Channel 9 reveals that the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office has returned Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene’s “experimental craft”. Heene reportedly measured the balloon before accepting it, presumably to make sure the LCSO hadn’t swapped his brilliant creation for a shoddy, second-rate Mylar inflatable. What the hell is Heene going to…
Back in April, just before he was drafted by the Denver Broncos, Tim Tebow said he’d lost endorsement deals because he participated in a pro-life Focus on the Family Super Bowl commercial. At this point, however, plenty of company reps appear to be knocking on his door. Now that his…
The original promoter of the Colorado Cannabis Convention, Raymond Springsteel, believes he could put on a concert on the moon. Several people he used to work with think that’s where he’s already living. While the busy booths, scantily clad dispensary girls and crowds exceeding 12,000 made the Colorado Cannabis Convention…
Last month, we told you about a Channel 31 report about Travis Masse, which quoted the Broomfield Police Department as confirming that an investigation into the former Broomfield High School teacher and wrestling coach was underway. Problem is, a BPD spokesman told Westword the department hadn’t specifically announced that Masse…
Matt Arnold doesn’t shy away from a fight. The Arnold-fronted ClearTheBenchColorado.org, an organization lobbying against the retention of four current Supreme Court justices, was recently targeted by a campaign-finance complaint from Colorado Ethics Watch. But rather than backing down, he dismissed the move as a “pathetic political ploy” to Westword…
When Congressman Jared Polis got his chance to quiz Attorney General Eric Holder during his first appearance on the U.S. House judiciary committee yesterday, he hit on two topics of particular interest to his Boulder area constituency — medical marijuana and immigration. He began by noting his February letter to…
This week should have been a time to celebrate for the main players in Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation. In recent months, the group has been an energetic and effective advocate for measures to codify the medical marijuana business in the state. Instead of rebelling against any and every attempt…
During the early portion of last month, hardly a day seemed to go by without a horrific RTD bus crash. This April 6 post documents the second fatal accident in three days — and the next day, we documented the death of Lafayette’s Marvin Webb, who was killed in an…
Two weeks ago, after a nine-hour public hearing on House Bill 10-1364, industry experts thought they’d successfully stomped out an effort to remove the words “no known cure” when referring to sex offenders. Ninety percent of the people who work in the field agree that there’s no cure for extreme…
Although two dozen dispensaries did not answer their phones when we called to update their listings recently, that doesn’t mean our directory is getting smaller. Oh, no. For every dispensary that closes, two more seem to take its place. And many dispensaries, such as the Biocare Collective, which the Wildflower…
This dispensary has closed. As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword is offering a no-holds-barred look…
In the photo above, Dog-sign graphic design warns visitors and neighbors from around the world. Look for more off-leash dog art below:…
Angie Zapata, the transgender Greeley teen who was murdered in July 2008, has been immortalized in song. She’s an integral part of a verse of Los Angeles-based Latin band Ozomatli’s anti-Proposition 8 song “Gay Vatos in Love.” Here are the lyrics, courtesy of Ozomatli’s MySpace page:…
How’s this for a ringing endorsement? “They’re not pretty, but they’re pretty fun!” And that’s from a guy whose job it is to promote the animals at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs — which will welcome back a pack (gaggle? family? nest?) of naked mole rats after an…
The Summer of LeBron is almost upon us, and NBA fans know that once free agents LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh settle on their new basketball homes, the focus will immediately shift to next summer — when the Nuggets’ Carmelo Anthony will be the valedictorian of a much-less-memorable…
Denver-based sportswriter Rick Reilly, the punching bag of the sports blogosphere but a dean among old-school sports scribes, is touring America to promote his latest book, Sports from Hell. The book centers around Reilly cruising the world in search of bizarre competitions like ferret-legging and chess-boxing — “not bad work…
There’s been lots of news about all the medical marijuana dispensaries opening around town, but some of the existing operations have been closing, too. While there’s no easy way to compile a complete list of which dispensaries have crashed and burned, a good point of reference is Westword’s dispensary directory…
The finger-pointing over the massive oil slick threatening the Gulf Coast is spreading almost as fast as the spill itself. While critics on the right chortle over Department of the Interior chief of staff Tom Strickland’s ill-timed trip to the Grand Canyon, the White House and the DOI have been…
Yes, that’s former congressman Tom Tancredo hosting a VIP opening celebration at the new Water 2 Wine winery in the Shops at Greenwood Village next month. But don’t think Tancredo is about to trade rabble-rousing for a career as a mild-mannered businessman. Once Tancredo came uncorked over immigration, you could…
“Ask a Mexican,” Gustavo Arellano, May 6, 2010 Mexican Standoff Gustavo, I’ll boycott your column instead. Kudos to Arizona for passing a mostly good law. Joe Denver What you are writing is a lie. No one is stopped in this country without probable cause, a reason to be stopped. Get…
This week, Kenny Be draws “Denver’s Most Dogged” — a breakdown of the city’s rabid dog lovers. After breaking the dog lovers into six types — from Petrosexuals to Dogvocates — he outlines their every desire. See the full cartoon on the Latest Word blog…
A Brighton industrial cleaning company is suing the City and County of Denver and its Department of Aviation, which oversees operations at Denver International Airport, citing racial discrimination and soliciting of bribes for preferential treatments in contracted work by officials. Allstate Sweeping, which filed the federal civil suit earlier this…
