A prostitute with AIDS who’s still turning tricks, a group of party-goers who allegedly doused a fellow attendee with lighter fluid and set him ablaze, a Sunflower clerk who may have mixed yogurt with semen, and the Sunflower CEO, suspected of felony child prostitution: They’re just some of the folks…
“The War Next Door,” Alan Prendergast, February 24 Range Wars Thank you for Alan Prendergast’s article on Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site. We need exposure to the rest of Colorado; it is amazing how many people do not know about our problem here. The military are in contempt of court and…
Sandy McDonald is 48 years old, a former hospital phlebotomist now receiving disability due to a herniated disc at the base of her skull. Until recently, she and the youngest of her three daughters, who’s seventeen, lived in a garden-level two-bedroom apartment in the Montclair neighborhood. From the outside, the…
Moammar Gadhafi’s future is looking dim right now, as the people of Libya continue to rebel and the U.S. freezes the dictator’s assets. It’s the latest phase in a strange and decades-long relationship between the North African nation and the United States — a relationship that includes a particularly strange…
Last January, we looked at the high stakes for NetDevil, a Louisville game developer building LEGO Universe, a massively multiplayer online game based on LEGO bricks. Building a successful MMO can be risky, much less one based on one of the most revered toys of all time. As it turned…
Herbert Dailey, a registered sex offender, might not have been busted for suspicion of a home-invasion sexual assault earlier this month if he’d been a better bike rider. According to the Fort Collins Police Department, Dailey was stopped by cops after a “bicycle violation,” at which point officers noticed that…
The effort to recall Denver Public Schools board president Nate Easley has created some odd side dramas. One of them resulted in the outing of Linda Wagner, an Estes Park doggie day care owner and staunch Democrat who blogs on ColoradoPols under the pseudonym “Middle of the Road.” Or did,…
Welcome, Denver blog post readers. Mile High Report’s The Buffalo Kid asks how fans feel about last year’s Tim Tebow pick. Right now, most still like it. Shock of the day from Colorado Independent’s Scot Kersgaard: Republicans oppose Rollie Heath’s suggestion to raise taxes. The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza has…
Update: Christopher Wells may have been in custody at the time the bodies of his ex-wife, Amara Wells, and Robert Rafferty were discovered — but the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office still believes he played a key role in their deaths. Along with Josiah Sher, Matthew Plake and Micah Woody, he’s…
Never doubt the power of a photo. During last night’s (snoozy) Oscar ceremony, a memorial segment featured a single shot of director George Hickenlooper, who died in Denver just before the Starz Denver Film Festival, which was dedicated in his honor. Shortly thereafter, online salutes to Governor John Hickenlooper’s cousin…
A woman thought to be in her twenties was found dead in a room at the Rocky Mountain Motel on West Colfax early this morning. Lakewood police have branded the death “suspicious” are are investigating it as a possible homicide. Look below to get more details and see an interactive…
Twenty-year old diabetic North Carolina hobby blogger Brian Hill, who’s being sued by Righthaven LLC for unauthorized use of a Denver Post photo, is practically destitute and can’t afford a lawyer. But after reading our item about the case, Fort Collins intellectual property attorney David Kerr offered to take Hill’s…
Simply Pure’s Wanda James knew she was stirring a hornet’s nest when she launched a campaign against butane hash, which she argues is potentially dangerous for people with compromised immune systems, among others. Our item attracted plenty of ire from butane defenders, as exemplified by the following post…
For your clicking pleasure, we’ve assembled a roundup of February’s best photos from our intrepid shutterbugs — and they’re still snapping even as the month nears its end. Check out Linkin Park at the Pepsi Center, Immortal at Summit Music Hall, Morcheeba at the Ogden and more on Westword’s slideshow…
The website of SouthSide Johnny’s in Colorado Springs declares, “It’s better to eat at a great bar than drink at a restaurant.” But brawls are best avoided anywhere — and one broke out at the venue during Sunday’s wee hours. The result of confrontations between two groups? Three stabbings, one…
In November, Loveland voted against allowing medical marijuana dispensaries — and today’s the last day they can legally operate in town. Of the fourteen centers in business late last year, Loveland revenue manager Jim Wedding says seven have already shut down, with the rest presumably following today. How much will…
While much of America suffered through an ultra-dull Oscar ceremony, NBA Nation was riveted by a contest between the loaded Miami Heat and the Carmelo Anthony-Chauncey Billups supplemented New York Knicks. In the end, the Knicks triumphed 91-86, with Anthony dropping 29 on LeBron and company. So why did ESPN…
Update: The woman driving the vehicle behind which tow-truck driver Allen Rose was dragged to death has been identified as Detra Farries, 32 — and she’s been charged with manslaughter in relation to the awful incident. Meanwhile, plans are underway to memorialize Rose tomorrow…
Update: William Rex Fowler, whose software firm faced ruin in part because he donated around $200,000 to the Church of Scientology, argued that he had been about to kill himself when his partner, Thomas Ciancio, interrupted him — and wound up with multiple gunshots to the head. But a jury…
Days after Congress slashed $2 million from the Bureau of Land Management’s budget in response to public outcry over its wild horse roundups, BLM director Robert Abbey announced that the agency was “accelerating” reforms to the program, including reducing the number of mustangs removed from the range and redoubling efforts…
As we reported this week, a new court filing suggests Thornton cop Dante Carbone was the prime suspect in the internal leak that sabotaged Operation Fortune Cookie, the state’s largest pot bust. That drug investigation ended meekly when federal prosecutors gave restaurateur Dan Tang a slap on the wrist even…
We’re working for the weekend — and so are these Denver blog posts. Colorado Pols shares George W. Bush’s decision to pull out of a Denver speech tomorrow because Wikileaks controversy-magnet Julian Assange is also on the bill. Would he have boycotted Bill Hader, too? Mile High Hockey’s David Driscoll-Carignan…
