A year after taking office, Mayor Michael Hancock delivered his first State of the City address this morning, promoting a range of priorities, including restructuring the police department, increasing programs for children and a new online initiative he is calling “e-Denver.” That’s right, Denver is getting modern, y’all!…
For six weeks, Eldren violinist Josh Lee waited in custody at the Immigration Customs and Enforcement detention center in Aurora after a recent criminal charge complicated his immigration status. As he collected money for his $20,000 bond, the Denver music community rallied around him, staging fundraisers and benefit concerts for…
Denver blog posts make those miracles happen. Big Media’s Jason Salzman thinks David Sirota will uphold progressive values better than did Craig Silverman when he teams with Michael Brown on KHOW today. But will right wingers listen? Burning Down the House’s Andi brings together home and Tolkein. At People’s Press…
Put up or shut up. After a group of Democratic leaders staged a press conference last week to demand that Mitt Romney release more of his tax returns, ABC News asked the group if they would make public their 1040s, too. Several refused to do so — but not Aspen…
Update: In our original coverage of Broncos star Elvis Dumervil’s weekend arrest in Miami, we highlighted a local blogger’s speculation that the bust could have been “a black thing.” But the just-released police report suggests trouble may have begun with Dumervil’s pal, who allegedly had a road rage temper tantrum…
The proponents of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, have turned plenty of heads via billboards near Mile High Stadium, with the first featuring a soccer-mom-type woman revealing her preference for cannabis and the second spotlighting a father saying, “Please card my son” — the implication being that…
A short time ago, we reported about a Sunday night homicide in Aurora that probably took place near East Second Avenue and Peoria, although police aren’t positive about the location just yet. About an hour afterward, another man was shot dead in the city, likely on the 1500 block of…
Our post about a federal attempt to shut down a medical marijuana superstore in California, and questions about whether U.S. Attorney John Walsh might take a similar tack in Colorado, became a busy reader forum. Here’s a comment by someone who thinks marijuana users need to band together rather than…
It’s been a bloody spring in Aurora, and last night, it got a lot bloodier thanks to not one but two homicide within an hour or so of each other. The first of these probably took place after 10 p.m. yesterday, but at this writing, Aurora police aren’t certain where…
In May, after A&E canceled Dog the Bounty Hunter’s reality series after eight seasons, Duane “Dog” Chapman and wife Beth promised a new chapter in their unlikely career — and if Saturday’s block party in honor of the Denver Dog House’s grand opening shows that you can’t keep a good…
When a child gets in trouble, the first instinct of many parents is to cover for him. But in the case of Michel Martin, this alleged actions have led to a criminal charge. That’s because his sixteen-year-old son, not him, is thought to have been behind the wheel of a…
Abound Solar has officially gone bankrupt and General Electric PrimeStar is putting on hold a much-anticipated solar panel plant it had planned for Aurora. Both cases are disappointing developments for renewable energy in Colorado — but Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar says these are just minor (and expected) blips…
It’s the time of year when even the couch potatoes among us realize we should get off our asses and do something. But what? And where? In the tradition of our recent posts featuring the ten best Colorado hikes and the ten best places to stay cool during a heat…
When a guy’s got to smoke, a guy’s got to smoke. But what if he’s told he can’t smoke, no matter how badly he needs to suck a soothing cloud of tar and nicotine into his lungs? The answer for Eric Cech, according to a Boulder Police report on view…
Medical marijuana users: Colorado again wants your blood. But this time, it’s okay to give it up, because Twirling Hippy Confections owner Jessica LeRoux has organized the first Medical Cannabis Community Blood Drive through Bonfils…
Oil and drilling do wonderful things for Colorado, and government better stay out of the industry’s way. This seems to be an underlying message behind a new web portal launched this week by the Western Energy Alliance, a Colorado-based group that represents hundreds of oil and gas companies in the…
Here at the Criminal Affairs Desk, we’ve remarked before that malfeasance in Colorado Springs often takes strange twists. Not that crime waves are any more severe or more violent in El Paso County than they are in the Denver area; they’re just…different. Like the rock-wielding bandit who recently terrorized Springs…
Denver blog posts set a high mark. Denver Stiffs’ Jeffrey Morton on the Nugs’ $50 million offer to JaVale McGee. Colorado Pols: Joe Miklosi’s fundraising numbers are picking up — but will he be able to truly challenge Mike Coffman? Denver PR Blog: Check out the latest entry in the…
Last night, former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff visited the grand reopening of the CELL, the downtown terrorism prevention center, to discuss cyber security and impending concerns in the Middle East. In front of a packed house at the Denver Art Museum, Chertoff talked both Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah –…
You don’t need a playbook to figure out what is going on inside the head of Denver Broncos linebacker D.J. Williams: nothing. On Thursday, local journalist John Ingold revealed that Williams has actually flunked not one, but two recent performance-enhancing drug tests. And Number 55 is already facing a six-game…
Jose Luis Vazquez Campos doesn’t have much time. An undocumented immigrant, Campos must prove to federal immigration authorities that he’s in Mexico on July 18, which means he’ll have to board a bus in Denver on Sunday to get there. Yesterday, the American Friends Service Committee held a rally to…
At this writing, breastfeeding advocates are gathering at Pirates Cove Family Aquatic Center in Englewood for what they’re calling a “Nurse-In” — an event intended to remind the public that nursing a baby in a public place is perfectly legal and entirely acceptable. Why Pirates Cove? Co-organizer Morgan Matthews, speaking…
