Race of the Santas offered quite a Saturday sight, with Santas of every shape, size and description racing down Main Street in Breckenridge. The benefit for Adopt an Angel Summit County resulted in a jelly-shaking sprint that ended, appropriately enough, with a giveaway of toys to kids in the crowd…
The shocking arrest of former Arapahoe County Sheriff Pat Sullivan on suspicion of trying to trade meth for sex drew a series of strong responses from readers. Here’s a comment from someone who feels Sullivan deserves credit and compassion despite the current charges…
Last week, in a post about the CU Boulder student legislative council passing a resolution to move the annual 4/20 event off campus, we noted that the university had topped a survey by Newsweek and the Daily Beast of the nation’s druggiest colleges. But CU spokesman Bronson Hilliard — who…
The term “suicide by cop” has become a well-known phrase among fans of TV police procedurals and the like. And at this point, an officer-involved shooting that took place yesterday afternoon near a Kmart on West Evans appears to be an extremely literal example of the phenomenon…
In a small ceremony at a cozy coffee shop Friday night, Ruth Kanatser, the “mama bear” of the little red house on Lipan Street that’s home to the Harm Reduction Action Center, won the inaugural Josephine Roche Award, named for Denver’s first policewoman. Kanatser shares many of Roche’s best qualities,…
No telling how many heathens among Broncos Nation have been converted by Tim Tebow’s stint as the team’s starting QB, but they probably number in the thousands by now. After all, the way Denver’s been winning — including yesterday’s 35-32 victory over the Vikings — is nearly as good as…
Corey Donahue is a busy man. Click on his name and you will find a list of the Occupy Denver protester and medical marijuana activist’s most recent exploits, which this post will add to with restraining orders. A botched attempt to enter the State Capitol Tuesday afternoon resulted in his…
This week’s cover story, “A Hard Line,” looks deeper into complaints against a Westminster charter school called the Ricardo Flores Magon Academy. One former teacher is now suing the school, claiming she was discriminated against and then fired in 2009 after she called in sick with the swine flu, which…
Denver blog posts have the most. Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic says Colorado’s Obama campaign team is already deep into battle plans for next November’s election. But who’ll be in their sights? Square State’s Zappatero’s not thrilled about the departure of Mario Solis-Marich from AM 760. Unseen Denver features a guest…
The sad, weird and increasingly shocking case involving former Arapahoe County Sheriff Patrick J. Sullivan — whose name adorns the jail there — has dominated the headlines this week. And it’s likely to get even more bizarre. Essentially, the story is this: Sullivan, 68, a well-respected lifelong lawman and onetime…
And so it begins. At a Monday hearing, Occupy Denver and the City and County of Denver will face off in a courtroom over attorney David Lane’s motion for an injunction against the enforcement of municipal ordinances seen as restricting the protest’s free speech — like, for instance, honks in…
Martin Lobatos must be a really good driver, because he passed his test with no sweat when he was supposedly on the verge of catatonia. That was par for the course in one of the weirdest-ever workman’s comp cases — a years-long scam for which Lobatos and his wife, Belen,…
Senator Pat Steadman has been floating the idea of starting up a sort of medical marijuana center credit union for a few months now, ever since the two remaining local banks to do business with pot shops — Colorado Springs State Bank and the Bank of Denver — had an…
Our post about Sir Richard’s, a Boulder condom company with a one-for-one charity component, was spurred by a condom-giveaway project by CU-Boulder student Sean DePaula. His good deed got a shout-out from one reader…
Yesterday’s storm definitely presented a sticky situation — and now we know why. Check out this AccuWeather snow-prediction map of the system noticed by Boulder’s Open Snow — a stand-up example of weather porn if ever there was one. Watch out, Canada! It’s coming your way!…
Last night, the legislative council of the CU Boulder student government, known collectively as CUSG, passed a resolution calling for the annual 4/20 celebration to be moved off-campus. The vote was unanimous, which CUSG vice president of external affairs Brooks Kanski sees as significant…
There’s a lot of weirdness circling around 32-year-old Scott Mendias. Right now, he’s recovering from a gunshot wound at the hands of police after he allegedly reached for what turned out to be a toy weapon — an incident only slightly less bizarre than one that had landed him behind…
It’s the latest addition to Tim Tebow’s legend: Before overtime versus San Diego, he reportedly told teammates, “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another” (aka Proverbs 27:17) and then led Denver to victory. What Bible verse might spark the squad against the Vikings on Sunday? Here are our…
It’s been a crazy month for Colorado crime, and we’ve got the mug shots to prove it. Page down below to see pics of everyone from the woman who grabbed a bar staffer’s balls in a way that went beyond friendliness to the former Arapahoe County sheriff behind bars in…
This week’s cover story, “A Hard Line,” takes a look at the Ricardo Flores Magon Academy, a charter school in Westminster with both high test scores and a high number of former teachers, one of whom recently filed a discrimination lawsuit against the school. Among complaints voiced by some former…
Last month, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released statistics for the medical marijuana registry showing a roughly 20 percent decrease in patients from August to September. At the time, it was anybody’s guess as to what caused the drop off. But an announcement from the CDPHE may…
Let it snow Denver blog posts. Colorado Pols notes that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee lists Mike Coffman (and Scott Tipton) on its “most vulnerable” hit list. Move a few lines and all hell breaks loose. Free Colorado’s Ari Armstrong looks at his year in review. Denver Stiffs’ Jeffrey Morton…
