It won’t make the body scans or perverse groping security pat-downs any easier to handle, but medical marijuana patients traveling to one of five states from DIA can now pack their cannabis openly instead of, say, hiding it in a shampoo bottle…
The speed with which Josh McDaniels’s Denver Broncos career went south was absolutely stunning — and we documented every misstep. Below, we’ve linked to and excerpted from twenty posts over twenty months that tell the tale, from personnel mistakes involving the likes of Jay Cutler and questionable on-the-field decisions to…
Now that Denver Broncos management has given Josh McDaniels the heave-ho, the orange hordes are laying odds on the chances of the team’s most celebrated quarterback returning to the team as head coach. John Elway, back with the team? It’s a tempting prospect. But first you’ll have to pry him…
As the state’s medical marijuana community has blossomed and solidified, many different advocacy groups have taken root. There are pro-patient groups, industry trade groups and now, if all goes as planned, there will be a new, medical-themed organization – the Medical Marijuana Doctors Association…
Looky here: Three Denver blog posts. Colorado Pols weighs the odds of Mark Udall and Michael Bennet backing or attacking Barack Obama’s tax-cut compromise. Denver Egotist measures the Mile High City’s awesomeness using Westaf’s Creative Vitality Index. Get our your slide rule. Inside the Rockies’ Tracy Ringolsby tweets that Jim…
The college searches of six Cherry Creek High School students are getting national exposure thanks to “The Choice,” a New York Times blog series starting today — and it’s a win-win situation. Why? Do the math…
It’s official: Darold Hinojos has been charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Joey Fuller. The arrest affidavit, on view below, alleges that Fuller was killed simply for stepping out of his apartment and inquiring about a commotion caused by Hinojos’s search for his girlfriend…
When it comes to Twitter, Tim Tebow is no Chad Ochocinco. Other than taking part in a Thanksgiving-themed promotion for Jockey, the underwear company he promotes via photos that caused multiple, small orgasms among fans in July, he hardly tweeted last month. But after the Broncos fired Josh McDaniels yesterday,…
Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Laura Kriho is extremely concerned about the proposal for a new medical marijuana database; she says it would be open to 24-7 law-enforcement access that violates privacy and could lead to federal prosecution of patients. But Betty Aldworth, executive director of Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation, says…
As we all know, Criminal University doesn’t require an IQ test or entrance exam, and that’s lucky for Mark Scott Albaugh — because he never would have been admitted otherwise. The alleged offense by Albaugh, a registered sex offender, displays a lack of smarts, not to mention general repulsiveness, that’s…
Our item yesterday about a Denver Post-related copyright-infringement lawsuit against a blogger for re-publishing an entire Mike Rosen column drew some snarky remarks. For instance, one reader thinks Rosen does pretty much the same kind of thing in his role as radio host for KOA…
Colorado’s Department of Revenue unveiled draft regulations for the medical marijuana industry at a marathon meeting yesterday — and most concerning for the Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Laura Kriho was a plan to phase out the current MMJ registry and replace it with a database she says will include “24-7 access…
The Denver Broncos’ firing of Coach Josh McDaniels yesterday set off an explosion in Twitter Nation. Below, find a collection of our ten favorites, including a couple that are actually kinda sympathetic, one from Jim Rome suggesting that Tim Tebow’s future at QB is dependent on Florida’s Urban Meyer taking…
Confessed Ponzi schemer Sean Mueller, whose victims include John Elway, first came to the police’s attention in April, when he threatened to commit suicide by jumping off a parking garage. At his sentencing hearing yesterday. Mueller said he still thinks about taking his life daily, but that didn’t win him…
“Guitar Guru,” Jon Solomon, December 2 Guitar Hero After reading “Guitar Guru,” I felt compelled to write to Westword, a publication I’d stopped reading — I occasionally scan it for gigs to pay the bills — because, to me, it reads like an endless parade of wannabe “artists” inexplicably deemed…
People stare as Peter Spitz feels his way into the restaurant. They’re not looking at him, exactly. What they see is not the man, but the dark glasses, the white cane, the gadget in his throat and the oxygen tube snaking into his backpack. He settles into a booth, listens…
Update: The Denver Broncos have now released a statement from owner Pat Bowlen about the firing of Coach Josh McDaniels, as well as confirming that running backs coach Eric Studesville will serve as interim skipper for the remainder of this horribly lost season. Details below from a release posted on…
The signature battle wounds for Iraq and Afghanistan vets are post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) — ailments that are difficult to diagnose and easy for officials to ignore. While vet advocates like Andrew Pogany and innovative treatment programs like El Paso County’s veterans court are…
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s plan to reduce wild horse herds on public lands and relocate thousands of mustangs to preserves back East has triggered protests of roundups across the West — over everything from the costs involved to the brutal conditions of the government “gather” techniques. Tonight presents…
Welcome, my friends, to the Denver blog posts that never end. 5280’s A.J. Vicens celebrates Champ Bailey’s great game against Chiefs stud Dwayne Bowe yesterday — but notes that the Broncos pulled a contract extension off the table. Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic recounts the tax-cut votes of senators Mark Udall…
Over the past year, we’ve intermittently heard about arrests for allegedly driving under the influence of medical marijuana, with the most sensational being Joshua Wittig’s involvement in a crash that took the life of John Paul Hines in October. Against this backdrop, Boulder Representative Claire Levy says she’s planning to…
At a press conference this morning, the University of Colorado at Boulder braintrust introduced new head coach Jon Embree — and his return to CU, where he previously played and coached, was mighty impressive. Obviously, talk won’t lead to an instant turnaround for the woeful program, but the differences between…
