According to public information officer John Bradley, the Brighton Police Department doesn’t label an incident as a homicide or attempted homicide until investigators sign off on the description — and that still hasn’t happened regarding a January 25 shooting in Brighton. Now, however, we know that Jay Landeck, thirty, died…
We recently posted about a call for the firing of DEA chief Michele Leonhart after she reportedly criticized President Barack Obama’s views about marijuana. One reader was dumbfounded by Leonhart’s apparent anger over a hemp flag briefly flying at the U.S. Capitol last July 4. Here’s his take, featuring an…
Denver blog posts cover the hole damn thing. At our Cafe Society blog, Loren Lorenzo reveals how you can learn the magic of Voodoo Doughnuts. We’ve all heard of Obamacare — but what the hell is “Amycare”? Colorado Pols knows. Denver Stiffs’ Jeffrey Morton on LaLa Anthony finally admitting that…
Although Governor John Hickenlooper opposed Amendment 64, he signed the marijuana measure into law after Colorado voters approved it in 2012. But that doesn’t mean he’s reached a happy place regarding the law. Far from it: In a column by the New York Times’ Maureen Dowd, Hick talks negatively about…
In 2011, a listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupe grown at Colorado’s Jensen Farms caused 33 deaths and 147 hospitalizations. Now, the better part of three years later, Jensen Farm operators Eric and Ryan Jensen have been sentenced to five years’ probation and six-months home detention following the sort of prosecution…
As soon as smart asses realized this year’s Super Bowl would feature teams from the two states that have legalized recreational marijuana sales, the jokes started flying, with participants including The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, the nation’s meme makers and entrepreneurs hoping to generate a little cash along…
Vail’s Lindsay Vonn announced that a knee injury would prevent her competing in the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. But Coloradans will still have plenty of rooting interest. The official total of participating athletes from our fair state is nineteen — among them highly touted skier Mikaela Shiffrin,…
In the run-up to Sunday’s Super Bowl, we’ve posted about some of the friction caused by the match-up between the Broncos and the Seahawks, including the firing of a Tacoma teen after he wore a Demaryius Thomas jersey to work and a Washington senator’s rude tweet about the Barrel Man…
If a script writer for a network television alphabet show (CSI, NCIS, etc.) isn’t already working on an episode inspired by Aaron and Brian Lucas, you can bet one will get underway shortly. Aaron, a decorated former soldier who’d been stationed at Fort Carson, tried blaming his identical twin, Brian,…
In 2012, Brandon Coats, a paralyzed medical marijuana patient fired by DISH for failing a drug test, filed a complaint over the issue in Arapahoe District Court. When he lost there, attorney Michael Evans brought the case to the Colorado Court of Appeals, where jurists also rejected Coats’s argument. But…
When sharing our post about a deputy’s fatal crash involving Kenneth Hosch, 83, we asked folks on Facebook about their thoughts regarding the risks presented by some elderly drivers. The responses we received back were fascinating, with this one turning the question in an unexpected direction…
Denver blog posts can get sketchy. At our Backbeat blog, Shea Serrano shows what happens when you give kids markers and ask them to draw hip-hop legends. At Free Range Longmont, Bill Ellis shares a touching love story about the final years of Muriel Harrison’s life. Mile High Mamas’ Gretchen…
This past September, the Marijuana Policy Project put up a billboard near Mile High Stadium criticizing the NFL’s pot policy — a gambit that echoed past efforts by Denver-based MPP spokesman Mason Tvert. Check out the photos below. Now, Tvert and company are taking their campaign to an even bigger…
For years, the National Football League has tried to build an audience for American-style professional pigskin to other countries — but a weird incident yesterday suggests there’s still quite a ways to go. Specifically, Rob Ford, the controversial mayor of Toronto, who reportedly admitted to probable crack-cocaine use “in one…
“Our fifteen favorite Super Bowl pot memes — so far” featured a headline we didn’t choose at random. After all, we figured meme makers from around the country weren’t done celebrating the face-off between the Broncos and the Seahawks, who represent the two states that have legalized recreational marijuana sales…
Yesterday, we told you about the death of a Jefferson County deputy in a head-on collision with Kenneth Hosch, age 83, who has not yet been charged with a crime in the incident. Another elderly driver, 85-year-old Marshall Smith, isn’t so fortunate. Smith has been arrested in the hit-and-run death…
At 7:30 a.m. this morning, Standley Lake High in Westminster will open, but only for those students who left something behind or would like to speak to a counselor about the horrific events that closed the school yesterday. That’s when a troubled sixteen-year-old reportedly drank a water bottle full of…
Last week, Denver-based Marijuana Policy Project spokesman Mason Tvert called President Obama’s comments suggesting that marijuana may be less harmful than alcohol “refreshing.” But his group, a major backer of Colorado’s Amendment 64, is considerably less impressed by statements attributed to Drug Enforcement Administration chief Michele Leonhart, who’s widely perceived…
Last week, we shared a gallery of “Pot Bowl” and “Stoner Bowl” shirts occasioned by the Super Bowl featuring Denver and Seattle, cities from the two states that have legalized recreational marijuana sales. Then we asked our Facebook friends what they thought of them. The responses were widely varied, as…
Denver blog posts are Denver County State Fair and balanced. At our Show & Tell blog, Susan Froyd previews Denver County Fair pot features like “Best Homemade Bong.” Mile High Hockey’s Mike@MHH introduces the site’s new “Quote of the Night” contest. Colorado Peak Politics on Alan Salazar responding to Representative…
Earlier today, we told you about the death of a Jefferson County deputy after his motorcycle was struck by Kenneth Hosch, age 83. And another weekend incident further underscores the vulnerability of two-wheeled vehicles on roadways. On Saturday, cyclist Ernesto Wiedenbrug, 46, was killed in a hit-and-run incident near Windsor,…
While there’s a lot in common between Denver and Seattle other than legal pot, tension remains between the cities owing to the Broncos-Seahawks match-up in Sunday’s Super Bowl. Witness the recent firing of a Washington teen after he wore a Demaryius Thomas jersey to work. Latest person to go too…
