Earlier this week, we asked if the CU Buffs and the CSU Rams could get past their first matchups in the annual NCAA men’s basketball tournament. In the case of the Buffs, the answer was a sometimes resounding, sometimes nerve-racking but ultimately thrilling “yes” via a 68-64 victory over highly…
The Denver Police Department has compiled a list of its nineteen top murder suspects, all of whom remain at large at this writing. The crimes go back to 1980, and anti-immigration types will no doubt notice that the vast majority of them are Hispanic, with at least one suspected of…
In the past, Democrats were more likely to support regulating marijuana for recreational use, while Republicans felt otherwise. But growing evidence suggests this may no longer be the case. Take the Denver County Republican Assembly, a majority of whom appear to support Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol act…
It’s hard to believe that it has been two years since I last visited the Giving Tree in Denver. Time flies when you’re stoned. Most everything has remained physically the same about the shop, but the space was never an issue; it was seeds. But the quality of herb seems…
Editor’s note: This is the latest profile in Kelsey Whipple’s ongoing series highlighting local political activists. When Eleanor Dewey dropped out of Aurora’s Grandview High School her sophomore year, the decision was an easy one. As a young trans woman who felt no connection to her coursework, her peers and…
Real-estate investor Aaron Million’s modest proposal to build a 550-mile pipeline to move water from southwest Wyoming to Colorado’s Front Range has lots of critics. But a major challenge facing opponents is how to get city types to understand what’s at stake, including the spectacular scenery and recreation of the…
Denver blog posts are completely insane whether March Madness is going on or not. Roundball Mining Company’s Charlie thinks the success or failure of the Nuggets’ ongoing negotiations with Wilson Chandler will determine their level of activity (or inactivity) at the NBA trade deadline. Colorado Peak Politics says big lefties…
In this week’s cover story, “Spin City!,” we took a look at the little-known realities of Denver’s most obvious pedestrians: sign twirlers. Also known as sign spinners — but never sign holders or sign fliers — these human billboards come with a wide gap in expectations. At the Denver franchise…
Strange but true: The local media has all but ignored a police chase and shootout in California that left one Colorado prison escapee dead and another one in custody. Why? Perhaps because Christian Valdez, who was killed, and Jose Herrera, back behind bars, were juveniles when they were imprisoned –…
Kelsey Whipple’s post about the profane exchange between Fox31’s Eli Stokols and Occupy Denver protesters was a big conversation starter, with plenty of folks exhibiting vastly different takes on the same topic. Example: a reader who thinks Stokols should have kept himself in check despite provocation from the OD forces…
At 2 p.m. today, the Colorado Personhood Coalition will hold a press conference at a very pointed location — a local Planned Parenthood office — to tout the beginning of a petition drive for the latest version of a Personhood resolution. And campaign reps including Kristi Burton Brown, the face…
Update:This week, Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett wrote a letter to U.S. Attorney John Walsh asking him not to send seizure threats to any Boulder medical marijuana dispensaries conforming to state and local land use regulations. When asked about the note, Walsh’s spokesman said his boss would respond directly to…
No post has ever fit more snugly in our Colorado Crimes category than this one. That’s because the citation nineteen-year-old Seth Franco received yesterday involves the fallout from his inability to get his cat to run around a park on a leash. Really…
On Sunday, Joseph Shematek, a 71 year old from Windsor, died at St. Anthony’s Hospital following a skiing accident in Loveland. By our count, he’s the seventeenth person to pass away as a result of injuries on the slopes of a Colorado resort this season, tying it for the deadliest…
Even as Broncos Nation waits to find out if former Indianpolis Colts megastar Peyton Manning will bring his act to Denver, Twitter Nation is abuzz over the news that the plane in which he traveled to Nashville yesterday to meet with the Tennessee Titans braintrust parked in Taylor Swift’s hangar…
A few months back, we here at Mile Highs and Lows begged and pleaded for you to help convince the folks at the South By Southwest Interactive Conference in Austin, Texas to let us talk about marijuana journalism at what is arguably the most important media conference in America. Thanks…
Denver blog posts are made of all-natural ingredients. Colorado Pols shares Diana DeGette’s response to Mitt Romney’s negative comments about Planned Parenthood. No, they can’t be considered an endorsement. Mile High Mamas’ Catherine considers the “kid blender.” No, it’s not a horrific new kitchen appliance. The Ralphie Report’s Jon Woods…
It’s a busy time on the “Former Broncos who have spent a lot of time in court” beat. Perrish Cox, fresh from being acquitted of a sex crime, has landed a two-year contract with the 49ers, while Brandon Marshall was traded by Miami to Chicago in what some initially theorized…
Update below: When Occupy Denver members mark the group’s six-month anniversary next week, they’ll focus on accomplishments. One example: Protesters recently interrupted and shut down a live Fox 31 broadcast with complaints of subpar previous coverage. From there, as you’ll see in the video below, the F-bombs fly, with reporter…
Later today, seventeen scholarships will be handed out at a local venue. No, it’s not a graduation ceremony at a high school or college. Rather, the event will take place amid an evening of education and entertainment sponsored by Colorado Patients Out of Time, an organization that patient advocate Jason…
In March 2011, Patricia Calhoun called for an end to 3.2 beer, which she referred to as a loser legacy of Prohibition. A year later, 3.2 beer continues to survive in the Colorado marketplace, and one reader is mighty happy about it, as he makes clear in this belated post…
Update: As we’ve stressed in our coverage of skiing deaths at Colorado resorts during what may now be tied for the most lethal season on record (more on that below), the victims are far more than statistics. This message comes through loud and clear in the online obituary for Truitt…
