View Larger Map Earlier today, we told you about a shootout at Aurora’s T&R Liquors, pictured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). Now, the Aurora Police Department has confirmed that one of the three people wounded in the melee has died:…
Ever since Centennial’s dispensary ban was shot down in Arapahoe District Court a month ago, Colorado medical marijuana operations faced with similar moratoriums in other locales have refused to go quietly into the night. The latest dispute is brewing in Jefferson County. Last week, county commissioners there enacted a six-month…
A triumvirate of blogs about D-town. In his recap of the Nuggets’ comfortable squashing of the Clippers last night, the Nugg Doctor’s Nick Sclafani points out that eleven of the team’s next twelve games are against sub .500 opponents. Which should be a good thing, but isn’t always. Ken at…
Air America, the liberal radio network, has seemed gravebound plenty of times over the past few years — and now even the folks there admit the project is dead. But AM-760, a Clear Channel Denver outlet originally seen as Colorado’s Air America station, still survives, if not necessarily thrives. And…
I like to imagine that all of our shmucks — every last one of them, from middle schoolers to the Mormon Madoff to the threesome from hell — are, upon earning the honor, rounded up and herded into one confined space, to trade stories of their shmuckdom and steal each…
Bernie Lincicome, a sports columnist for the Rocky Mountain News until the tabloid went south last February, was known for his blunt opinions — and blunt they remain even after almost a year on the shelf. In an interview with the Chicago Reader, Lincicome, who’s moved back to Chi-Town, where…
Members of the medical marijuana industry frequently cringe at the way their community is portrayed in the mainstream media, and that’s led to the development of homegrown news operations intended to provide a more accurate portrait of the issue. A prime example of this literally grassroots movement: Angela Macdonald of…
“Romer had his affair, Owens had his divorce, Ritter had his romance rumors. Women are usually attracted to governors, but I don’t see that with Hickenlooper. Lucky for you, Helen, you’ve got nothing to worry about.”…
Last September, we told you about local dog Becca the Labrador, whose claim to fame was eating a sock, puking it up, and then eating it again. Thanks to this excellent achievement, Becca was named a finalist for the first annual Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. Hambone Award, given to the…
It took the better part of a week, but Matt Arnold, the man behind ClearTheBenchColorado.org, has finally gotten the Denver Post to blink. On Tuesday, the paper published, “AG Suthers May Not Back 3 on State Supreme Court,” citing comments Colorado’s attorney general made about not supporting the retention of…
Yesterday, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court essentially gave corporations and unions carte blanche to spend as much as they’d like on campaigns, and to do so directly. Because the ruling conflicts with a voter-passed 2002 Colorado amendment, which prohibited such entities from using revenues for campaign purposes,…
View Larger Map Getting your drink on proved risky last night at T&R Liquors in Aurora, pictured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). According to the Aurora Police Department, an argument outside the store led to multiple gunshots that hit multiple…
Yesterday, I learned something so jaw-droppingly odd that I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. Turns out there’s only one degree of separation between me and James Gandolfini, of The Sopranos fame. How? Because I dubbed his voice in the scene on view here — an excerpt from…
What do former pro football players do once their careers are over? The rise of the medical marijuana industry in Colorado provides a possible answer owing to one simple fact: A helluva lot of athletes love weed. Unfortunately, though, there can still be complications — like the ones currently embroiling…
Recent Denver Post stories about increasing inmate violence at some state prisons have arrived just in time for the annual budget battle between lawmakers and the Colorado Department of Corrections — a nice bit of timing that should be regarded with a certain wariness. The DOC would like to open…
Howard Dean, the former emphatic Democratic Committee Chairman, and ex-Bush administration mastermind Karl Rove are set to go head-to-head next month on the CU Boulder campus. And considering that the two rest on opposite ends of the political spectrum, their faceoff promises to be quite the show. Dean, the former…
Today, Mason Tvert, founder of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation), called for a boycott of Starbucks, saying the coffee chain supported the Colorado Drug Investigators Association, a lobbying group that has opposed to medical marijuana. The CDIA, which listed Starbucks as a sponsor on its website alongside such vendors…
On December 1, Colorado’s ban against texting while driving went into effect, and in an interview with Westword, Representative Claire Levy, who co-sponsored the original bill, defended the measure despite complaints by Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle about the difficulty of enforcing it. “When confronted with the difficulty of enforcement,…
There are lots of blogs about Denver. But here are three good ones. Sayre Bedinger at Mile High Report wonders if keeping Brandon Marshall and trading for Anquan Boldin is a viable option for the Broncos. Probably not — but it sure as hell would be sweet. Colorado Pols asks:…
Moments ago, we published the latest in our series of “Mile Highs and Lows” dispensary reviews — a critique of Apothecary of Colorado by William Breathes. But this piece is only the beginning of our coverage — and one of the best ways to find more of it is by…
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 will be offering a no-holds-barred…
Stories of alleged neglect don’t get much more horrific than the one related by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in regard to Joseph Trujillo, 23. Shortly after midnight, according to the JCSO, Trujillo’s mother heard crying, which makes sense given that she lives with her son and his five-month-old child…
