Update: Earlier this month, we told you about the search for Leanne Bearden, a Denver woman who had disappeared in Texas after returning from a two-year-long trip around the world with her husband. See our previous coverage below. Unfortunately, the story’s sad ending is told by an event tomorrow in…
The Denver Police Department has historically looked the other way in regard to marijuana smoking during the annual 4/20 rally at Civic Center Park. But as we reported a few days back, rally organizers are concerned about threats to issue citations this year — so much so that fest attorney…
It’s a good news-bad news situation for the Colorado School of Mines. Good news: The college is known around the country for the brilliance of its students. Bad news: This reputation has resulted in a whole series of online Mines jokes, with many of the weirdest ones involving pickup lines…
Update: Last May, Routt County’s Lisa Marie Lesyshen, seen here, was arrested for the murder of Asher Lesyshen-Kirlan, her nine-year-old son. She subsequently appeared in a Denver court for an evidentiary hearing at which it was revealed that the shooting took place after she learned her husband was having an…
Eight years ago, seven strangers were picked to live in a converted meat-market bar in Lower Downtown and have their lives videotaped — and they found out what happens when people stop being polite and start being really, really bad at acting like they aren’t in a reality-TV show. I’m…
Our post about a lawsuit aimed at privatization of the Boulder Turnpike noted that in the future, HOV lanes on U.S. 36 and Interstate 25 will only be free for vehicles that hold three people, not just two. That prospect has one reader steaming…
Denver blog posts are webpage turners. At our Show & Tell blog, Joel Warner gets the other side of the story about claims of mismanagement and more at Denver Comic Con. Colorado Pols on Greg Brophy’s claim the state pays for abortions. Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons on Nugget Andre Miller’s…
Under the newly re-gilted Capitol dome, lawmakers are debating budget cuts and trying to wrestle pork into and out of familiar barrels. It’s unlikely, though, that any of them are losing sleep over one burning issue that’s been a source of constant grumbling in places like Ordway, Sterling, and Buena…
Earlier this week, we posted about criticism of the public-private Boulder Turnpike project from the Drive SunShine Institute, which hoped a lawsuit would stop final contracts from being signed. That seems unlikely, however. Last night, a Colorado Department of Transportation board unanimously voted to move forward with the pact, and…
Earlier this month, cable-news harridan Nancy Grace showed viewers of her nightly crime-fest a photo of a man who’d allegedly broken into a Denver home and taken a selfie on a woman’s cell phone while she was putting her child to bed. “This is a textbook serial-killer’s calling card,” Grace…
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation had designated the 2008 murder of Grizzly Rose security guard Timothy Minnick, seen here, as a cold case — and the process has taken years to warm up. Now, however, there has finally been a conviction in the slaying, albeit not involving the person who’s…
If Denver has seemed a little more crowded over the past year or so, there’s a reason. Forbes has just released its list of America’s fastest growing cities, and Denver made the top ten. It’s your call whether that qualifies as good news or not. Where did the Mile High…
Doubts about whether demand for recreational marijuana would cover the cost of the program put in place to regulate its sale appear to have been unfounded, at least during its early stages. Evidence comes via Governor John Hickenlooper, who’s come up with a plan to spend recreational-pot tax revenues: $4.5…
Last spring, after years of hard-fought legislative battles, civil unions became legal in Colorado. But now, a complaint filed on behalf of nine gay couples describes such bonds as “second-class and unequal,” and calls on a Denver District Court judge to declare that state edicts preventing same-sex marriage violate the…
After a year of studying the local arts scene, we’ve finished our 100 Colorado Creatives countdown. Here are eight of our favorites (the numbers indicate their spot on the list, not an official ranking). Find the rest at showandtelldenver.com. #1 Andrew Novick #12 Anthony Garcia Sr. #15 Julie Carr #32…
“Stirring the Pot,” Patricia Calhoun, February 13 Green Achers I have been making my own version of green chile based (loosely) on the La Bola recipe in the venerable Colorado Cache cookbook for probably 25 years. Colorado owns green chile, and not only that, I like the Pueblo and Brighton…
Dear Stoner: I’m watching this dreadlocked skier from Norway right now and wondering if Olympic athletes can smoke pot.Reggie Ross Dear Reggie: The Olympics have a notoriously drug-free stance regarding competition, especially when it comes to performance-enhancing drugs. For years, that also included a pretty hard-line stance on cannabis, and…
A medical marijuana dispensary in the Denver area doesn’t have any more impact on its neighborhood than does a coffee shop or a drugstore, according to a recent study released by the University of Colorado Denver. Not only that, but residents don’t perceive a dispensary as an undesirable use of…
Our update about the hit-and-run death of young Mikey Espinoza focused on reports that the alleged driver was street-racing at the time of impact. But a number of our readers noted that eleven-year-old Mikey was out at 8 p.m. This implicit criticism earned a sharp rebuke from one person…
Denver blog posts are dear and beloved. At our Backbeat blog, Shea Serrano describes his dream funeral requirements. Hip hop, don’t stop. Coyote Gulch asks: What Does the Return of El Niño Mean for Colorado? Colorado Pols quotes Tom Tancredo as predicting GOP victories in 2014 based on an “Impeach…
Boulder is certainly used to obnoxious behavior. Whether it’s drunken college kids rioting on the Hill, homeless kids with dreadlocks harassing people on the Pearl Street Mall, entitled CEOs landing in jail (or just cutting us off in traffic), or the hippie elite lecturing the rest of the world on…
Former Denver Bronco Shannon Sharpe has been shown the door at NFL Today, the CBS Sunday studio show where he’s been a mainstay for a decade. Ex-Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino has also been bounced, but only one person — newly retired tight-end and record setter Tony Gonzalez — has…
