Ah, St. Patrick’s Day. A holiday dedicated to drinking. And drinking. And then, once you’re done drinking, drinking some more. After which the real drinking begins. So is the Denver Police Department in Full Alert Panic Mode on this fine, green morn? Not exactly. But they are prepared…
Update: Last November, we reported that nearly 2,000 medical marijuana patient recommendations had been rejected over a change in the definition of doctors okayed for this task. After an uproar, around 1,300 were temporarily reinstated pending formal action by the state board of health. That action came yesterday, with as…
Update: Sex offender Dennis Hasty can’t face charges for the murder of Limon police officer Jay Sheridan, having killed himself prior to being captured. However, his common-law wife, Jackie Hasty, is looking at two counts in relation to the crime, including manslaughter…
Using more sophisticated methods of measuring traffic flow than previous studies, a report on congestion in major metro areas ranks Denver’s traffic woes among the top sixteen in the country — but much worse in terms of the actual time and money wasted by motorists jammed up on the roads…
Charley Garcia officially becomes Denver’s newest Manager of Safety today — the fourth person to hold the position in the last year. The first day on the job for Garcia, a former head of Denver’s Public Defender office, follows news that Police Chief Gerald Whitman has handed over his recommendation…
More than one-hundred Denver high schoolers will spend all day Friday and Saturday talking about military spending, nuclear proliferation and dehumanization. It’s all part of the Denver Urban Debate League’s end-all, be-all tournament: the City Championship. Read about the league and two of its stars, Teague and Theron Harrison of…
For the first time in my life, I actually care about filling out a Sweet Sixteen bracket in March — and it has nothing to do with basketball. Sixteen strains of medical marijuana were chosen for the March Reefer Madness tournament, all from the gardens of the Releaf Center. Much…
We’re out of Denver blog posts. JK! Mile High Report’s Troy Hufford applauds John Elway for tweeting with fans about the draft, a new CBA and more. Education News Colorado’s Alan Gottlieb previews the DPS elections and introduces readers to new hire Charlie Brennan, formerly with the Rocky Mountain News,…
Update: The Aurora Police Department is identifying the man who was shot and killed in a gunfight with officers after allegedly taking two hostages as Daniel Garcia, 25. Neither the hostages nor a police sergeant injured in the exchange have been officially named to date, although the APD confirms that…
A lot of us were upset when the CU Buffs got screwed out of an NCAA tournament bid. But Josh Siegel and Alec Segall decided to do something about it. They created the “CU RALLY AND MARCH TO COORS FOR ROUND 1 GAME OF THE NIT” Facebook page with the…
Guess Kelsey Grammer’s latest wife isn’t into spectacular mountain views. Either that or she’s not that into hanging at a place Grammer purchased with his previous spouse. Either way, his Avon ski home is for sale for the low, low price of just $7.9 million — and judging by photos…
This morning, Peter Boyles spent part of his KHOW morning show wondering if we should be taking potassium iodide to protect ourselves against radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. And at this writing, the main story on the CBS4 home page asks, “Could Japan’s Radiation Make…
Our post yesterday about Denver mayoral candidate Jeff Peckman appearing in a trailer promoting Battle: Los Angeles, a new alien-invasion flick, drew an interesting response from none other than… Jeff Peckman, who’s now seen the movie, and wasn’t all that wild about it…
The Nuggets were stuck in limbo most of this season due to the Carmelo Anthony trade — and now, new acquisitions from the New York Knicks and even veterans like Nenê are playing like parolees enjoying their first taste of freedom in ages. The same isn’t true of the Melo-supplemented…
Why was Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in Denver yesterday? To promote the expansion to Colorado of DHS’ “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign. The flagship item is a video on view below about the general public keeping an eye out for terrorist activities — and it…
Yesterday’s judiciary committee hearing about HB 1250, a medical marijuana infused-products bill, took some unexpected twists. The legislation, which initially sought to ban all MMJ edibles, has now evolved into a packaging bill. But in arguing why it’s necessary, sponsoring Representative Cindy Acree used a prop that cannabis advocates see…
The claims are sure to turn some heads, as well as ruffle some feathers: The Denver-based Aminokit Laboratories is said to offer Colorado’s first medical marijuana detox program. But how does one detox off medical marijuana — and why, exactly, would you want to?…
B-Cycles are back! Yesterday was the first day the shiny red bikes with the spacious baskets were available for rentin’ and ridin’ in Denver. (Note to bad parents: The basket is not a baby seat. Your baby is not E.T. If your baby is, in fact, E.T., well, you’ve got…
Wild horses get injured and sometimes die in federal roundups, and “excess” horses sent to slaughterhouses endure much harsh treatment along the way. But not everyone wants to hear about that — not even horse people, as one animal welfare group found out this weekend, when Rocky Mountain Horse Expo…
New federal guidelines tightening the traditionally loosey-goosey definition “service animals” go into effect today. From now on only dogs (and, um, in some cases, miniature horses) that have been “individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability” will fit the Americans…
We found these three Denver blog posts — and we’re glad we did. Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons offers a recap of last night’s Nuggets win that’s almost as fun to read as it was to watch Ty Lawson and Raymond Felton blitz past assorted Hornets. Denver Egotist introduces us to…
Even as fans of Greeley-based KUNC are mourning the loss of Kyle Dyas, the station’s music director, who committed suicide by jumping from the Spire Building, the folks at Fort Collins’ KRFC are dealing with a death in their family: Bob Terrill. Here’s how the station broke the news to…
