As we know, plenty of people go to jail because of drugs. Sometimes rightly, sometimes wrongly, but frequently. But only a chosen few face time behind bars because they try to bring narcotics into jail. Like, for instance, Schmuck of the Week nominees Sarah Wolfe and Ronald Boyken, who are…
Journalism is dead: That seems to be the familiar refrain among the public these days. But last night, a panel of practitioners and free-press advocates at a preview event for the National Conference on Media Reform taking place in Denver next month, begged to differ. In their view, journalism is…
Back in 1982, the Mile High City-set series Dynasty was the most popular show on TV, but only establishing shots were regularly filmed here. So what was Denver really like back then? We stumbled upon a regular time-machine of a book that shows us: Denver Now, described as “Denver’s Business…
Last month, we reported about the proliferation of free-marijuana giveaways on Craigslist, with respondents getting weed at no charge if they offered a donation or bought something else. Participants insisted that such offers were authorized under Amendment 64, which allows Colorado adults 21 and over to possess small amounts of…
Harlem Shake videos went from funny to irritating in record time — which is why the clip of the Minnesota Timberwolves mascot taking a bat to a Harlem Shaking Lebron James stand-in rings so true. But a new trend has already popped up to replace them: Gallon Smashers, in which…
Kindman has rebranded as the Grass Station. Kindman is down the street from the Regency dorms, which for some reason I will always remember as the crack-palace hotel it was before it was converted to student housing a few years ago. With the hotel’s 180-degree turnaround, the area doesn’t seem…
Denver blogs don’t have time to take time off. Mile High Report’s Bronco Mike things trouble-finding linebacker D.J. Williams will either be traded or cut. Where might he wind up? Big Media’s Jason Salzman gives 9News credit for fact-checking an anti-gun-control banner towed by a plane over the Capitol this…
Our post about the decision by Waterway Carwash branches to ban older model Jeep Cherokees and Grand Cherokees because of alleged sudden-acceleration issues struck a chord with one of our readers, who’d been told staffers couldn’t clean the vehicle, but wasn’t told why not…
In recent days, the Denver Post reported that the number of medical marijuana businesses in Colorado has dropped by more than 40 percent since its peak at the end of 2010 — from 1,131 to 675 over the course of fewer than three years. That may seem like a precipitous…
All of us with Facebook pages have grappled with the dilemma of what to do about the so-called “friend” who posts crap way too often. But before you choose to unfriend someone, think twice — because cutting the cord online can, and often does, end friendships in the real world,…
Colorado’s insanity defense laws are constitutional and any court-ordered mental evaluation that Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes might undergo would not violate his right against self-incrimination, prosecutors argue in motions made public Wednesday. The arguments are in response to five motions filed by Holmes’s attorneys last week in which…
Sometimes it seems like marriages involving stars last about as long as the average fruit fly. But we’ve got what looks like a way to help pairings of the famous beat the odds: They should get married in Colorado. Our evidence? HistoryOrb.com lists nine celebrity weddings to have taken place…
In our continued coverage of alleged profiling of cars with Colorado license plates in other states due to our marijuana laws, we shared the experiences of Westword writer Britt Chester, who was pulled over not once, but twice last week during a cross-country trip. One of the places he was…
The Denver Police Department has dubbed a serial flasher said to be haunting the area near Sloan’s Lake the “Thong Bandit,” even though he’s not accused of stealing anything — except a sense of security for those who’ve been unfortunate enough to lay eyes on his undergarments of choice, and…
Dear Stoner: My wife was telling me that she heard on TV that smoking pot can cause strokes in older folks. I’m 63 and just a little concerned. Any truth to this rumor? Roberto Reefer Roller Dear RRR: Back in February, a New Zealand scientist said he had found a…
In late 2007, Frank Bonanno, one of Denver’s most successful restaurateurs, opened Osteria Marco, an Italian restaurant in the heart of Larimer Square. Above the sidewalk entrance squats a brass pig; just beyond the heavy doors is the garde manger station, which offers a peek into Osteria’s culinary landscape —…
“Ghosts of Auraria,” Alan Prendergast, February 28 Gold Nuggets As a Colorado native who spent several decades living in California, I appreciated Alan Prendergast’s article on Auraria. I was not in Colorado when the area was turned into a college campus, so there was much history of the campus I…
After reading the racist, threatening e-mails sent to Democratic Representative Rhonda Fields in mid-February and hearing about a hateful, harassing call, no one was surprised that on Monday, Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey formally charged Franklin Sain with an attempt to influence a public servant and harassment-ethnic intimidation. Sain, who’s…
As we reported earlier today, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder didn’t choose his appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee to share the Justice Department response to marijuana laws in Colorado that contradict federal policy. The measures contradict international treaties, too, as a new report from an agency affiliated with the…
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the owner of a pet treat factory in the River North neighborhood, who sued the city and three neighbors for conspiring against him. As explained in our cover story, “Raising a Stink,” Ray Kasel of Kasel Associates Industries took issue with…
Update: On March 6, the family of 21-year-old Zachary Gonzales will be gathering for the sort of event they probably never could have imagined just a week ago — his memorial service, followed by a funeral the next day. Gonzales was killed on February 28. But while his loved ones…
Denver blog posts are heating up. At Mile High Report, Matt Ufford quizzes Broncos linebacker and sack-master Von Miller about his guarantee that the Broncos are Super Bowl-bound — and chicken farming. The Redheaded Slut: I was lucky. Eileen at People’s Press Collective gets out the dictionary to bash Evie…
