Shortly after most politicos take office, they begin marking their territory via photos, publications, web pages and lots of other aggrandizers. And Colorado Springs Senator Bill Cadman wants it to stop. Cadman is reportedly sick at the thought of the state chucking tons of brochures featuring Governor Bill Ritter, who’s…
Yesterday morning, I wrote about how important Kenyon Martin’s knee is to the Nuggets championship hopes. Then, a few hours later, the Denver Post reported what’s been characterized as good news in most quarters: Martin won’t need surgery, but he’ll be sitting out for a while — possibly until the…
#10 of the 22 Major Arcana: Andrew Romanoff, the Hermit…
At 2 p.m. today, Trevor Douglas, 25, will step into a Clear Creek County courthouse and defend himself against possession accusations involving marijuana and paraphernalia when he was pulled over for expired vehicle registration last August. His assertion? He’s a member of both the Church of Universal Sacraments and The…
Plenty of arrests are routine — but not the one that landed 23-year-old Richard Foster in a Boulder jail. Boulder Police Department spokeswoman Sarah Huntley describes the twisted series of events that took place on the 1000 block of Canyon Boulevard, between the Boulder Public Library and the city’s main…
One of last November’s most shocking stories involved Denver Police Department reports about a series of racially motivated attacks in LoDo, with the perpetrators allegedly choosing victims at random based on their Caucasian or Hispanic ethnicity. The DPD made over thirty arrests; see photos of the men and women busted…
Governor Bill Ritter may still be mending from his recent bicycle spill, but he’s clearly in fighting trim judging by his feisty response to news that Amazon has closed the accounts of its associates in Colorado in retaliation for a newly enacted tax measure that impacts online retailers based out…
Westword is covering the trial of Willie Clark, accused of murdering Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams early on New Year’s Day 2007. The most recent updates for the day will be at the top; to check out the account chronologically at day’s end, read from the bottom up. Click here…
All things considered, Ashton Daigle can consider himself a very lucky man. On March 5, the former surgery nurse was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison for “tampering with a consumer product” — a nice way of saying that he stole the painkiller fentanyl from Boulder Community Hospital and…
On Friday, even as the Darrent Williams murder trial was offering Denverites the sort of ugly, unburnished portrait of gang life the Reverend Leon Kelly sees everyday, The History Channel aired an episode of its Gangland series entitled “Mile High Killers.” And Francisco Gallardo, program director for Gang Rescue and…
Early Saturday morning, Lindsey Howland, 24, was walking near Evans Avenue and Josephine Street when she was struck by a car. She wound up in critical condition, but she’s reportedly improving at this hour. Presumably not doing as well is Robert Jesse Gallegos, 22, who’s been held for investigation of…
A week of Denver blogging roundups begin like so… No deal yet for Brandon Marshall, and Kyle at Bronco Talk says Josh McDaniels and company won’t bargain with the Seahawks for his services: Either it’s the sixth pick in the draft or nothing. Wonder if anyone will blink. Joseph Boven…
The ongoing Darrent Williams murder trial has been filled with revelations about the continuing dangers of gang life that may come as a surprise to many people — but not to the Reverend Leon Kelly. As the executive director of the Open Door Youth Gang Alternative, he’s spent a quarter-century…
Last month, we shared the story of Spork, a dachshund owned by Lafayette’s Tim and Kelly Walker who bit a veterinary technician at Jasper Animal Hospital — and subsequently received a vicious animal citation. The tale stirred protests, a Save Spork Facebook campaign and media coverage sympathetic to the pet…
The study of neighbors through their lawn decoration… Figure 53. Barnum: The English and the indigenous bust a new move. The photograph above shows that the residents of this home are at the forefront of the new movement to use stuffed animals as yard art. Traditionally thought of as indoor…
It was a spring-esque weekend in Denver, but that didn’t stop Nederland from celebrating its favorite Frozen Dead Guy. See photos from that, an Oscar party, and Babes Around Denver on the slideshow page…
Last week, during the first opportunity to publicly comment on House Bill 1284, an attempt to regulate Colorado’s medical marijuana industry that’s being spearheaded by Representative Tom Massey, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers was unable to testify. He was in Washington, D.C., on another matter, so he sent an associate,…
Last night’s Nuggets victory over the Portland Trail Blazers would be a happier development if it weren’t for the presence of Kenyon Martin in street clothes during the game. This season, the Nuggets have emerged as legitimate title contenders — a squad tough enough not only to challenge the title-holding…
House Bill 1284, Representative Tom Massey’s legislative attempt to regulate Colorado’s medical marijuana industry, was presented to the House judiciary committee last week, with plenty of law enforcement types testifying against it — a process that advocate Rob Corry found unseemly. Now, another curve ball. Massey and state senator Chris…
Last night’s Academy Awards ceremony offered big ups to some local filmmakers. Boulder-based director Louie Psihoyos won Best Documentary Feature honors for his dolphin-killing exposé The Cove — although producer Fisher Stevens used up all Psihoyos’s spotlight time on the broadcast with thank-yous of his own. (The show’s supervisors rigorously…
All of us in Colorado know that Duane “Dog” Chapman, aka Dog the Bounty Hunter, serves as a role model for a certain brand of rough-and-tumble American man. But is he the ideal blueprint for American womanhood, too? That’s the implication made by comedian Zach Galifanakis, best known for his…
Westword is covering the trial of Willie Clark, accused of murdering Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams early on New Year’s Day 2007. The most recent updates for the day will be at the top; to check out the account chronologically at day’s end, read from the bottom up. Click here…
