A terrifying scene unfolded during the early hours of this morning in Lakewood. Information is still being gathered. But at this writing, we know that a man allegedly took two women hostage at knifepoint, precipitating a tense standoff involving police that ended with the accused and his victims hospitalized, albeit…
Tim Tebow believers have always viewed him as a miracle worker, and after the Broncos’ 17-10 win over the Kansas City Chiefs yesterday, they’ve got more inexplicable evidence to support their argument. As his Lord and Savior conjured up loaves and fishes, Tebow created a victory out of thin air…
In the wake of twenty new Occupy Denver arrests made Saturday, three more were added to that list when Civic Center Park grew tense again last night. During an attempt to remove a newly established table from the curb, about thirty officers visited the park and dispensed pepper spray on…
Update, 8:44 p.m. November 12: According to Occupy Denver’s website, sixteen arrests have been confirmed so far. The group remains mobilized downtown. While both Civic Center Park and Lincoln Park have been closed, protesters will be allowed to camp outside again in the future, but will not be allowed to…
Yesterday morning, 22 people woke up sweating against each other in the same Occupy Denver fort. The situation was better than that one time they forgot to build in ventilation and woke up without air, but it reinforced the need for a second entrance. In the week that Occupy Denver’s…
Time to loosen your belt — your wallet is about to get fatter. Effective January 1, 2012, Colorado’s minimum wage will go up by 28 cents per hour — from $7.36 to $7.74 for salaried employees and from $4.34 to $4.62 for tipped ones…
As the oil and gas industry has turned increasingly to hydraulic fracturing to extract reserves, fears about groundwater contamination from the toxic chemicals used in “fracking” have intensified. And that’s prompted a $747 million spending spree by major industry players in an effort to allay those fears and influence key…
“Rocky, Rocky, Rocky! Fight, Fight, Fight!” That’s the cheer of the number-one roller derby team in the country: Denver’s own Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, who kicked all sorts of spandex-ed ass last year to win the WFTDA Championships. The team will defend that title starting today at the 1stBANK Center Broomfield,…
Denver blog posts get crunk on the weekends, just like you. Predominantly Orange’s Kim Constantinesco thinks the Chiefs’ questionable secondary gives Tim Tebow a chance to improve his 46.4 completion percentage. Big Media’s Jason Salzman on the on-air pledge to get the two-time-losing Personhood Amendment on Colorado’s November 2012 ballot…
No, we’re not making this up: According to the Daily Camera, Boulder city officials will soon consider whether or not to impose an eight mile-per-hour speed limit for bicycles entering or traversing a crosswalk. Strikes us as totally unenforceable, unless the city installs new photo-radar technology at ground level that’s…
If Lomon Sar is a, uh, veteran of the Call of Duty video games, then he’s used to blowing things up — at least in his digital fantasy land. But police say Somon, 31, forgot to leave his fantasy world behind on Tuesday when he threatened to blow up a…
Last night, Occupy Denver sleepers were greeted around midnight by police officers who asked them to clear the sidewalks. Although a few people did so, the group as a whole remained in the same space, and it’s unclear whether the warning comes with future action. It should be noted, however,…
It’s been almost a month since authorities raided Cherry Top Farms dispensary, even though the center wasn’t the target of an investigation. But the MMC remains closed, and while Cherry Top reps met with the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division yesterday, there’s still no timeline for reopening — and the longer…
What to do if you’ve called 911 about two men about to break into your house but the cops haven’t arrived? One Colorado Springs woman responded by screaming — loudly — as captured on a police recording below. And the tactic worked, as cops managed to collar a pair of…
It’s not surprising that our post about the GLBT Color Guard being the first gay group allowed to march in Denver’s Veterans Day parade would attract some hateful commentary. Here’s one reader’s attempt to offer an antidote…
For a decade, 7News investigative reporter Tony Kovaleski has been one of local TV’s most reliable trouble-stirrers. But starting in January, he’ll have a new address: KNTV, an NBC owned-and-operated station in the Bay Area. Kovaleski, who grew up in San Jose, is making the move because of the opportunity,…
For all intents and purposes, Shelby, Occupy Denver’s new canine leader, appears to be a polite and demure, if strangely food-focused, politician. The three-and-a-half-year-old will lead the group’s march against corporate personhood this weekend, and all of her actions to date have been as sure-footed as someone with four paws…
New data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment shows that as of September 30, there were 102,592 patients active in the medical marijuana registry. That’s 26,000 fewer patients than the registry’s peak enrollment of 128,698 back in June — a decline of more than 20 percent…
It’s only been two years since Republic Airways Holdings bested Southwest in the Frontier Airlines sweepstakes — but the Republic-Frontier pairing is already headed for Splitsville. This week, Republic CEO Bryan Bedford said the firm is looking at selling Frontier, prompting speculation that Southwest or JetBlue may become bidders. But…
Medical marijuana dispensaries have not only made Denver one of the most, um, medicated places in the United States; they’ve also made the Mile High one of the dankest-smelling cities in the nation. On some streets, the scent of cannabis can appear as just a faint whiff over the other…
As a Grand Junction native, I can assure you that the Western Slope town has never been known as the Naked City — and it won’t now, despite the exploits of Leslie Lind, who allegedly committed a robbery while displaying his moneymaker and a lot more. The reason? Lind kept…
This dispensary has closed. We’ve got a new college intern around here, and her youthful energy and endless fascination with all things cannabis remind me of my own college-age years. Back then, getting ounces of herb wasn’t as easy as walking down to the nearby dispensary. You had to be…
