Albus Brooks and Wil Alston have been involved in the development of the District 8 community, and now both would like to step that up by becoming the area’s next city councilman. They weren’t the only candidates with this dream: 38 people competed for the seat previously held by Carla…
This week’s cover story, “All In,” focuses on the work of University of Denver professor Robert Hannum, who’s been researching the mathematics of gambling and the science of poker for almost two decades. Of course, we all know (or think we know) something about Las Vegas casinos and card games,…
Today, eight proposed 2012 marijuana legalization ballot measures were considered by the Colorado Office of Legislative and Legal Services. However, few changes were made and little was said by the initiatives’ backers…
Colorado has chosen its first child protection ombudsman: Becky Miller Updike, whose résumé includes sixteen years of child advocacy, most recently at the Tennyson Center for Children in Denver. As ombudsman, she will review complaints about the state’s child welfare system — a job that was born of a long…
No one should get behind the wheel when they’re drunk — but some people should really, really, really not guzzle and drive. Like David Cabral, 23, who happens to be blind in one eye. Which may account for him nearly running over several people after downing four drinks…
Look down! Denver blog posts! Colorado Independent’s Scot Kersgaard on Arizona’s potentially groundbreaking medical marijuana lawsuit. Colorado Pols shares a cartoon about Colorado’s budget mess! An appropriate headline about the Rockies from Purple Row’s Jeff Aberle: “Playoffs? I Just Hope We Can Win a Game!”…
Although William Ples Hunt was convicted of murder during the 1980s, he was later granted parole after blowing the whistle on a corrupt prison. So what did Hunt do with his second chance? He wasted it by trying to blow up his ex-girlfriend’s house — an act for which he’s…
The Big Lebowski kicked off Film on the Rocks’ 2011 season last night — and Jeff Bridges’ Dude definitely inspired plenty of attendees. But which of them best captured his vibe, either through grooming, costuming or simply exuding a Dude-a-riffic aura? Check out Aaron Thackeray’s photos of the candidates below…
For most Coloradans, the term “spring runoff” has nothing to do with Denver mayoral candidates Michael Hancock and Chris Romer and everything to do with the whitewater competition between tubers and kayakers. The fiercest fight for foam is often found at the Clear Creek Whitewater Park in Golden…..
There’s no shortage of irony in news about a large immigration-related bust at Morgan County’s Wildcat Dairy A whopping 89 percent of staffers there were not authorized to work in the U.S. — but only the employees have been charged with a crime, while the business owner is being credited…
Shanahan was fired, McDaniels was forgotten, and now it’s up to new head coach John Fox to bring home a Super Bowl title… or is it? With so many changing faces in the Denver franchise as of late, there’s only one that fans seem to be rallying behind: Tim Tebow…
Yesterday, attorney David Lane celebrated the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to consider three arguments in his bid to get ex-professor Ward Churchill reinstated at CU-Boulder. One less-than-sympathetic reader added a fourth…
On Monday, Denver Post sportswriter Natalie Meisler, age sixty, tweeted that she was “almost half thru Bolder Boulder.” But the day before, she was reportedly running for a different reason. On Sunday, according to the Boulder Police Department, she raced off after getting into a dispute over a Whole Foods…
Yesterday, we shared pics of mayoral frontrunner Michael Hancock belting out “Jailhouse Rock” with Jonny Barber & the Living Deads at Jonesy’s EatBar over the weekend — see the shots below. Don’t interpret the song choice as his fantasy about where he’d like to send rival Chris Romer following a…
Last May, medical marijuana attorney Rob Corry was among a group of attorneys threatening to sue if HB 1284 and SB 109, a pair of MMJ measures, became law. Nearly a year after Governor Bill Ritter signed both bills, such a suit has yet to materialize. But Corry swears that…
In most of our monthly mug shot roundups, dudes far outnumber women — but not in May. This time around, females narrowly take the prize in cases involving everything from a machete robbery at a medical marijuana dispensary to an alleged prostitution scheme run through high-end strip clubs. Look below…
Lay-dees and gentlemen, step right up and see the most fantastic, the most amazing, the most marvelsome attractions the world has ever seen — or at least that Denver County has ever seen. And let me tell you, it’s one marvelsome attraction that’s been a long time in the making…
County Lines While the Denver County Fair will have many things not offered at normal county fairs, it will also lack certain features common to the classic county fair experience. Like the pervasive smell of horse feces or a demolition derby. For those, you’ll have to head out to more…
For fans of the strange, quirky and unexpected, there’s nothing like a road trip through the weirdest sights Colorado has to offer. Here are a handful of destinations that all give new meaning to the phrase “Colorful Colorado.” Old Louisville Inn 740 Front Street, Louisville 303-666-9982 Open Monday-Wednesday, Sunday 11…
Patients who’ve tried to charge their medical marijuana purchases to American Express recently made an unpleasant discovery: As of April 30, American Express started denying all such transactions. “American Express has made a decision not to allow card acceptance for medical marijuana,” says company spokesperson Diana Postemsky. “It’s our policy…
Congratulations to the Colorado Rockies. Last night’s excessively exasperating 7-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers assured the Rockies of baseball’s worst record in May. For the month, they sit at 8-20…
Lawmakers can’t make up their minds about America’s wild horses. While one congressman recently introduced a resolution celebrating the birthday of a stallion made famous by a Colorado filmmaker, the state’s own legislature has declared its opposition to any expansion of range for the iconic, imperiled or overpopulated (take your…
