Our post about the controversy stirred by a teen-lingerie night at Puff Hookah Cafe Bar focused in large part on the venue’s attempt to reassure parents concerned by coverage on local TV stations. But one reader thinks the event is considerably less risque than an annual happening that high schoolers…
Scottie Ewing, ex-owner of a prostitution business dubbed Denver Players/Denver Sugar, has received six months home detention in a plea deal related to the tax evasion and racketeering case against another Denver Players/Denver Sugar principal, Brenda Stewart. Which means he can’t mete out pain he once considered inflicting on a…
Early this morning, a closure impacted one of Aurora’s major intersections: Chambers Road at Smith Road. Traffic is moving there again — but why the earlier shutdown? According to Aurora Police Department spokesman Bob Friel, a woman tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of a slow-moving light-rail train…
Anyone thinking the Carmelo Anthony trade-go-round couldn’t spin faster were wrong. The latest? The Nuggets’ compensation demand for Melo and Chauncey Billups was reportedly so crazy that it spurred disbelief; the Nets, who’d pulled out of the Anthony sweepstakes, are interested again; and Nenê is said to be on the…
Nate Easley is fighting back. The Denver Public Schools board president is the subject of a recall effort backed by voters unhappy with some of his policies, especially his votes to shutter under-performing schools. Recall proponents have until the end of March to collect 5,363 signatures in order to place…
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Howdy! Let your mouse mosey through these Denver blog posts. Colorado Pols tries to figure out what being a “real” conservative means when it comes to picking a successor to Dick Wadhams. Denver Egotist welcomes the Denver Clothing Company. Mile High Hockey’s David Driscoll-Carignan previews tonight’s Avs-Penguins game. Which probably…
Borders’ decision to file for bankruptcy will lead to store closings aplenty, including six in Colorado. Three of those targeted are in the Denver/Boulder area, including outlets at Littleton’s Southwest Plaza, on South Parker Road in Aurora, and on 29th Street in Boulder; the other three are in Greeley, Grand…
Poker Junkies may eventually come to a theater near you — but it could take longer than hoped thanks to action by the Division of Securities at Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA). Officials there have issued a cease and desist order against producers for failing to register security offerings…
Update: An arrest has been made in the Trison Mitta homicide at the Sports Station Bar & Grill in Aurora late last month. The suspect, Donnell Littleton, made it easy on the Aurora Police Department. Rather than waiting for officers to chase him down, he surrendered to authorities. Get details…
Ted Haggard’s recent profile in GQ magazine finds him seeking attention by getting graphic about his encounters with male escort Mike Jones — hence his claim that masturbation isn’t “sex sex” and speculation that a younger Ted might see himself as bisexual. But some of the comments he shares about…
Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through lawn decoration… The photograph of the impaled beer bottles above proves that yard art is as popular with hotel guests as it is with homeowners. And it can also be said that the choice of ornament and method of display chosen by both…
Last December, Representative Claire Levy floated the idea of a bill setting a marijuana-impairment standard for Colorado drivers. This notion has coalesced into HB 1261, which establishes an impairment limit of 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood; read it below. Levy’s already heard from advocates who oppose the…
Our item yesterday about Brian Hill, sued by Righthaven for unauthorized use of a Denver Post photo, found many readers springing to the defense of the twenty-year-old mildly autistic hobby blogger. But one commenter believes copyright rules should apply to one and all, no matter how sympathetic a certain individual…
BYU’s Jimmer Fredette has become a bona fide b-ball star — which means photos of cheerleader-girlfriend Whitney Wonnacott have started popping up on sites such as Frathouse Sports and The Big Lead. Find photo examples below. But what these posts don’t mention is that Wonnacott is a local girl, having…
Among the painful budget cuts proposed by Governor John Hickenlooper on Tuesday, one long-overdue move should earn points from prison reformers as well as bean counters — shutting down the Fort Lyon Correctional Facility, a geriatric hoosegow on the eastern plains that was supposed to be a bargain and turned…
Last week, we told you about Representative Jerry Sonnenberg shredding a medical marijuana amendment after a run-in with advocate Miguel Lopez. At the time, Sonnenberg said Lopez had spit on a lobbyist and been expelled from the capitol — claims Lopez specifically denied. Now, a video of at least part…
Reports that Amare Stoudemire’s toe injury had upped pressure on the Knicks to trade for Carmelo Anthony, coupled with restlessness in Lakers Nation, suggested that a deal might favor the Nugs. But the winds have shifted, with insiders now saying the Nugs’ sense that Melo might stay in Denver if…
Your Lucky Deals, a deal-of-the-day website that donates 10 percent of every purchase to local charities, launched today in Denver. Started by a brother and sister who grew up in Parker, Your Lucky Deals stands out from other Groupon-esque websites because of its charitable component, says co-founder Ryan Smith. “We…
Laradon Hall, a nonprofit in north Denver that operates an alternative school and other programs for people with developmental disabilities, has done a lot of good works over the past sixty years. But lately the place has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, including questionable expenditures of…
Riffle through these Denver blog posts. Mile High Report fan poster ConradA sees a 7-9 record as a reasonable record for the 2011 season — on the odd chance football actually starts on time this year. At Colorado Education News, Peter Levine argues in favor of civic education. Is Guerin…
The Biggest Loser circus is returning to town, with a new contestant search scheduled for the Grizzly Rose on March 6. Temperatures on that date will presumably be moderate enough to prevent fears voiced in advance of a Biggest Loser casting call in Broomfield last July, when producers warned hopefuls…
