The Fourth of July holiday is the official start of the weekend warrior/mountain madness season. Considering all of the inherent recreation dangers possible, the Colorado Department of Transportation should place signs on state highways to warn residents and visitors about the hazards of having summertime fun in the high country…..
Last October, Tim Albo was the victim of a hit-and-run accident that left him in a coma; companion Heather Kornman was also badly injured. And while the driver, Brandon Mondragon, was subsequently charged and convicted of the crime, his six-month sentence so frustrated Albo’s family that they’re fighting to change…
William Breathes’ post about the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division’s employee licensing troubles, which ultimately led to at least a month’s extension of the July 1 deadline, was filled with stories of delays and frustrations. One reader handled the obstacles calmly — with one notable exception…
Englewood’s Charles Hay Elementary, at 3195 South Lafayette Street, is out of session for the summer. No wonder a neighbor was caught off-guard upon hearing a faint voice emanating from the building yesterday — and even more surprised by what the person in question was saying: “Help. Call 911.” What…
Luke Irvin Chrisco, busted for peeping at women from inside a porta-potty tank — an act he sees as being worshipful of nature’s goddesses — has certainly left his mark on the Internet. He’s posted loads of videos under his pseudonym, Skye Oryan, including clips of thigh massages and more…
On Real Time with Bill Maher, New York Times media writer David Carr suggested those of us living Kansas, Missouri and other “middle places” represent “the dance of the low-sloping foreheads.” Afterward, as folks with foreheads of all sizes (even giant ones, like Carr’s) debated the wisecrack, he retweeted about…
Timothy Masters was awarded $4.1 million by the Eighth Judicial District of Larimer County and received $5.9 million from the City of Fort Collins after being wrongly convicted in the 1987 murder of Peggy Hettrick. But he’s now received something just as valuable — he’s been officially exonerated in the…
What should pharmacists do about medical marijuana? Because it’s a criminalized substance under federal law, pharmacists, like other health-care workers, aren’t supposed to have anything to do with it. On the other hand, pharmacists want to meet the needs of their patients, many of whom have medical marijuana IDs. The…
Back in the lock-em-up frenzy of the 1990s, overcrowded state prison systems relied heavily on the emerging private prison industry to handle their excess inmates. Now that state prison populations are falling, you might expect the private sector to be taking a few hits, too — but guess again. For…
Keep those Denver blog posts coming. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein rounds up positive NBA draft grades for the Denver Nuggets, who worked wonders with only a No. 22 pick coming in. Colorado Pols on one of the Koch brothers’ special guests this weekend: Texas guv Rick Perry. BigMedia’s Jason Salzman…
Update: We asked for your crazy parking ticket stories, Denver, and you delivered! But alas, only one story can win a $25 Smart Card — and that story was penned by Harvey, whose meter-maid ex-wife liberally exercised her ticket-writing powers, post-divorce. See below for Harvey’s full story — and read…
Wearing a denim dress and an ankle bracelet, her Mohawk combed down and decorated with a blue bandanna, Amelia Nicol looked very different yesterday morning than she had three weeks earlier, when she appeared in Denver County Court on June 9 in shackles and an orange jumpsuit, disheveled and facing…
There’s nothing like a good neighbor — and according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Ronald Eugene Miller is nothing like one. Or at least he wasn’t earlier this month, when he decided to get comfortable in a nearby house. Really comfortable…
By arranging compact cabbages in spiral clusters around a thick stalk in an effort to realize maximum nutritional values with minimal land use, the Stapleton Brussels sprout has quickly become the profit-driven urban planner’s dream vegetable…..
Four people were arrested following the hit-and-run death of Rockstar Lounge valet Jose Medina — and last week, three of them, including Norma Vera-Nolasco, who was allegedly so drunk she didn’t realize she’d run over someone, pleaded guilty. Now, the holdout, Eliu Montes-Garcia, has entered a guilty plea, too…
Update: There’s good news about the Maxwell fire near Boulder. The blaze has only consumed sixty acres, not the 100 acres originally estimated — and high humidity helped firefighters bump the containment up from 25 percent to 40 percent. But even as the fight goes on, authorities are looking for…
Our item yesterday about the Denver Post cutting Doonesbury from its print edition attracted some appropriately cutting comments. Here’s one from a reader who has a theory about why the Post is still running one particularly antiquated strip…
Colorado Public Radio has been trying to unload 1340 AM for ages, with no luck. Now, after years of simulcasting its news programming on the signal in order to retain the outlet’s license, the organization has decided to launch an original, rock-oriented station at the frequency this fall and has…
Want more evidence of soccer’s growing popularity in this country? Look no further than yesterday’s White House ceremony honoring your Colorado Rapids, winner of the MLS Cup. Owner Stan Kroenke and the whole crew were on hand as President Barack Obama, self-declared “soccer dad,” feted the team’s accomplishments in exchange…
Update: Luke Irvin Chrisco, the man who became internationally famous for hiding in the tank of a porta-potty at a yoga festival in order to scope women’s nether regions, cheerfully admits that peeping at females using toilets is practically a religion for him. And the details he’s provided thus far…
“It’s finally over,” says Kurt Riggin about his twisted legal odyssey. He’d originally been accused of attempting to influence a public servant and criminal impersonation in Park County stemming from advocacy on behalf of a medical marijuana patient who claimed law enforcement was harassing him. But the case was dropped…
The case of Lisa Norton, who’s accused of trying to swim away from a fatal accident she allegedly caused, keeps getting more bizarre. Authorities now confirm that she was sentenced to probation for DUI last Thursday, just two days before the crash that killed Gabriel Nielsen — and cops, who…
