Both 7News and Fox31 are now reporting about the alleged link between mayor-elect Michael Hancock and the Denver Players prostitution ring. But many major news agencies are still holding off. Why? CBS4 news director Tim Wieland explains his station’s reticence to move forward with the material currently available…
The Department of Revenue’s Matt Cook worked with legislators to develop Colorado’s medical marijuana laws and then headed up the writing of regulations to make them flesh, turning him into a national expert on the intersection of government and weed. He’s shared his knowledge with other states in his official…
Update below: Yesterday, former Denver Players owner Scottie Ewing claimed that “EVERY reporter in Denver” wanted a look at records he said linked mayor-elect Michael Hancock to the prostitution ring that brought down Judge Edward Nottingham — and plenty obviously did. Last night, 7News and Fox31 finally aired stories about…
Is there really a good way to tell someone you may have given them an STD? Maybe not, but there are certainly some ways that are less embarrassing and/or horrifying than others. Sending an e-card isn’t one of them, according to a recent study conducted at the Denver Metro Health…
Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” — pumping massive amounts of water mixed with toxic chemicals into tight formations to extract oil and gas — remains a sore subject among environmentalists, neighbors of drilling rigs and some lawmakers, even as energy industry boosters insist it’s safe…
Last Saturday, a DIA cab porter told me that as of 11:30 p.m., the airport was essentially out of cabs and that me and my family would have to consider other options, such as renting a car or spending the night in the concourse. But according to DIA Media Relations…
Welcome to the Denver blog post roundup! Mile High Report’s Colby shares Tim Tebow’s interview with a Miami station, in which TT uses a line from The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart about not waiting until he’s 24 to write a book. Stealin’ from the best! Colorado Pols on local powerhouse…
Medical marijuana critic William Breathes climbs to the high end of the dispensary scene with his review of the Cannasseur in the Highlands. But there are plenty of other pricing options accessible in our just-updated MMJ listings. Click to access our medical-marijuana dispensary directory…
This dispensary has closed. I met Cannasseur manager Matt Berger briefly a few months ago at a party, which would normally put a shop out of the running for a review, since I try and keep it anonymous. But after seeing the level of chronic coming out of their store,…
Swing-club king Scottie Ewing has become a central figure in alleged links between newly elected mayor Michael Hancock and the Denver Players prostitution ring that brought down Judge Edward Nottingham. When the Denver Post reported that a computer and files were stolen from his home on election day, he offered…
Corn is America’s most widely grown crop and is the main grain used to fuel the cars, pets and people that are in continuous motion around Smith Lake in Washington Park. Urban farmers who want to grow the biggest, sweetest ears of the nation’s favorite food need only look up…
Large pharmaceutical companies could potentially make billions if marijuana is legalized in the United States. But could Big Pharma enjoy a windfall in Colorado right now? A clause of HB 1043, the MMJ cleanup bill signed by Governor John Hickenlooper last week, contains a potential loophole allowing out-of-state firms to…
Our post about the attempted censorship of nude art at a Wheat Ridge rec center led to a debate about the quality of the pieces, by Kittredge’s Michael McGrath. One person dismissed them with the phrase “EPIC FAIL,” which caused another reader to pull out the big verbal guns…
When Broncos legend Floyd Little was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame last year, his relationship with his past team seemed blissful. But now, a lawsuit on view below reveals that Little and a slew of other past Broncos, including notables like Louie Wright and Randy Gradishar, have…
William Goodrich, nineteen, didn’t have a long walk to the school bus on Tuesday night — because he crashed it into his own house. Why? He points to a friend named Matt and a piece of paper with mysterious properties…..
In late May, Representative Scott Tipton apologized to the House Ethics Committee for his daughter Elizabeth’s tactic of dropping daddy’s name while seeking clients for Broadnet, the family-related telecommunications firm where she works. Although Tipton’s staff denied that Elizabeth’s actions constituted an ethics violation, political observers suspected that the Congressman…
Last June, questions about CU’s gun ban had become so overwhelming for Board of Regents spokesman Ken McConnellogue that he joked about wishing he “had a gun so I could blow off a few rounds.” But in truth, CU wants the ban, which was lifted in April 2010, to be…
On June 17, 1971, President Richard Milhous Nixon announced that the United States of America would commits its vast resources to armed conflict against a hostile enemy known as “drugs.” Yes, that’s right. Next week, the War on Drugs officially turns forty years old, and it’s showing every bit of…
Fresh off the high of winning the job of Denver mayor, Michael Hancock thanked voters and took his first step in his transition process by launching the website DenverForward.com. “Last night was a special night for me,” he told supporters at Civic Center Park. “I’m honored by the voters of…
Khory Gagner, this is your life, and it’s a mess. Or at least it was on the night a drunken binge inspired him to break into a restaurant/bar, where he accidentally started a fire while heating up some queso for nachos — a snack he’ll have several years’ worth of…
Denver blog posts? Got three right here. Mile High Report fan poster graff_stuff690 thinks that if the next NFL season is just eight games long, starting Kyle Orton could help the team and up his trade value. Free Colorado’s Ari Armstrong plays “spot the economic fallacies” in a Denver Post…
Update below: Last year, Robert McIntosh Jr. was so unhappy after being stopped for speeding that he dropped multiple f-bombs on the deputy who wrote him up. The immediate result? McIntosh’s arrest. But now, Boulder County has agreed to pay a $20,000 settlement, and McIntosh’s attorney, David Lane, thinks that’s…
