Although Colorado Department of Health spokesman Mark Salley says red card renewal time for medical marijuana patients remains under 35 days, we keep hearing different stories. For instance, one patient tells us she’s been waiting more than two months for her card despite the fact that the state cashed her…
An early morning phone call with John (“J.T.”) Sexton reveals two things: He is good with mornings, and he is elated. For the past two weeks, an investigation for felony assault on a police officer has trailed the Occupy Denver protester like a minor plague, and it has ruined both…
Yesterday, we shared the story of Cristina Amaro, whose two small dogs, Latte and Swag, appear to have been shot to death. The post prompted one reader to castigate such actions while at the same time stressing that owners of noisy pets need to be take responsibility for their actions…
Those of us lucky enough to have visited St. Malo Retreat Center know it’s a gorgeous facility — or at least it was, before a blaze broke out there on Monday. At this writing, Boulder County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Rick Brough says the fire is still burning, although it’s been…
Update: On November 4, Thomas Bashline, a 42-year-old who occasionally worked as a trainer for the Harlem Globetrotters, was found murdered in his Frederick home. Speculation about a motive included allusions to a Bashline side business testing athletes for performance enhancing drugs. But now, Fox31 is reporting that a suspect…
While neither Occupy Denver nor its donors have been getting much love from the Denver Police Department, at least OD dog leader Shelby is generating good publicity nationwide. Last night, the pooch scored airtime on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC program courtesy of a photo and quote from Kelsey Whipple’s coverage. And…
Although the Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of America (MMAPA) is a serious organization, the group recently sent out an apparently silly release — a suggestion that marijuana advocates adopt as their mascot a photo illustration of incoming Denver Police Chief Robert White as pot superhero Captain Cannabis. But the MMAPA’s…
According to a witness, Devon Weinstein deliberately broke the legs of a seven-month-old girl, Faith Woodward. He was originally given a 21-year jolt for his crimes. But now, a judge has reduced his sentence, making it possible he could be set free as soon as next year. Why? That’s what…
In the nearly two months that Occupy Denver has called a single block of Broadway its ideological home, the group has seen more ups and downs than Colorado’s fall thermometer. Before the protest marks its two-month anniversary on November 23, take a chronological look back at the occupation’s best and…
“Pipe Dreams,” Colin Bane, November 10 Board Games Great article on the evolution of thinking in the snow-sports industry. Unfortunately, the players show a great amount of local prejudice, and as a result have either overlooked or omitted some of the most important history. “Pre-Internet” tribal knowledge is priceless and…
Managing a single buffalo is hard enough — as University of Colorado football fans learned on November 5, before a game against USC, when two of the cowboy-hat-clad trainers for Ralphie, CU’s real live buffalo mascot, wiped out while they were running around Folsom Field with their woolly, 1,300-pound charge…
In 1989, U.S. Marine Leo Brunnick was in the jungle, training a group of Thai Royal Marines. He gestured to the top of a hill and told the Thais to run up there. It was the best position — easy to defend and difficult to invade — and a simple…
Here’s a context-free collection of comments posted after assorted blogs on patheos.com. Apparently, thou shalt not behave any better on the Internet than thou doth in public. No! We can’t elect this guy! He might suddenly stop hating gay people! And that would be terrible! One man’s religion is just…
As reported in this space on Friday, a new study from Common Cause tracks how oil and gas interests spent $747 million on lobbying and campaign donations since 2001 to win congressional support for “fracking,” hydraulic fracturing drilling methods that involve using toxic chemicals. Which may be why the House…
Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games. We showcase them in our quasi-regular product review section, Stoner MacGyver. The latest? The Kashtray…
To give to Occupy Denver, a movement that depends considerably upon large and frequent donations, you have several options. The easiest is simply to drive by the occupation between 14th and Colfax on Broadway and put on your hazard lights for about two minutes while protesters help you remove whatever…
Denver blog posts comin’ at ya. Denver Egotist’s Felix promotes truth in advertising with hilarious fake ads for Hooters, Coors and more. Mile High Mamas’ Amber Johnson: Seven volunteer opportunities. Free Colorado’s Ari Armstrong: Listeria outbreak calls for changes, not hysteria…
On Saturday, following the closing night screening of The Artist, the folks at the Starz Denver Film Festival threw a party at the Ellie’s Studio Loft to celebrate the successful conclusion of the 34th annual bash. Our Brandon Marshall was there, capturing shots of acting award winner Alan Cumming, fest…
With 23 arrests related to Occupy Denver this weekend, the group’s legal team is constantly adapting. This includes a new decision to request that arrestees go through the public defender’s office instead of receiving volunteer counsel, as well as frequent reflections on precedents. At this weekend’s arraignment, occupation legal strategist…
In our post about Denver Police videos meant to improve the department’s image, spokesman Lt. Matt Murray pointed out that 94.4 percent of officers received no complaints in 2010. One reader wasn’t impressed by this number…
Another jam-packed weekend — and Westworders were there to bring you all the action, courtesy of our Cafe Society, Backbeat Online and Show and Tell blogs, plus our slideshow page. Look below to check out samples featuring Tech N9NE, a clothes swap, Boulder Cafe’s happy hour and a lumberjack party…
The Ellie Caulkins Opera House was south of capacity for the Starz Denver Film Festival’s closing night feature on Saturday, and that made some degree of sense. After all, the flick being showcased was The Artist, which is both black-and-white and silent. Yet the film, by French director Michel Hazanavicius,…
