Our posts this week about radio personality Tom Martino, who pleaded guilty to a disturbing-the-peace charge in regard to a December incident involving his wife, Holly, found the self-proclaimed Troubleshooter asking the public not to assume he’s angry or violent based on his aggressive persona as an on-air consumer advocate…
Denver blog posts still have trouble spelling the word “pavilion.” At our Cafe Society blog, Jonathan Shikes reveals that the Denver County Fair has decided to shelve a plan for a beer pavilion even as it’s enlarging its pot pavilion. Coyote Gulch on endangered fish and the Flaming Gorge Reservoir…
Earlier this month, in reporting about the firing of Gloria Neal and the impending death of the progressive AM-760 format at Clear Channel-owned KKZN-AM, we speculated about possible new approaches, noting along the way that business-centric radio “hasn’t been markedly successful in this market for decades.” Well, lo and behold,…
Last week, we told you about new rules for Washington Park set to go into effect on Memorial Day weekend — an apparent response to Denver City Councilman Chris Nevitt’s unsuccessful effort to ban alcohol at the park due to what he described as “belligerent, drunken behavior.” Mere days later,…
How does a new Twitter account get followers fast? One surefire way: Give away money. Yesterday, the folks behind Hidden Cash Boulder tweeted clues to the whereabouts of envelopes containing $40 under the hashtag @HiddenCashCO. Now, less than 24 hours later, the feed has more than 2,700 followers, and that…
Estately.com, the site behind our recent list of the ten best states for hippies, has a new target: the Internet search quirks of all fifty states, including Colorado, produced by running “hundreds of search queries through Google Trends to determine which words, terms and questions each state was searching for…
For a year-plus, we’ve shared claims of pot profiling from drivers who say they were pulled over on bogus pretenses in other states simply because their vehicle had Colorado license plates. For instance, a 65-year-old was told she fit the profile of a drug smuggler because she didn’t fit the…
Samuel Frappier is fortunate he wasn’t killed by his own bad decisions, and he knows it. “I imagine people saying I’m stupid, and they’re right,” the nineteen-year-old Canadian told a reporter after being rescued yesterday from Long’s Peak after getting stranded on a ledge (approximate elevation: 13,000) the day before…
Alan Prendergast’s recent post about convicted murderer Thomas Silverstein and a ruling that thirty years in solitary confinement doesn’t constitute cruel and unusual punishment spurred plenty of comments on both sides of the issue. The following take is offered by someone who doesn’t view Silverstein sympathetically…
Denver blogs have got the beat. At our Backbeat blog, Kiernan Maletsky shares the complete schedule for Elway’s Backyard concert series. Big Media’s Jason Salzman argues that double-speak is becoming a required component for reporting about senatorial hopeful Cory Gardner. In contrast, Colorado Peak Politics thinks John Hickenlooper’s “failed leadership…
Last August, we told you about the arrest of Matthew Burnett after a friend of his turned up dead. The initial speculation was that he’d killed the man after catching him with his wife. Now, Burnett has been sentenced in the slaying, as well as for possessing a slew of…
Yesterday morning, we told you that rescue operations had resumed in the search for Danny Nichols, Clancy Nichols and Wes Hawkins, who were apparently swept away in a massive Western Slope mudslide over the weekend. Now, however, the effort, led by the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, has been suspended because…
As you can tell by this photo, Gary Lee’s Motor Club & Grub boasts a rather large bar — which should indicate the sort of intoxicant in which the venue specializes. Nonetheless, Israel Perez, who’s racked up 48 charges, nineteen of them felonies, since 1993, allegedly chose this location to…
On May 17, 2009, The Latest Word launched the Mile High Murder archive. MHM recently marked its fifth anniversary — and while the homicide numbers are lower than they were last year, the total is nothing to celebrate. In year four of the archive, which encompassed the Aurora theater shooting,…
In the months since limited marijuana use and possession became legal for adults 21 and over, we’ve been seeking out statistics related to driving under the influence of marijuana in the hope of determining how the number of offenses compares to alcohol-related DUIs. Earlier this month, for instance, we revealed…
Update: Yesterday, we reported about Troubleshooter Tom Martino pleading guilty to disturbing the peace for a domestic incident involving his wife, Holly, last December; see our previous coverage below. After the piece was published, Martino conducted a wide-ranging interview with Westword, going into more detail than ever before about the…
Early Saturday morning, a spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says two gunmen invaded a home and kidnapped three people — a married couple and a male roommate. A subsequent car chase ended with a crash in Denver. At this writing, the suspects haven’t been captured or identified, and…
Readers continue to react to Melanie Asmar’s post about Chipotle asking customers not to bring guns to its restaurants and a Comment of the Day from a Second Amendment supporter who says members of Open Carry Texas who posed with huge gats at one outlet made responsible gun owners look…
Denver blog posts are always game for something new. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun writes about Park Burger’s veggie burger, which one reader says tastes so much like the real thing he almost thought he’d been brought the wrong thing by mistake. At Mile High Mamas, Vicki Heath…
Since December 2012, our Melanie Asmar has been reporting about efforts by attorneys representing accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes aimed at compelling Fox News reporter Jana Winter to reveal her sources regarding a story about a notebook Holmes allegedly sent to psychiatrist Lynne Fenton. Winter cited law-enforcement sources as…
KREX-TV in Grand Junction, for which I interned many, many years ago, takes a highly unusual approach to its latest booking-photos roundup. The station doesn’t identify anyone or reveal why they were made to pose for a mug shot — which inspires the viewer to use his imagination. Here are…
At this hour, search crews are returning to the scene of a massive mudslide in western Colorado, near the community of Collbran. They’re looking for Clancy Nichols, 51, his son Danny, 24, and Wes Hawkins, 46, who were checking out reports of a smaller slide when they went missing. The…
