La Alma Rec Center outdoor pool remodel delayed until the fall due to asbestos
Flickr. Outdoor city pools have been open since June 4 -- but not the much-loved pool at La Alma Rec Center, 1120 Osage Street. Instead, the La Alma pool is a construction site and will likely
View ArticleErnesto Castanuela & Kimberly Nunez learn it's shmucky to break into cars...
Castanuela.Breaking into cars during festivals or concerts is nothing new: petty thieves know they have a nice window of time to smash-and-grab and a lot of vehicles to choose from. But during
View ArticleChickens in Denver neighborhoods: City Council takes on the urban...
The fight over the current urban homesteading movement can sometimes seem as heated as the battles between homesteaders and cattle ranchers on the frontier 130 years ago. And the feathers will
View ArticleBlair Griffith, homeless Miss Colorado, defeated by fembots at Miss USA...
Blair Griffith.Blair Griffith, the Miss Colorado winner who wound up homeless, was featured on 20/20 Friday night following previous PR on the Today show -- so she seemed a lock to seriously co
View ArticleMichael Hancock prostitution story: Denver Post editor Greg Moore on paper's...
Michael Hancock.Unlike former Rocky Mountain News editor John Temple, who penned a weekly column for years, Denver Post editor Greg Moore seldom writes pieces for the paper. But he made an exce
View ArticleDan Maes decries "double standard" in Post's Michael Hancock prostitution...
Dan Maes.As noted earlier, Denver Post editor Greg Moore's explanation of Michael Hancock prostitution story coverage seemed likely to irk as many critics as it placated -- and Dan Maes, the Re
View ArticleWestword Music Showcase after-party for fans who just couldn't get enough fun...
This year's Westword Music Showcase was a day-long party, and our photogs came back with galleries featuring main-stage action, the local spotlight and the all-important after-party. Check out
View ArticleTop 48 Boulder registered sex offenders (PHOTOS)
Big pics below.Boulder has just updated its online registered sex-offender list. Not every offender is pictured due to Colorado statutory provisions related to their sins. But the page does fea
View ArticleDouglas County voucher plan gives public funds to discriminatory religious...
Videos below.Update below: A lawsuit filed this morning in Denver District Court challenges the legality of a Douglas County voucher program set to go into effect this fall partly on the ground
View ArticleColorado Rockies' Father's Day giveaway doesn't target fathers: What the hell?
FlickrAs Kyle Garratt noted in a post yesterday, the Colorado Rockies stunk up Coors Field on Father's Day. But the 9-1 defeat to the Detroit Tigers wasn't the only disappointment for dads. Pr
View ArticleMarijuana legalization debate preview: Meet the advocates who'll be hashing...
Free me.It's fitting that Wednesday night's debate between Colorado cannabis activists has been dubbed "Round One." The event is being advertised as a "lively and friendly" debate -- but if it
View ArticleTy Lawson will be a Denver Nugget next year -- but will Arron Afflalo be...
Ty Lawson.Our Denver blog post roundup: Better late than never. Denver Stiffs' Jeffrey Morton tracks qualifying offers extended to Arron Afflalo, Wilson Chandler and Gary Forbes -- meaning the
View ArticleWild horses: Plan to sterilize Wyoming herds triggers protests
FlickrOutraged by a federal plan to manage two Wyoming herds of wild horses into oblivion by sterilizing hundreds of mares, activists will gather outside a public hearing at the Bureau of Land
View ArticleRed Fields to Green Fields: Wall St. banker has grand plan to turn abandoned...
A Wall Street investment fund manager has an ambitious plan to double Denver's parkland -- along with the parkland in other cities such as Atlanta and Cleveland. Called Red Fields to Green Fie
View ArticleNational Western Stock Show's future at center of Gaylord Entertainment's...
Gaylord Entertainment says its huge convention-and-hotel complex plan for Aurora is not contingent on the National Western Stock Show leaving its home for 105 years in north Denver and moving r
View ArticleGannett layoffs: Only two of 700 workers let go nationwide from Fort Collins...
Judi Terzotis.Yesterday, Bob Dickey, head of the publishing division for Gannett, announced 700 layoffs nationwide from the firm's newspaper division; see his memo below. And while the Gannett-
View ArticleSh*t-covered man hides in porta-potty tank at yoga fest, wanted on unlawful...
Remember the hilarious scene from Slumdog Millionaire in which a little boy winds up covered in shit from an outdoor toilet? Betcha one woman will never find it amusing again. That's because wh
View ArticleDenver Post deals with 4 percent budget cut, shrinkage in features and sports...
Greg Moore.The newspaper industry remains under economic assault, as shown by Gannett laying off 700 employees yesterday, including two at the Fort Collins Coloradoan, not to mention the recent
View ArticleImmigration and Customs Enforcement busts 81 "criminal aliens" in Colorado,...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement's announcement of over 2,400 arrests -- 81 of them in Colorado and Wyoming -- stresses that ICE is focusing on rounding up criminal aliens. This emphasis ma
View ArticleAaron Jason Cope, United Express pilot, found guilty of flying drunk
In March, United Express pilot Aaron Jason Cope was indicted for flying drunk. He's now been convicted of the charge, and court records on view below show how close he came to guiding a second
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