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Jerome Boulay was buried in snow for hours but survived deadliest avalanche in fifty years

Earlier this week, we shared the shocking news of an avalanche near Loveland Pass that killed five people taking part in a fundraising event for the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, with a sixth, Jerome Boulay, somehow surviving after being buried in the snow for four hours. Now, the CAIC has ... More >>

Photos: Joe Timlin, Rick Gaukel among five victims in deadliest avalanche since 1962

On Saturday, the Colorado snowboarding community was still reeling from the avalanche death of Mark McCarron (announced by authorities along with a controversial marijuana reference) when another tragedy struck -- this one with an even greater loss of life. Five people died near Loveland in what is ... More >>

Drew Archer, chef of TAG Burger Bar, on pointing fingers, Ruffles and bacon

Drew Archer TAG Burger Bar 1222 Madison Street 303-736-2260 www.madisonstreetdenver.com This is part one of my chef interview with Drew Archer, from TAG Burger Bar. Tune in tomorrow for part two of my interview with Archer. The first thing that emerges from the kitchen is a heap of french fries: ... More >>

Photos: Etsy's ten latest and greatest Colorado pride items

Back in January, we shared our ten favorite Colorado-centric items on Etsy, an online marketplace where the crafty among us gather to peddle out-of-the-ordinary creations and unusual discoveries of every description, usually at super-reasonable prices. A couple of months later, there's already a ne ... More >>

Summer Guide 2012: Things to do June 28-July 4

We released our 2012 Summer Guide in June, including hundreds of events and opportunities to escape both in the city and in the great outdoors. Each Thursday, we'll roll out the best things to do this week, making it easier for you to plan your summer. Among this week's listings are Fourth of July c ... More >>

Summer Guide 2012: Things to do June 21-27

We released our 2012 Summer Guide in June, including hundreds of events and opportunities to escape both in the city and in the great outdoors. Each Thursday, we'll roll out the best things to do this week, making it easier for you to plan your summer. Among this week's listings are the Westword Mus ... More >>

Tourism subsidies: John Hickenlooper vetoes bill that would allow up to six projects to qualify

The competition for state tourism incentives will remain as stiff as ever thanks to a veto this morning from Governor John Hickenlooper. Hick nixed a bill that would have allowed the Colorado Economic Development Commission to approve up to six new projects for sales-tax rebates. Six projects, inclu ... More >>

Gaylord hotel project: Meet the locals in love with it (and one guy against it)

Frank Gray is president of the Castle Rock Economic Development Council in Douglas County. Yet at a public hearing yesterday on six projects vying for big-bucks state tourism incentives, Gray eschewed his county's own project and, like many of the 23 people who testified, spoke in favor of Gaylord E ... More >>

Welcome to Collywood!

Ten other local beers that John Hickenlooper could have chosen to toast Colorado's birthday

​There is no brewery in Colorado that has a longer history than Coors, no beer maker that has employed a higher number of locals, and no company that is more associated with our state. On the other hand, Coors has a checkered history here, from its labor policies to the personal beliefs of it ... More >>

They're back: Three shmucky characters return to the headlines

Carrie McCandless​Yesterday was a big day for some of Colorado's most embarrassing characters. Two of Westword's former Shmuck of the Week award winners, Carrie McCandless and Brett Reese, were back in the news, along with Ann Crall, a member of our 2010 Hall of Shame. Stay tuned to the Late ... More >>

Batch 19, the pre-Prohibition Coors beer, will be on tap at only three old-school Denver bars (and Pete Coors will toast it at Stoney's)

Batch 19A Batch 19 party in San Francisco.​Batch 19, the Coors lager that comes from a pre-Prohibition recipe reportedly unearthed in an old log book in 2004, will go tap this week at three hand-picked bars in Denver. Stoney's Bar & Grill, the Wazee Supper Club and Star Bar were selected in p ... More >>

Gordon Biersch forces Oskar Blues to say G'Knight to its Gordon beer

The new label will be Gordon-free.​Oskar Blues will change the name of one of its four year-round beers after the Tennessee-based Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group threatened to sue the Colorado company for trademark infringement, says Oskar Blues spokesman Chad Melis. Gordon, the Oskar ... More >>

Immigration and Customs Enforcement's latest roundup: 85 "criminal aliens" busted by ICE

​Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to emphasize that it's focusing on arresting so-called criminal aliens -- and it's lassoed plenty in these parts of late. In September, ICE busted 78 people -- and of the 6,617 folks grabbed in the Denver area during fiscal 2010, 4,447 were said t ... More >>

Anthony Ganter, babysitter from hell, accused of sexually assaulting fourteen male children

Large photo below.​Beware the single guy who's a little too eager to babysit your male children -- at least if he resembles the description emerging of Anthony Ganter. Colorado Springs authorities have charged Ganter with sexual assault on a child, plus failure to register as a sex offender, i ... More >>

Weeds satirizes CO medical marijuana scene, suggests parents smoke pot before kids concerts

Mary Louise-Parker.​If ever there was a television program in the perfect position to satirize marijuana of the medical (and non-medical) type in Colorado, it's Showtime's Weeds. And in the latest episode from the sixth season -- an impressively strong one for such a long-running series -- th ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Vail Restaurant Month and Oktoberfest celebrations

​Well, Denver Beer Fest and the Great American Beer Festival have come and gone -- but there's still plenty to do, including a great excuse to head for the hills: Vail Restaurant Month starts today. Learn more about that, plus see what else is on the menu, below.

Safeway belatedly responds to rejection of its latest contract offer

​Yesterday, King Soopers formally, and finally, acknowledged that its grocery workers had accepted the company's last, best and final contract offer. But silenced prevailed at Safeway, whose employees turned down pretty much the same deal -- until today. The firm's release focuses most of its ... More >>

Frank Georgianna set the stage for great theater in Boulder

Corner Office gets some new blood

​Just got off the phone with manager Michael Torres of the Corner Office, talking about the new man behind the burners at that most Mad Men-y of restaurants at the Curtis. Carlos Ruiz (most recently ex of the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, making him well-versed in both hotel cookery and avoid ... More >>

Post-News joint operating agreement ends not with a bang, but with a press release

Dean Singleton.​The death of the joint-operating agreement that was supposed to sustain a business partnership between the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News for a half-century but didn't survive for even one decade can't help seeming anticlimactic. After all, the Rocky's been gone for si ... More >>

Go for the Gold!

Al Hood releases new CD, stakes claim as Denver's busiest jazz musician

Al Hood has a very crowded agenda. The trumpeter teaches fulltime at the University of Denver's Lamont School of Music in addition to contributing to a slew of ensembles, including the Denver Brass and the Ken Walker Jazz Sextet. Somehow, though, he also found time to record a new CD entitled Just ... More >>

The Denver Art Museum looks to the West from its seventh-floor galleries

Welcome to Collywood

Best of Westword Winners From 1986

2007 MasterMind Awards

Year in Review: The Great Pretenders

Welcome to the 2006 Hall of Shame.

Togetherness

The Daily Camera's new boss prepares to share.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 9, 2006

Western Culture

The CSFAC examines the Old West while its new director shakes up the place.

Toxic Shock

Starting a meth lab takes little skill or cash. The cleanup is another story.

On the Road Again

This state was designed for explorers -- and a 1986 Jeep Wagoneer.

Western Civilization

The interconnected art traditions of Colorado and New Mexico are showcased in area exhibits.

Dialing for Differences

Three new stations attempt to woo audiences turned off by Denver radio.

Pieced on Earth

A new exhibit showcases Wyoming quilter Anne Olsen's work.

Year in Review

2001? What 2001?

Dialing for Dollars

It's out with Howard Stern and in with more Britney as radio conglomerates chase the almighty buck.

Add It Up

Sport utility vehicles aren't as safe as you think.

A Hard Drive

Gordon Ulrickson wants to open a computer museum, but he doesn't have the storage.

Negative Thinking

Colorado Historical Society photography lecture.

Mad All Over

This family of killer diseases hits close to home. Too close.

Pulling Strings

Calendar

Feb. 19-25, 1998

Strange but True

No Wine Before Its Time

An amusing little bankruptcy case, with a nutty aftertaste.

Feedback

Western Expansion

Off Limits

KEES TO THE KINGDOM

WELDON KEES HAS BEEN GONE FIFTY YEARS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY, HE WROTE THE BOOK.WHERE'S WELDON KEES WHEN WE NEED HIM? CHECK OUT THE STRANGE SAGA OF THE DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY'S CRANKIEST EMPLOYEE.