Over the weekend, when Park Hill’s Jai Harris saw a light in the northwest sky, she did what any tech-savvy person would — pointed a camera at it, set the footage to moody piano music, created some informative and/or speculative graphics (she asks if viewers think it’s a UFO, a…
I’ve found some of my most cherished possessions by dumpster diving, including a headless, armless half-mannequin nicknamed Venus de Milo that proudly models robes in the corner of my bedroom. But if I saw Venus’s shapely figure peaking from the top of a dumpster in Boulder this week, taking her…
On March 31, Erick Schmuckal was taken from a Broomfield courtroom to a cell for violating his probation by acting as a medical-marijuana patient and caregiver, as he’s licensed to do in Colorado. Yesterday, Schmuckal told us about his three weeks-plus in jail, as well as his upcoming fights against…
Yesterday, we told you about gubernatorial hopeful Jason R. Clark’s quixotic search for a running mate via a Craigslist ad. He’s exploring this option because, as an independent, he must find a Lieutenant Governor candidate registered as unaffiliated prior to June 15, 2009 — and that’s proven to be more…
Utah is a beautiful state that attracts thousands upon thousands of tourists each year. But those who enjoy themselves most tend to be the ones who visit by choice, not force. This distinction should prove important for Aurora’s Jacson Quintanilla-Mejia, 23, who allegedly picked up his former girlfriend in Broomfield,…
The U.S. military’s first-ever Warrior Games — three days of Paralympic-style competition in nine sports — will kick off in Colorado Springs with an opening ceremony at 5 p.m. — or 1700, to quote the official event schedule. The point of the Warrior Games, according to Army Brigadier General Gary…
Over the weekend, the New York Times ran a piece about local disenchantment with our current crop of sad-sack incumbents, headlined “Democrats See Hopes for West Dim in Colorado.” GOP Senate candidate Jane Norton was so delighted with the article that she linked to it on her Facebook page, introducing…
The controversial Arizona immigration bill hasn’t stopped any folks from coming into this country illegally yet. After all, it won’t take effect until July. But it’s certainly led to a bumper crop of proclamations, including denunciations by Denver Public Schools and the City of Boulder — with the latter prompting…
Looking for a fun new board game to while away these lovely spring afternoons? Anti-immigration firebrand Tom Tancredo has the perfect suggestion. As the Colorado Independent first reported, Tancredo fired up his Twitter account last week and tweeted to his followers, “Check out the new illegal immigration game at http://www.illegalimmigrationgame.com/default.aspx…”…
Many Denver blogs present quality items about Denver on a daily basis. Here are three examples. In a fan post on Mile High Report, Dale Swahn writes that, in his view, the Broncos should start Tim Tebow in game one, because he’s ideal for the offensive approach Coach McD wants…
It’s been four weeks-plus since the capture of Merle Allison, thought to be the so-called Limping Latex Bandit. Since then, the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force hasn’t introduced us to any new nicknamed scofflaws. Finally, however, there’s a worthy successor to the H1N1 Bandit, the Tom Thumb Bandit, the…
In March, we told you about the strange case of Jay DeVaughn, a librarian for the Community College of Aurora, who at that point had been accused of mailing a single threatening letter. But the criminal complaint filed against him at that time contained plenty of other bizarro assertions –…
The study of neighbors through their lawn decorations… Figure 62. Westwood Iron Man remake not as good as Overland Iron Man original. The Iron Man pictured on the left side of the photo above opened to mixed reviews last week in Denver’s Westwood neighborhood. The bright colors and playfully oversize…
As we all know, the economy remains tough these days. But there are still jobs out there. Like, for instance, Lieutenant Governor of Colorado — a position currently being advertised on Craigslist. No, it’s not a joke. Jason R. Clark, an independent gubernatorial hopeful, needs to find a running mate…
Westword.com’s nightlife photographers emerged from their weekly hibernation and ventured into the night over the weekend, capturing Denver in its natural state (drunk and happy). See the fruits of their labor on the slideshow page…
Last October, we introduced you to Renee Herlocker, the former Denver Broncos cheerleader who’d just been named the Ultimate Spike Girl by the cable network of the same name. But she had more to talk about than winning the contest, and the Spike correspondent gig that went along with it…
On April 30, K-High, Denver’s contemporary-jazz radio outlet, vanished from the airwaves after its owner, Bustos Media, sold the 101.9 FM frequency to Christian broadcaster WAY-FM. The sale price shows how much radio-property values have plummeted in recent years. In 2006, Bustos bought 101.9 FM for $17.5 million. Four years…
Last week, we told you about self-declared Single Infertile Female Leah, who encouraged members of her online community (powered by Boulder’s BlogFrog.com) to help her decide which of three potential sperm donors she should use for in-vitro fertilization. Well, she announced her pick on Mother’s Day, appropriately enough, and in…
On March 31, Erick Schmuckal was transported from a Broomfield courtroom to jail for violating probation — by acting as a medical marijuana caregiver and patient, which he’s licensed by the State of Colorado to do. Schmuckal was originally sentenced to 120 days. But while he only served a little…
Mother’s Day weekend wasn’t a cause for celebration for the Ciacio family. On Friday, Denver Police Department officers discovered the body of a woman at 1625 Tamarac, and while authorities haven’t formally identified her, they’ve noted that the person being held in association with the killing — Michael Ciacio, 47…
A bill to legalize syringe exchange programs in Colorado has passed the state legislature and is now headed to Governor Bill Ritter’s desk. Ritter was a vocal supporter of needle exchanges when he was Denver’s district attorney in the 1990s, and we’ve asked his spokesman if the governor plans to…
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 in the midst of the developing crisis, the…
