Late last year, when we first posted about the search for Kara Nichols, she was nineteen. Today, more than eight months after she set out from her Colorado Springs home for Denver, she turns twenty. Her loved ones are marking the date even as they’re emphasizing that despite the passage…
To mark National Dog Bite Prevention Week, the U.S. Postal Service has assembled an unusual list: The top fourteen cities during fiscal 2012 when it comes to dog attacks on postal workers. No, dogs biting mail deliverers isn’t just a staple of old sitcoms. It actually happens a lot, and…
Our Melanie Asmar has been writing about a new film incentives law that aims to attract movie- and TV-makers to Colorado — and in March, she revealed that Dear Eleanor, a movie produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s company, would soon start lensing here. Lo and behold, it’s happening — and while…
This week’s Cannabis Time Capsule, which stems from Ouray and goes all the way back to 1910, shows what might be the modern origins of stoner lore that the word “assassin” stems from hashish. According to legend, hash-stoned mercenaries carried out murders for their blood-thirsty ruler in exchange for more…
Yesterday, we posted about claims by Focus on the Family founder James Dobson that the IRS had discriminated against one of his other operations for political reasons. This alleged mistreatment put Dobson back in the public eye, and his reappearance took one of our readers by surprise…
Denver blog posts are voice-activated. Mile High Report’s Bronco Mike digs into the team and roster implications that will face the Broncos if they add Charles Woodson, who visited Denver on Wednesday — and is slated to stop in Oakland next week. Denver Urbanism’s Ryan Mulligan: “East Rail Line crews…
On the Schmuck of the Week beat, figuring out who’s the schmuck turns out to be more of a challenge than it might seem at first blush. The arrest of Fountain police officer Daniel Barkus on a stalking charge is a case in point. Based on the information that’s surfaced…
A new government report on the rate of sexual victimization in America’s jails and prisons lists the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility as having the highest rate of sexual assault and misconduct by staff of any lockup in the nation — four times the national average, in fact. That figure is…
A Montbello High student who says a schoolmate, nineteen-year-old Paris Bonds, tried to sexually assault her was so traumatized by what took place that she sought therapy before she reported the alleged crime to police. But with the therapist’s encouragement, the young woman contacted the Denver PD weeks after the…
The campaign to either save Nathan Dunlap from the death penalty or execute the man convicted of four brutal murders at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in 1993 has turned into something of a public-relations competition. As the Arapahoe District Attorney’s Office continues to dole out statements from victims and…
Marijuana addiction specialist Dr. Christian Thurstone conjured images like the one seen here when, earlier this week, he shared what he sees as evidence of weed users searching for bigger and bigger highs — and added his fear that such people may soon turn to injecting THC, the active ingredient…
On May 17, 2009, The Latest Word launched the Mile High Murderarchive. Today marks MHM’s fourth anniversary, and as is clear from the following compilation of cases we’ve covered over the previous 365 days, it’s been a very grim year. Example: Last year on this date, the archive’s total was…
On May 17, 2009, The Latest Word launched the Mile High Murder archive. Today marks MHM’s fourth anniversary, and as is clear from the cases we’ve covered over the previous 365 days, it’s been a very grim year. Example: Last year on this date, the archive’s total was 49. This…
This week’s feature, “Paging Doctor Bang Bang,” tells the story of Kimmy Kimmy Bang Bang, a.k.a. Kim Wilms, a foot-and-ankle surgeon by profession and a badass blocker and jammer on the track with the Denver Roller Dolls. Wilms doubles as the roller derby league’s unofficial in-house doctor, assisting skaters with…
On a day when representatives of more than fifty county sheriffs will hold a news conference announcing a lawsuit against Colorado’s new gun-control laws comes a tragic reminder of how dangerous semi-automatic weapons can be — even to those who own them. The victim: Anastasia Adair, 22, who appears to…
Green Cross of Cherry Creek is in an old three-story office building; Green Cross is on the second floor, along with a nail salon that I’m sure at least a few stoners have absentmindedly walked into before getting a whiff of acrylic nail polish instead of skunk. I say that…
Yesterday, Dr. Christian Thurstone told us he fears marijuana users in search of bigger and bigger highs may soon turn to injecting THC. Lots of readers weighed in on this possibility, with the one highlighted here speculating about what kind of people would, and wouldn’t, give THC injection a shot,…
Denver blog posts are getting hot and bothered. South Stands Denver’s Luke Binder admires Rockies’ player Josh Rutledge — especially for his luck at landing his girlfriend, former Miss Florida/current Fox Sports reporter Laura McKeeman. Denver Egotist on a lawsuit filed by Boulder’s Moxie Sozo. Denver Infill’s Ken Schroeppel on…
Yesterday in this space, we noted that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder may not have time to weigh in on Colorado marijuana laws because of two mushrooming scandals — one of them involving reports that the Internal Revenue Service placed extra scrutiny on Tea Party groups seeking nonprofit status. Now,…
Want proof there was a lot of pent-up demand for civil unions? According to Denver’s Office of the Clerk and Recorder, the city issued 255 civil union licenses during the first two weeks of May, as compared to 245 marriage licenses. Granted, 114 of the civil-union licenses were issued during…
Yesterday, we reported about 7News’ story on the rate of sex-assault prosecutions under Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey, whose on-camera ripping of reporter Keli Rabon was included online; see our original coverage below. Since then, the tensions between the DA’s office and the station have only risen, with the former…
CardHub.com has come up with its summer 2013 list of the best and worst travel cities, and Denver finished first in the domestic category when it comes to the combo of inexpensive flights, short travel times to popular destinations and accessibility, both logistically and financially. The methodology’s below. What about…
