Stories of animal abuse don’t get much stranger or more disgusting that the one involving two pigs at Venetucci Farm, a 190-acre spread near Colorado Springs that was donated to the Pikes Peak Community Foundation in 2006. According to Lieutenant Lari Sevene, public information officer for the El Paso Sheriff’s…
For politicians, being arrested is never a good thing — and the combination of alcohol and firearms doesn’t improve the situation. Yet David Cox, one of three Republicans running for Colorado House District 54, has no plans to stop running — and he’s clearly hoping his extremely detailed explanation of…
Words commonly used to describe mug shots include “menacing,” “pathetic,” “disturbing” and “hilarious” — but usually not “sexy.” So congrats, Dustin Winesberry. The seductive, come-hither mug shot taken of you yesterday at Boulder County Jail looks like the cover of a ’70s-era album — say, Dustin Winesberry Gets Next to…
At a meeting tonight, the Boulder City Council will take up a proposed public nudity ordinance that’s gone through several permutations in recent months. At first, the measure forbade the display of a woman’s nipples, among other things. Then, the council stripped the ordinance of this language. But now, council…
For members of the medical marijuana industry, Jeffrey Sweetin, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Denver field office, is a lightning rod thanks to comments he made after the DEA raided the home of Highlands Ranch’s Chris Bartkowicz, who showed off his grow to 9News. Recently, however,…
J.R. Smith and Twitter — not always the perfect combination. Last August, the Denver Post’s Woody Paige knocked Smith’s tweets as immature, while a separate article implied that his use of the letter “K” as a substitute for “C” recalled spelling used by members of the Bloods street gang. Then,…
Denver’s two roller derby leagues, profiled in the Westword’s feature “Denver’s Roller Derby Rivalry Could Start the Sport Rolling Across the Country,” are stepping up their games this year — both on the track and off. Exhibit A: The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls have been kicking ass against out-of-state teams, as…
In March, more than a hundred people participated in a “Save the Animals” rally calling for Frontier Airlines’ new owner, Republic Airways Holdings, to retain the carrier’s name and branding. To see photos from the demonstration, many of them featuring Frontier employees, click here. These folks won’t have to wait…
We clicked on these Denver blogs. Maybe you should, too. Ian Henson at Bronco Talk thinks Brandon Marshall may have chosen to get married in Denver because “subconsciously he feels that he’s not going anywhere.” Well, he did put a ring on it… Over at 5280, Michael de Yoanna wonders…
Is Andrew Romanoff’s Colorado senate run against Michael Bennet making an impact in the Beltway? Prominent mentions in the Washington Post serve as telling indications — and the paper has name-checked Romanoff twice in as many days. Yesterday, the Post’s Dan Balz gave Romanoff the full-scale profile treatment via a…
The study of neighbors through their lawn decoration… Figure 57. Berkeley: A reminder to residents that “P” is for prostrate. It appears that the downtown parking lot sign pictured in figure 57 above, has been seized and is being held for worship in this northwest Denver garden. Such a display…
On April 6 of last year — opening day for the Colorado Rockies — I fearlessly predicted that the team would end the 2009 campaign with a meager 72 victories. Early on, I looked like Nostradamus. But on May 29, after a dismal start, the team belatedly sacked manager Clint…
Some box office prognosticators predicted that Hot Tub Time Machine would be a box-office smash thanks to positive word of mouth. But that won’t happen in Denver, especially among Broncos fans. Why not? Because one of the plot points involves “The Drive,” the John Elway-led march that resulted in the…
The drama continues around Operation Fortune Cookie, the largest weed bust in state history, which imploded amid accusations of snitching cops, paid-off politicians and bureaucratic retribution. Last week, the drug investigation’s main suspect, politically connected restaurateur Dan Tang, received eighteen months in prison for a single money laundering charge he…
As the weather gets nicer, the weekends are getting wilder in D-town — and Westword photogs were there to document the action. Check out the pretty people (some of them in pretty little) at the Spring Break Therapy bash in Boulder; get another look at the Colorado Cannabis Convention (in…
The Denver Coroner’s Office has released information on homicides in the city during the final quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of 2010 — January through March. And while there certainly has been no shortage of bloodshed during our current year, the end of last year was worse. The…
Talk about a startling NFL trade: The Eagles sent QB Donovan McNabb to the Washington Redskins for the 37th pick in this year’s draft, plus a third- or fourth-rounder next year. At first glance, new Redskins coach Mike Shanahan appears to have pulled off one helluva coup. Not only did…
Almost everything pot-related you could ever think of was on display at the Colorado Cannabis Convention over the weekend — everything but cannabis, that is. More than 300 vendors were on hand for the event – mostly dispensaries trying to get their name out to the public and gain new…
Highlands Ranch’s Chris Bartkowicz, whose home was raided by the DEA in February soon after he showed off his grow to a 9News reporter, is expected to offer a guilty plea in relation to the case. Nevertheless, his arrest raises a series of legal questions regarding the conflict between Colorado’s…
Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin, who’s refusing to return to Afghanistan for a second tour until President Barack Obama produces proof that he was born in the U.S., is a Colorado native. Which makes perfect sense given the case of birther fever that continues to run through the state more than…
Editor’s Note: Treme writer/producer David Mills died of a brain aneurysm Tuesday in New Orleans. He’d written extensively about theTreme process and his burgeoning love for New Orleans music on his blog, undercoverblackman.blogspot.com. His Times-Picayune obit is here. By Larry Blumenfeld PRICE WAS TWELVE, BRUH.’ ‘THEM TWELVE HUNDRED WAS FOR…
Update, 4 p.m.: The Aurora Police Department has released more information about the arrest of Steven Johnston. The details are included below the original item. Earlier this week, we told you about a double homicide at the Sommerset Gardens Apartments in Aurora, with the victims later being identified as Jarrel…
