Like many reporters, I’ve written plenty of stories about guns over the years. But I’d never fired one — not a real one, anyhow. A gun-owning friend thought that was wrong given what I do for a living and set out to change it in a big way — by…
Today marks the 25th birthday of The Onion, purveyor of fake news way better than the real thing — including lotsa stuff that didn’t happen in Colorado but would have made the state a funnier place had it. Back in January, when the last print edition of the paper was…
“The Prodigal Pastor,” Alan Prendergast, August 22 Let Us Prey I can just about bet there are many more women who have had “sleepovers” with this pastor who are not talking. I’m sure some are still trying to protect him and therefore enable him. I don’t care what these women’s…
Dear Stoner: Do Americans smoke way more herb than the rest of the world, or is there somewhere else I should be living? Smoke Two Joints Dear Two Joints: A staggering amount of Americans have smoked cannabis — we consume more than 18 million pounds of it annually, by some…
Before it came for him, Dan Robinson watched the thing grow. It began as a bolus that descended out of the storm, projecting needle-like vortices that lanced the wheat fields near a lone pump jack. Columnar towers a hundred yards wide gathered and darkened against the pale light to the…
Makeovers aren’t easy, as the folks behind makingcolorado.com, the state’s rebranding project that’s about to unveil Colorado’s new look, could tell you. And no doubt will, after that brand is revealed on August 29. Colorado Springs knows just how tough the process can be; when the result of its seven-month,…
With more than two dozen cities and as many as fifty counties deciding against allowing recreational marijuana sales in one way or another, it seems that finding a legal bag of herb for sale come January 1 will be limited to a handful of locales. Some places are seeing this…
Our post asking if Colorado’s gun culture is to blame for the state’s awful new suicide record became a huge comment magnet, with reader after reader sharing opinions about firearms, the act of taking one’s life and whether there’s anything more than a coincidental relationship between the two. Here’s one…
Denver blog posts are hair-raising. Mile High Report’s Jon Heath on Vic Lombardi’s “enhancement” of Joe Flacco banners all over town. Colorado Pols on NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg’s monetary support of senators John Morse and Angela Giron. Denver Frank wants to give pit bulls a second chance…
White Trash. Stacker. Kid Rock. These are just some of the monikers that inspired law enforcers trying to bust a northern Colorado meth ring to brand their efforts “Operation Bad Nickname.” The two-phase sweep is still seeking ten suspects at this writing, including White Trash and Stacker; their real names…
The strongest man on this block? Available for “bear removal,” “cat walking” and “bro-tank fittings”? Maybe, even though 9News reports that this downtown billboard was put up as a birthday gag gift. Still, the number actually works, delivering the following message: “This is the strongest man on Speer and 11th…
Last year, the tradition of camping out at the Sports Castle on Broadway before Sniagrab, the annual pre-skiing-season sale at Sports Authority, seemed in danger of extinction due to the urban-camping ban. Sports Authority had to get a special permit from the city to make it happen, albeit for a…
What is it with raccoon rage in Boulder? Plenty of people in the community have a love for urban wildlife, as witnessed by the outpouring of anger after two Boulder cops allegedly shot a neighborhood elk on New Year’s Day. But back in 2011, police arrested three people on suspicion…
About this time last year, we shared a collection of the top ten speed traps in Denver — our second annual list culled from the most recent entries on Speedtrap.org, at site at which those who’ve been trapped attempt to prevent others from being similarly ensnared. Once again, it’s time…
Last month, longtime morning-show host Peter Boyles debuted at KNUS mere weeks after being fired at KHOW following an incident involving longtime producer Greg Hollenback. And his audience appears to have followed him. We’ve obtained listenership figures for Boyles’s first month on the air, and during his time slot, KNUS,…
Last week, we told you about a homicide on the 1400 block of Moline in Aurora; see our previous coverage below. In the immediate aftermath of the crime, police shared little information about the victim and none about a potential suspect. Now, however, the Aurora police have arrested Aaron Hill,…
Among the first questions to arise after the passage of Amendment 64 last November was: “Will Colorado become a destination for pot tourism?” Given the rise of companies such as My 420 Tours, which created visitor packages in April for what was dubbed World Cannabis Week, the answer seems to…
As a tie-in to this week’s feature article, “The Prodigal Pastor,” Alan Prendergast wrote about Colorado’s seven biggest megachurches. Unsurprisingly, the latter topic inspired many folks to denigrate such jumbo institutions. But there were also numerous defenders, including this reader…
Denver blog posts believe that size doesn’t matter. South Stands Denver’s Colin Daniels on the prospect of Rockies hurler Rafael Betancourt calling it a career — and that 2011 moment when he unleashed his glorious dong. Mile High Mamas’ Gretchen offers a quiz to help you figure out what kind…
David Gunn knows he’s stepping into the crossfire. He knows the gun-control folks are likely to view him as a crank while gun owners denounce him as the Antichrist. But the former gun shop owner is an inventor by inclination and has been a firearms buff ever since he was…
Yesterday, a Denver City Council committee further refined a draft ordinance related to retail marijuana sales, and marijuana attorney Warren Edson says one of the changes, related to the coexistence of medical and recreational weed, represents a step forward. Yet he’s also puzzled about why a couple of “million dollar…
On September 10, as we’ve reported, voters in southeastern Colorado will decide whether state senators John Morse and Angela Giron should be recalled because of their advocacy of gun-control measures. But with the election looming, a technical question over the vote threatens to make a controversial matter even messier. Hence,…
