At this point in the political campaign, candidates can be excused for forgetting what state they’re in — but the media? This morning, a JimRomnesko.com reader grabbed a screen capture of this Today show map about President Obama canceling a Colorado event tomorrow (it’s tentatively rescheduled for Thursday) that placed…
Twelve more people have been identified as victims of the July 20 Aurora theater shooting. Recently released court documents show that prosecutors are charging alleged shooter James Holmes with 24 more counts of attempted murder — two for each new victim — bringing the total charges against him to 166…
Another high-profile staffer is leaving the Denver Post: On November 10, Chuck Murphy, who served briefly as a metro columnist for the paper before taking on a different position amid a series of cost-cutting moves, is leaving the paper to work for an unnamed nonprofit. But Murphy maintains that his…
Our post on a Newsweek article focusing on Colorado’s so-called pot barons attracted plenty of comments about the Medical Marijuana Industry Group that fell short of complimentary. However, a dispensary employee provided a very different perspective…
Update: Last week, we told you about a live event at which KHOW’s David Sirota called KOA’s Mike Rosen a “motherfucker;” see the clip below. For our original post, we managed to contact Sirota, but a communication mix-up delayed our efforts to reach Rosen. Now, however, the conservative radio vet…
While the interest in Peyton Manning nationally is running high (as witnessed by how often Denver’s played in prime time this season), the excitement level locally has been muted in comparison with last year’s Tim Tebow mania. But that may be about to change. Hours after the Chosen One missed…
We’ve featured plenty of wacky memes collections from Facebook pages dedicated to schools like Colorado College. But the Colorado Springs Memes Facebook page is the first we’ve found dedicated to a particular city in these parts. The topics vary widely, but one’s been coming up a lot lately: winter, and…
The proliferation of child-abduction-attempt reports (like one yesterday in Parker) following ten-year-old Jessica Ridgeway’s abduction and murder has plenty of people looking for what they can do to make kids safer. One example: Jessica’s Angels, a group whose members (including driving force Alex Groen, a Pomona High School junior seen…
Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games to books. We showcase them in our quasi-regular product review section, Stoner MacGyver. The latest? Ed’s Tote N’ Toke pipes and dugout…
In the final weeks of the campaign, as we reported earlier today, Secretary of State Scott Gessler has continued his controversial anti-fraud campaign by tracking down individuals he believes are illegally registered to vote, because they are immigrants. Gessler sent them letters to 300 people asking them to verify their…
Denver blog posts’ dog ate our homework. Roundball Mining Company’s Charlie doles out a lot of B’s in assessing the individual Nuggets’ performance in last night’s preseason loss to the L.A. Clippers. DenverInfill’s Ken Schroeppel assesses the new Union Station project at 1650 Wewatta. Colorado Pols: Obama’s next visit to…
James Graves has reportedly admitted to burglarizing a Grand Junction home and taking only one item — a photo of a twelve-year-old girl. What makes this strange tale considerably creepier? The 29-year-old Graves is a sex offender who was convicted a couple of years ago in a case involving…a twelve-year-old…
Installing a water softener is supposed to improve the quality of the wet stuff flowing into your house. But that’s not the way it worked out for Nick and Roxanne Cattaneo. After paying for a new system, they felt that their water had an unpleasant smell — and no wonder,…
Thomas Eric Espinoza, who beat a female neighbor to death and then attempted to mount an insanity defense, has had his conviction upheld by the Colorado Court of Appeals. The case had posed numerous legal challenges, largely because of Espinoza’s insistence on representing himself at trial while pleading insanity…
Though Colorado residents have already begun voting, Secretary of State Scott Gessler says it’s not too late for officials across the state to work together to try and remove potential non-citizens from the voter rolls. Two days after early voting began, he announced that a new round of checks has…
Sam Levin’s coverage of Mitt Romney’s appearance at Red Rocks spurred plenty of comments, many of which broke down along partisan lines. But one of our readers chose to eschew ideology in favor of an endorsement for something pretty much everyone can agree on about now. Here’s his take…
The Aurora theater shootings have spawned a number of lawsuits against Cinemark, owner of the Century 16, where James Holmes allegedly killed twelve people and wounded 58. But two of the suits were subsequently amended to remove direct references to prior gang shootings at the theater — a rationale for…
In November 2011, we told you about the murder of Thomas Bashline, a sometime trainer for the Harlem Globetrotters. Just under a year later, Draton Mares, 24, has been convicted of first-degree murder in the crime, which took place after a relationship that began more than a year earlier with…
As election day nears, passions are running high when it comes to Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol act — in a manner of speaking. So it’s no wonder supporters and opponents are using memes to express their different points of view. Look below to see a gallery of…
Update: Robert Sigg, father of Austin Reed Sigg, the teenager accused of kidnapping and killing Jessica Ridgeway, a ten-year-old Westminster girl, has found himself in the spotlight since his son’s arrest, with attention turning to the contrast between his media mogul credentials and a hefty criminal record; see our original…
The first time I stopped by Urban Dispensary was a few months ago, when, despite a sign out front showing that the center should have been open, it wasn’t. That was slightly frustrating, but I figured it was a one-time thing. So I stopped by the cut-rate, low-grade dispensary next…
As the metro area’s attention was riveted on the bust of Austin Reed Sigg for the kidnapping and killing of Jessica Ridgeway, Denver police officers were quietly making an arrest in another area homicide. The latter incident involved a woman who was allegedly stabbed to death by Mike Burnette, 55,…
