trying to make money…
To legalize or not to legalize? That could be a question for the November ballot. Last week, as thousands hazed up Civic Center in celebration of 4/20 and, just across the way, legislators inched closer to passing the country’s first state marijuana dispensary regulatory system, it seemed like Colorado marijuana…
At this point, Aurora Police Department reps haven’t released the identity of the man found stabbed to death at a home near the Saddle Creek Golf Course. But they’ve revealed the name of a suspect arrested for investigation of homicide — Trevor Stewart, 22 — and confirm that he’s a…
In a Monday post in which I argued that the Nuggets were bound for a first-round playoff loss, I predicted that they’d win game five at home — which they did last night, 116 to 102. The results were enough to prompt upbeat comments from KEPN radio early-morning host Ryan…
If Bill Sullivan were on trial for being a bad boyfriend, we’re pretty sure he’d be found guilty. Exhibit A? The evidence presented by his exes in this week’s feature, “Operation Cock Block Tries to Protect Women’s Hearts and Pocketbooks From This Crooked Casanova.” We’re also sure that Bill would…
“The Boy Who Wouldn’t Tell,” Joel Warner, April 22 To Tell the Truth Are readers supposed to feel sympathetic for Alan Sudduth? After reading this article, one should ask, so what? I personally feel Sudduth deserves every single minute he’s served behind bars already, as well as those he’ll still…
The McNichols building at the edge of Civic Center Park, originally a Carnegie library, has been stripped down to its century-old bones. The city showed off this classy chassis last week, at a Hard Hat Gala to mark the countdown to the Biennial of the Americas, coming to Civic Center…
Bill and Dana had been dating for nearly two years when Ann started calling. Bill, six feet tall and 38, with thick brown hair and a rakish smile, told Dana that Ann was just a friend, someone who needed a shoulder to lean on because she was having problems with…
Editor’s note: Mexicans lived in America before many territories became states. Indeed, much of our country was once their country. Today, Mexican immigrants are part of the fabric of this nation. Yet there is now fervor to drive immigrants out—almost at all costs. Keep them from coming here—almost at all…
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis likes Arizona’s controversial new immigration law a whole lot more than does Representative Jared Polis, who told Politico that requiring immigrants to have their papers on them at all times is “absolutely reminiscent of second class status of Jews in Germany prior to World War…
Be honest: If you’d just hit a car as you landed your plane, what’s the first thing you’d do? Run, probably — which is exactly what 67-year-old Joe Curtis did. According to Boulder County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Commander Rick Brough, Curtis crashed his single engine plane at Independence and N…
Most snatch-and-grab crimes don’t get nearly as much attention as the one Brandon Smith is accused of committing at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center earlier this month. But he made national news because his alleged attempt to steal a trendy new iPad resulted in part of victim Bill Jordan’s pinky…
Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues — and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig with the U.S. Department of…
