Lawmakers have passed a bill that would require the state to review cases of abuse that result in the near-fatality of a child. The bill also requires review of “incidents of egregious abuse or neglect,” a more amorphous category that the state Department of Human Services, which backed the bill,…
Denver blog posts want you to want them. The Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic chats with Jon Caldara about two “game-changing” Obamacare briefs the Independence Institute has filed with the Supreme Court. The Grazing Mind’s Jarod Ballentine presents a Trinder Farms tour. South Stands Denver’s Colin D marvels at Peyton Manning’s…
Update: On Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that it had sent another 25 seizure-threat letters to medical marijuana dispensaries within 1,000 feet of schools; see details in our original coverage below. However, some language in the letters differed from the first mailing in January. Now, a spokesman for U.S…
Following Tim Tebow’s trade to the New York Jets, televangelist Pat Robertson blasted the Broncos, suggesting that if Peyton Manning, who is coming off multiple neck surgeries, gets hurt, the team will deserve it. This sentiment drew a sharp rebuke from one reader with what appears to be a different…
On Saturday, at age six months and one day, Occupy Denver rallied downtown to protest police brutality. More than 100 people gathered with signs and chants for one in a handful of protests dedicated to the topic in the past week. Although relationships between Occupy Denver and the Denver Police…
As this Style Bistro tribute to the horse-mane mohawk demonstrates, extreme hairdos are often inspired by the animal kingdom. Still, most of us can recognize them as being of human origin — but apparently not Derrill Rockwell, who’s been sentenced for shooting a woman’s coiffure after mistaking it for a…
The victim of a shooting last week near 29th and Franklin has been identified as De’Quan Walker-Smith, eighteen — and while the Denver Police Department hasn’t specifically categorized the crime as gang-related, the dangers of this lifestyle hung over a weekend vigil in Walker-Smith’s honor — and it’s also evident…
It may be spring break for some students, but the rest of us are headed back to class — way back to the 1970s, when discussion posters like these were created to prompt conversations (and confusion). Our first batch of rare finds featured captions. This one — from the same…
Update: We now have more information about a homicide that took place last week on Knox Court. The victim, identified as Isaiah Garcia, eighteen, reportedly opened his apartment door in response to persistent knocking and was greeted with fatal gunfire…
Ever since Tim Tebow was traded to the New York Jets, observers have wondered if he can maintain his squeaky clean image in the City That Never Sleeps (and Tends to Sleep Around). Just prior to his scheduled introduction to the NYC media, we’re getting an indication via a billboard…
Is it possible that a murder could have taken place in broad daylight at a traffic-light-controlled intersection in a sizable American city and no one saw much of anything? That’s a question that arises three days after a slaying that left a man dead behind the wheel of his SUV…
As Colorado banks have dropped medical marijuana-related accounts in order to comply with federal regulations, MMJ business owners are looking for advice on how to manage their now often cash-only enterprises. And they’re not the only ones asking, as Robert Frichtel recently discovered…
Today through Sunday, experts on U.S. Drug Policy and the medical marijuana movement are meeting with politically minded students from across the nation at the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center. And while 4/20 is still a month a way, the students debating the pros and cons of drug policy at…
Editor’s note: This is the latest profile in Kelsey Whipple’s ongoing series highlighting local political activists. The worst day of Patty Skolnik’s life lasted 32 months. It started the day her son Michael, a 22-year-old college student, passed out. Doctors found a small dot on his brain, an asymptomatic cyst,…
Denver blog posts have been working out. Colorado Pols on the appearance of Georgetown law student and Rush Limbaugh-described slut Sandra Fluke at a Denver event to mark the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons: Birdman is the last Nugget remaining from the 2009 squad…
Kevin Divine and Ricky Nixon, the Denver police officers who were fired last April by then-Manager of Safety Charles Garcia because of their behavior during — and after — a controversial altercation at the Denver Diner in July 2009, have gotten their jobs back, at least for now. Blame our…
Today, on Occupy Denver’s six-month anniversary, the organization is separated from its long-time home in Civic Center Park. Regardless of whether you expected the movement to make it this long, the past half a year brought no shortage of eye-opening events and preparation for the future. In order to contextualize…
As part of his post about medical marijuana for 1 percenters, William Breathes touted an unusual fundraiser conceived by The Clinic. Each of its centers would raffle off a nugget of Green Gold valued at an astonishing $4,200 per ounce to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Winners were supposed…
Our post yesterday about Penny Parker and Mike Littwin being laid off by the Denver Post was met with an explosion of commentary, much of it directed at Littwin, whose work is loved and hated with equal passion. Here are two responses that capture the contrast…
This week’s cover story, “The Columbine Effect,” reports on the controversy over a proposed television miniseries based on the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School — and the effort by CHS grad Sam Granillo to complete a documentary focused on the survivors’ stories, dealing with the shock and long-term trauma…
Everyone’s got an opinion about the Broncos’ signing of Peyton Manning and trade of Tim Tebow to the New York Jets, including none other than Pat Robertson. The televangelist recently came out in favor of Colorado’s Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act. Now, however, he’s basically suggesting that…
Richard Thebo, 71, has run Fort Collins’ Open Door Mission for nineteen years. But if the Colorado Attorney General’s Office has its way, his connection with the homeless shelter will end soon. The AG has filed a lawsuit charging Thebo and associates such as his son with misusing funds and…
