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Weather

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Last ski area standing: Arapahoe Basin announces early May 6 closure, last hurrah

    "We made a very tough decision today," reported Arapahoe Basin CEO Alan Henceroth in a dispatch sent out on yesterday. "Arapahoe Basin will close for the season Sunday, May 6. With the light snowfall, big wind events, and warm temperatures, Mother Nature made life for Colorado skiers very difficult ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Fire bans in Boulder and Golden as Lower North Fork Fire blazes out of control

    The Lower North Fork Fire has already resulted in two fatalities and remains uncontained at this writing -- and the conditions that have fueled it are clearly not lost on officials in other communities. Below, see information about newly announced fire bans in Boulder and Golden, as well as a releas ... More >>

  • News

    February 9, 2012

    Kenny Be's Valentine's Day sampler

    Slide show: Things I (Heart) About Denver

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    #snOMG! Twitter Nation covers Colorado snowpocalypse

    YouTube users began sharing videos of Colorado's ongoing snowstorm hours before daybreak today. But they've got nothing on Twitter users, plenty of whom are dispatching photos and messages of delight about having a day off work. Lucky bastards. Look below to some of our favorites among the latest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Bike riding in a snowstorm: Stupid, adventurous or both?

    This morning, a colleague texted me to ask if I wanted a lift. Why would I? I've got snow pants, double layer gloves, and a fixed gear bike.  I ride my bike to work every day, and as with recycling and eating local, there's a certain self-satisfaction that comes with an eco-friendly commute. But ... More >>

  • News

    December 8, 2011

    B-cycle closes for the winter, with more stations to come in 2012

    This morning, a colleague texted me to ask if I wanted a lift. Why would I? I've got snow pants, double layer gloves, and a fixed gear bike.  I ride my bike to work every day, and as with recycling and eating local, there's a certain self-satisfaction that comes with an eco-friendly commute. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Occupy Denver: Five people hospitalized for exposure to the cold

    ​Update, 3:11 p.m. October 26: Occupy Denver's most recent report, via its Twitter account, is that a total of five people have been hospitalized within the past day. The group is urging people to contact Mayor Michael Hancock's office to advocate on behalf of protesters using tents to stay wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Barack Obama and a blizzard hitting Denver today: It's Snobama!

    ​Obama! Snow! A flurry of announcements started coming in yesterday, all indicating that Denver is on a collision course with a made-for-TV disaster. President Barack Obama is coming to town for two fundraisers tonight, as well as one public appearance tomorrow, inspiring a number of official ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Kyle Morton of Typhoon on Nabokov, inspiration and Tender Loving Empire

    Founded in Salem, Oregon in 2005, Typhoon (due tonight at the hi-dive with Lord Huron and Sour Boy Bitter Girl) started out as a recording project but quickly evolved into a sprawling live project with over ten members. Two years into its time together, the act essentially went on hiatus before be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Maxwell fire in Lefthand Canyon started by campfire, investigation underway (VIDEOS)

    Videos below.​Update: There's good news about the Maxwell fire near Boulder. The blaze has only consumed sixty acres, not the 100 acres originally estimated -- and high humidity helped firefighters bump the containment up from 25 percent to 40 percent. But even as the fight goes on, authoriti ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 16, 2011

    Heckuva Job

    Videos below.​Update: There's good news about the Maxwell fire near Boulder. The blaze has only consumed sixty acres, not the 100 acres originally estimated -- and high humidity helped firefighters bump the containment up from 25 percent to 40 percent. But even as the fight goes on, authoriti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Indian Gulch fire near Golden: Burned acreage increases to 1,502 (VIDEOS)

    ​Update: The Indian Gulch fire near Golden is a top wildfire priority nationally; at this writing, it's in the number one slot on the feds' Inciweb.org website. And while the winds that were helping to fuel the blaze have died down to a significant degree, they did significant damage, increas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    How to get my job: snow plow operator

    ​We just had one of our first messy snow storms of the year, causing plenty of people to slip and slide around the streets of Denver and curse the snow gods and subsequently the snow plow gods. We decided to catch up with a snow plowman to figure out exactly what it takes to get the job done r ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 11, 2010

    The Edge: Westword's Winter Activity Guide 2010-2011

    ​We just had one of our first messy snow storms of the year, causing plenty of people to slip and slide around the streets of Denver and curse the snow gods and subsequently the snow plow gods. We decided to catch up with a snow plowman to figure out exactly what it takes to get the job done r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Red Sea parted (on computer) by CU & National Center for Atmospheric Research: Holy Moses!

    ​Hallelujah! The parting of the Red Sea, one of the great miracles of ancient times, has occurred again -- only this time it happened on computer simulators designed by Boulder researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Colorado at Boulder. The result, sa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 11, 2010

    Throw in the Snow

    ​Hallelujah! The parting of the Red Sea, one of the great miracles of ancient times, has occurred again -- only this time it happened on computer simulators designed by Boulder researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Colorado at Boulder. The result, sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Denversnowplan.com makes waiting for snow plows slightly less sucky

    Denversnowplan.comPlow, baby, plow!​With snow expected to continue falling into tomorrow, Denver's streets are going to be gunky mess for good while to come. Thankfully, Denver Public Works recently rolled out Denversnowplan.com, its fancy new snow-removal website that, while it doesn't spee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Kenny Be's Friday Afternoon Club: Crystal Egger and Dan Daru at Racines

    ​ "Dan, please stop joking on air that the new National Weather Service Station, located near the 12th tee at City Park Golf Course, is reporting 'hail-sized golf balls.' You're confusing our senior viewers!"

  • Culture

    November 12, 2009

    The Edge: Our guide to the season's best skiing, boarding and more

    ​ "Dan, please stop joking on air that the new National Weather Service Station, located near the 12th tee at City Park Golf Course, is reporting 'hail-sized golf balls.' You're confusing our senior viewers!"

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Understatement wins the day in lightning story

    A Flickr photo​ A lot of writers believe that simply stating the facts is boring -- but that depends on the facts. Take the following press release from the Englewood Police Department: Englewood -- On September 9, 2009 at 5:17pm, a 56-year-old man was riding his bicycle in the 3100 block of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Shmuck Samaritan of the Week: Gary from Aurora

    "Run! Run! Why is no one else running?" There are days when sifting through the world's deadbeats in search of a stand-out shmuck just doesn't feel right. This, dear reader, is one of those days. So instead, I give you Gary. For anyone watching from their living-room windows, it must have been qui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Kenny Be's Hip Tip: The tornado alley trailer ride

    Take the popular Chair-O-Planes swing ride and combine it with the tottering of a trailer home in a tornado, and you get another classic carnival ride redesigned for contemporary kids...

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Step one when spotting a tornado: Get out your camera

    It's no surprise that the one serious injury reported as the result of five tornados that touched down in Colorado yesterday involved a man trying to take pictures of the storm. Capturing video images of natural disasters now challenges seeking cover as a first reaction for folks witnessing severe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    At CSU, surrogate motherhood enters the stable

    Photo courtesy of Colorado State UniversityAhhhhhh... so pretty... Move over, Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker. Surrogate motherhood isn't just for celebrities anymore. Or humans. Or the living. Last May, a tornado cut a swath through much of Windsor, Colorado, and among its victims was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    The science of weatherforecasting takes another hit

    Couldn't help being amused by the contrast between the picture painted by multiple weather forecasts on Denver TV stations last night and the one that confronted me this morning when I drove to work. Last night, the tone of folks like Channel 9's Kathy Sabine suggested an irony-free version of pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: The white stuff

    Danger! Danger! No one has driven down my street since I arrived home late last night (after carousing through a close-to-empty downtown last night). There's no telling when, if ever, the newspaper will arrive. Maybe tomorrow, when the temperature returns to fifty degrees. I am looking at the foo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 12, 2009

    Storm Chaser

    The Museum of Nature & Science handles natural disasters.

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Fidel's opens in former Metro Kitchen/Fat Daddy's

    Fat Daddy's -- the restaurant at 12 East 11th Avenue where Daniel Young, the almost-White House chef, was the cook -- was done in by the blizzard of March 2003. It was replaced by Metro Kitchen Bar, which was done in by -- well, who knows what.But now the space is back in business, with a big "now ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2009

    Let It Snow

    Fat Daddy's -- the restaurant at 12 East 11th Avenue where Daniel Young, the almost-White House chef, was the cook -- was done in by the blizzard of March 2003. It was replaced by Metro Kitchen Bar, which was done in by -- well, who knows what.But now the space is back in business, with a big "now ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    Hearty warriors of Hyperborea at Tuba Christmas

    There must have been a time, in sunnier days, when the idea of 400 tubas playing holiday tunes in Skyline Park sounded like a really cool idea. In fact, the Tuba Christmas Concert, now in its 29th year in downtown Denver, bills itself as "one of the most celebrated and longest-running holiday fest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2008

    Trendy Colfax

    There must have been a time, in sunnier days, when the idea of 400 tubas playing holiday tunes in Skyline Park sounded like a really cool idea. In fact, the Tuba Christmas Concert, now in its 29th year in downtown Denver, bills itself as "one of the most celebrated and longest-running holiday fest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2008

    Rocky Mountain Thunder

    There must have been a time, in sunnier days, when the idea of 400 tubas playing holiday tunes in Skyline Park sounded like a really cool idea. In fact, the Tuba Christmas Concert, now in its 29th year in downtown Denver, bills itself as "one of the most celebrated and longest-running holiday fest ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 3, 2008

    Kid for a Cause

    There must have been a time, in sunnier days, when the idea of 400 tubas playing holiday tunes in Skyline Park sounded like a really cool idea. In fact, the Tuba Christmas Concert, now in its 29th year in downtown Denver, bills itself as "one of the most celebrated and longest-running holiday fest ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 15, 2007

    The Edge

    Winter Activity Guide

  • Calendar

    October 18, 2007

    Savor the Season

    Winter Activity Guide

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2007

    More Messages: Weather or Not

    Winter Activity Guide

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2007

    Ride 'em, Cowboy!

    Winter Activity Guide

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2007

    Kicking Ass

    Winter Activity Guide

  • Music

    September 29, 2005

    Critical Fatwa

    Michael Jackson

  • News

    April 21, 2005

    What's So Funny

    Michael Jackson

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 24, 2005

    Best Mascot

    Rocky the Mountain Lion
    Denver Nuggets

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 24, 2005

    Best Place to Get Hot

    Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort

  • People & Places

    March 25, 2004

    Best Hair on a TV Personality -- Male

    Ed Greene, Channel 4

  • New Year's Eve

    December 18, 2003

    The Impossible Journey

    Ed Greene, Channel 4

  • News

    August 21, 2003

    Stop, Thief!

    Someone's stealing Otero County's water. Who it is depends on where you live.

  • Dining

    June 13, 2002

    Lunch Meet

    Whose glass is half full?

  • People & Places

    April 4, 2002

    Best Academic Weatherman

    Roland Madden

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Unlucky Strike

    Gary Rudd got zapped one day, and life has never been the same.

  • News

    June 22, 2000

    Going With the Flow

    As spring melts into summer, water users along the St. Vrain could find themselves up the creek.

  • News

    October 30, 1997

    Off Limits

    As spring melts into summer, water users along the St. Vrain could find themselves up the creek.

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