In recent months, we’ve posted about two young women who’ve been reported missing: Kara Nichols, nineteen, and Kelsie Jean Schelling, 21. Now, the family of Raven Cassidy Furlong, seventeen, is desperately searching for her, too — and it turns out she has a connection to Nichols and Schelling. All three…
The owner of a once pot-friendly coffee shop in Lafayette is suing the city over a ban that she says specifically targeted her legal operation. Veronica Carpio, owner of The Front Tea and Arts, had been allowing adults over 21 to vaporize cannabis on the premises during the evening since…
Foster parents are allowed to fully participate in court hearings about whether to terminate biological parents’ rights, the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling comes out of a case involving a young boy in Montezuma County, who went into foster care after suffering repeated abuse while in the care…
Denver blog posts are fired up. Big Media’s Jason Salzman on the goal of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners’ Dudley Brown: Eliminate current gun background checks, block any new ones. Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons takes understandable pleasure in recapping the Nuggets’ win over the Lakers. Denver Egotist: So you think your…
At this writing, HB 13-1114, a bill to set THC driving-impairment standards, is being debated by the House judiciary committee — and it differs substantially from the version that failed twice before. This time, the THC limit is part of wide-ranging legislation that makes changes in the way driving under…
The creepy school janitor is as much a stock character as the bitchy cheerleader or the obnoxious jock — and according to the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office, Michael Petramala fits the stereotype perfectly. Petramala, 53, has been formally accused of online luring aimed at underage girls he hoped would participate…
Yesterday, Alan Prendergast posted about Janny Barizonte, who’s seeking a liability judgment against Club Vinyl even though the security that roughed her up at the venue six years ago were independent contractors. The subject sparked a great debate among our commenters, with many weighing in against bouncers at such nightspots…
We’re coming down to the wire on the Amendment 64 task force, whose final meeting is slated for Thursday. But big recommendations have already been put forward, including an okay for pot tourism, albeit with potential limits on purchase amounts for out of staters. Now, though, the task force has…
Rocky Mountain Fur Con is one of Denver’s most unusual annual spectacles, and it’s growing by leaps and bounds. According to the event’s website, the 2012 bash was among the ten largest in the U.S., with 200 “fursuiters” and 863 total attendees. Moreover, organizers are already prepping “Lucky 13,” the…
The subject of guns can inflame emotions. But Colorado Springs-based Franklin Sain is accused of letting those passions get out of control. He’s been formally accused of harassment and more via e-mails sent to Representative Rhonda Fields, a gun-control advocate whose son was murdered, including one that practically invites her…
UPDATE 2: Gwen Devilbiss married Clifford Galley, who is currently serving a 169-year sentence, in November 2013. “This is the most hansome, amazing, sweet, loving and caring man in the entire world. And I am lucky enough to be his wife, through better or worse till death do us part,”…
In a post published earlier today, marijuana attorney Rob Corry argued against a bill to set a THC driving standard, noting, among other things, that pot’s markers linger in a user’s system far longer than alcohol even when the individual is sober. But the law doesn’t always recognize these differences,…
Colorado Pols points out that the ASSET bill, which would provide in-state tuition for qualified immigrants, received support from three Republicans in passing the Senate, including Greg Brophy. The Redheaded Slut counts up to e[lust] #43. Mile High Report’s Brian Shrout reveals that the Broncos have traded 42 draft picks…
Last week, we told you about a fatal assault on Darwin Brown outside a lovely boutique in the Santa Fe arts district; see our previous coverage below. Now, 48-year-old Martin Trusty has been arrested in relation to the crime, which has prompted a debate about the safety of the area…
Six years ago, Janny Barizonte, a 24-year-old law student, headed with friends to Club Vinyl looking for fun. What she got instead changed her life, and not for the better: a painful altercation with club security personnel, followed by an arrest, a violent assault by a sheriff’s deputy, a criminal…
During the Independent Spirit Awards over the weekend, host Andy Samberg earned yuks from the Hollywood celebrities gathered at the pre-Oscar bash by likening Denver’s Lumineers to Mumford & Sons. On Facebook, we asked if this joke was funny or a cheap shot. It took one reader only two words…
As our Melanie Asmar reported, the Amendment 64 Task Force backed passage of a marijuana DUI bill during a meeting earlier this month. The current legislation tweaks a version that’s failed each of the past two years, incorporating a suggestion that marijuana attorney Rob Corry floated last year. Does that…
When stars meet their maker, the fans they leave behind (or people who want to appeal to them) pay tribute, often in very strange ways. That’s certainly the case with the late John Denver, who took his name from our fair city. Below, see the ten oddest artistic salutes to…
What to do when you’re trapped inside by Denver’s biggest snowstorm of 2013? Make and share weird-ass videos, of course! We’ve collected the strangest from the last white, lumpy day, including clips of dogs romping, cats pussyfooting, dudes turning skateboards into snowboards, a man playing with a talking Napoleon Dynamite…
Update: Last week, we told you about the sweeping search for Matthew Caulk, a sex offender who’d previously been the subject of a nationwide manhunt; see our previous coverage below. Yesterday, he was recaptured in Aurora. But the way he was being monitored when he walked away from a halfway…
Last week, our Backbeat blog played Hater v. Homer with Denver’s own Lumineers — and at this weekend’s Independent Spirit Awards, host Andy Samberg did likewise. “Those Silver Linings Playbook ads are on so much, you can’t avoid them,” he said in his opening monologue. “With that Lumineers song? So…
Root Organic and Boulder Wellness are situated directly next to each other in the back of a small strip center just east of central Boulder on Arapahoe Road. I hadn’t realized that until I parked and got out of my car, doing a double take and wondering if I was…
