View Larger Map There are more questions than answers thus far in the death of a woman found dead on December 30 in a Sixth Avenue West subdivision — an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). Contacted this morning,…
Homicides aplenty took place in the waning days of 2009, as is clear from our reports about Mile High Murders No. 59, No. 60 and No. 61. The 62nd victim? Michael Canada, 55, who was reportedly killed in his Edgewater home, at 2547 Harlan Street, by James Alan Clark, 49,…
View Larger Map More holiday-season cheerlessness: a December 29 murder at the Riviera Motel, 9100 East Colfax Avenue — an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). The victim in the shooting was identified as Kendrick Anthony Williams, 25, and…
View Larger Map Another Aurora homicide took place on December 22 in addition to the killing of Eleanor Joann Sears, 75, allegedly at the hands of her own daughter. The victim in the second incident was found in an alley near the 2500 block of North Joliet Street, an area…
View Larger Map This morning’s Denver Post leads with a report about the decline of Denver’s murder rate in 2009, mirroring a national trend. But that hardly means slayings have become rarities in the metro area. Indeed, there were several during the last two weeks of the past decade, and…
You might think that the departure of a rising star among state Democrats would be a bigger deal than this Post story suggests, but state representative Kathleen Curry and party leaders seem eager to downplay Curry’s decision to change her voter registration from Dem to unaffiliated. The move will strip…
You won’t see much us on the blog for the next few days. Why? Because we are already drinking and don’t plan to stop until early Monday morning. In the meantime, check out our New Year’s Eve listings for suggestions on what to do to bring in 2010. Or, read…
2009. Yeah, we’re sick about it, too. From swine flu to job cuts to a suspected terrorist in Aurora (Aurora, really?), every month brought a new horror, a new reason to clutch our nauseated stomachs and moan over that chronic ache in our heads. If it wasn’t coyotes running amok…
Richard and Mayumi Heene They did it for the show! And for a few days this fall, it was the greatest show not just on earth, but in the airspace above. On October 15, Richard and Mayumi Heene — veterans of the reality TV series Wife Swap — called authorities…
It’ll be a happy new year for dispensary owners since Arapahoe County District Court Judge Christopher Cross ruled today that the city of Centennial has to back off from its recent dispensary ban. The decision came as part of a lawsuit filled on behalf of CannaMart, a Centennial dispensary that…
Michael Sawaya has your number — and it’s the number of any cab company in metro Denver. If you grab a cab on New Year’s Eve rather than getting behind the wheel after having too much to drink, he’ll reimburse you for that cab ride. All you have to do…
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 will be offering a no-holds-barred…
The Governor’s Energy Office will consider a protest by a nonprofit agency into the state’s decision to award a $9 million weatherization grant to a rival organization. Rocky Mountain SER, which provides training and jobs for disadvantaged segments of the population, complained after GEO announced on December 1 that it…
Christmas is over. Fold up the stockings, chug the rest of the egg nog and start planning for how you’re going to dispose of that tannenbaum. You could take the easy way out. Starting Monday, Denver’s Treecyle program will cart away your tree for free, provided that you strip it…
The study of neighbors through their holiday decorations… Everything about the tree in the picture above says “five minutes to midnight” on New Year’s Eve. Here is the work of a yard artist who has clearly drank enough $500 bottles of Champagne to see that “tree looks like a lady.”…
Having trouble finding work? You’re not alone. Follow Jobbed every week as we troll for the weird, the wacky and the worst of what the recession-era world of job ads has to offer. The Job, as posted online: New Year’s Day Masseuse Responsibilities: Seeking a relaxing massage for one or…
Nearly three months after the National Science Foundation was supposed to announce who had won the thirteen-year, $2 billon Antarctic Support Contract, the federal agency has acknowledged to bidders that the award will be delayed by at least a year. Centennial-based Raytheon Polar Services currently holds the contract, which it…
Jared Polis is both a politician and a poet — and he sent two self-penned poems with his holiday greetings. The first, which you can read here, is a retrospective look at 2009. The second comes with this message from the congressman: “May 2010 bring Comprehensive Immigration Reform to our…
This week’s featured Twit is Eric Elkins, a local writer, blogger, CEO of a social media company and “avowed narcissist.” He caught our attention on Twitter because he’s one of those Twits that’s just everywhere — he seems to know everyone, and everything going on, all the time. He’s always…
Wouldn’t it be great if you could just negotiate-away your overdue library fines? If you could stroll into the Denver Public Library, offer them $1 and have your borrower status upgraded from “terribly horrible” to “awesomely awesome”? Well, you can’t, despite what the New York Times says. Yesterday, the Times…
Timothy Barajas, the cagey graffiti writer known as KOZE, was sentenced Tuesday to two years of probation and 180 days in jail, half of which will be suspended as long as Barajas doesn’t commit any new crimes. He was also ordered to pay $1,360.66 in restitution. The sentence was much…
The study of neighbors through their holiday decorations… Look to the left center of the picture above to find the everyday western-themed yard art hiding behind the countless candy canes and wire reindeers. At first, the bronze animal looks like a small bison, but with prolonged staring begins to look…
