While the Aurora Police Department still hasn’t officially confirmed that eighteen-year-old Darius Murray was the person seriously wounded in an officer-involved shooting over the weekend, complaints from his family about so-called “inconsistencies” in the APD’s reports prompted the following statement from Police Chief Daniel J. Oates: “There is no question…
There’s a new sheriff in town, one with a mean set of handlebars. We’re not talking about a mustache. We’re talking about his bicycle. The dude in question is Brad Evans, local realtor by day and two-wheeled merry prankster by night. In 2004, Evans founded Denver Cruisers, a pedal-powered party…
Republicans rallied the troops in the Senate this morning and managed to block the much-delayed confirmation of David Hayes, Ken “New Sheriff in Town” Salazar’s choice to serve as his top deputy at the Department of the Interior. In a crucial test of whether the new administration’s bold break with…
Here’s a video of the Ski Train leaving Denver for the last time on Friday, May 8. The description says this was “filmed at Utah Jct, moving onto the Belt Main,” which is apparently near 56th and Pecos. The train had been making trips between Denver and Winter Park since…
College-journalism professors teaching ethics could build entire classes around the career of Tom Martino. The co-owner of a rundown homeless hangout dubbed “Hotel Martino” in a recent Westword feature article, Martino acts as a de facto journalist on Channel 31, taking on sleazy businesses and scam artists under his “Troubleshooter”…
On May 2, 2008, Carolyn Sparks of Potter County, Texas, was visiting Landry’s Downtown Aquarium in Denver with her daughter and husband. According to documents filed in Denver District Court, the trio was approached by a greeter who attached their wristbands and asked if they would like to have their…
Covering the troubles in the newspaper industry can be mighty dispiriting: I sometimes feel like I spend my days writing the obituary for my own career. No wonder I felt such trepidation when accepting an invitation from the folks at the Douglas County Library to speak at a Cafe Current…
What made LaLa Vasquez, the former MTV star who’s Carmelo Anthony’s fiancée, so unbelievably angry during the last Nuggets-Mavericks contest? She offers her explanation in the following statement: LaLa Vazquez became distressed during a heated playoff game, after being verbally attacked by some opposing fans, who were using racial slurs,…
During last night’s late newscast, 9News’ Drew Soicher said that if the Nuggets manage to blow their series against the Dallas Mavericks, blamecasters will suggest that Mavs owner Mark Cuban got into their heads via his antics — namely trash-talking about Kenyon Martin to his mom on Mother’s Day weekend…
Representatives of the Aurora Police Department still haven’t identified the man seriously injured during an officer-involved shooting this past weekend — although they have confirmed that he didn’t shoot himself in the incident, as initially implied. Yesterday, however, the family of 18-year-old Darius Murray came forward to identify him as…
Monday, the Aurora Police Department reported that Corey Ray Albat, 21, was being held in connection with the murder of an unidentified man on the 500 block of Geneva Street. Today, the name of the victim is being released: Kyle Lathrop, 23. No additional information is available at this time…
Is it almost dinnertime? Today in Cafe Society: • Ruth’s Chris shutters downtown Denver location. • Guess where I’m eating? • Drink beer out of a bowling pin. No, really! • A Crush on Cans: Ska Brewing. • The Gelato Spot: One more reason to visit 13th Avenue. Today in…
Our daily perusal of local blog deliciousness. Send links this way. A new DNA testing bill won’t help the backlog problem. (Colorado Independent) The bailout won’t quite bail out Colorado farmers. (5280) The upsides of the Nuggets’ game three loss (not included: the opportunity to heckle Mark Cuban). (Denver Stiffs)…
A short time ago, Jim Romenesko’s journalism-business page on the Poynter Online site posted a recent memo issued under the signature of MediaNews Group CEO and Denver Post publisher Dean Singleton and his right-hand man, Jody Lodovic, concerning a new approach to the web. “We will begin to move away…
When’s the last time you had a laugh-out-loud good time in an art museum? Like, never? That will all change when a show that brings out the Three Stooges in all of us opens tonight in the Project Gallery of the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver. Denver artist Jim Green’s sound-art…
(UPDATE: The video above, which I just saw on Deadspin, seems to support Cuban’s thug theory). Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has finally apologized to Kenyon Martin and Kenyon Martin’s mom — sort of. Cuban, who apparently called Mrs. K-Mart’s son a “thug” after game three, writes on his blog this…
Urbavore’s Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers’ commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Check out the full series here. Penelope Thron-Weber and…
Escaping from a halfway house isn’t the same as busting out of jail. After all, it can be done while walking instead of running. But it’s still a serious offense in the eyes of the law, which is why Alejandro Barron-Reyes, 34, was just sentenced to eighteen months for splitting…
View Larger Map A blog yesterday shared information about an officer-involved shooting near the intersection of E. 19th Avenue and Clinton Street in Aurora, captured in the street view above (click “View Larger Map” if you have any trouble seeing the image). Moments ago, the Aurora Police Department provided an…
“Over the River,” the plan by husband-and-wife artists Christo and Jeanne Claude to stretch almost six miles of silvery fabric over the Arkansas River between Canon City and Salida at a cost of around $50 million, has plenty of supporters. Congressmen, college presidents, Chamber of Commerce types and sundry art…
As you can see by the adjacent logo, the Fort Collins Coloradoan’s slogan is, “Bringing Fort Collins Home.” But beginning today, the company responsible for bringing the Coloradoan to Fort Collins is the Denver Newspaper Agency. Back on March 11, rumors began circulating about a deal between the Coloradoan and…
