Here’s some odd (or maybe not so odd) timing. Even as the Colorado Rockies are fighting to secure a playoff berth, KOA has confirmed that Jeff Kingery, the squad’s play-by-play man since its inception, will retire at the end of the season. But while the outlet’s press release is as…
Twitter isn’t just for letting people know about dead bodies without linking to any additional information, as the Denver Police Department did this morning in regard to a slaying in an AT&T parking lot at 2535 E. 40th Avenue. It’s also a place for politicos to promote themselves while trying…
The Colorado Convention Center hosted both a sex-industry trade show and the Great American Beer Fest — and we’re quite interested if anyone got hammered and wandered into the wrong bash. See photos of those events, plus plenty of other parties from around the city, at westword.com/slideshow…
View Larger Map At around 3:30 a.m. this morning, a woman was reportedly shot and killed in a parking lot outside an AT&T building, near an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). More than six hours later, the Denver…
Even before he has his first New York City court appearance, terror suspect Najibbullah Zazi, who was shipped out of Colorado on Friday (leaving us with his father, Mohammad, as our most prominent remaining Zazi), is paying dividends to NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg — a man who knows a little…
Republicans aren’t thrilled by the signs on highway projects announcing that they are being paid for by stimulus funds, seeing them as de facto ads for the Obama administration. Which got us to wondering: What signs might Republicans endorse? With the help of CustomRoadSign.com, we came up with five suggestions,…
This whole Basebrawl idea, in which we would trash talk with the San Francisco Giants lovers at our sister publication, the SF Weekly, along the road to the playoffs, hasn’t turned out to be much of a fight. Moments ago, I cyber-ambled over to the Weekly’s news blog to see…
Earlier this month, the Denver Post’s Dan Haley and I made our bets about the Broncos’ season record — and I was one game more pessimistic than he was, predicting they’d end the season at four wins, twelve losses in an inglorious return to the days of Steve Tensi. Three…
Since she took over as district attorney five years ago, Carol Chambers has let wrongdoers in the Eighteenth Judicial District know that she’s going to hold them accountable. She’s pursued lengthy habitual-criminal sentences for low-level offenders, gone after opposing attorneys and truth-fudging cops, and even criticized judges for taking (and…
Here’s a shock: In the GOP straw poll held on Friday, gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry absolutely crushed Dan Maes, who hardly anyone realizes is still running, including, probably, members of his own family. As for Scott McInnis, the leader in name recognition and a new poll he likes better than…
Viewership of local TV news broadcasts has been taking a journey to the center of the earth over recent years, but reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated — as a recent death demonstrates. Late Friday afternoon, Michelle Weiss-Samaras of Environmental Health (the P.C. name for the Denver Coroner’s…
News broke late last week that Kristen Parker, the former Rose Medical Center surgical rep accused of passing hepatitis C to victims like those at the center of “Going Viral,” Alan Prendergast’s recent feature, would plead guilty to a potpourri of charges against her — and by Friday afternoon, she’d…
Spill some ink. Today in Backbeat Online: • Now, that’s dedication. It’s also, um, forever. • Are you the best band in Denver? • Freaky Friday: “Common People” — Shatner’s cover slash-up version. • Friday Freeloader: Vendetta Festival MP3s. • Freeloader Friday: Win tickets to see Carbon Leaf and Stephen…
View Larger Map Earlier this week, we told you about a fight that resulted in the fatal stabbing of a man on the 1200 block of North Chambers Road near Hinkley High School, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger…
Homer Duggins is Westword’s house gambling expert. Read his dispatches every Friday in the Latest Word sports section. Read last week’s blog here. It’s Raider Week. Oh yeah, it’s Raider Week! Normally I’d be fully engaged in my typical Raider Week traditions — painting my face blue and orange when…
The last of the week’s local-blog wrangling. Make it count. Broncos Country has spoken, and what they’re talking about is a nice little touchdown win on Sunday. (Mile High Country) David Sirota on the problems with Obama’s electoral meddling. (Huffington Post Denver) More on Denver’s position as the world leader…
Like many stories about dog attacks, the recent description of an aggressive “fight dog” that bit a woman on the thigh and elbow in a Superior parking lot prompted many online comments at Denverpost.com. “Anyone who owns a mutt from one of these killer breeds should be REQUIRED to have…
First Friday or last, you can always find something new in the local art world. Tonight’s gallery watch yields at least a couple of fun exhibit openings, including Barnaby Furnas’s really, really big one at MCA Denver. But on the smaller side and quite nearby, you can also catch You…
Aurora’s Jesse Dennis Dimmick was already wanted for questioning in a murder when he went on the lam recently, eventually finding himself in a police chase with Kansas authorities. And while murder is a little too severe to label Dimmick a shmuck, what he did next more than qualifies. During…
The second-floor event hall at the Tattered Cover LoDo was packed last Monday as people anxiously awaited author Jon Krakauer, who was going to speak about his new book, Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman. As I walked in and took a spot along the wall, some…
Pitchers and catchers: Pitcher Jeff Francis winds up in a side-slit dress by Francis Roces and catcher Paul Phillips swings in a bridal gown by Rae Marie…..
A sharp-eyed reader noticed an odd editor’s note at the bottom of an INDenver Times account about the CU Buffs’ 24-0 victory over the Wyoming Cowboys this past weekend. It reads: “Comments have been turned off on football stories involving CU to meet the university’s requirement for giving media credentials…
