Today’s fifteenth anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing resonates in Denver, where the trial of bombers Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols took place. As such, locals are likely to feel a very personal kind of anger when hearing recordings of McVeigh being shared for the first time tonight on MSNBC’s…
As promised, the Rocky Mountain Gun Owner’s Club has filed suit against Colorado State University for its board’s recent ban of concealed weapons on campus. With the suit filed on the same day as a Colorado Court of Appeals decision to throw out CU-Boulder’s similar ban, it might have more…
Update, 3:57 p.m.: Crisanta Duran has released a statement about the UFCW Local 7 endorsement. Look for it below the original item. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 has endorsed Mark Thrun, a Denver Health doctor, in the race to represent House District 5. Why is that a…
An unusual announcement moments ago from the Denver District Attorney’s Office and the Denver Police Department: A murder charge has been filed even though the body of the victim has yet to be located. Hae C. Park, 64, has been missing since March 27, when he was supposed to meet…
Latecomers to the marijuana-legalization movement may never have heard of Jack Herer, who died yesterday at age seventy. But veterans of the cause cite his 1985 book The Emperor Wears No Clothes as the manifesto that launched a campaign that continues to gather steam. Herer died from complications related to…
Tomorrow night, the Nuggets open the playoffs at home against the Utah Jazz — but the squad’s performance down the stretch didn’t exactly inspire confidence. For much of the season, the Nugs looked like a lock for the number two slot, behind only the Los Angeles Lakers in the west…
Each week we spotlight one massive shmuck. This week: the Westboro Baptist Church. The hate-spewing goofballs from Westboro Baptist Church, long known for their enthusiastic protestation of all things gay, have scheduled a swing through Colorado for next week, starting with a picket intended for the “generation of violent, simple…
We’ve selected three blogs about Denver for your reading pressure. Click them. Ian Henson at Bronco Talk opines about Kyle Orton signing his tender offer — which, unlike with Brandon Marshall, probably won’t precipitate a trade. However, Henson expects the Broncos to sign at least one more QB before camp…
Yet another unexpected twist in the case of Highlands Ranch’s Chris Bartkowicz, whose home-grown marijuana crop was seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration immediately after he showed it off to Channel 9. Bartkowicz was expected to reverse his original not guilty plea at a hearing today — one that his…
“Please tell all RTD bus drivers that just because this is the weekend of ‘Doors Open Denver,’ it doesn’t mean that they are allowed to drive through any of them.”…
The Tea Party movement is a proudly grassroots rebellion that’s deeply suspicious of the mainstream media. So perhaps the best way to get a sense of yesterday’s raucous rally at the Capitol, which coincided with Tax Day and featured appearances by the likes of senatorial candidate Ken Buck, is to…
Westword wants to hear your crazy HOA stories. Did you get a letter telling you to paint your house, even though you recently painted it? Do you have an exuberant board member spying on you (this actually happened)? Or maybe you just think your dues are too high. Whatever it…
Some siblings show their feelings for each other by hugging, kissing and sweet words. Others use knives. An incident involving the latter took place around 10 p.m. last night at the 30th and Downing light rail station. “Two sisters got into an argument on the train,” says Denver Police Department…
The more often a given commentator visits a newspaper website, the more likely he is to decide that some of the other commentators bug the hell out of him. But now, readers of the Colorado Springs Gazette can fight back, in a manner of speaking. A new software upgrade that…
After an attempt to decriminalize statewide the adult possession of an ounce or less of marijuana failed at the polls in 2006, Mason Tvert, executive director of the drug policy reform organization Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) and his colleagues hit upon a new strategy: Focus energy on local…
The University of Colorado at Boulder’s on-campus gun ban has been junked by the Colorado Court of Appeals. So how to promote gun safety if attendees can begin arming themselves before chem class? Perhaps by adapting DIRC (Dangerous Irresponsible Rider on Campus), a program intended to promote safe biking and…
Last month, a Today Show investigation revealed a shocking fact: Major retailers like Victoria’s Secret and Macy’s were re-selling underwear that customers — or rather, Today show operatives wearing hidden cameras — had returned. Even after the Today folks stained said panties with baby oil, they ended up back on…
When the University of Wyoming rescinded an invitation for controversial professor William Ayers to speak on campus, attorney David Lane sent the school a letter threatening to sue on behalf of student Meg Lanker. If the school didn’t respond by his deadline of high noon Wednesday, which it didn’t, Lane…
There are mellow cops and in-your-face cops.Then there are cops like the Denver Police Department’s Perry Speelman, the subject of at least 18 internal affairs investigations dating back to the 1990s, many triggered by complaints of alleged “unnecessary force” or “discourtesy.” Precisely how many complaints Speelman has generated is unknown…
The case of Chris Bartkowicz, whose Highlands Ranch marijuana crop was seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration after he showed it off to 9News, instantly fired up the medical marijuana industry, with advocate Rob Corry going toe to toe with the DEA’s Jeffrey Sweetin — and even Congressman Jared Polis…
The campaign to establish a new public nudity ordinance in Boulder took an unexpected turn a few weeks back. That’s when Catharine Pierce, 52, turned heads when she decided to garden wearing nothing but a thong in her front yard, just around the corner from a pre-K through twelfth grade…
Today, we’ve created a new Denver Blogs category for our daily blog roundup, rather than wedging the words in the headline. What an exciting change. So… the Avs shock the hockey world by defeating the top-seeded San Jose Sharks on the road in game one of their playoff series –…
