Westword is asking readers to help us select a Shmuck of the Year by rolling out a new candidate each week throughout the month of December. The winner — loser — will be announced on January 3. Our first two candidates were Josh McDaniels and Scott McInnis. This week, say…
Westword’s recent cover story “Mean Streets” focused on East African immigrants who claim they were victims of abuse and discrimination at Yellow Cab, Denver’s oldest cab company. But it turns out immigrants aren’t the only Yellow Cab workers with complaints. Former Yellow Cab driver Doug Wennerstrom contacted Westword to say…
The Highlands Mommies love northwest Denver. Like, love-love. Like, if the neighborhood were human, they would marry it. Why? As Mommies managing director Elina Martinez tells us in this week’s cover story, “The Mommies,” “I can go to Mass, the panadería, get my hair did and do yoga within like…
We bring these Denver blog posts to you with love. Mile High Report fan poster OrangeCrush19 thinks that whether Kyle Orton’s ribs are better by the weekend or not, the time has come for the Mile High Messiah. Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic: In the GOP chairman race, Dick Wadhams doesn’t…
William Breathes meant to go Christmas shopping — but instead, he wound up at Boulder’s The Farm, his latest medical marijuana review subject. And there are more choices available in our newly updated MMJ center listings. Click to access our medical marijuana dispensary directory…
This dispensary has closed. Holiday shopping sucks. I would rather drink the water from a dirty plastic bong than walk around the mall this time of year — which explains why I always end up waiting until the very last minute to get anything done…
In an effort to promote tourism in Aurora, officials have organized a new group called VisitAurora.com. While most people associate Aurora with cheap hookers, pawn shops and Republican fund-raisers, there are so many other ways to attract tourists to Aurora by marketing vacation packages that showcase the city’s cultural identity…
As predicted, all the breathless talk among the local media about Carmelo Anthony possibly being traded to the New Jersey Nets yesterday proved to be premature, probably because Melo would much rather go to the New York Knicks. Now, however, there are signs that the Knicks may be looking for…
Yesterday’s post featuring comments from Colorado Attorney General John Suthers about medical marijuana contributing to increased teen pot use (and advocate Mason Tvert’s criticism of his viewpoint) spawned some strong reactions from readers — including one who fears that Suthers’s tactics may hurt the legalization movement…
KHOW’s Peter Boyles partly credits his number-one ratings to taking risks — such as giving plenty of airtime to the birther controversy, which even Glenn Beck regards as loonbaggery. And he’s got plenty of fresh fodder now that Greeley Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin has been found guilty of refusing to…
KHOW talk-show host Peter Boyles has a newly lifted face, as seen in the photo at right, and a new title — host of Denver’s number-one morning show. That’s right: Boyles’s often controversial program has quietly ascended to the top of the ratings in most major categories — an accomplishment…
Update: Last week, we told you about a Stapleton area hit-and-run in which a pregnant woman struck by a still-unknown driver was critically injured. The woman, Laurie Gorham, lost her baby, who was almost full-term, but she’s beginning to physically mend — and her family hopes she’ll be home from…
The morning after election day, the author R.L. Stine tweeted, “I’m so glad I live in New York City and not in the United States.” It’s a sentiment we appreciate except for one thing: We’d much rather live in Denver than either New York City or the United States. During…
KushConII, December 17-19 at the Colorado Convention Center, has made news over its RTD bus ads, which have drawn protests from law-enforcement. But Cheryl Shuman, the event’s international director of PR and media, would rather focus on the event itself, which she says takes medical marijuana seriously. That’s important to…
Muhammad Ali Hasan is older and wiser. There is less swagger and more introspection when he talks. He’s a Democrat now. And interfaith, reaching out to Jews and Christians as well as Muslims. Oh, and he’s changing his name — to Muhammad Miguel Ali Hasan — in order to honor…
Maybe you think Westword has gone pot-crazy, but the national network CNBC isn’t too far behind. After Marijuana Inc., its 2009 report on the nation’s underground weed business, became CNBC’s most successful-ever original documentary, the channel quickly produced a second investigation: Marijuana USA, an hour-long look at how pot is…
If you’re going to be part of a criminal enterprise, make sure it has a cool name — like Paper Cha$ers Ink, an alleged group of identity thieves and counterfeiters. The Colorado Springs Police Department has rounded up eight suspects, with three more to go. Check out their photos below…
Denver blog posts collected. Mile High Report fan poster GrizBronc hopes all you Coach McD haters out there are happy! Denver Egotist: Here’s what Gregg Bergan learned this year. Colorado Pols has one word for you: “Wolverines!”…
What is the Highlands Mommies? Is it a play group? A business group? A political group? Is it, as some have suggested, the mob? This week’s feature, “The Mommies,” answers all those questions. Check it out, and find out who said this quote and why: “So literally, you had like…
Yesterday, the Denver Police Department went to the 4800 block of North Enid Way, where they discovered a man who subsequently died of a gunshot wound. The victim hasn’t been ID’d yet, but the DPD has reportedly arrested his housemate, William Bentley, 59, on investigation of first-degree murder. Below, find…
Update below: A National Institute on Drug Abuse study showing pot use up among all grades surveyed, with eighth grade taking the largest leap, prompted strong words from Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, an opponent of MMJ dispensaries who blames their prevalence for much of the rise in the state…
On Friday, our Shmuck of the Week deciders anointed Maria Hardman, a CU student who refused to remove her headscarf, called a hajib, for a mug shot because of her Muslim faith — although that didn’t stop her from riding a scooter while drunk, which led to her arrest in…
