Denver blog posts turn up in the strangest places. Big Media’s Jason Salzman talks to Tom Tancredo about his difficulties lining up a student willing to sue Metro State over new tuition rates for the children of illegal immigrants. Denver Urbanism offers a photo update on East Rail Line progress…
Update: Yesterday, we noted that the Boulder City Attorney’s office planned a presentation suggesting that city council approve a moratorium until at least 2014 on new marijuana retail outlets legalized under Amendemnt 64; see previous coverage below. Last night, the council chose not to go forward with such an ordinance…
In this week’s feature, “Bed Check,” we take an in-depth look at the services available in Denver for homeless women, some of whom describe a daily struggle filled with high-stakes lotteries to find sanctuary. For the piece, we spent time with members of the Women’s Homeless Initiative, a coalition of…
Earlier today, Sam Levin posted about business organizations calling for a federal crackdown on Colorado to prevent the implementation of Amendment 64, passed by voters last month. Meanwhile, though, 58 percent of voters quizzed nationwide favor legalizing marijuana according to a new poll — and activist Mason Tvert thinks the…
Sam Levin’s interview with Colorado Republican chair Ryan Call about Amendment 64 got our commenters going in a big way. Here’s a post by a reader who saw contradictions in Call’s views about the state’s ability to set its own rules on cannabis…
Update: New photos have been released of Dylan Redwine, a thirteen year old who went missing on November 19 while visiting his dad in the Vallecito Lake area; see our original coverage below. In addition, Dylan’s mom and her ex-husband, who she earlier suggested may have played a role in…
Yesterday in this space, we nodded to ten Colorado-connected hotties, ingenues and reality-TV stars. But our square state is known for funny business, too. Turns out the list of notables who were born or lived here includes lots of notable comedians and comic actors — some hugely famous, others getting…
Yesterday, the Boulder County Clerk’s office announced that its election results are finally certified. However, a spokesman for Secretary of State Scott Gessler says just the opposite — a final decision has not been made yet, although one could come soon. The conflicting statements have further irked those Boulder canvass…
In the wake of the Amendment 64’s passage, Democratic and Republican officials have proposed a bill that would exempt Colorado from federal laws prohibiting marijuana use. Now, a coalition of business organizations opposed to A64 are urging the feds to do the opposite: enforce federal law, even if it contradicts…
Update: Earlier this week, we wondered if the area near the intersection of South Chambers Road and East Ohio Avenue in Aurora was the most dangerous block in the metro area owing to a pair of sexual assaults and one sex-assault attempt there within about a week. The answer now…
The Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division has released the set of rules personnel hope to change over the next year in order to streamline the state medical marijuana industry. See the full document below…
Last week, we reported on a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union against Colorado Springs, which is pushing forward with a controversial anti-panhandling law that critics see as violating free-speech rights. The city says it won’t start enforcement for a few weeks, but will begin education around the law…
Denver blog posts are gassed up and ready to go. South Stands Denver’s Colin D. praises ex-Broncos whipping boy Brady Quinn, who eloquently contextualized the nightmarish Jovan Belcher situation after the Chiefs’ emotional victory. At Education News Colorado, Leigh Campbell-Hale thinks Boulder Valley schools are right on track. Denver Egotist:…
Frustrated by a decade of legal delays and setbacks, the father of slain state corrections officer Eric Autobee says that he now opposes further efforts to obtain the death penalty for inmate Edward Montour Jr. for the 2002 murder. In a recent interview, Bob Autobee also blasted the leadership of…
On November 10, Jeffrey Musick, a 38-year-old with a history of mental illness and a slew of arrests (see a gallery of his mug shots below), was shot to death by Auraria Campus Police Officer Robert Burnett after allegedly attacking him with a sword. Today, the Denver District Attorney’s Office…
Alan Prendergast’s feature article about juvenile lifers, “The Old Boys,” was supplemented online by a series of posts, including one telling the tale of Eric Jensen, whose attempt to help a friend has already resulted in fifteen years behind bars. One of our readers believes that’s more than enough time…
Update: When Gary Branson planned a trip out of town over Thanksgiving, his cousin offered to watch his beloved dog, Chloe, until his return. In the interim, though, tragedy struck: Chloe slipped out of the house and was killed by a Commerce City police officer in an incident caught on…
The roster of notable people who were either born in Colorado or lived here for a time is huge — and included among them are plenty of female entertainers from the past and present. But which of them will stand the test of time? And which will fade, if they…
Frank McDonald is the self-proclaimed mayor of Stoner, Colorado, a town whose population numbers two — with the other resident being, in his words, “an old lady named Mary Jane.” But thanks to the community’s name, and the passage of Amendment 64, he thinks the future for the tiny spot…
The man killed by Jeffco deputies in a strange Saturday incident has been identified as Evan Bynum, forty, a man whose online imprint offers few clues about the way his life would end. Read on for details about his background, as well as information from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office…
Last January, private pilot Carl Gruber took off from a California airport headed for Boulder with 55 pounds of marijuana loaded into his tiny plane. But instead of friendly co-smugglers waiting for Gruber at the Boulder County Airport, the Boulder County Drug Task Force and agents from the Department of…
We reported last week that the canvass board in Boulder County, responsible for certifying the results of the election, decided against it, arguing that there were serious flaws in the process. Hillary Hall, Boulder’s clerk and recorder, was not pleased. But when we asked Secretary of State Scott Gessler about…
