The appointment of Callie Hendrickson to a board that helps shape the federal government’s wild horse management plan has touched off a frenzy of petitions and protests by horse advocacy groups. They say the Grand Junction woman is a defender of ranching interests who’s endorsed commercial slaughter of “excess horses”…
Update by Michael Roberts: Many observers felt confident that former Denver Broncos defender Perrish Cox would be found guilty of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman last year. After all, DNA evidence showed that he had impregnated her. But moments ago, a jury acquitted Cox of the charges — a decision…
A couple of weeks ago, it seemed all but certain that Wilson Chandler would return to the Nuggets after getting out of his commitment to play in China. But the negotiations stalled amid reports that Chandler might go to Italy if he and Denver couldn’t work out a deal. And…
The criminal complaint against Paul dos Santos Silva, Jr., a Brazilian national, is among the most repulsive documents of its kind you’ll ever read. Why? It features extended online conversations in which he shares his desires to molest a four-year-old — and that’s only the beginning of his shocking fantasies…
Our post about the possible impact of the proposed THC driving bill on senior citizens and veterans because of a zero-tolerance mandate for Schedule I and Schedule II drugs, including many common prescription medications, elicited a slew of strong takes. Here’s the view of a reader who sees a very…
‘Tis the season for trade rumors, so it’s no surprise that Tim Tebow’s name has surfaced in respect to potential deals. After all, anything related to the Chosen One is news right now, including his reported dinner date with Taylor Swift earlier this week. Is there anything to such gossip?…
For more than a month, the Colorado Springs Police Department has been on the lookout for Alonzo Paige, the prime suspect in a quadruple shooting that left two men dead. Imagine their surprise when yesterday afternoon, he walked into police headquarters and surrendered to authorities…
Glenn Beck, media critic? The pundit certainly wore that hat this week, devoting a giant segment of one broadcast to a virtually line-by-line dissection of a 9News piece about Wyoming’s so-called “Doomsday bill.” Does he have a point?…
Green Solution anchors a run-down strip center filled with discount stores, nail salons and a coin-op laundry. It’s nothing impressive, and my initial reaction was to begin questioning my decision to drive to the ‘burbs in the first place. (Like most people I know who grew up in the suburbs,…
Authorities say an embalmer at a Lakewood funeral home found a creepy way to make some cash: pawning the gold teeth of the dead. Adrian Kline, 43, of Brighton, has been indicted on eight counts of providing false information to a pawn broker, two counts of doing the same to…
Denver blog posts think it’s nice to be nice to the nice. Colorado Pols on Jared Polis’s slam of DEA agent Barbara Roach, who wants to move to a city where dispensaries are banned. The Independence Institute’s Amy Oliver on which lawmakers put rate-payers above Xcel. 5280’s photo of the…
The Federal Trade Commission released its 2011 list of consumer complaints, and Colorado topped the charts for a second consecutive year, with the most reported per-capita consumer fraud complaints in the nation. Greeley — ranked No. 1 for large U.S. metro areas — joined Colorado Springs, Boulder and Fort Collins…
Earlier this month, Park County commissioners proposed an ordinance that would put onerous restrictions on home medical marijuana grows. In addition, county officials would be granted unfettered access to such operations…
In our updated post about this past weekend’s Fuck the Police march, a Denver Police spokesman told us he hadn’t personally seen the hurling of urine-filled balloons, mentioned in some reports about the demonstration. That prompted questions about the mechanics of creating such projectiles — and a suggested alternative from…
Jimmy Fleetwood stands accused of pulling a gun on another driver during a road rage incident near Boulder. Why might he have done so? Well, his wife Lauren, who was also busted, since the weapon was found in the car’s backseat near their two young kids, suggests that the Oklahoman…
The 16th Street Mall was temporarily shut down Wednesday, when Occupy Denver staged a march against the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC is a conservative nonprofit that favors large corporations, demonstrators said, and its membership includes over 2,000 state legislators. The protest under the banner of “Shut Down the Corporations”…
On Monday, a Senate committee passed a THC-driving limits bill that’s broader than one that fell short last year. As Senator Morgan Carroll noted here yesterday, the proposal establishes zero tolerance for any Schedule I or Schedule II drugs, including many prescription medications. Cannabis activist Rico Colibri thinks the result…
A 77-year-old grandmother survived what appears to have been an approximately five-hour-long ordeal during which she was repeatedly abused and threatened with weapons ranging from what turned out to be a toy gun to an actual knife. The alleged assailant, who was taken into custody by Colorado Springs Police? Her…
This month’s mug shot roundup features arrestees at the center of an uncommonly wide range of offenses — from an alleged cell phone thief/reseller to Jeremiah Barnum (pictured), a convicted hate criminal shot to death by police. See the entire collection below, and be sure to click on the links…
The latest rumored Tim Tebow crush (following Lindsey Vonn and plenty of others)? Pop-country warbler Taylor Swift, who reportedly dined with The Chosen One in Century City the night after the Oscars. That’s the kind of news that gets people tweeting. Look below to see our ten favorite reactions, featuring…
DMV branches are often unpleasant, but the men’s room at the central Denver branch, at 1865 West Mississippi Avenue, is off-the-charts. Aside from the questionable cleanliness of the facilities seen in the video below, virtually every surface has been tagged by graffiti, transforming the space into one capable of scaring…
When you’ve turned nothing into something once already, you tend to feel you can do it again. There’s faith your luck will turn. Perhaps it’s delusion. But for a professional poker player, self-confidence is essential. So it is for Walter Wright, who now finds himself in Costa Rica. He left…
