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…
Like Bronco hype and stories about Bieber Behaving Badly, you can count on a regular supply of reports in the press dealing with how criminals continue to scam the system even while behind bars. The latest installment appeared over the weekend in the Denver Post, a tut-tutter lamenting that inmate…
Today marks the start of closed-door hearings in the Aurora theater shooting case, during which the lawyers are expected to discuss suspect James Holmes’s mental health in detail. Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing twelve people and injuring seventy others in July 2012. As part…
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…
When people saw Seahawks star Richard Sherman’s crazed rant after Seattle’s victory over the 49ers on January 19, many probably wondered, “What is he on?” Turns out Sherman has been accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, but his suspension was nixed on appeal. Plenty of his teammates haven’t been as lucky,…
We recently noted the budding of “free” marijuana deals on Denver Craigslist, with folks frequently offering cannabis in exchange for a donation or as a bonus for the purchase of another item. But such proposals aren’t the only kind of weed-related deals on the site. Here’s a memorable example: An…
How old is too old to drive? The answer to that question is different for every individual. But we suspect the age and acuity of 83-year-old Golden resident Kenneth Hosch, seen here in a photo from his Facebook page, will be a factor examined by investigators with the Colorado State…
Big Tobacco was alive and well in 1908, promoting itself as the only thing that people should be putting in their pipes and lighting up. That’s painfully clear in this 1908 article from the Telluride Daily Journal detailing substitutes for tobacco from around the world (notably in places inhabited by…
One comment can beget plenty of others. That was the case for our Comment of the Day post in which a reader claimed pot buyers without red cards are being “raped” by high taxes. Come commenters didn’t like this choice of verb, while the one below disagreed with the complaint…
Denver blog posts generally let the other kind of fur fly. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun notes that Furr’s could be gone for good from Colorado. Colorado Pols on why Democrats should want the Republican National Convention to come to Denver, too. Denver Frank offers a guide to…
One thing we’ve learned over the years we’ve spent sifting through Schmuck of the Week candidates: For most of them, schmuckiness isn’t a one-time deal. If they’ve been schmucky once, odds are mighty good they’ve been schmucky in the past, too. That seems to be the case for Kevin Gaylor,…
Groucho is usually the Peyton Manning of elephants, “a perfect gentleman,” says Denver Zoo large animal curator Dale Leeds. In his view, “Groucho is a mature male with self-confidence,” not unlike the Broncos’s seasoned quarterback. “Peyton Manning doesn’t have to get on TV, scream and shout about how great he…
Earlier this week, we shared photos and videos of the efforts to reopen U.S. Highway 550 over Red Mountain Pass after a rock slab the size of a football field tumbled from a nearby cliff; see our previous coverage below. It’s been nearly two weeks since the closure was put…
We recently shared photos of the moment Tom Brady realized Peyton Manning had just beaten his ass in Sunday’s AFC Championship. But viewers of KKTV in Colorado Springs may have interpreted his disappointment in another way. Earlier in the game, amid a very poorly timed technical difficulty, an on-screen crawl…
If you asked the average person to name something Denver and Seattle have in common, other than their football teams facing off in this year’s Super Bowl, he’d likely answer, “Legal pot.” But for whatever reason, neither VISIT DENVER nor Visit Seattle are currently using this fact to pitch their…
Earlier this week, Josiah Hesse reported about how the black market for pot remains a thriving enterprise. But there are other ways to obtain recreational marijuana other than hanging out in Civic Center Park. Last year at this time, we reported about marijuana giveaways on Craigslist, in exchange for donations…
The photos of three teenage girls on the Facebook page belonging to Paul Della Rosa, a veteran deputy with the Denver Sheriff’s Department, may be perfectly innocent. They could feature family members (he’s got a young daughter) or friends of friends. Whatever the case, Della Rosa was jailed for allegedly…
