A new rule at CU-Boulder allowing concealed-carry-permit holders to have guns in some family housing units has gotten a lot of attention in recent weeks from different news outlets. But despite all the coverage, and with the fall semester under way, no students are taking advantage of the policy…
Denver blog posts are hoping to make the final roster. Bronco Talk’s Tim Lynch on the latest cuts, including long snapper Lonie Paxton, whose ouster may have been a cost-reducing move. At Free Range Longmont, RTD candidate Judy Lobow argues that a great rail system is a win-win. Denver Frank…
A Denver jury has awarded a verdict of more than $2 million, including $1.5 million in punitive damages, to a former client of Anderson, Hemmat & Levine in what amounts to a legal malpractice case against the prominent personal-injury law firm. Daniell Goff claimed that the firm’s lawyers pressured her…
Update: Today, Judge David Archuleta rejected Boulder’s request for a permanent restraining order against Seth Brigham, a vocal critic whom a workplace-violence expert deemed dangerous without having met him and sans any actual attacks or explicit threats; see our previous coverage below. Brigham is exultant over the ruling, and so…
In February 2011, Boulder-based Sunflower Farmers Market was still dealing with bad PR over the arrest of a New Mexico employee for allegedly putting semen in someone’s yogurt when company CEO Michael Gilliland was busted on suspicion of child prostitution in an Arizona sting operation. A year and a half…
We’re still collecting comments aplenty on our Amendment 64 revenue-projection post and its assorted updates and rebuttals. Here’s one that stands out: an argument that all of us have a desire to intoxicate ourselves in one way or another…
Much of the media’s focus in the second wave of reporting on the Aurora theater shooting has been on Dr. Lynne Fenton, a psychiatrist revealed to have cared for accused killer James Holmes. Recent coverage has whip-sawed from Fenton tributes supported by CU documents on view below to claims she…
When we marked the beginning of the fall semester with yesterday’s collection of CU-Boulder back-to-school memes, we certainly didn’t mean to slight our friends to the north. In honor of Colorado State University students returning to the fold in the kingdom of Fort Collins, we’ve gathered some of the funniest…
Clowns, as we all know, are terrifying. But somehow, at least two generations of Colorado kids managed to suspend their fear (for the most part, anyhow) when it came to Russell Scott, aka Blinky the Clown, who spent more than three consecutive decades on Denver TV. He died yesterday at…
Some people watch for turning leaves or dropping temperatures as a sign that fall is coming. We watch for the first tent to appear outside of the Sports Castle in anticipation of Sniagrab, the giant Labor Day sale that Sports Authority continued when it took over this flagship of the…
Your bikes are not safe — even inside your apartment building. After writing about a new smartphone app designed to help cyclists retrieve stolen bikes, we heard from one Denver user whose custom-made bike was stolen in July from inside his apartment building. Turns out he’s not the only victim…
In what amounts to a landmark decision, a federal judge has ruled that the conditions of solitary confinement at the Colorado State Penitentiary constitute “a paradigm of inhumane treatment” and must change — notably, so that inmates locked down in their cells 23 hours a day can have at least…
Denver blog posts are ready for the week. Big Media’s Jason Salzman thinks David Sirota’s Harper’s article about Dean Singleton (I’m quoted in it) is accurate in some respects, exaggerated in others. Plants & Animals Denver’s Hana: Dog manners are for CHAMPS. The Ralphie Report’s Jon Woods checks out the…
Last week, Patricia Calhoun noted the post-camping ban adjustments being made by the city and Sports Authority to accommodate people lined up in advance of the annual Sniagrab sale. One reader saw a disconnect in the treatment of these bargain shoppers with others disrupted by the new policy…
While CU is able to refute misinformation in the James Holmes case (like prosecution claims he was banned from campus for threats), the school has otherwise been banned from releasing most other info. Not all, though. For instance, the school is sharing what media outlets want — and aren’t going…
In February, we introduced you to the new CU-Boulder memes page, filled with web humor in the Buff, and followed up with a special 4/20 collection suitable for consuming in a number of different ways. Now, with a new school year starting today, we figure there’s no better way to…
Even before Weeds satirized Colorado’s medical marijuana scene in 2010, the local MMJ industry has had a love-hate relationship with the Showtime program, whose run ends this season. However, last night’s episode, spotlighted in a clip below, is likely to inspire only the latter reaction among folks in the biz…
Last week, we wondered if Peyton Manning’s two picks versus the Seahawks, following a bad interception against the Bears the week before, were examples of rust or overconfidence. But his performance in a 29-24 loss to the 49ers yesterday was spot-on even after he was slammed to the turf in…
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? Super Charged: How Outlaws, Hippies and Scientists Reinvented Marijuana…
This week, we shared a CU forecast predicting a Mitt Romney win in Colorado and the U.S. as a whole based on data that also proved accurate when applied to past presidential races. But a new poll says Barack Obama is maintaining his close lead in Colorado. Who to believe?…
Getting a DUI is expensive. Dan Beeck, who owns one of Colorado’s biggest private probation companies, had that in mind when he started providing often-required alcohol education classes and therapy for cut-rate prices. But as explained in our cover story, “Blow Back,” not everyone was thrilled with his plan. Some…
Denver blog posts take the high road…usually. Denver Egotist shares a new Colorado Department of Transportation campaign that warns motorcyclists, “If you’ve ever straddled a fencepost and said, ‘Let’s ride,’ you definitely want to find a lift.” Ed is Watching chronicles the Douglas County School Board’s challenge to union leaders…
