Robert Young and Mark Rubinson face charges for allegedly reenacting Weekend at Bernie’s with the body of Young’s pal — but at least they provided a punchline for Shotgun Willie’s, which commemorated its part in the bizarre tale with the offer on the sign in the photo above…
CBS4 has been touting the Broncos’ 24-22 win over the Cincinnati Bengals yesterday by noting that the team is tied for first place in the AFC West — which is technically true but does nothing to put the game into a larger context. Because while Denver deserves credit for prevailing,…
A jury has found Robert Walters, 25, guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Brittney Brashers, in November 2009 by beating her to death. The jury found him not guilty, however, of soliciting the murder of his then-wife, Elena Walters, whom he was cheating on with Brashers. Prosecutors had alleged that Walters…
Meet Willow, a six-year-old calico who has gained five years, one and a half pounds and surprisingly little gray hair since she was lost from her Broomfield home half a decade ago, somehow not eaten by coyotes and discovered Wednesday in the Big Apple. To be clear, that’s roughly 1,800…
“Hello, my name is Donny Andrews. I am a first-time, non-violent offender who has been in prison for 23 years on an 80-year sentence… I came to prison at 20 years of age in 1989, and I am now 43 years old.” Thus begins a recent letter of appeal from…
Last year, we wrote about a new radio series sponsored by Denver Public Schools to teach English to Spanish-speakers. More than 3,000 tuned in and 220 completed the course. Now it’s returning for another year…
Denver blog posts are defined as “Blog posts about Denver.” Mile High Report’s John Bena thinks that after the Broncos limp through 2011, John Elway will handpick his true successor in next year’s draft. Suck for Luck! The Grazing Mind’s Jarod Ballentine offers a natural take on the Naturally Boulder…
Shortly after taking office, Mayor Michael Hancock had suggestion boxes placed in Denver Police substations, and an anonymous selection from districts 5 and 6 provides a fascinating insight into the thoughts of some officers. The focus of the notes — fifteen pages of which are on view below — ranges…
Update below: It’s barely been a month since CenturyLink finished replacing Qwest’s blue light with its own logo at 1801 California Street, one of the most familiar structures in downtown Denver. Now come reports that the company may be vacating the building less than a year from now…
Imagine receiving a letter from an attorney accusing you of illegally downloading a cinematic classic like, say, The Wadfather or The Man Who Blew Too Much, but offering you a chance not to be accused of this offense in public court for a few thousand bucks. Would you take the…
Yesterday was a sweater day. Not a bathing-suit day or a Popsicle day or even a look-out-the-window day, which we could chalk up to this being one of the 65 days of the Colorado year that aren’t graced by sunshine — if only we didn’t know better. It was a…
William Breathes’s post about HempCon 2011, a medical marijuana convention that promoted fake orgasm and hot-ass contests, stirred up a healthy debate about taking MMJ seriously. One reader fears that too much focus on stereotypical pot culture may hurt decriminalization efforts in Colorado and beyond…
The Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012 hasn’t sparked up love from all pro-marijuana activists, but it continues to win support from other sources. According to Regulate proponent Mason Tvert, the latest organizations to endorse the measure are the American Civil Liberties Union and the Libertarian Party of Colorado…
That old saw about timing being everything certainly rings true in the case of Troubleshooter Tom Martino. On the same day he talked about being humbled by filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy due to alleged real-estate liabilities of $78 million (a figure he disputes), the Colorado Association of Real Estate Investors…
As if losing to the Oakland Raiders at home on the first Monday Night Football nightcap of the year wasn’t enough humiliation, the Denver Broncos are a laughingstock again today in the sports world because of a plan by a group of “fans” to buy two billboards in town insisting…
After discovering that a friend of yours is dead, do you (A) call 911; (B) contact a family member; or (C) head off on a Weekend at Bernie’s-style tour of bars and strip clubs, with the fun and frivolity all charged to the deceased? Police say Robert Young and Mark…
This dispensary has closed. Fittingly, Boulder MMC is right next to the office of Boulder’s pot-friendly congressman, Jared Polis, who has repeatedly stood up for state rights to medical marijuana. Boulder MMC owner Frank Horwich says the congressman has been over to his shop a few times, adding that Polis…
Tonight, Stacy Davidor Smith will take her crusade to delay the start of public school in Denver until September to the school board (which will also be taking feedback on its proposal to prevent board members’ overspending). Smith plans to present nearly 3,500 signatures gathered on two separate online petitions…
Sports Authority Field at Mile High is certainly a more appropriate name for Denver’s football stadium now that Invesco has become an obscure financial firm that nearly collapsed during the recession. Sports Authority, after all, is based in Colorado and was born from the stalwart Gart Brothers company. But Sports…
In his spare time, billionaire Philip Anschutz likes to collect interesting bits of Americana, such as cattle ranches, soccer teams, railroads and media and energy companies. As part of his acquisition of the Oklahoma Publishing Company, he’s also picking up the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs — a nice chunk…
It wasn’t until I found a guide to the definition of “stalking” in Initiative 300, Denver’s Paid Sick and Safe Time proposal (Section 18-9-11, page 7) that my interest in the actual wording of the proposal developed into a plan to just plain exploit it. As the newest staffer at…
Denver blog posts comin’ at ya! Scott Gessler’s fundraising dunk is off, but Colorado Pols thinks he should still be in hot water. Denver PR Blog: Nosh with these public-relations leaders. Denver Frank: Hang-gliding and puking are two great things that go great together…
