It’s hard to know who to be angry at for what many people are calling #GABFail — the ticketing fiasco that has marred the upcoming Great American Beer Festival. The Boulder-based Brewers Association put 49,000 tickets up for grabs beginning at 10 a.m. on August 2. But within two minutes,…
Political groups in Colorado have more freedom to pour money into campaigns without disclosing their finances thanks to Secretary of State Scott Gessler, who has overstepped his bounds and rewritten election rules. At least that’s the charge of Colorado Ethics Watch and Colorado Common Cause, which have filed a complaint…
Denver blog posts have the quicks. Bronco Talk’s Monty thinks Broncos training camp may be the last chance for two top draft picks from the Josh McDaniels era: Robert Ayers and Knowshon Moreno. Denver Egotist on the USA Pro Cycling Challenge campaign. At Square State, Jack Van Ens asks, “Is…
Fight Back Colorado, a group devoted to defeating lawmakers in November’s election who voted against a bill to legalize civil unions, is soliciting input on exactly which lawmakers to target. The campaign has launched a survey called Send ‘Em Packin’ that asks supporters to pick their three least favorite lawmakers…
Sorry, Missy Franklin, but unless Senator Marco Rubio’s bill to exempt medal-winning Olympians from paying taxes passes, you’re going to owe Uncle Sam another $8,000-plus. That’s because Franklin just won a gold medal in the 200 meter backstroke, setting a world record in the process…
Former stolen valor arrestee Rick Strandlof has been many people in his life…two of whom were completely fabricated. But he has never been formally charged with profiting from his personalities — nor is he the only person to have spun tall tales to change his life. Click through for stories…
Denver gonzo athlete Justin Simoni’s singular achievement this summer in the Tour Divide, a 2745-mile mountain bike race that crosses the Continental Divide 39 times between Canada and Mexico, is the focus of this week’s feature, “Going to Extremes.” But cycling is only one of Simoni’s multiple and oddly linked…
The office of U.S. Attorney John Walsh has announced that it’s sent closure-threat letters to ten dispensaries within 1,000 feet of schools. This action represents the third wave of such missives: The first, in January, targeted 23 medical marijuana centers, while the second, in March, numbered 25. But when asked…
A couple of weeks ago, we shared the terrible story of Ethan Hearty, a toddler who accidentally killed himself at his grandparents’ Utah home after finding a gun. Still no report of charges in that case, but accusations have been aimed at Iesha Paris and Darryl Hunter in a similar…
Yesterday, Kelsey Whipple wrote about a petition from CU Denver philosophy professor Chad Kautzer to prohibit concealed weapons from state campuses. Our readers responded by debating the pros and cons of the concept. Here’s a post citing four reasons to consider such a ban, with one point rules legislators have…
Yesterday, we shared a new report from the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area citing more than seventy examples of medical marijuana from Colorado being diverted for illegal purposes, with RMHIDTA director Tom Gorman arguing that passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, would make the…
Whenever an athlete is as successful, and as charming, as Centennial’s Missy Franklin has been, politicians will attempt to latch on. Witness Mitt Romney name-checking her at a Jefferson County Fairgrounds appearance yesterday. Another example? A call by Senator Marco Rubio (often mentioned as a possible Romney running mate) to…
We’ve noted the proliferation of James Holmes Facebook tribute pages, which continue to spring up despite the shutdown of what had been the largest of them. The same thing’s happening when it comes to Tumblr blogs, yet these sites are getting more attention because of the memorable nickname by which…
Accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes has been a public figure for two weeks now, due to the worst possible reason — the murder of a dozen people, and injuries to scores more. Since then, there’s been a rising call for news organizations like this one to stop using his…
Like the working-class neighborhood where it’s based, At Home Remedies is more function than fashion. The mudroom-turned-waiting room at the front of the house is furnished with scrolled antique furniture with a loud, gaudy and awesome 1970s-style white floral print, and AstroTurf is liberally used as flooring both there and…
On April 1, 2011, nineteen-year-old Kenia Monge disappeared — and she remained missing until September, when Travis Forbes, who originally portrayed himself as a good Samaritan, led authorities to her body outside Keenesberg. Forbes pleaded guilty shortly thereafter — but it wasn’t until this week that his girlfriend, Kerry Humphrey,…
Underscoring the importance of Colorado in the presidential election — and the significance of Jefferson County in the race to win this key swing state — Mitt Romney held a rally today in Golden, marking his first campaign stop since returning from his trip in Europe…
This week’s cover story, “Going to Extremes,” focuses on triple-threat Justin Simoni, a Denver artist and performer who also finished first last month in the single-speed division of the world’s toughest mountain bike race, the Tour Divide — a grueling odyssey on mostly unpaved trails through the Rockies from Canada…
Denver blog posts think big thoughts. Predominantly Orange’s Kim Constantinesco shares the mostly minor injury report from Broncos training camp thus far, including word of receiver Eric Decker’s pulled groin. This sounds like a job for Jesse James! Denver Infill’s Ken Schroeppel invites you to the next Union Station walking…
Last month, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment revealed that Dr. Stephen Stein, an oral surgeon who’d practiced in Highlands Ranch and Cherry Creek, was under investigation for allegedly re-using needles and syringes. The CDPHE encouraged all 8,000 of his patients between September 1999 and June 2011 to…
Since James Holmes fired shots into an Aurora movie theater — after purchasing four guns in two months and 6,000 rounds of ammunition off the Internet — heated gun control debates have emerged nationally and locally, with elected officials questioning whether stricter laws could have stopped this tragedy. Former Colorado…
The war in Iraq has forced many Iraqi students to abandon their hopes of an education. Some fled the country and had to put their education on hold, while others found their schools destroyed. Recognizing these problems, the Iraqi Student Project, a St. Louis-based organization that has volunteers and support…
