Children of the corn: Online students make a drug-free pledge at Chatfield...
Yesterday, Colorado online students and their families gathered at the Botanic Gardens corn maze near Chatfield Reservoir to mark Red Ribbon week. There, they were rewarded for making a ple...
View ArticleCarmelo Anthony still wants the hell out of Denver, despite last night's win...
Lookit these three Denver blog posts. Denver Stiffs' Andrew Feinstein links to a Marc Spears piece in which Carmelo focuses on change. The guy's mentally packing. 5280's Michael de Yoann...
View ArticleColorado Progressive Coalition & activist groups' dance party for voting,...
Westword photog Johnny Molfetta gets around. On the same day he took snaps of a drug-free-pledging kids at the Chatfield corn maze, he captured a tribute to civic obedience by Colorado Prog...
View ArticleCops and meth: More success stories from Denver's one-of-a-kind drug...
This week's cover story, "The Damage Done," details the Denver-based Justice Initiative for Drug Endangered Families, a unique approach to drug treatment that employs cops in their off hour...
View ArticleFidel Ramos: The death of a prison activist
Fidel Ramos was a criminal and a drug addict. He was also a smart and fearless man who had a central role in forcing the State of Colorado to transform its prisons from hellholes into some...
View ArticleSex ed: Will talk of condoms be banned if state wins $3.2 million abstinence...
The Republican-heavy state Board of Education is going after a $3.2 million abstinence-only education grant that Governor Bill Ritter's administration passed up in favor of a $3.9 million...
View ArticleJeff Peckman's UFO-friendly Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission could be...
Jeff Peckman, who spoke to Westword last week about a rash of recent UFO sightings, waited a long time to get his proposal for Denver to create an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission on th...
View ArticleSantiago Gutierrez-Hernandez, found in car on S. King St., died of gunshot...
Update:It took over a week for the Denver coroner's office to identify the man found dead in a car on the 1100 block of South King Street on October 17. The information came around the sam...
View ArticleAnthony Ganter, babysitter from hell, accused of sexually assaulting fourteen...
Beware the single guy who's a little too eager to babysit your male children -- at least if he resembles the description emerging of Anthony Ganter. Colorado Springs authorities have charg...
View ArticleTom Tancredo: Bitter white people report Post's try to drag Hick over finish...
This morning's Denver Post suggests that Tom Tancredo has injected a racial element into the gubernatorial campaign by inaccurately quoting President Barack Obama as having denigrated "bit...
View ArticleGlenn Beck might move to Colorado if Tom Tancredo elected governor (VIDEO)
While Tom Tancredo's campaign thinks the Denver Post is trying to drag John Hickenlooper's carcass over the finish line in the guv race, Tanc has honor rally organizer Glenn Beck in his co...
View ArticleBoulder Mall Crawl photo gallery: Will the 2010 version include a Naked...
Earlier this week, we shared the Boulder Police Department's plans to deal with the Boulder Mall Crawl and possible Naked Pumpkin Run this weekend. City of Boulder spokeswoman Sarah Huntle...
View ArticleMichael Bennet the next Al Franken?: Read Republican Party chair Michael...
Michael Bennet's camp knows turnout will decide if he retains his Senate seat or loses it to Ken Buck -- and so does Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele. In conjunction w...
View ArticleReader: Replacing Kyle Orton, one of the league's top passers, with Tim Tebow...
Our post yesterday about an ESPN SportsNation poll showing almost half the voters want Tim Tebow to start at QB for the Broncos brought out some passionate love from one of our readers. B...
View ArticleKOOL 105 veteran radio host J.J. McKay finally lands a new gig -- in...
How tough a job market is it for radio professionals these days? J.J. McKay, who not all that many years ago was among the most popular morning-show personalities in Denver, has just taken...
View ArticlePumpkin-eating squirrels make for Halloween Shmucks of the Week
Some of them sneak up when you're not looking. Some are brazen enough to do it right in front of you. But all of them -- every squirrel -- eat pumpkins. And I've had it. It's bad enough...
View ArticleCarmelo Anthony trade: Now that he's voiced desire for change, could locker...
These three Denver blog posts should keep you busy for a few minutes, anyway. Roundball Mining Company's Jeremy considers the repercussions of Carmelo Anthony's long-delayed public admiss...
View ArticleJeff Peckman, UFO believers hold press event for Initiative 300, ET...
This morning, Patricia Calhoun previewed UFO believer Jeff Peckman's event supporting Initiative 300, which would establish an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission. Westword photographer Jo...
View ArticleHalloween weekend roundup for Denver area -- and Uncle Sam says to vote on...
We're in the Halloween spirit at Westword -- especially managing editor Jonathan "Uncle Sam" Shikes. And you can join in with the click of a mouse. Check out our overflowing Halloween even...
View ArticleDome wildfire: Mandatory evacuations, closures in Boulder for growing blaze...
Update: The City of Boulder has announced that evacuation orders for a portion of the community due to the Dome fire will be maintained overnight -- and police patrols will be beefed up i...
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