A little after 8 p.m. last night, Jason Ross of St. Louis drove his roughly 35 ton semi truck onto I-70 in eastern Colorado heading in the wrong direction. He may have been drunk and he definitely didn’t have his headlights on. Near the exit for Cedar Point, Colorado, he…
In their last days in office, some governors have been known to make bold moves in the criminal justice arena, denouncing ruinous policies and commuting long sentences as a way of highlighting unfair biases in the system. As demonstrated by the modest set of pardons he doled out last week,…
We’re going to announce our pick for Shmuck of the Year for 2010 on January 3, but before that, we’d like you to cast your vote for your favorite shmuck…
Carmelo Anthony has missed the last three games due to his sister’s death. The official word from the team is that he’ll return “after Christmas.” Doesn’t much matter when he gets back to the team — games with balls are of microscopic importance in comparison. For those of us with…
Verily did Tim Tebow lift the forlorn Broncos on his broad shoulders and dump-off screen pass them over the worst pass defense in football. This win is hardly cause for a re-evaluation of the Broncos’ historically awful season, but hey: they got the win after being down by 17 at…
Judging from the comments posted on the Latest Word over the last few days, many people had a very green Christmas. For example, Sierra wrote the following after reading William Breathes’s latest dispensary review of Colorado Alternative Medicine:…
The Christmas tree shape and Santa Claus color of John McEnroe’s sculpture at the base of the Highland bridge almost demands that “National Velvet” be decorated for the holidays. Inspired by the sculpture’s similarity to a pile of Italian sausages, this year’s “National Velvet” holiday theme pays tribute to the…
Westword is asking readers to help us select the Shmuck of the Year by rolling out five candidates this month. The winner — loser — will be announced on January 3. Our first four candidates were Josh McDaniels, Scott McInnis, Gary Faulkner and Ron Perea. This week, say hello to…
Hair today, gone tomorrow. For his 2010 wrap-up, Michael Roberts looked through hundreds of crime reports to come up with his mug shot retrospectives. And that disgusted Disgusted American, who did some ethical hair-splitting over “Top 12 Bad Hair Mug Shots”:…
Editor’s note: Eight months ago, in part as a response to Arizona’s enactment of a law requiring its police to ask anyone they think might be here illegally (read: Mexicans) to produce proof of legal status, Village Voice Media embarked on an extensive national immigration project. It tasked VVM papers…
Kids do the darnedest things with LEGO bricks and games, as Joel Warner pointed out in this feature last January. But few projects are quite the labor of love involved in one fifteen-year-old devotee’s astonishing replica of the Denver Public Library on Broadway: 7,000 bricks, two solid weeks of full-time…
A man in his 20s is dead after being shot while in a car this morning in the 2900 block of North Pontiac Street in northeast Denver. Denver Police responded to a report of a shooting at 9:58 a.m. at 2915 North Pontiac, to find a black male in his…
Governor Bill Ritter today issued full pardons to twenty people around Colorado, including the Reverend Leon Kelly, who has been a well-known public figure and anti-gang crusader since 1986 when he founded the Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives. Kelly, whose late father was also a minister, was a drug dealer…
For anyone planning on driving outside of the MMJ-friendly state of Colorado this holiday season, we offer this recent post as a public service (and, yes, our second comment of the day)…
William Breathes had heard a lot of good things about Colorado Alternative Medicine, and the shop measured up to his high expectations, which you can read about in his latest review. And there are dozens more options available in our medical-marijuana directory. Click here to access our medical-marijuana dispensary directory…
Jefferson County school board member Laura Boggs has been so disruptive this year that she inspired a teachers’ union-produced newsletter called Boggs Watch that is dedicated to keeping an eye on her antics. But Boggs isn’t just on the union’s naughty list. She’s also drawn criticism from teachers, parents, her…
There is only one thing people love more than Christmas gift shopping, and that is after- Christmas gift-return shopping! As seen below, It’s also the one time of the year that Josh McDaniels and Carmelo Anthony can return what they’ve been handed, and ask for exactly what they want…..
Much fuss has been made about the Highlands Mommies’ relationships to local businesses, as is evident in the comments on our cover story, “The Mommies.” Here’s a juicy one: The Highland Mommies are run by a self-possessed cadre of mean girls who finally have a voice after what surely were…
Westword’s annual Strange but True edition will hit newsstands (and this website) on December 30, featuring the weirdest and wackiest Colorado stories from 2010. Remember Jihad Jamie? How about the guy who re-labeled Gatorade bottles with pictures of Tiger Woods? And then there was Dan Sheridan:…
The Denver skyline is bright with Christmas lights, but a traditional blue glow still dominates the dark. And while the status of the Qwest sign will ride on the Qwest/CenturyLink merger proposal, that azure light isn’t expected to go out anytime soon…
Colorado Alternative Medicine is one of the few shops I’ve heard good things about from patients as well as other dispensary owners. I’ve been hearing stories about its solid collection of connoisseur genetics and homegrown-quality herb for over a year now, and decided it was finally time to check it…
Phillip Ray Greaves II, the 47-year-old Pueblo author of The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-lover’s Code of Conduct, sent a copy to the wrong person: a Florida sheriff’s deputy, a sale that will have him in a Florida court today on charges of distributing obscene material…
