Denver blog posts are here, there and everywhere. Colorado Pols is not amused by the latest GOP responses to a Democratic rep’s comments about sex assault and guns on college campuses — including a jokey “rape defense kit” consisting of a whistle and a ballpoint pen. The Ralphie Report’s Jon…
No telling if the expression on Michael Grover’s face in the mug shot seen here has been stuck there since December 22, when he woke up to discover those Mayan prophecies about the world ending the day before were wrong. But the Aurora man may be wishing the predictions had…
As we’ve reported, Denver cops Devin Sparks and Randy Murr have been suspended, fired and un-fired since the April 2009 on-camera beating of Michael DeHerrera, who was attacked by Sparks while using his cell phone; see the video below. Now, the Civil Service Commission has rendered the latest judgment on…
The controversy stirred by Colorado Democratic Representative Joe Salazar, who made comments about rape and guns on college campuses that set off Republicans, carried over onto the comments section of our post on the subject. Here’s the take of a reader who questions Salazar’s thesis that the presence of a…
Last year, we celebrated the state we’re in with our first top-ten collection of “You know you’re from Colorado when…” punchlines. But there are a lot more possible answers than that, as we discovered when we stumbled upon another list featuring a slew of responses that were new (and funny)…
Yesterday, the governor-appointed task force charged with making recommendations about the implementation of Amendment 64 determined that marijuana tourism — letting out-of-staters purchase pot — should be allowed. But the members also believe restrictions should be put in place to prevent smurfing — a practice only marginally linked to noxious…
Multiple Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong’s confession last month about blood doping and performance-enhancing drugs focused new attention on Tyler Hamilton, a former Boulder cyclist and Armstrong teammate who’s been pointing the finger at Mr. Live Strong for years. Now, Hamilton is a key witness in the Madrid trial…
Dear Stoner: I really enjoy eating my cannabis to help deal with chronic muscle and nerve pain, but the price of edibles is starting to put a dent in my bank account. I’ve never made my own pot food. Is it easy to do? What about finding marijuana to cook…
The University of Denver Pioneers have always had that fighting spirit, but over the past decade, some of that fighting has focused on the school’s longtime — and now former — mascot, a bearded, coonskin-cap-wearing pioneer named Denver Boone. Created in 1968, the cartoon character was designed by a Walt…
“Collision Course,” Patricia Calhoun, February 14 Doomed to Disappoint I was disappointed by Collision, History Colorado’s exhibit on the Sand Creek Massacre, simply because it seemed both over-produced and shallow. But now that I know the tribes themselves object to the display, I am doubly disappointed. Joel MasonDenver “The Lifers…
Students in Denver’s public schools will no longer be ticketed by police for minor infractions, such as using bad language or getting into a scuffle in which no one is hurt, according to the terms of an agreement signed today by superintendent Tom Boasberg and Denver police chief Robert White…
Denver blog post come to play, every day. Backbeat’s collection of local Harlem Shake videos came out on Friday — and as the Denver Egotist points out, there’s already a new one from CU-Boulder. Shake it up, baby. At Predominantly Orange, Rick Jussel speculates about the Broncos’ offense getting even…
Ella Moon, who died on Sunday, may not have been famous in the conventional sense. But generations of people share fond memories of this astonishing woman, whose namesake home — Moon Farm, located in the Western Slope community of Fruita — was a popular day camp for more than thirty…
Our post about the killing of two Colorado Springs kids, allegedly by Ethan Courrau, described by his mother as bipolar, noted that the fatal weapon was a knife. This fact caused our commenters to morph into a lively gun-related debate. Here’s a prime example…
As the Colorado legislature continues to debate gun-control proposals (and Republicans attempt to counter by attacking a Democratic rep for his comments about rape), we’re hearing about a mom’s decision to turn in Richard Lancaster, her mentally ill son, who allegedly managed to collect an arsenal of weapons online. And…
Ask people to name Colorado’s best-ever athletes and you’ll hear references to the likes of John Elway, Dave Logan and Missy Franklin. But they all moved to the state rather than being born here. So who are the greatest Colorado athletes as listed by Wikipedia who actually qualify as natives?…
Earlier this month, we wrote about Craigslist advertisements offering free marijuana as a bonus for purchasing other items, in exchange for a donation, or even for buying a $50 bumper sticker. Now, however, both the Colorado Attorney General and the Denver Police Chief have branded the practice illegal — although…
During the last presidential campaign, Republicans were put in an awkward position by Missouri senatorial candidate Todd Akin’s comments about “legitimate rape;” remember how Mitt Romney dodged a CBS4 question about it? Now, however, a Colorado Democrat, state rep Joe Salazar, is the person backpedaling from a rape comment (about…
Today is your last chance to vote in round one of Westword’s Best of Denver 2013 Readers’ Poll, and we want your input. What are your favorite places, services and events in the metro area? Before the balloting closes (temporarily) at midnight, take the time to give your favorites the…
Last summer Denver District Judge Ann B. Frick ruled that city zoning officials blundered in issuing a rooming-house permit to Open Door Ministries, which was seeking to launch a group home for recovering alcoholics and addicts in a historic block of Capitol Hill. But Frick has now reversed her order…
When we last caught up with Dawn Engle and Ivan Suvanjieff, the founders of the homegrown PeaceJam, they were on their way to Guatamela, to spend December 21, 2012 — that important date on the Mayan calendar — with Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Mayan elders and hundreds…
Last year, lawmakers approved new film incentives to lure Hollywood back to Colorado after movie-makers had largely abandoned the state for cheaper locales. Seven months into the program, nearly $4 million in rebates and other perks have been approved. The lineup of movies that will say “Action!” in Colorado includes…
