Denver blog posts took yesterday off to watch the tournament. Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons recaps the Nuggets’ win over the 76ers last night thanks to Corey Brewer free throws that helped overcome a five point deficit with fourteen seconds left. Colorado Peak Politics encourages help for a conservative in need…
Bill Lee, an Idaho Springs rancher and mall Santa charged with 32 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty, has agreed to plead guilty to one of those counts. He’s been granted a two-year deferred judgment, meaning that if he complies with a set of conditions for two years, he won’t be…
After the Aurora theater shooting last July, plenty of people across the country were nervous during their next trip to the movies — especially if the flick they were seeing was The Dark Knight Rises, which was unspooling as a gunman killed twelve people and injured seventy others. Still, Ohio’s…
Cherry Hills Village is one of the most exclusive communities in the State of Colorado — but behind all that wealth and glamor is a city government marked by a discriminatory and hostile work environment in which sexism is allowed to thrive and whistleblowers are promised protection if they speak…
Roaring engines announced their arrival and wailing sirens accompanied their departure. Approximately forty motorcyclists from the Colorado Coalition of Independent Riders and the Confederation of Clubs lined their bikes along Lincoln Street in front of the Capitol building before crossing the street en masse and kicking off their third-annual rally…
It’s only fitting that the acme of Governor John Hickenlooper’s recent political responsibilities came in a building called History Colorado. On Thursday, before a crowd of hundreds lining railings three stories up and jostling for a view, Hickenlooper signed the Colorado Civil Unions Act into law. Below, see photos and…
Yesterday, Governor John Hickenlooper signed civil unions into law; for our coverage, click here. In honor of this historic step, we’ve assembled photos and information about famous same-sex couples who’ve legally committed to each other, either through marriage ceremonies in areas where doing so is permitted or through civil partnerships…
Update: Yesterday, we reported that a body was found in an out-of-bounds area of Aspen Highlands and is presumed to be Jeff Walker, a skier who’d been missing since March 7; see our previous coverage below. As if this news wasn’t heartbreaking enough for Walker’s friends, family members and loved…
I’ve been thinking for the past few weeks that I would take up golf this spring. I don’t know why I suddenly like the idea of paying someone so I can walk around a field for hours going from cup to cup, but given the enjoyable outdoor temperatures recently, I…
Yesterday, we shared a screen capture from the Denver Post Facebook page showing that a user had tagged a photo of John Hickenlooper and Rhonda Fields at a gun-control bill signing with the phrases “Retarded Asshole” and “Dumb C*nt.” We called the language “ugly” — a word one reader thought…
Thanks to Amendment 64, industrial hemp is on its way to becoming a legitimate crop in Colorado. Tonight in Loveland, hemp industry bigwigs will gather to discuss how hemp is grown and processed, the market for the crop and what farmers interested in growing it can expect. (For instance, hemp…
This week’s cover story, “Competitive skiing kept Army veteran Joel Hunt from going downhill,” details the story of Hunt, who in a five-year span has gone from being a recently discharged Iraq war veteran struggling with debilitating injuries to a pro skier with a shot at the 2014 Paralympics in…
To some Coloradans, the name Andrew Romanoff is synonymous with disappointment. After losing to incumbent Senator Micheal Bennet in a primary that attracted an almost unheard-of amount of attention, the ex-speaker of the Colorado House took a lower-profile job with the International Development Enterprises, a non-profit that promotes economic development…
Update: Yesterday, we told you about separate investigations of alleged inappropriate conduct aimed at two Denver police officers, Jairon Katz and Scott Kida, with the former accused of having sex in his patrol car and the latter suspected of an improper relationship with a domestic-violence victim; look below to see…
Four years and multiple court battles later, the medical marijuana dispensary known as Cannamart has finally won approval to do business in Littleton. The shop still has more hoops ahead of it, including the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division licensing process. But Cannamart attorney Bob Hoban is optimistic that things are…
As you know, today, the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, aka March Madness, gets underway in earnest; we’re not counting those play-in games, and neither should you. And with both the CU Buffs and the CSU Rams in the field, there’s even more incentive than usual for us to watch the…
As you know, we’re currently gearing up for our annual Best of Denver issue, which will hit streets and computer terminals near you next week. How best to get you geared up for our latest opus? By sharing the funniest award-winners from 2012. Who has Denver International Airport penis envy…
Update: We’ve been following a series of surprising incidents involving Gunsmoke Guns, a Wheat Ridge store that served as the setting of American Guns, a reality TV series that was recently canceled by the Discovery Channel; see our previous coverage below. First, there was a robbery. Then, there was an…
Officer-involved shootings are always controversial, in part because they tend to trigger the same basic question: Could the cops have safely taken the suspect into custody using something less than deadly force? This issue resonates in the matter of Cody Seastone, a sixteen year old diagnosed as bipolar, who was…
Dear Stoner: I’ve never tried marijuana, but lately my pot-smoking brother-in-law has been hanging out at our house with his stash, and I’ve been thinking of taking a toke or two with him. Any pointers for my first time? Newby Nate Dear Nate: While I’m sure your brother-in-law would love…
“A to Zzzz,” Patricia Calhoun, March 14 Alphabet Snoop I was so glad to see Patricia Calhoun’s take on Denver A to Z. When I saw the exhibit, I could not believe how dumbed-down the content seemed — and the letters assigned to most of the topics were nonsensical. She…
When a business card arrives at your door offering “cuddling” services by the hour — $20 per hour fully clothed and $35 per hour “if the client would like me to be in my bra and panties during our session” — there are really two ways to look at it:…
