Denver’s homegrown airline, Frontier, was once a local darling. Its local ties, funny animals and scrappy attitude gave people the alternative they needed a decade ago to United Airlines, which dominated the gates at Denver International Airport for a long time and pissed off just about everyone at one time…
This week, Righthaven, a Nevada firm specializing in copyright-infringement litigation, finally acknowledged its relationship with MediaNews Group, owner of the Denver Post, in a filing on view below related to a dropped lawsuit against chronically ill, mildly autistic hobby blogger Brian Hill. Why? Hill attorney David Kerr thinks recent rulings…
At 7 a.m. today, a source tells Westword, approximately 200 medical marijuana industry employees hoping to get their license applications processed by the July 1 deadline were lined up outside the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division offices — but around 140 of them were turned away. Why? The volume of applicants…
Known as green beans or snap beans in other parts of Denver, Cole pole beans are excellent, inner-city stringless bean plants that are far more productive than bush bean variety. The perfect choice for tight spots and narrow lots in historic neighborhoods, Cole pole bean plants become upwardly mobile when…
Prominent Boulder-area realtor Curtis Hilty was found guilty in April of two felonies — sexual assault on a helpless victim and sex assault-overcoming a victim’s will — for raping a twenty-year-old babysitter while she slept. Yet when he was sentenced yesterday, a judge gave him only thirty days in jail…
Patricia Calhoun’s on-site report about this week’s Great Marijuana Legalization Debate has quickly become a platform for debate among folks representing all sides of the issue. Here’s a strong post from a reader who feels some advocates are living in a fantasy world…
Gil Spencer, former editor of the Denver Post, who died early this morning at the age of 85, was a rarity: a veteran journalist who was beloved by one and all — and especially by the people with whom he once worked. That’s certainly true of Neil Westergaard, currently editor…
Last night’s NBA draft didn’t look to be an eventful one with the Denver Nuggets, what with the team drafting way down at the number 22 position and the prospect of a lockout making franchises cautious about big trades. But the Nugs made a splash anyhow with the selection of…
This week’s feature story, “Shall We Trance?” by Amber Taufen profiles Lisa Wimberger, who teaches cops how to de-stress for success. Here, Wimberger offers up these ways to de-stress after a hard day — ideas around her top five to-dos. Story by Wimberger, illustrations by Jay Vollmar…
Representative Rhonda Fields is out to put a positive face on the youth of Aurora. After hosting the first Teens Turning Political Summit at the Community College of Aurora earlier this month, Fields and her team have created a teen advisory council, composed of eighteen students who attended the summit…
The Denver blog post shortage hasn’t hit yet. Mile High Report shares a video of Tim Tebow on the Jimmy Kimmel show. Sure hope a possible labor deal doesn’t hurt his book sales. BigMedia.org’s Jason Salzman criticizes the Post for equating Michael Hancock to Judge Edward Nottingham in the Denver…
Why was a seventeen-year-old repeatedly punched in the stomach and head? She says her sin was wanting to stop hooking — and that allegedly angered Chester Gray, Frank Devoe and Ryann Pangle, who’ve been charged with crimes ranging from trafficking in children to second-degree kidnapping…
Medical marijuana critic William Breathes discovered some strains unfamiliar to him while reviewing Mayflower Wellness — and there’s plenty new in our just-updated MMJ listings as well. Click to access our medical-marijuana dispensary directory…
This dispensary has closed. To me, summer is the season of bike rides to Rockies games, barbecues, disc golf, and smoking joints under beautiful Colorado skies. The latter being one of my favorites, I’ve been looking for new strains to twist up and enjoy, and after checking out Mayflower Wellness’s…
Glenwood Springs’ Strawberry Days festival has been an area staple for more than a century, and this year’s edition featured train rides, a pirate-coloring contest, a pie-eating challenge and a search for a “Glenwood Idol,” among many other scheduled events. But one happening wasn’t announced in advance: a raid by…
Long before it was developed in the 1950s, the University Hills neighborhood was home to a huge prairie dog colony. The noisy varmints were attracted to the University Hills parsnip plants that grew wild and were a mainstay of their diet. While much remains the same today, the prairie dogs…
In a recent post about Frontier Airlines’ cost-saving agreement with pilots, I noted that my loyalty to Denver’s hometown airline had diminished in the face of Southwest’s bags-fly-free policy. Turns out, though, that one Southwest pilot isn’t that fond of old bags — especially if they work as flight attendants…
Reps of the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division say they want a positive relationship with the MMJ industry. But news that MMED enforcement chief Marco Vasquez accompanied a SWAT team on a recent grow raid raised concern among some advocates. And they likely won’t be reassured when they learn Vasquez was…
Patricia Calhoun’s post about the prospect of the National Western Stock Show moving to Aurora prompted a great comment from a person whose online handle will be familiar to longtime political observers in these parts. Here’s what he had to say…
If the accusations against Brittany Gonzales are accurate, she’s got some highly questionable priorities. After hitting an eleven-year-old boy riding his bike, she allegedly stopped — but only to pick up her hubcap…
The Denver Nuggets picked up Ty Lawson’s extension for next year, securing one of the only impact draft picks the team has made since selecting Carmelo Anthony in 2003. Lawson was the eighteenth pick of the 2009 draft and the Nuggets will hope to get similar value with the 22nd…
At 7 a.m. yesterday, the members of the Westminster Police Department arrived at 8290 Federal Boulevard on a welfare check, but nothing seemed amiss. The story is different when they were called back at 11:37 a.m. This time, they found a dead woman and Eric Eugene Lyerly, 52, who’s been…
