On Monday, the Colorado Senate will take up HB 1261, a bill that sets THC driving limits at five nanograms per milliliter of blood — a level to which many critics object. Indeed, even its sponsor, Representative Claire Levy, now thinks this number may be too strict. But attorney M…
Public-radio funding survived its latest flirtation with elimination at the federal level. But that doesn’t mean all problems have been solved according to one reader, who weighed in on a Comment of the Day post from last month in which another commenter suggested that Colorado Public Radio could survive cuts,…
Last August, CU journalism school dean Paul Voakes insisted that reports about the impending death of the J-school were hysterical and premature. Not anymore. Yesterday, at the urging of CU prez Bruce Benson, regents voted for a shutdown by a 5-4 vote — one closer than anticipated, but no less…
Today’s Denver Post reports on a proposal to let Colorado drivers bid for the most sought-after vanity plates. But which ones would bring in the most dough? We’ve got some ideas about that. Here’s our top ten…
Update: For months, there were no breakthroughs in the investigation into the November murder of Terence Scott George and disappearance of Tiffany Durst — but it now looks as if a lot of progress was being made behind the scenes. Less than a week after the April 7 discovery of…
In the wake of our Best of Denver 2011 issue, we’re highlighting Best of winners from this year to help Denverites spice up each day of the week. And it’s Thursday’s turn!…
Imagine my surprise the other night when, in the midst of enjoying an episode of Friday Night Lights on Hulu (Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose!), a commercial popped on featuring Colorado Attorney General John Suthers. And not just any John Suthers — an animated John Suthers straight out of…
Update below: Denver Public School board president Nate Easley has survived an attempt to recall him. Supporters of the effort failed to collect enough valid signatures to place the recall question on an upcoming ballot. They needed 5,363. They collected 5,899. But of those, the Denver Elections Division found that…
What seemed imminent since the beginning of the month is official: The Nuggets and Thunder will do battle in the first round of the playoffs. The fun starts on Sunday and all signs point to a fistfight — either in competitiveness or actual throwing of fists; Nenê and Kendrick Perkins…
We have surfed near and far to harpoon these Denver blog posts. 5280’s AJ Vicens tips his cyber-hat to The Onion for its incisive reporting about Aspen’s search for a missing ski, and John Hickenlooper’s decision to mobilize the state patrol to help with the search. Nice call, gov! Colorado…
William Breathes doubles his pleasure this week via a trip to Crown Burger Plus and Urban Cannabis, the dispensary next door. And other taste treats can be found in our newly updated MMJ listings. Click here to access our medical-marijuana dispensary directory…
This dispensary has closed. I stopped by Urban Cannabis last year, but never ended up writing a review about it. At the time, they didn’t have much on their shelves from their own garden, and what they did have was overpriced and not worth the digital ink to report. This…
Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through lawn decoration… Cold, wet, rainy April days may be a hassle to planning outdoor activities, but apparently they are great for the growth of rusty flower blossoms. In the photo above, a rusty bloom bursts from an old dead tree stump in the…
This week, the Boulder County jail is expected to formally end its policy of restricting inmate mail to postcards only — and commissioners agreed to pay the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado $65,000 to settle a lawsuit over an issue that an ACLU spokeswoman hopes is now dead in…
The comments section of Joel Warner’s post about a billboard proclaiming that May 21 is Judgment Day has taken on a life of its own, with Biblical-verse droppers facing off against those who dare to doubt. Group the following reader in the latter category…
No need to explain 4/20 in these parts, what with medical marijuana continuing to be such a hot topic in Colorado. Some politicians are all for it, others say we don’t need it, and all the while, pot makes news daily…
Sounds like the set-up for a joke: A couple dressed more or less as ninjas, and carrying machetes, walk into a medical marijuana dispensary. What do they want? Weed! Trevor Morris and Ashley Bradford probably don’t find this punchline to be especially funny, though, given that they’ve been arrested for…
‘Tis the season for Peeps dioramas, and the Washington Post’s contest brought in some astonishing entries, led by an amazing recreation of a scene from the movie Up. But this winner wasn’t the only diorama that took flight. A previous semi-finalist recreated the October 2009 Fort Collins scene featuring Falcon…
Kyle Kvasnicka, thirty, served four years as an assistant for the Concordia University Irvine volleyball squad before working his way up to head coach. In his second year at the helm, he was ready to put his own mark on the program. But now, the school has stripped him from…
Two weeks ago, with Rep Claire Levy’s marijuana DUI bill headed for debate in the Senate, I went and got poked with needles in hopes of finding out just how much THC is in my blood when I’m sober. Unfortunately, I still don’t have an answer. Two weeks ago, I…
In the wake of our Best of Denver 2011 issue, we’re highlighting Best of winners from this year and past years to help Denverites spice up each day of the week. And it’s Wednesday’s turn!…
As we reported yesterday, Manager of Safety Charley Garcia has sacked Denver cops Ricky Nixon and Kevin Devine over allegedly billy-clubbing women to the ground and macing one of them in a July 2009 incident at the Denver Diner. Now it’s been confirmed that one of the cops, Ricky Nixon,…
