Every day, we surf the Internet so you don't have to. You still do, obviously, but you don't have to. Send tips to joe.tone@westword.com.The Bush Administration is fast-tracking a new "roadless rule" to "protect" Colorado's forestland. This can't be good. (Colorado Independent)A CU forum about breaking our addiction to oil was held in a building built with money from ... wait for it ... oil! It's like having an intervention in a meth lab, only the meth lab would probably have snacks. (Face the S
Today at 10 a.m., the contents of Angel's Sports Bar and Restaurant, which formerly occupied a prime location at 1630 Federal Boulevard, go up for auction to satisfy debts to the City and County of Denver.
Among the items being sold off by SchurSuccess Auction Services: 3 large TVs with stands, a microwave, 2 bar tables and 132 chairs -- one of which I sat in last August, while several of us strategized how to get into Barack Obama's acceptance speech at Mile High at Invesco Field, so easily se
A Flickr photo.Doggie love-fest at the park.
Hey, dog lovers. Hey, dog haters. Hey, dog-poop haters and uh, dog-poop lovers. You have until 5:30 p.m. today to answer the city's 44-question dog park survey and help determine the future of Denver's fledgling canine hangouts. Not to mention the future of the poop in said hangouts.
The survey includes more than its fair share of poop-related questions, such as, "Is dog waste in Denver parks an important issue that needs to be addressed?," "Do y
Betcha there's one of these babies in Mr. Thrasher's future.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Ronald F. Thrasher, formerly of Colorado Springs, has been on the run for the past fourteen years. That's not entirely true: He's probably rested a time or two since 1995, when he fled custody before he could be sentenced for assorted drug- and gun-related violations. And he'll have many more leisure opportunities in the future, considering that he was captured in Texas last month and returned
Meth addict, artifact thief -- or both?
On June 10, Secretary of the Interior (and former Colorado senator) Ken Salazar announced the indictment and arrest of 24 individuals suspected of trafficking in illegally obtained artifacts in the Four Corners area. But who found these items in the first place? One theory: meth addicts.
An article in Grand Junction's Daily Sentinel argues that the artifact/meth link is a dirty little secret among law-enforcement types. Chuck Wheeler, vice president of B
This, my friends, is what three pounds of meth looks like.I'm a proud native of the Western Slope, and when I grew up in Grand Junction, the main substance we had to worry about was uranium. Those were the days. Now, reports about meth busts are the opposite of unusual -- although few can compare to the feds' roundup of alleged drug thugs operating as the La Familia cartel. Six suspects out of eleven indicted back in July have now been arrested, with three more joining them in lockdown ea
