Our Denver blog post roundup: Better late than never. Denver Stiffs’ Jeffrey Morton tracks qualifying offers extended to Arron Afflalo, Wilson Chandler and Gary Forbes — meaning the Nuggets can match any offers — and the decision to pick up Ty Lawson’s option. Good call, Nugs. Colorado Pols: TABOR is…
It’s fitting that Wednesday night’s debate between Colorado cannabis activists has been dubbed “Round One.” The event is being advertised as a “lively and friendly” debate — but if it’s as impassioned and fiery as the comments on our marijuana blogs have been, it might be closer to a royal…
As Kyle Garratt noted in a post yesterday, the Colorado Rockies stunk up Coors Field on Father’s Day. But the 9-1 defeat to the Detroit Tigers wasn’t the only disappointment for dads. Prior to the game, Rockies personnel gave out excellent Troy Tulowitzki jerseys, but not to fathers, much to…
Update below: A lawsuit filed this morning in Denver District Court challenges the legality of a Douglas County voucher program set to go into effect this fall partly on the grounds that it diverts public money to religious institutions. Yet plaintiffs include the Interfaith Alliance of Colorado and reps of…
Boulder has just updated its online registered sex-offender list. Not every offender is pictured due to Colorado statutory provisions related to their sins. But the page does feature photos of 48 men (no women) reportedly living in Boulder area. The crimes for which they were convicted vary widely, from indecent…
Marston is Denver’s land-o-lakes neighborhood. The fertile land that lies between the six bodies of water (Grant Lake A, Grant Lake B, Grant Lake C, Bowles Lake, Lake of the Lake and Marston Reservoir) is filled with urban farms that are famous for growing summer squash. Naturally, it has become…
Last night, Denver City Council approved a zoning code change to allow chickens, ducks and dwarf goats to be kept at city residences, and Sundari Elizabeth Kraft, the organizer of Sustainable Food Denver and author of the just-published book The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Urban Homesteading couldn’t be happier. “Big…
A Comment of the Day from last week condemning the media for over-covering the Michael Hancock prostitution story spurred a strong opinion from another reader distressed by the press’s approach to the sensational (and unproven) allegations. Here’s what he had to say:…
Martha Stewart drew blood on Father’s Day. Or at least a glass patio tables marketed under the Martha Stewart Living brand did. According to Arvada’s Nancy Passarella, she and her family were sitting down for a meal when the table shattered for no particular reason — and they got photos…
Yesterday, we shared our surprise that homeless Miss Colorado Blair Griffith didn’t get past the Miss USA pageant’s first round despite a gusher of publicity, including an appearance on 20/20 two nights before the big show. But she certainly doesn’t seem upset in a 9News report captured by a crew…
For those who haven’t been paying attention for the past two decades or so, drug use is common at raves. And guess what? When 7News reporters snuck in hidden cameras at the Electric Daisy Carnival’s Aurora stop on June 11, they found some. Does this qualify as news more than…
Update: At a status hearing today, Boulder District Judge Lael Montgomery denied requests by Alex and J. Nold Midyette to participate in Molly Midyette’s fight for a new trial. That means Molly’s former husband and father-in-law won’t get to take the stand during a one-week hearing on the matter now…
Allegations of Denver police brutality, from Michael DeHerrera’s beating in LoDo to Alex Landau getting pummeled after allegedly making an illegal left turn, continue to make headlines. But how bad is Denver’s police misconduct problem? Here’s one point of comparison: While Denver has spent more than $10 million settling police…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has renewed its promise to focus on serious criminals for detention and deportation. “A new policy directs ICE officers and attorneys to use appropriate discretion to make sure victims and witnesses to crimes are not put into deportation proceedings,” the Associated Press reports. But that’s…
After his career debut at Coors Field, Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander told MLB.com that early in the game, “my fastball control wasn’t anywhere near where it should be” and described his breaking ball as “okay.” Yet his skills were enough to toss a complete game against the Rockies while…
Denver blog post collection one for the week. Colorado Independent’s Scot Kersgaard on Mitt Romney love in Colorado. Fans include Bill Owens, John Suthers, Bob Beauprez, Wayne Allard, Hank Brown and more, more, more! Elephant Journal’s Julie (JC) Peters: Why lying broken in a pile on your bedroom floor is…
No charges have been filed against dump-truck driver Christopher Loven in the Lefthand Canyon crash that killed bicyclist Eugene Howrey, 73, on Friday. But just two years ago, Loven was convicted in another bike case — one related to road rage…
In March 2010, we told you about a cold case that heated up with the arrest of Roderick Elias for the slaying of Kristen Swanson, age 22. She died way back in 1980 — so long ago that her job had been at a disco. More than a year later,…
CU’s journalism school officially closes June 30 in favor of what’s being called a Journalism-Plus program. And now we know who’ll be overseeing the transition: Christopher Braider, an Italian and French professor. Braider, who’s been appointed to a two-year term as director of the journalism and mass communications faculty, knows…
Early residents of the treeless Highland neighborhood were able to cool their homes from the punishing heat of Denver’s summer sun by growing fast-growing hop plants. In the fall, the nearby Tivoli and Zang’s breweries would buy the bounty of Highland’s harvested hop cones to add a distinct flavor to…
Is the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division using information from license applications to bust weed cultivators? A recent Associated Press story about an allegedly illegal grow raised such fears — ones MMED spokeswoman Julie Postlethwait hopes to assuage…
Our recent prostitution price guide, from the mind and pen of investigative cartoonist Kenny Be, scored plenty of laughs, as well as a more serious comment from someone attempting to explain why the world’s oldest profession isn’t about to disappear. Here’s his explanation…
