Clicked on any blogs about Denver lately? If not, here are three chances to make up for it. In a fan post on Mile High Report, sadaraine, described as Tim Tebow’s “biggest Bronco critic,” admits that the drafting of the Florida QB was his “biggest nightmare,” but encourages everyone to…
In politics, a single word can get in the way — especially when that word is “genocide.” During his presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama left little doubt where he stood when it came to the events of April 24, 1915, when Turks exterminated somewhere north of one million Armenians. In…
Adams County District Attorney Don Quick has determined that police actions were justified in an old-fashioned cops-versus-robbers gunfight in Westminster last November. And the details in Quick’s decision letter are made for Hollywood. That’s appropriate considering people interviewed as part of the investigation noted that Christian Benshoof, 35, and Ashley…
Every week we introduce you to a new shmuck. This week: 24-Hour Fitness. I’ve noted my hatred for gyms before. But this week, 24-Hour Fitness cemented itself as one of the world’s douchiest operations, their admirable commitment to wellness aside. Here’s the story: As anyone who’s joined a 24-Hour knows,…
Yesterday, Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided a marijuana grow located in a warehouse at 1441 West 46th Avenue. The site’s unusual for a cultivation operation for a couple of reasons. It’s adjacent to the Denver Police Department District 1 station and about a block away from Remington Elementary School. Beyond…
“Expand limited gambling again? Why should we legalize video keno games and ask Colorado bar patrons to fund higher education when we could just legalize prostitution and ask college students to pay for state tuition increases by working their asses off.”…
See more photos at westword.com/slideshow. The traveling hate circus of Westboro Baptist Church swung through Capitol Hill on its current Denver-Boulder Tour of Brightly Covered Disparagement, unloading its Kia full of signs outside the offices of the Intermountain Jewish News. It was pretty standard fare for Westboro, if calling Rabbis…
After the Rocky Mountain News shut down in February 2009, Rich Boehne, CEO of the tabloid’s owner, E.W. Scripps, promised Rocky editor/publisher/president John Temple a job. But Temple turned it down to pursue other opportunities — the largest of which turned out to be Honolulu Civil Beat, an online news…
Yesterday’s acquisition of Qwest by CenturyTel may enrich the likes of Phil Anschutz, but it’s raised concerns among politicos such as Governor Bill Ritter and senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, who fear a loss of jobs once the headquarters moves from Denver to Monroe, Louisiana. But could there also…
NFL Nation is divided on whether the Denver Broncos were wise or wack to draft Florida quarterback Tim Tebow in the first round of last night’s draft. Example: ESPN’s draft coverage juxtaposed an instant poll showing that 41 percent of respondents gave the Tebow choice an “F” with Super Bowl-winning…
The infamous clan of gay-hating, anti-Semitic demonstrators of the Westboro Baptist Church kept its promise to harass schools in Boulder Thursday — an almost rare follow through for the group that appears to have found their obnoxious presence garners about as much attention as not showing up at all. But…
They’re only baby steps, but hopefully these ten small tokens of our appreciation for Mother Earth will add up to one slightly larger and biodegradable token. 10. Planting a tree and then neglecting it until it dies. 9. Recycling ideas at work. 8. Being one-upped by whatever stupid Boulder has…
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…
Lawyers for Willie Clark, who was convicted last month of killing Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams in 2007, are asking for a new trial. Among other violations, they say jurors discussed whether Clark was guilty before the trial was over. Juror #34, a nineteen-year-old self-employed male, told defense investigator Greta Lindecrantz…
A prominent wildlife conservation group is suing Secretary of the Interior (and former Colorado Senator) Ken Salazar for reportedly failing to protect a prairie song bird that many say is nearing extinction. In the recently filed federal lawsuit (click here to read it), WildEarth Guardians says Salazar has not fulfilled…
Last week in Commerce City, cops investigating a home invasion found a marijuana grow and prepackaged weed ready for sale at dispensaries, along with cocaine and heroin. “There’s an increase in drug dealers trying to legitimize their trade by selling to dispensaries, and they’re hiding behind that,” North Metro Drug…
As we told you earlier today, Qwest is being acquired by CenturyTel in a $10.6 billion stock swap. We don’t know the repercussions yet, and won’t for a while. But they’ll undoubtedly be significant in light of the fact that the combined company’s headquarters will be located at CenturyTel’s home…
Here are three blogs about Denver you may enjoy reading. Mile High Report’s BroncoTiLLIDie links to an ESPN piece noting that today is Josh McDaniels’ birthday — and the team’s been contacted by the Giants, Packers and Eagles about possibly trading its number one pick. Is this the present he’s…
Our latest “Mile Highs and Lows” dispensary review has just entered cyberspace: William Breathes critiques The Giving Tree, whose products are consistently moist — maybe a bit too much so. And there’s a lot more information where that came from. The Westword crew has spent the week updating our dispensary…
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 at what goes on…
News that the old Pig ‘N Whistle restaurant on West Colfax burned down this morning couldn’t help leaving Eddie “Punch” Bohn with mixed emotions. After all, Punch’s dad, Eddie Bohn, was the man who turned the site into a Denver landmark for the lion’s share of the Twentieth Century. “I…
Teens using their skateboards to savagely beat an Arvada Dad at the Denver Skatepark may signal the start of a long, hot summer of violence… There is great concern that the tensions already simmering between recreational groups could escalate into a melee of the Wash Park M.O.M.S. using strollers –…
