Money Magazine has just released its list of the fifty best small towns in America — places that “are not only thriving economically,” but have “also got all you could want in a place to raise a family: plenty of green space, good schools, and a strong sense of community.”…
An alleged prostitute named William Head? It’s true — and Head’s arrest affidavit, on view below in its entirety, makes his surname seem wholly appropriate. But the Denver District Attorney’s Office maintains that the offense of which Head has been accused can’t be classified as a victimless crime. That’s because…
Earlier this month, the White House announced hardline drug czar Gil Kerlikowske’s nomination as the new U.S. Commissioner of Customs — a move that caused some observers to wonder if the Obama administration was finally laying the groundwork for a more progressive approach to state marijuana laws like those in…
Last week, we reported about a hearing for Dale Wayne Eaton, who’s on Wyoming’s death row for the horrific rape and murder of Lisa Kimmell, a Denver teen also known as “Lil Miss,” back in 1988. Eaton’s lawyers say his defense was subpar before being sentenced to die and he…
Denver blog posts are racing as fast as they can. Colorado Peak Politics notes that a lobbyist is simultaneously working to defeat state senator John Morse and keep him in office. Colorado Pols on John Hickenlooper’s school-financing campaign. Mile High Report’s Kyle Montgomery on the Broncos making Britton Colquitt the…
Contrary to what you read in the papers, the legal battle over the artist Christo’s controversial “Over the River” project — which involves suspending translucent, silvery fabric panels at intervals along a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas River — isn’t about to go away any time soon. In fact, the…
Last night’s episode of the AMC series Breaking Bad, which marked the first of the final chapters for high-school-teacher-turned-meth-kingpin Walter White (Brian Cranston), was arguably the most anticipated TV event of the summer for those of us who managed not to get overly worked up over the birth of a…
The Denver City Council has been toiling for months on new retail marijuana regulations — and the members’ work is far from over. Today at 3 p.m., the Amendment 64 committee will meet at the City & County Building, Room 391, to discuss retail marijuana licensing ordinance issues, with specific…
In May 2012, we published a post featuring photos and information about twenty Colorado sex offenders who’d failed to register according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation website that tracks this information. Then, recently, we checked each of those twenty people were no longer on the roster or had been…
Eli Traufield’s Facebook photo gallery alternates sexy shots like this one with family pics featuring his son. But most of the posts tout the healing abilities of marijuana — appropriate given that he’s listed as an owner of Fort COllins ORganics and Earthly Elements, a dispensary. Problem is, Earthly Elements…
The flash flooding in Manitou Springs, which killed one person, left a woman missing and caused thus-far unestimated damage — has dominated the news in the Colorado Springs area, and rightly so. But even as nature displayed its fury, a gunman demonstrated shocking violence of his own. Police are seeking…
Surrounded by friends and advocates at a sunny park in Aurora today, immigrant Jeanette Vizguerra celebrated a victory: She was released yesterday from the immigration detention center where she’d been held since July 24. But her fight to remain in the U.S. isn’t over. Federal authorities have given Vizguerra a…
Today brings yet another military-related pot article to our Colorado Cannabis Time Capsule archive. This time, it’s from the Aspen Democrat-Times circa December 1916. The tale is about Mexican militia men storming the border with the demon plant and getting our soldiers hooked on drugs. Gasp!…
Earlier this week, Alan Prendergast reported from the 25th annual Rocky Mountain Energy Summit, where speaker Mike King didn’t always come across like a neutral regulator for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. Several of our commenters weren’t surprised — including this one…
Denver blog posts can be hot no matter the weather. The Redheaded Slut writes about becoming a mommy. We’ll let her explain what she means. Denver Egotist introduces Big Blue Branding. The Colorado Independent’s Susan Greene on ten thousand poets who penned haiku for the Mars mission. She put it…
A former police chief’s analysis of a 2007 police shooting during an auto-theft sting — one that left an unarmed nineteen-year-old suspect paralyzed for life — contends that Arvada police detective Bill Johnson’s use of deadly force in the incident was “unwarranted, unnecessary and extreme.” The report, prepared in support…
We’ve all seen cameras on traffic-light poles, and many of us have noticed police vehicles mounted with similar devices. But did you know so-called license-plate readers can be utilized to track the whereabouts of any driver, whether he or she has violated any laws? This prospect alarms the Boulder chapter…
Our gallery of the latest Denver Cruisers ride, dubbed “County Fair,” joins a slew of others this summer: Dress Night, Tourist Night, Where the Bleep is Waldo?, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Bible Belts and Panties, Thrift Shop Fashion Show, Glow and, most recently, Halloween in July. And while some riders…
The Broncos won their preseason opener against the mighty San Francisco 49ers last night, 10-6. The game doesn’t count — but even so, the “W” should only heighten the enthusiasm of Broncos fans hoping for a Super Bowl season. The excitement is certainly clear over at Etsy, one of our…
At 6 p.m. Mountain Time on August 11, CNN will broadcast WEED, a documentary hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Previously a medical marijuana doubter, Gupta has done a 180, as witnessed by his just-published essay “Why I changed my mind on weed” — and in it, he mentions Charlotte Figi,…
Reports that Benjamin Stribling tried to lure a thirteen year old over the Internet by claiming to be a sexology student are shocking enough. But they become even more disturbing when coupled with the previous offenses of this registered sex offender — at least three previous examples over the past…
It has been more than three years since we were last at Lotus Medical, in the Elephant Corral building on the western edge of downtown Denver. But unlike a lot of shops that have either changed hands or simply changed decor over the past few years, it seems that Lotus…
