Colorado food banks have seen “a staggering increase in need,” the Denver Post reported this week, and 12.2 percent of households “were categorized as food insecure in 2009.” The answer, according to Republican U.S. Representative Mike Coffman: cut off food stamps…
Colorado’s Department of Revenue will introduce the final draft of medical marijuana regulations on Monday. But interpretations of HB 1284, the state’s main MMJ law, continue to be made on the local level, with Carbondale telling centers that adding infused products to its menu before July is illegal…
Denverites love a scrappy underdog and a parade — but sadly, time and circumstances don’t always permit a joyous combination of the two. The ideal Grand Marshal of the 2010 Parade of Lights would be underdog Ward Churchill, but there are not enough snow-making machines in hell to make that…
Update: The original headline on this post asked who was the bigger idiot in the story of a mother discovering her car had been towed with her baby inside. We now know the Denver Police Department’s answer to that question. After an investigation, the mom, Rene Calderon, and the child’s…
Alek Komarnitsky loves Christmas — and he’s managed to spread his affection for the holiday planet-wide, thanks to Alek’s Controllable Christmas Lights for Celiac Disease, a web page that allows surfers across the globe to view and actually control his display of 20,000 lights and multiple giant inflatables. He shared…
Right now, one of our liveliest conversations is taking place on a post about Denver City Council medical marijuana regulations. But for one reader, the tone of the chat is too divisive. He’d like everyone involved to pull together…
Lately, the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force hasn’t been bestowing nicknames upon all of the bank robbers it’s seeking — a pity given how much we enjoyed putting out the alert for the likes of the Bad Hatter Bandit, the Hoppin Hooded Bandit and more. So we’re grateful the…
Update: See photos from the CU swimsuit calendar launch party and all twelve months of the calendar. ________ More good news for CU boosters beyond the impending hiring of Jon Embree to coach the Buffs: Tomorrow’s launch party for the Boulder Swimsuit Calendar 2011, featuring twelve CU students showing off…
Speculation that Eric Bieniemy would be CU’s next head coach was close, but no cigar. The Denver Post quotes Bill McCartney as saying Bieniemy will serve as offensive coordinator for another ex-Buff, Jon Embree — and that we’re hearing it from him shows why CU administrators didn’t offer him the…
Last night, participants in the Western Governors’ Association confab at the Curtis Hotel got a sneak preview of models from the five finalists in an international design competition to build a special wildlife bridge over West Vail Pass — and each entry was a pretty impressive blend of the wild…
The Department of Revenue’s Matt Cook has worked for months to assemble regulations for the Colorado medical marijuana industry based on HB 1284 and SB 109, two measures signed by Governor Bill Ritter in June. A short time ago, Cook sent out two mammoth documents — a draft of the…
Look at these Denver blog posts we found. 5280’s A.J. Vicens: Eric Bieniemy has the mo in the CU coaching derby, thanks in part to anti-gay comments from Bill McCartney. Colorado Pols: Does anyone in El Paso County care about food safety? Denver Egotist: Advertising agencies will be better, faster,…
Mange and scabies aren’t ailments most of us associate with the 21st century. But Wheat Ridge Police Department spokeswoman Lisa Stigall says they’re still around and a very real danger in her community thanks to some stricken foxes, as is demonstrated by a disgusting photo on view below…
This dispensary has closed. The intersection of 29th and Colorado is looking run down. Cora Faye’s café is still cooking soul food, but otherwise the landscape is dominated by empty storefronts in decades-old buildings, a Taco Bell/KFC and a Dollar Store…
Each and every week, Westword bequeaths the Shmuck of the Week award to the person — or thing — who forces normally Mile High Coloradans to hold their heads low. And at the end of every year, Westword honors this cow town’s worst of the worst — the characters whose…
The enhanced security screenings at DIA provide an excellent opportunity for Coloradans to get used to more aggressive pat-downs. Should state Republicans get their wish, searches to prove citizenship would start tomorrow. As citizens withdraw more into their cyber-selves, they’ll welcome the protracted crotch caress as Uncle Sam’s handshake of…
Don’t know if Arizona’s Ever Eleazar Murrieta-Nieblas tried to convince authorities that the marijuana in his possession was for medical purposes — but it would have been a tough argument, since there was 276 pounds of it. The sheer heft likely helped convince a jury to convict him of two…
Andrea Merida, the controversial Denver Public Schools board member, survived a recall attempt this week when the voters asking for her removal didn’t collect enough signatures — although that’s not the way recall organizer Jose Silva explained the situation in two e-mails to Westword. In fact, he sounded a bit…
The debate about what Broncos owner Pat Bowlen is really thinking following contradictory statements about his commitment to embattled coach Josh McDaniels has gotten heated at times. Fortunately, at least one reader brought some much needed objectivity and analysis to the story…
In short, it’s because of the language barrier and the fact that many immigrants who drive cabs are Muslim, which makes getting a job that much harder, says Ahmed Odawaay, 30, who drove a cab in Denver from 2003 to 2009…
Director George Hickenlooper’s death from a lethal combo of mixed drug use and sleep apnea just days before John Hickenlooper, his cousin and frequent subject, was elected Colorado’s governor, shook the Starz Denver Film Festival, which screened George’s new film, Casino Jack. Now, IndieWire is sharing his photo diary from…
With 2010 winding down, it’s time to look back on the year in photography — of the mug-shot variety. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing posts filled with memorable images building up to our top shots of the year. But ladies first. Page through below to see twenty…
