It seemed like a simple question: Which facilities in the Denver Public School system are experiencing the most H1N1-related absences? But in the day-plus since being asked that question by yours truly, DPS spokesman Michael Vaughn has mostly provided big picture info rather than specifics. He says he knows Columbian…
The federal indictment against Mohammad Zazi is a lot less substantial than the one handed to his son, terror suspect Najibullah Zazi. The gist of the false statement charge against Mohammad reads as follows: “Defendant ZAZI denied that he spoke with anyone by telephone regarding whether Najibullah Zazi was in…
As part of our search for a marijuana-dispensary critic, we asked applicants to write in and tell us what marijuana means to them. In the coming weeks, we’ll publish some of our favorites, including this one from a female college student…
The Denver-based Pendulum Foundation has made some significant progress in challenging the laws that can send juveniles to adult prison, serving life without parole for violent crimes committed when they were fifteen- or sixteen-years old — a wrenching issue Luke Turf explored in his 2005 feature “Headed For Trouble.” Now,…
If you’ve lived in Denver for any amount of time, you’ve probably heard any one of many strange rumors about Denver International Airport: connections to the New World Order and the Freemasons, murals that depict horrific future events in 2012, an underground military base, spirits disturbed from an ancient indian…
Our daily collection of local blog decency. At HuffPo, Jason Salzman rekindles the idea that the Rockies are winning for Jesus. (Whatever it takes, right?) Colorado Pols says Congresswoman Betsey Marky will be tough to beat next year, and they’ve got video evidence. Mile High Report has an exhaustive look…
Having trouble finding work? You’re not alone. Follow Jobbed every Thursday as we troll for the weird, the wacky and the worst of what the recession-era world of job ads has to offer. The Job: Time traveler Wanted (Greater Denver Area), found on Craigslist Pay: $250,000 Qualifications: “I am looking…
Say somebody calls you up and asks if you’d like to donate to the Family Help Center. Sounds like a good idea, right? Because you like families, and you’d like to help. But if you opened up your heart, and your wallet, to such an offer between 2005 and 2007,…
Loveland Ski Area opened yesterday, and photographer Soren McCarty was there. See his photos on the slideshow page…
As part of our medical-marijuana coverage, Westword has created the largest and most extensive directory of Colorado dispensaries available anywhere. To page through the updated version, click here…
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…
Since Dick Wadhams was named the State Chairman of the Colorado Republicans, the party has lost control of the state Senate, the state House of Representatives, the Governorship, one U.S. Senate seat and one U.S. House of Representative seat. But Dick is not depressed. He is energized! Like General Motors,…
Russ Johnson, who gabbed as an evening talk-show host at KOA from 1999 to 2004, and subsequently worked at KVOR in Colorado Springs, died earlier this week at his Aurora home. John Turk, a producer of AM 760 who was friendly with Johnson, confirms that he took his own life…
View Larger Map Here’s a development sure to freak out residents living in the vicinity of 3042 Humboldt Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). Early this morning, the Denver Police Department responded to a burglary call at…
“Tony Rouco is really a small piece of the puzzle,” former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Cory Voorhis says about an ICE supervisor who reportedly gave false testimony under oath. “It’s most obvious that the wrongdoing is at some level higher.” In some respects, the Voorhis case seems like…
Most commentators discussing the Philadelphia Phillies’ 5-1 dismantling of the Colorado Rockies yesterday came to the conclusion that the P-men simply outclass the Rocks on every level — an easy conclusion to draw if you suffered through the last five innings. But amid the destruction, there was reason for hope,…
Reality-TV watchers know early in nearly every show who’s in danger of elimination — and during last night’s episode of America’s Next Top Model, Louisville’s Nicole Fox found herself smack in the middle of what that great philosopher Kenny Loggins once described as the “Danger Zone.” She had plenty of…
In a Tuesday blog, the Colorado Department of Health’s Margaret Huffman reassured the public that the H1N1/swine-flu vaccine was safe and said concerns about it weren’t dominating calls received on the state’s CoHELP info line. If so, that flies in the face of a new Associated Press poll in which…
It was 85 degrees below zero, and Erin hadn’t seen the sun in five months. Her skin had lost its pigmentation and she was sneezing blood because her sinuses were so dried out. A marine biologist turned dishwasher, Erin was working in the coldest, harshest place on earth, alongside 42…
“Better Gay Than GLAAD,” Kenny Be, October 1 Don’t Get Mad, Get GLAAD So I sat down for breakfast at a local hangout here in Englewood to enjoy the October 1 Westword, and lo and behold, what did I find? Ah, yes, more drama-causing fags. Who’da thunk?! As a queer…
In this age of terrorism, security can be swift and strong in the United States — and a Westword operative found out just how swift and strong on Monday when Janet Napolitano, the director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, was here for the International Association of Chiefs of…
In a teleconference with reporters today, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar declared that his department’s wild-horse management program “is simply not working” and proposed a new way of dealing with the surplus of horseflesh that is devouring millions in taxpayer dollars. Secretary Salazar wants to head ’em up and…
