Earlier, we introduced you to the James Holmes is Innocent Facebook group, whose members say they’re uninterested in wild conspiracy theories — like, for example, the assertions in the strangest Aurora theater shooting document to date. The motion, made public yesterday and on view below, deals with claims allegedly (but…
Editor’s note: With Peyton Manning’s regular-season debut for the Broncos set for Sunday, we offer this (hilarious) (and helpful!) Peyton primer by Melanie Asmar that first appeared last March. Hello, Denver sports noobs. Perhaps you’ve heard of a new man-about-town named Peyton Manning. No, no — he’s not the guy…
In June, we shared the story of alleged fake firefighter Michael Maher, who managed to pose with Governor John Hickenlooper amid the ultra-destructive High Park Fire; see photos below. Now, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office has released a huge incident report on the case, containing lots of oddball details –…
Seven weeks to the day since the Aurora theater shooting, the sort of James Holmes tribute pages that popped up in the immediate aftermath of the massacre are showing unexpected staying power on Facebook. Most (like this one) are mainly about shock value. But the largest Facebook group we’ve found…
For years, Colorado Alternative Medicine has been known as the place to pick up some of the state’s best-grown meds. By December 2010, when I first visited the tiny South Broadway duplex, even growers were known to shop there between harvests. And based on my latest visit, little has changed…
While some professors are not happy with a policy change that allows students with concealed-carry permits at CU-Boulder to bring guns into their classes, one gun-rights organization has an opposite concern. The most unsafe place on campus, according to Students for Concealed Carry, is the one place where guns are…
Denver blog posts play the long game. Predominantly Orange’s Kim Constantinesco quotes Peyton Manning as saying he doesn’t carry fan expectations on his shoulders. At Education News Colorado, Mark Sass asks: What would Plato say about education reform? Denver Frank touts a silent disco featuring DJ Low Key. Get down!…
Where’s Mike Coffman? That’s the question raised by a new site called Wheresmikecoffman.com, which accuses the reelection-seeking Republican congressman of being unresponsive to voters. In response, Coffman’s spokesman says the politician has been available at all kinds of public events — and denounces the group behind the site for “dirty…
Yesterday, members of the Legislative Council Committee asked for changes in the Blue Book description of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, suggesting along the way that the initiative is likely to spur lawsuits. Opponents pounced on these assertions and others, but a 64 backer thinks the impact…
Yesterday’s Comment of the Day — from our mega-popular 50 reasons why we’re glad we live in Denver and not the United States post — featured a reader who’s spent two months here and thinks Denver sucks. His conclusion prompted some inspired counter-arguments, including this one…
Update below: Paul Ryan is just a regular outdoorsy guy who likes to climb mountains. At least that’s the image Ryan presented in one of his first rallies as the vice presidential candidate for the Republican Party — in a speech last month at Lakewood High School where he mentioned…
Almost exactly a year ago, the Journal Register Company’s John Paton was named CEO of MediaNews Group, owner of the Denver Post, with a new entity called Digital First Media taking over management of both firms. But the first birthday of this deal hasn’t been a happy one. Yesterday brought…
On Tuesday in this space, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition’s Tom Angell accused the Obama campaign of using stoner stereotypes in a video featuring Harold and Kumar actors Kal Penn and John Cho despite the president’s broken promises on pot policy. Now, Angell is sharing a clip in which Obama footage…
“A Mile High,” Patricia Calhoun, August 30 Donkey Show Your article about the 2008 Democratic National Convention and how people remember it brought back a tidal wave of memories. The DNC did not put Colorado on the map, but heightened our presence to the nation and the world. Some of…
This past weekend’s Taste of Colorado had everything — music, food, beer bellies, turkey legs. Well, almost everything. It did not have Dog the Bounty Hunter, a man who can draw a few thousand Coloradans on his own, judging from a mid-July block party that he and his wife, Beth…
Not cool for school: One year ago this week, a group of Denver Public Schools parents and teachers, frustrated by brutally hot end-of-summer weather that included a couple of 100-degree-plus days, created a campaign and petition called It’s Too Darn Hot to Learn, in an effort to convince DPS to…
The number of active patients on the Colorado medical marijuana registry rose from May to June, finishing just shy of 100,000 patients. But new data released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment this week shows that while the number of active patients continues to grow, more people…
After last week’s Republican National Convention in Tampa, Mitt Romney has taken a break from the campaign trail to focus on debate preparation. But that doesn’t mean he’s ignoring the key swing state of Colorado. Yesterday, the campaign brought Craig Romney, the candidate’s youngest son, to Lakewood for an event…
Denver blog posts welcome you. Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead Broke touts Tour de Fat, a Saturday cycling extravaganza and all-around good time with plenty of events for free. Square State’s Zappatero asks: Infrastructure, anyone? South Stands Denver’s Colin D.: Wear a Manning jersey and someone might…
The website for Colorado Springs’ Discreet Treats notes that its two locations aren’t typical medical marijuana centers, since both have professional-grade kitchens that cook up edibles ranging from Buddha Brownies to take-and-bake MMJ pizza. It’s an enticing combination that apparently prompted a break-in early this morning that a shop rep…
On the heels of an initiative designed to weed out immigrants who may be illegally registered to vote in the November election, Colorado Secretary of Scott Gessler has launched a campaign aimed at increasing voter registration in the state. The $850,000 effort unveiled yesterday is not, however, a direct response…
No one anticipated that Seth Brigham’s first appearance at a Boulder City Council meeting since a judge threw out the city’s restraining order against him would be low-key. But few could have guessed at the weirdness that resulted when the willfully irritating gadfly delivered his testimony in song and dance…
