The Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, the focus of a 2008 Westword feature, has proven again and again that nicknaming thugs is among the most powerful weapons in its arsenal. If not for them, alleged scofflaws such as the Hoppin Hooded Bandits and the $83 Bandit would be merely…
Don’t try to fight it: Baby monkeys are the most adorable. Like, six-exclamation-points adorable. Like, OMG!!!!!! THAT BABY MONKEY IS EFFING ADORABLE!!!!!! In light of that proven fact, say hello to Denver’s newest baby monkey, Kanani…
The question of whether Denver Roller Dolls fans would follow their derby league to Broomfield has been answered with a resounding, “Hell yes!” The Dolls report that a record 4,429 fans attended the league’s first bout of the season last Saturday at the newly revamped, 6,500-seat 1st Bank Center in…
Those of you who thought indecent exposure and child enticement were a young man’s game need look no further than the sketch seen here to be disabused of that notion. The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office suspects that a man in his sixties or seventies may have been responsible for two…
On Monday, we shared Dakota Ridge High School student Conner Cordova’s account of his dream date with UFC ring girl and May Maxim cover model Arianny Celeste. Now we offer video highlights proving that Cordova, who wooed Celeste with a persistent (and successful) YouTube campaign, wasn’t kept at arm’s length…
Denver blogs are popping up all over the place. Here are three we plucked. In a Mile High Report fan post entitled “CSI: Dove Valley,” super7 tries to solve some Broncos-related mysteries. In the first item, he writes, “There is no empirical evidence that Brandon Marshall’s going anywhere,” adding, “It’s…
As noted earlier today, Representative Betsy Markey has requested that Fort Collins Police Department keep a closer eye on her home. The presumed reason? Reported threats made against at least ten members of Congress who voted in favor of the controversial health-care bill. However, FCPD public-information officer Al Brown says…
Our “Mile Highs and Lows” dispensary reviews, recently referenced in the Wall Street Journal, are a weekly feature on The Latest Word. Our most recent entry? The Wildflower Seed tastes Fresh Baked Dispensary, which specializes in edibles, not smokables. But for those who prefer other delivery methods, we’ve also updated…
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 look at what goes…
Last week, Denver-based MediaNews Group, owner of the Denver Post and dozens of other newspapers around the country, officially emerged from bankruptcy — and it didn’t take long for boss Dean Singleton to make significant changes in the organization. A source reveals that Mark Winkler, former division vice president and…
Since her compelling story touches on all of America’s hot-button issues, from giving birth to an illegal immigrant’s son to on-line Al-Qaeda chats, Terrorist Mom could really be an economic boon to this tiny mountain town… Inspired by Jihad Jamie Paulin-Ramirez’s love of wearing Islamic dress to her son’s soccer…
Representative Betsy Markey’s “yes” vote on the landmark health-care bill this past weekend made her a marked woman, with both the Gun Owners of America and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeting her for defeat in November. And now, Markey’s reportedly asked the Fort Collins Police Department to provide…
“Storm Clouds are Gathering Over the City’s Use of the Wastewater Enterprise Fund,” a June 2009 Westword feature, focused on “how Denver officials are using funds designated for the improvement and maintenance of the city’s storm-water drainage system to pay for various non-storm expenses,” according to a subsequent blog also…
As we noted in a blog yesterday about Frontier Airlines’ wacky new ad (in which a cougar asks, “Who wouldn’t like five more inches?”), Republic Airways Holdings is in the process of deciding if it should change the name of its recent acquisition. Frontier pilot Janet Vaughn-Elliott says “no” –…
With the sentencing of prominent restaurant owner Dan Tang this coming Wednesday, March 31, it seemed like the long, strange tale of Operation Fortune Cookie would finally be coming to an end. What started more than two and a half years ago as a vague police tip blossomed into the…
This past Monday, when Westword started making calls about a lawsuit that had just been filed by two former North Metro Task Force members alleging they faced retaliation for speaking out about corruption that occurred in Operation Fortune Cookie, a massive indoor weed bust, the case was so new that…
Yesterday, we told you that Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene had been given permission to serve the remainder of his ninety-day sentence for attempting to influence a public servant (by insisting that his young son Falcon was in an “experimental craft” floating over Northern Colorado) at home. Sounds cushy, but…
“A Violent Disagreement,” Letters, March 4 Free and Easy In response to a letter published a couple of weeks ago about who reads Westword, well, a lot of well-educated people read Westword. I love Westword. This paper shows just how open and relaxed we are in the Denver area. I…
For A.K. Barnett-Hart, the road from playing violin at Boulder’s Fairview High to fielding questions from the government’s Financial Crisis Commission didn’t turn on some magical epiphany. Instead, it turned where most roads do during freshman year: on a pulsing desire to hang out. “Everyone I knew was taking it,”…
For Darrent Williams, New Year’s Eve 2006 started with a football game. After a disappointing loss to the San Francisco 49ers, the Denver Broncos cornerback and five of his friends from his home town of Fort Worth, Texas, headed to a nightclub called Safari, near Tenth Avenue and Broadway. They…
Just a week before prominent Thornton restaurateur Dan Tang is set to be sentenced for his part in the largest indoor marijuana bust in state history, the lead investigator on the case and a colleague have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that they faced retaliation from their superiors for reporting…
Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was riding in the back seat of a white Hummer limousine in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2007 with five of his best friends from Texas, fellow player Javon Walker and several women they’d met earlier at a nightclub. At about 2:15 a.m.,…
