In May, we told you about Boulder City Manager Jane Brautigam’s authorization of a ban on travel to Arizona over SB 1070, that state’s controversial new immigration law. At its 6 p.m. meeting tonight, the Boulder City Council will decide whether to continue the prohibition and accept a resolution denouncing…
It’s been more than a year since the initial bedlam over increased vehicle registration fees prompted some counties to pay off-duty police to keep angry citizens from lashing out at Motor Vehicle personnel. But Jefferson County is still spending a good chunk of the extra revenue to post private security…
In recent months, two high school coaches — Broomfield’s Trevor Masse and Longmont’s Alex Tinsley — have been busted on suspicion of inappropriate sexual contact with students. So the five-year sentence handed to Roberto Rodriguez, a middle-school soccer coach, for doing pretty much the same thing, should sound a cautionary…
A Denver blogs trifecta: Jon at Bronco Talk notes that the Colts’ Dwight Freeney can’t wait to hit Tim Tebow. Pick on someone your own size. The raod’s been rough for Boulder’s Garmin-Transitions at the Tour de France, writes 5280’s A.J. Vicens. Face the State’s Brad Jones thinks gridlock is…
Most locals celebrated the 4th of July weekend with picnics and fireworks. But approximately fifty locals marked the holiday yesterday with a vigil at Aurora’s GEO detention center. There, they decried current immigration policy in Colorado and elsewhere, with a focus on the deaths of two migrants whose deaths haven’t…
Lakewood Pinkwinker Real name: Grace Power; Occupation: Brazilian booty bleacher; Suburb of operations; Lakewood; Hair: Removable; Eyes: Peeled Suburban superhero skills: Upset by the widespread sadness of suburbanites suffering from hairy and discolored genitalia, Grace Power, calling herself the Lakewood Pinkwinker, first used her weaponry to lighten the darkest recesses…
During a stretch in April, hardly a day went by without an RTD accident leading to injury or death — and yesterday brought another major crash, with three people in a vehicle hit by a bus near Colfax and Osage being transported to nearly hospitals in critical or serious condition…
Last Friday, Altitude Organic Medicine’s Highlands location held a combination goodbye party and going-out-of-business sale after being forced to close due to a controversial amendment that essentially zoned AOM out of existence. Owner Brian Cook promises a lawsuit — but city councilwoman Carla Madison defends the measure that shut him…
Skyrockets in flight! Afternoon (and morning) (and evening) delight! That’s what Westword photogs captured over the extended 4th of July weekend. See shots from Lipgloss’ birthday bash, a haute fashion exhibit, plus Cherry Creek Arts Festival highlights, saturated July 4 bar-hopping and more at our jam-packed slideshow page. Picture that…
Nothing’s nicer for a husband-to-be than to be treated like an object of affection amid his wedding lead-up. But for Carmelo Anthony, the person spraying him with the most love these days isn’t his intended, Lala Vasquez. It’s Amare Stoudemire, who’s spent much of his time since signing to new…
Kidnappings of the child-custody variety are all too common these days. But they don’t often involve disagreements between grandparents. That seems to be what’s happening in the case of Matthew Garcia, eight, whose grandfather, Leo Garcia, is suspected of taking him. Look below to see a photo of Matthew, as…
The communities north of Denver have seen more than their fair share of homicides lately. Sean and Staci Griffin, murdered in a Boulder flooring store. Superior’s Stephanie Rochester, charged in the killing of her infant son. Boulderite Thomas Holloway, eyed in the shooting of his elderly stepfather. And now Thorton’s…
The 4th of July weekend, which for many of us stretches through July 5 this year, isn’t just about fireworks. It’s about eating and drinking and falling down and getting up and not going to work and fireworks. Look below to see how folks in Denver and beyond have celebrated…
On Sunday, hundreds of military veterans in wheelchairs will gather in Civic Center Park to kick off the 30th annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games, which are being hosted for the first time in Denver. Events include wheelchair basketball, weightlifting, trap shooting and quad rugby — a fast-paced game so rough…
These days, Denver seems to be pumping those pedals like never before, thanks to initiatives like the city’s new B-cycle bike-sharing program. But it turns out the city has always been bike crazy, with more bikes per capita than any other city in the country around the turn of the…
Lionel Rivera, the Republican mayor of Colorado Springs, says his city has a chance to resurrect itself from pummeling budget cuts brought on by the recession and the state’s tax law that limits the city’s ability to fund its coffers. The medical marijuana industry boon, among other things, is providing…
Kate Power is one of the few people who can say that her job is “never boring.” Power works at PeaceJam, the Arvada-based nonprofit that collaborates with Nobel Peace Prize winners to teach kids how to foster peace around the world. “The kids really value that personal connection,” she says…
A Denver blogs roundup. A Bronco Talk season preview makes Tim Tebow and Co. look indomitable. Hope it’s not fiction. The Colorado Independent’s Joseph Boven on Mayor Hick’s enterprise zone defiance. Your move, Mr. McInnis. Mile High Mamas take on “competition quakes.” Shake it up…
Strange but true: Former congressman Tom Tancredo agrees with something in President Barack Obama said in his immigration-reform speech at American University yesterday — specifically, his assertion that “our borders are just too vast for us to be able to solve the problem only with fences and border patrols.” But…
The vote is in: Here’s our latest Shmuck of the Week: Bend over, media. You — and by “you,” I mean “us,” too — have been enabling self-proclaimed Osama hunter Gary Faulkner. With Greeley’s latest micro-celeb now claiming bin Laden’s put a hit on him, the story’s gone from entertaining…
The guerilla art movement wallsONwords comes up with phrases summing up different municipalities and then has local volunteers install those phrases around town. Austin, for example, was recently emblazoned with “You’ve always been my favorite,” while Seattle scored, “If you’re looking for the past, we’ve moved on.” So what phrase…
Animal cruelty cases don’t get much more inexplicable than this one: Arapahoe County’s Lopez family returned from an outing this past weekend to discover Conrad, their pet English bulldog, dead in a partially filled bathtub. The case is so uncommon that Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson isn’t even sure how…
