Secretary of State Scott Gessler is facing criminal and ethics investigations into his alleged misuse of public dollars. Now, he could face an additional review from the state auditor’s office, with legislators yesterday approving the first step of the process…
Denver blog posts count ’em down. South Stands Denver’s Colin D. puts The Press Box with Kiszla and Burns atop his roster of the Mile High City’s best sports-talk radio programs. WhoSaidYouSaid’s Tom Intorcio on questions about vote centers in the wake of the November election. Denver Frank shows off…
As we’ve learned over years spent bestowing the Schmuck of the Week title, there are sometimes situations in which something schmucky is going on but it’s tough to know who deserves the honor — or if everyone involved does. That’s definitely the case in the story of Joseph Kern, who’s…
In teasing her interview tonight with President Barack Obama on 20/20 (see a preview below), Barbara Walters naturally starts with…pot. But while the headline statement involves Obama’s assurance that the federal government has larger priorities than to go after recreational marijuana users in Colorado and Washington state, he doesn’t give…
Despite a personal appeal from hizzoner himself, the Denver Parks and Recreation Advisory Board gave a thumbs-down last night to a controversial plan by Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration to swap a parcel of open space in the Cherry Creek corridor for an office building. Amid much soul-searching and head-scratching by…
Yesterday, we shared the story of a Grand Junction thirteen year old whose family is being evicted after he shoplifted a pair of shoes — because, he said, his feet were cold. Amid the claims and counter-claims from the participants, one of our readers focused his attentions on the teen…
Last night, longtime Fox31 anchor Libby Weaver bid the station adieu surrounded by her three kids — her stated reason for stepping away from the outlet. But even as good wishes stack up on the station’s Facebook page, media observers are speculating about whether her decision to leave has to…
The longer the federal government waits to tell Colorado and Washington whether it will allow the states to determine their own marijuana policy after each passed pot-reform measures, the more theories surface about who in the administration might prove to be an impediment. The latest involves Vice President Joe Biden,…
Each year, as we pull together roundups of the year’s most memorable mug shots, we’re startled anew by some of the photos — those in which the subjects are so intense, pissed off or something that the images are burned into our brains. Below, see the twenty from 2012 that…
Update: Last week, we told you about a strange hit-and-run case in which the driver who struck a teen briefly picked her up before dropping her at a 7-Eleven and speeding off; see previous coverage below. Initial debate centered on whether the guy was being Good Samaritan of a sort,…
High-profile media organizations have started floating the idea of rescheduling marijuana as a way of bridging the gap between federal law and Colorado’s in the wake of Amendment 64’s passage. As we noted Wednesday, Colorado asked DEA administrator Michele Leonhart to consider doing so this past December. Now we know…
Since the passage of Amendment 64, which legalizes adult possession of an ounce or less of marijuana, have you been getting questions about how it will work? So have we. To help clear the foggy air, we’ve asked medical marijuana dispensary critic William Breathes to follow in the footsteps of…
Ever wonder what happened to Balloon Boy? As explained in this week’s feature, “What’s Up?,” nine-year-old Falcon Heene and his family are now living an hour north of Tampa. Falcon and his two older brothers are in a metal band called the Heene Boyz and their hyperactive father is still…
Secretary of State Scott Gessler was not at his “election integrity” hearing in Denver yesterday — but his mother was. Barbara Gessler, mom of Colorado’s chief election officer, sat in the front row and waited for her turn to offer public comment which, included a plea for voter ID laws…
Denver blog posts are workin’ it. Mile High Report fan poster OrangeCrush is still a Tim Tebow true believer — and he thinks the Jets could make the playoffs if they turn to the Chosen One. Denver Egotist shares what Rob Schuham learned this year. Colorado Pols: Is John Hickenlooper…
A Colorado pet owner accused of abusing or neglecting his animals will most likely lose those animals — whether he’s guilty or not. That’s what happened to Bill Lee, a mall Santa whose reindeer were seized and whose story we told in our feature “Santa is Grounded.” And the same…
At first blush, the lawsuit filed by Bryson Dewberry against Colorado Springs liquor store owner Chang Ho Yi seems patently absurd. After all, Dewberry’s complaint faults Yi for shooting him in the face after he shoplifted a bottle of booze — an action for which the owner was not charged…
Five years ago, Denver park officials thought highly enough of a little-known parcel of open space along the Cherry Creek corridor, containing some of the last traces of native prairie vegetation to be found in the city, to officially designate it as a natural area. But now, Mayor Michael Hancock’s…
This week, we published a William Breathes post about marijuana advocate Max Montrose, who thinks a Fox31 story on driving under the influence of THC was rigged — a claim the station refuted at length in our update of the piece. Nonetheless, many of our readers weren’t convinced. Like, for…
Just past 6 p.m. on December 6, Zewde Ali, 61, stepped out of a bus and crossed to a center median on South Parker Road, as many people in the area do every single day. But before she could cross to the other side, Ali was struck and killed by…
Update: On Monday, we reported about the arrests of CU students Thomas Cunningham and Mary Essa for “pot brownie assault” — secretly feeding a professor and classmates dosed sweets, prompting three hospitalizations; see previous coverage below. Cunningham was originally busted on suspicion of four felonies, but yesterday, he was charged…
Update: The latest development in the bizarre story of John McAfee, supporting player in our recent feature “The Hot Yoga War”? The software pioneer, who somehow managed to flee cops in Belize who wanted to question him about a murder even as he launched a publicity blitz, has traveled from…
