Greeley

Richard Howard Craft, ex-pastor and current schmuck, sentenced for child porn

In some ways, it's appropriate that Richard Howard Craft, a disgraced former Greeley pastor, was sentenced to federal prison on April Fools' Day. Then again, "fool" is too mild a term for Craft given what he's admitted to doing. And frankly, "schmuck" doesn't really cut it, either, although it'll d ... More >>

Matt Prater, Broncos kicker, gets special-teams award despite throwing world's worst pass

Denver blog posts are sad the circus is leaving town. Bronco Talk's Jon Heath on Matt Prater being named AFC special teams player of the week after a game in which his pass during a fake field goal went hilariously awry. Coyote Gulch: Greeley has enough water to get through the winter. Denver Ego ... More >>

Guess where I'm eating huevos rancheros east of Denver in farmers' market country?

Last weekend, I went farm-hopping in Brighton, Greeley, Henderson and Broomfield, and while Bing cherries, Inferno peppers (good God, those suckers are hot), apples, peaches, purple plums and heirloom tomatoes are all fine for snacking on in between stops, I was hankering for a real breakfast, which ... More >>

Justin Robert West photo of himself in fun center bathroom leads to Peeping Tom bust

If Greeley police are correct, Justin Robert West set up a camera in the family changing room at a local fun center in search of a pervy sexual jolt. But the image he allegedly took of himself setting up the device probably didn't give him much of a thrill -- since it led directly to his arrest.

Could go-cups be in Denver's future? Drinkers would rejoice

Almost everyone who's ever bar-hopped has, at one time or another, accidentally walked out of an establishment with their drink in hand. And on almost every one of those occasions, said drinker has been stopped by a bouncer, waiter, security guard or friend since, sadly, you can't take your booze to ... More >>

Who Is That Masked Man?

First day of school: The five best YouTube videos

​ Today, most Denver kids head back to school. And since this is 2011, they'll probably all rush home, vlog about it and upload said vlogs to YouTube. So to celebrate the first day of school, we bring you five of the best back-to-school YouTube videos. Volume Two. (Click here to watch Volume O ... More >>

Marriage proposal goes viral: Greeley's Josh Mullin unknowingly proposes on live TV

Video below.​ Extreme marriage proposals that make YouTube sensations out of the bride-and groom-to-be are in vogue these days. But Josh Mullin of Greeley wasn't trying for notoriety when he proposed to his girlfriend at the Kansas City airport in the background of a local TV reporter's live s ... More >>

Ernesto Castanuela & Kimberly Nunez learn it's shmucky to break into cars during funerals

Castanuela.​Breaking into cars during festivals or concerts is nothing new: petty thieves know they have a nice window of time to smash-and-grab and a lot of vehicles to choose from. But during church services? And funerals? That's pretty low. On Saturday, Greeley police arrested two people, ... More >>

Colorado's No. 1 in fraud complaints: Greeley, Boulder, Fort Collins & CO Springs in top 15

​Statistics compiled by the Federal Trade Commission show that Colorado had the highest per-capita rate of consumer fraud complaints in the nation last year. According to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network report for 2010, Greeley, Boulder, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs all ranked among t ... More >>

Pizza Street hits the street on the 16th Street Mall

​After getting its start in Greeley and then moving on to Loveland, an outpost of Pizza Street opened last Wednesday at 1600 Champa Street. "We've had a lot of requests for our great-tasting food in the city," explains Tom Williams, the owner of this Colorado-based group.

Greeley refutes your conspiracy theories, tells you where to put your snow in new talk show

​When you call your local government office and ask whether they are covering up a dragon population in the sewers, the usual response is an auto-reply. Greeley, faced with only slightly less outlandish accusations, has taken a more proactive route by fielding citizen concerns in a View-style ... More >>

Hijacker drives Comcast truck through Mormon Bishop's McMansion gate, shoots at police

Greeley Tribune​We begin with the drama in Greeley... An Arizona truck driver lost his mind in Greeley and hijacked a Comcast TV truck, which he then drove through the locked gate of a Mormon Bishop's mansion and told the man he was ready to see Jesus. When the cops showed up, the hijacker op ... More >>

Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Greeley to be "transparent"

These ICE men probably aren't dealing with money laundering...​A July 2008 Greeley Tribune article predicted that "an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, a flashpoint of controversy when it was proposed three years ago, will open this fall in Greeley." Wrong. It took nearly two more y ... More >>

Ozomatli's "Gay Vatos In Love" immortalizes Angie Zapata in song

Gotta give it up to the men of Ozomatli for having the cajones to embody their convictions rather than merely paying lip service with vacant platitudes, as so many artists do. These cats are putting themselves out there for better or worse. Witness the track "Gay Vatos in Love," from their latest ... More >>

Crabtree Brewing gives Greeley a good name

​I haven't had the chance to visit Crabtree Brewing, which started four years ago as Greeley's first microbrewery, so I was happy last week when I saw a six-pack of their Boxcar Brown at Argonaut (their beer isn't widely available outside of northern Colorado). Any excuse to drink a new beer, ... More >>

Census 2010: Sure, the city's wrong on your form -- but trust us

"Don't worry about the facts. I'll make them up later."​As the 2010 Census gears up (and the U.S. Census Bureau looks to hire takers who have what it takes), technical questions are sure to come up -- like, for example, should prisoners on the eastern plains by counted as rural residents or ur ... More >>

Sprouts are sprouting up across Colorado

​Today Sprouts Farmers Market will open its eighth Colorado store, at 4729 West 29th Street in Greeley -- just two weeks after a Sprouts sprouted up in Centennial, at 20811 East Smoky Hill Road. The six other locations are in Aurora, Boulder, Castle Rock, Fort Collins, Parker and Westminster, ... More >>

The Don'ts and Be Carefuls

Q&A with the Don'ts and Be Carefuls

​In 2008, the whole dance punk phenomenon, with few exceptions, seemed worn out and irrelevant to anything genuinely exciting. But it was in the spring of that year that The Don'ts and Be Carefuls started putting together its songs and playing its first show shortly after solidifying its line-up. ... More >>

Can municipalities get away with regulating medical marijuana?

​With the Justice Department's announcement last week that it won't be prosecuting medical marijuana cases in states where the practice is legal, the feds loudly and officially passed the buck on the subject. That leaves it up to medical-marijuana states and their municipalities to determine j ... More >>

Cheba Hut is a hit with Greeley judge

​Cheba Hut raised a toasty toast this week when a Weld County District Court judge overturned a ruling that had denied a liquor license to the sub shop's Greeley location. In April, Robert Frick, who rules on Greeley liquor licenses, turned down the company's request, citing Cheba Hut's pot-r ... More >>

Yesterday's climate-legislation rally not so spontaneous

Arguments continue about just how grassroots protests against healthcare reform like a recent shoutfest at an Ed Perlmutter event really are. But such displays of disaffection are positively organic in comparison with the rally about climate legislation that took place yesterday in Greeley. The Gre ... More >>

The Dont's and Be Carefuls at the Meadowlark

At march, cries of "Greeley! ¡Escucha! ¡Estamos en la lucha!"

Translated, the main rallying cry at a Latino unity march in Greeley on Saturday was this: "A people united will never be defeated." More than 200 people shouted it enthusiastically -- "¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!" -- as they walked through the rural town under an overcast sky, past ra ... More >>

Latino community set to march in Greeley tomorrow

A Flickr photo. Over the past few years, Greeley has become a hotbed for immigration issues in Colorado. In 2006, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents raided the Swift meatpacking plant there, arresting more than 250 people, many of whom were detained and separated from their children. And l ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 1 edition

May Day! May Day! Today in Backbeat Online: • Fight Spider with Spider is reading my mind. • Signtologist featured in 9News news report. • Ghost Buffalo gives up the... well, ghost. • A first look at Skyfox's new video. • Freaky Friday: "Rap Chop" (featuring Vince) -- Steve Porter. Tod ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Get ready for a Greeley-Fort Collins smackdown!

A Flickr photo"Kiss my bun, Greeley!" In which we try to help you find interesting blogs, as opposed to the other kind. Got tips? A Greeley Tribune writer refers to a certain nearby town as "Fort Weenie." It's on... (5280) Authorities recently seized 126 marijuana plants from Bennett the town, no ... More >>

Stuff Journalists Like: A disturbing look into the mind of newsies

Journalists are an unusual bunch. We complain about our godawful pay and long hours, but we also live for such things. We make fun of all the self-indulgent and pointless press awards we constantly bestow upon each other, but if we don't get any ourselves, we quietly mope for weeks. And while we spe ... More >>

Wells Fargo recruits Somali bankers in Greeley

Now is a great time to enter the banking industry, wouldn't you say? As our economy collapses, some unlucky schmuck still has to make cold calls from the vacant desks at the newly merged WaMu Chase Wachovias of America, asking customers to entrust their savings to the corporate titans who so recent ... More >>

There's no place like home for Somali refugees in Greeley

A little abstinence to liven up your drive

Greeley shows its softer side on illegal immigrants

Dream On

Greeley celebrates the American Spirit.

How Will Colorado Public Radio's Switch Impact Northern Colorado Listeners?

Various Artists

Psychedelic States: Colorado in the 60s
Gear Fab Records

Vitamins

Emerald City

Vitamins

Vitamins EP (Self-released)

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Sharpening Klawz

The UNC Bears tangle with tougher grid foes.

Year in Review: Pop Quiz

Consider this your final exam on the past year. Cheating is encouraged, bribes will be accepted -- and grades will be posted at City Hall.

Best Beef Museum

Kenneth Monfort's Boyhood Home
Centennial Village Museum

Best Appearance by a Minister at the Colorado Legislature

Reverend David Meek

Bronco A-Go Go

Will the newly retooled Crushmobile have the horsepower to reach New Orleans?

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 15, 2001

The Plot Thickens

The down-and-dirty truth about Colorado's Garden City.

High and Dry

Even in the best of times, farmers and developers fight for Colorado's water. And this summer's drought is far from the best of times.

Strange but True

Taken for a Ride

Strange but True