Several of our posts about alleged profiling of cars from Colorado due to the state’s marijuana laws have focused on Kansas. One involved Westword contributor Britt Chester, who was rousted there during a cross-country trip — and another featured a Kansas attorney who encouraged Coloradans to ditch their weed before…
“Strangers are using smartphone apps with GPS to track down children and have sex with them.” That’s the word from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, which want to warn parents about the dangers of smartphone apps such Grindr and Blendr, which allow adults…
Denver blog posts are mad about March Madness. The Ralphie Report’s Jon Woods notes that if the CU Buffs beat Illinois in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, they’ll likely face second-seed Miami. Fortunately, Andre Roberson’s no longer viral. CSURams.com hypes the other Colorado team to make the tourney, as well…
During recent months, numerous sheriffs, including Larimer County’s Justin Smith and Weld County’s John Cooke, have ripped proposed gun-control measures before the Colorado legislature. El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa has been critical of such efforts, too. But his office is upset at local media outlets that have interpreted his…
Last week, we reported about an alert put out by the Denver Police Department about the rape of a man in Capitol Hill. One reader wonders why a similar amount of attention has been given the sexual assaults in the area that have involved female victims…
Update: In recent weeks, we’ve told you about Coy Mathis, a Fountain six year old who was born male but identifies as female. She’s at the center of a dispute with the local district over access to the girl’s restroom at her school; look below to see our previous coverage,…
Did Henry Ford really make a car out of hemp? Was the Declaration of Independence written on hemp paper? Did Abraham Lincoln use hemp oil in his lamps? The hemp plant, a variety of Cannabis sativa that’s the subject of this week’s cover story “Green Acres,” is steeped in lore…
Last year on St. Patrick’s Day, thousands of CU-Boulder students attended a massive party at the Varsity Townhouse apartment complex that resulted in multiple arrests, Project X-style videos and screaming headlines. This year, the St. Paddy’s revelry appears to have been less concentrated but no less wild — at least…
Given concerns about below-average snowpack and already-announced watering restrictions in various Front Range communities, it’s no surprise the first significant wildland blaze of the season arrived in March. Dubbed the Galena fire, the Fort Collins-area conflagration in Lory State Park, just beyond the banks of Horsetooth Reservoir, is thought to…
The combination of St. Patrick’s Day and alcohol can make for a volatile brew. And that’s especially true when the annual March 17 celebration falls on a weekend, as it did this year. The result this time around was at least two metro-area incidents involving gunfire — the first taking…
The 4/20 weekend this year is shaping up to be a massive, city-wide event. Not only is the traditional 4/20 political rally again taking at Denver’s Civic Center Park, but the crew from High Times has claimed the Mile High as their city of choice for the first-ever Cannabis Cup…
Our Melanie Asmar reported about a Supreme Court challenge to the Colorado law that forbids displaying aborted fetus photos near churches where children might see them. As you might expect from this topic, debate is divided. Here’s a reader who sees contradictions in the views of many pro-choice types…
Denver blog posts believe they can fly. Big Media’s Jason Salzman notes that high-capacity magazines made by Colorado’s Magpul were used to kill Osama bin Laden. But he wonders: Were they also used during the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut? Denver Frank gets serious with a Guns…
Broncos safety Quinton Carter was hurt most of last season, and the contract he signed as a rookie in 2011 is pretty modest by NFL standards — $2.495 million over four years. That’s barely enough to buy a new Escalade each Christmas! Still, it’s tough for us to believe Carter…
Members of the Air Force spend their days defending the rest of us from evil-doers, and we’re grateful. But they apparently have enough free time to engage in Facebook-related pranks. Today’s bizarre examples: Members of a sorta-unknown squadron have stolen a sister outfit’s super-irritating air horn, placed it in a…
While speaking about CU-Boulder’s plan to close the campus again on April 20 in an effort to end the 4/20 event there, spokesman Bronson Hilliard stressed the need to communicate clearly about the university’s rationale, and he wasn’t kidding. After we published posts about a threatened lawsuit to block the…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has updated its Ten Most Wanted list — an FBI tradition for more than sixty years. The individuals highlighted this time around include one who made the roster due to alleged actions in Colorado: Edwin Ernesto Rivera Gracias, who’s thought to have killed a man…
During the early hours of Sunday morning, a particularly brutal crime took place on Capitol Hill. According to the Denver Police Department, a man was sexually assaulted by not one but two suspects. The pair managed to get away, but the victim was able to provide investigators with detailed descriptions…
The photo seen here is not a mug shot, even though the woman seen in it is definitely mugging. No, it’s a self-portrait of the person who apparently found and snagged an iPad left on a plane traveling from Phoenix to Denver. Finders, keepers. Why are we seeing this snap?…
LivWell is one of the larger Colorado dispensary chains, with seven affiliated dispensaries scattered from Colorado Springs all the way up to Boulder, including PostModern Health and Denver Patients Group here in Denver. The Broadway shop I visited is combined with the old Broadway Wellness that moved from its location…
Yesterday, we posted about attacks by Facebook post and snowball on 9News forecaster Marty Coniglio after he (and most of his peers at other stations) blew the forecast for the Monday/Tuesday snowstorm. One reader didn’t pile on, arguing that such unexpected events are actually one of the best parts of…
Denver blog posts are experiencing a warming trend. Colorado Pols seldom agrees with Ken Buck, but the folks there offer best wishes in his fight against lymphoma. Mile High Report’s KaptainKirk on the latest Broncos free agent acquisition: Phillly cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. Plants & Animals Denver’s Mark H touts an…
