Update: The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office has released surveillance footage and photos of Kristin and Candice Hermeler, Australian twins who acted out a suicide pact at the Family Shooting Center; Kristin died, while Candice was gravely wounded but survived. The footage certainly gives no indication of what was to follow…
The last Weld County deputy to die while doing his job was Earl Bucher way back in 1940 — until yesterday, that is. Deputy Sam Brownlee was allegedly slain by Reuben Reyes, twenty, following a chase that reached speeds topping 100 miles per hour. Afterward, Reyes himself was killed by…
Denver-based Dixie Elixirs & Medibles has been producing medical marijuana-infused sodas since 2009, but recently the company decided it was time for a facelift. Last month, the company unveiled seven new flavors of its THC bubbly: Sparkling Pomegranate, Sparkling Mandarin, Sparkling Grapefruit, Sparkling Blueberry, Sparkling Red Currant, Sparkling Peach and…
This afternoon, a group of about thirty Catholics from Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in North Denver marched into the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Denver. Their mission? To deliver a letter asking the archbishop for a third time to restore the church’s mural of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which…
In the face of 100,000-plus medical marijuana registry applications over the past year, the state’s MMJ identification verification process slowed to an agonizing seven- or eight-month turnaround, triggering outcry from the marijuana community. Now, the health department says the backlog is gone and applicants are finally getting their cards within…
Three Denver blog posts: Better late than never. Big Media’s Jason Salzman believes that a lot of Ken Buck comments that came back to bite him were caught on video by backers who liked his extremes. Colorado Pols wonders: Was Walker Stapleton’s 1999 hit-and-run as bad as thought? Denver Egotist…
At last, Chris “Birdman” Andersen is fully healed and back on the floor, and he made a huge difference in the Nuggets’ 106-89 spanking of Golden State last night. To celebrate his return, we’ve collected a batch o’ photos from the Birdman’s Facebook page, including some choice looks at his…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to emphasize that it’s focusing on arresting so-called criminal aliens — and it’s lassoed plenty in these parts of late. In September, ICE busted 78 people — and of the 6,617 folks grabbed in the Denver area during fiscal 2010, 4,447 were said to be…
Colorado’s health department has been trying to catch up on its tremendous backlog of medical marijuana applications amid persistent rumors that it’s been doing so with the help of a private company, thereby violating patient confidentiality. Turns out that’s not true, although there’s a logical reason why it seems that…
From the Kenny Be vault. Originally published on November 18, 2004. The U.S. Department of Energy’s refusal to provide funds for a Cold War museum at Rocky Flats is a true blessing. What is needed at the site is a tourist-friendly attraction that is completely funded by corporate dollars…..
In September, 84-year-old Zona’s Tamales namesake Zona Moore pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of theft by receiving. And now, her son, Saalim Muhammed, and a third person, Renee McKinnon, have done likewise in relation to charges about trafficking in cigarettes and other stolen goods. Below, find details from the…
As my wife loves to tell me at awkward moments, size matters. By that standard, the following note from our “Knee-jerk reactions to the debate between Tom Tancredo and ‘Ask a Mexican’ Gustavo Arellano” post is impressive indeed. Check out the note that prompted it, and the loquacious reaction…
Denver residents can now recycle yogurt cups and other No. 5 plastics, which include ketchup bottles, disposable straws and shapely containers of fake maple syrup. (We’re talking to you, Mrs. Butterworth.) The hooray-recycling initiative is thanks to a partnership between Yoplait and Waste Management. But is it also bad news…
Last week, we told you about a Colorado Springs planning commission meeting that had the potential of essentially outlawing 69 medical marijuana centers, or 41 percent of the city’s total. How did it go? According to Colorado Springs Medical Cannabis Council president Tanya Garduno, worse than she feared. “It was…
San Diego QB Philip Rivers not only wins games. He also wins the Terrible Sportsmanship triffecta: He’s a bad winner, a bad loser and, I’d be willing to bet, bad when he ties. Rivers has raised assholery to an art form, which only makes the 35-14 hurting he and the…
The death of director George Hickenlooper, governor-elect John Hickenlooper’s cousin, on the eve of the Starz Denver Film Festival premiere of his new movie, Casino Jack, was an accident caused by mixed prescription drug use and alcohol complicated by sleep apnea, according to Denver’s medical examiner. Here’s the coroner’s office…
Update: Yesterday, we shared with you AM760 host David Sirota’s announcement about the birth of his son Isaac. As for who’ll be filling in during his current leave, we know who’ll be rockin’ the mic today and tomorrow: Flobots frontman Jonny 5. Jonny is so progressive that he makes Sirota…
The October unearthing of a mastodon, a mammoth, three Ice Age bison and a Jefferson’s ground sloth near Snowmass captured the imagination of amateur paleontologists (not to mention professional ones) around the world. But the discovery didn’t translate well when the Denver Museum of Nature & Science attempted to showcase…
“The Numbers Game,” Laura Shunk, November 18 The Stroke of Twelve Westword seems to have this bizarre blind spot: You either get nine-dollar burger joints or places with twenty-dollar foie gras appetizers, like twelve. If I eat out, my cutoff point is usually the twenty-dollar entree — unless it is…
Birdman Chris Andersen has used his colorful plumage to become the city’s most beloved Turkey McNugget. But he is not the only bird in town. Denver is full of turkeys, and Thanksgiving is the time to honor them for their efforts by roasting them… We present Denver’s Tastiest Turkeys. All…
Scott Kay, Wolf Creek Ski Patrol director, died in an avalanche early today. The ski area reported thirteen inches of new snow this morning and eighteen inches in the last 48 hours…
Short staffing, improper restraint procedures and dysfunctional policies contributed to three patient deaths at the state hospital, according to a new report by an independent team of investigators. Officials at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, which houses hundreds of patients deemed in “acute psychiatric distress” or criminally insane,…
