Denver Taxicab test: Have what it takes to drive the city's mean streets?
Ahmed Odawaay, one of the beleaguered Denver cab drivers featured in this week's cover story, "Mean Streets," supplements his income by helping prospective taxi drivers train for the Denve...
View ArticleBaby on board towed car: Denver Police investigating who's the case's biggest...
Betcha a local woman won't be charged for having her car towed, although she could be charged with something else -- and she might not be alone. Yesterday, the woman's vehicle was carted o...
View ArticleMichael Bennet nearly loses his lunch -- and his cool -- during debate about...
Here we have three Denver blog posts. 5280's Michael de Yoanna shares the madness after Michael Bennet started bitching at a food bill debate near a hot microphone... Lakewood Edge's Cha...
View ArticlePot lobbying group National Cannabis Industry Assoc. first of its kind,...
First there was Big Tobacco and Big Pharma. Now it's Big Pot's turn to flex its muscles. That's the idea behind the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), reportedly the first nat...
View ArticleMedical marijuana: Denver City Council slowly moving forward with new...
A special-issues committee of the Denver City Council met today and discussed measures that could shut down an untold number of grow operations in the city. The committee met with stakehold...
View ArticleSecure Communities: Forum tonight at Auraria to oppose controversial...
The invitation is alarming: "Come find out what nasty things Colorado Governor Ritter is contemplating doing BEHIND closed doors." The nasty thing it's referring to is Secure Communities, ...
View ArticleSolitary confinement study "deeply flawed," says ACLU
As reported here last summer, a controversial state study suggesting no harmful psychological effects from solitary confinement was drawing heated protests from prison activists even before...
View ArticleParking ticket Scrooge: Has the holiday spirit expired?
When I pulled up in front of the Denver Motor Vehicle office on Welton yesterday, the parking lot was full and the line was spilling out the front door. With what looked like a long wait a...
View ArticlePatrick Rice: Fort Morgan man allegedly ODs on medication, leads chase before...
Fort Morgan is typically a quiet community -- but not for a while last night. Patrick Rice, allegedly under the influence of "medication," led police on a chase, then held off the cops for...
View ArticleMedical marijuana: Jessica Corry, Bob Hoban on what's wrong with new Denver...
Yesterday's Denver City Council special committees meeting about medical marijuana, intended to bring Denver in line with state MMJ law, brought out advocates worried that new rules may ou...
View ArticleTop 20 women's mug shots of 2010
With 2010 winding down, it's time to look back on the year in photography -- of the mug-shot variety. Over the next few weeks, we'll be sharing posts filled with memorable images building...
View ArticleGeorge Hickenlooper's Casino Jack photo diary: "Onward and upward..."
Director George Hickenlooper's death from a lethal combo of mixed drug use and sleep apnea just days before John Hickenlooper, his cousin and frequent subject, was elected Colorado's gover...
View ArticleVideo: Why do so many immigrants drive cabs in Denver?
In short, it's because of the language barrier and the fact that many immigrants who drive cabs are Muslim, which makes getting a job that much harder, says Ahmed Odawaay, 30, who drove a c...
View ArticleReader: Is incompetence to blame in Josh McDaniels-Pat Bowlen-Broncos'...
The debate about what Broncos owner Pat Bowlen is really thinking following contradictory statements about his commitment to embattled coach Josh McDaniels has gotten heated at times. For...
View ArticleAndrea Merida recall organizer: "Threat of a recall can be more effective...
Andrea Merida, the controversial Denver Public Schools board member, survived a recall attempt this week when the voters asking for her removal didn't collect enough signatures -- althou...
View ArticleEver Eleazar Murrieta-Nieblas: 276 pounds of marijuana in car = 8 to 48 year...
Don't know if Arizona's Ever Eleazar Murrieta-Nieblas tried to convince authorities that the marijuana in his possession was for medical purposes -- but it would have been a tough argument...
View ArticleSouthwest Airline skating rink security enhancements: Kenny Be's Worst-Case...
The enhanced security screenings at DIA provide an excellent opportunity for Coloradans to get used to more aggressive pat-downs. Should state Republicans get their wish, searches to prove...
View ArticleJosh McDaniels, 2010 Schmuck of the Year nominee
Each and every week, Westword bequeaths the Shmuck of the Week award to the person -- or thing -- who forces normally Mile High Coloradans to hold their heads low. And at the end of every...
View ArticleMedical marijuana dispensary review: Joy's Nutrition Herbal Care
The intersection of 29th and Colorado is looking run down. Cora Faye's café is still cooking soul food, but otherwise the landscape is dominated by empty storefronts in decades-old building...
View ArticleOur updated medical-marijuana directory
This week, medical marijuana critic William Breathes talks a walk on the sketchy side during a visit to Joy's Nutrition Herbal Care. But you'll find businesses of many other descriptions in...
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