With private banks being pressured by the federal government to close dispensary business accounts, the State of Colorado needs to charter a brand-new Legal Dispensary Bank designed with the financial success of the medical marijuana industry in mind…..
Today’s Boulder Daily Camera features an article in which University of Colorado ethnic studies professor Darryl Maeda calls a Fox Sports report about CU and Utah joining the Pac-12 conference “demeaning” to Asians. But the newspaper didn’t really need to seek out an expert to make this claim. Anyone with…
Yesterday, Alan Prendergast counted down the five worst speed traps in Denver, according to one website. But they’re hardly the only places where heavy-footed drivers are in danger of picketing, according to a reader…
The media coverage of the upcoming ten year anniversary of 9/11 has focused on the terrorist strikes and their aftermath. But what would the big stories in Denver have been if the attacks never happened? Look below at the lost top ten from the day before the tragedy, and imagine…
Eric Holloway and Tiffane Ward have been arrested in connection with the shooting — in the back — of a thus-far unidentified teenager yesterday. But they might have gotten away were it not for Ray Ruiz, a maintenance worker who risked his own life to make sure the pair wound…
The Denver Broncos like making videos. There were the ones that former team employee Steve Scarnecchia filmed last year of a San Francisco 49ers practice in London; those wound up costing the team and former head coach Josh McDaniels $50,000 each in fines. Then there were the slightly more upbeat…
“Tome on the Range,” Patricia Calhoun, September 1, 2011 Last Writes New mayor, same old song. We can only hope that Michael Hancock will recognize the importance of the Denver arts scene and pick a local author for One Book, One Denver next year. That, at least, would be something…
Drew Pomeranz eats appendectomies and shits perfect innings. And now, the prize of the Ubaldo Jimenez trade is officially a major-league baseball player. Just over two weeks after having an emergency appendectomy, Pomeranz pitched three perfect innings yesterday for the Tulsa Drillers, the Rockies’ Double-A affiliate. He will join the…
Update: Last week, Steven James Hernandez was arrested on suspicion of murder in an apartment house located at 1525 Perry Street. Now, the Denver coroner’s office has released the identity of the victim: 55-year-old Maurice Sevier. Cause of death: multiple stab wounds. Look below for our earlier reporting…
This week’s cover story, “The Plot Thickens,” tells the story of husband-and-wife private detectives Shaun Kaufman and Colleen Collins and the time they followed a no-good cheating spouse to the bar at Sushi Den, which he was using as his own personal love den. But not all of their cases…
Our Denver blog roundup feels refreshed after a holiday weekend. Colorado Independent’s David O. Williams on conservative tastemaker Charles Koch likening Barack Obama to a certain executed Iraqi strongman at a mountain confab. Free Range Longmont’s Kaye Fissinger: Solve the budget problem by eliminating empathy! Denver Egotist provides a glimpse…
When many people are asked for first impressions about Boulder, they think of weed, beautiful scenery, weed, a healthy lifestyle, weed, CU and weed, in that order. But frugality? Not so much — and that’s appropriate according to ShopAtHome.com, which specializes in printable coupons and online shopping. When judging all…
Much like the residents of the Skyland neighborhood, fungal mats are the most prolific biological entities on the planet and respond with inherent intelligence to stressed environments by recycling plant and animal debris into a nutritious food source…..
The National Motorists Association lists Denver and Colorado Springs among the ten worst cities in the U.S. and Canada for speed traps, based on reported motorist sightings. And Colorado is the fourth highest state on a per capita basis when it comes to the rate of reported new radar-gun locations,…
Boulder may have a reputation as the Weed Capitol of the United States, but the city’s medical marijuana center licensing requirements are arguably tougher than Denver’s. And they could get even more stringent if city council passes an MMJ advertising proposal it’ll mull over tonight…
Last week, we tried to ease the pain caused by the Broncos’ blowout loss to the Arizona Cardinals by sharing a gallery of behind-the-scenes shots from the Denver Broncos Cheerleaders 2012 calendar photo shoot. We meant well, but a reader let us know our decision had unforeseen repercussions…
The perfect weather brought out a perfect crowd to this year’s Taste of Colorado, and Westword’s Dave Ingraham was there to capture snaps of memorable attendees. And other photogs were equally busy. Check out galleries devoted to Phish, Blink-182, Selena Gomez, Ke$ha and more on our overflowing slideshow page…
Early — very early — into the Labor Day holiday weekend, gunfire erupted near MGM’s Restaurant & Lounge. The result: Patricio Archuleta died of his wounds, and Luis Meza has been arrested on suspicion of pulling the trigger. But Meza didn’t go into custody quietly…
The list of Denver Broncos players cut prior to the start of the regular season included a starter from last year: cornerback Perrish Cox. And while members of the team’s brass insist the decision was made due to on-the-field issues, questions about his ability cropped up about the same time…
Update: Catherine Keske, the CSU professor sentenced to ninety days in jail for contempt of court over a parenting dispute with her ex-husband involving a secure e-mail account for her son, among other things, was abruptly released less than 36 hours after the hearing in her case recounted below. On…
Last month, we told you that Nugget Kenyon Martin’s house was up for sale, adding to speculation that he wouldn’t return to the team. Remember that one of our first clues Carmelo Anthony planned to leave Denver was when he put his house on the market, a transaction that ultimately…
Update below: Today — gloriously breezy today! — Denver Public Schools students will finally get a respite from the oppressive heat that has marked the end of August. And since most city schools don’t have air-conditioning, many parents and school district officials have been left wondering: Should school start in…
