Update: 12:38 p.m., Thursday: And we’ve got a winner! I’ve contacted the winner with the details (so check your e-mail to see if you won!) Thanks for playing, and thanks for reading Latest Word. What are you doing Thursday night? You could be watching Carmelo Anthony and the Nuggets take…
Rep. Doug Lamborn, the grouch in the trash can to the right in the picture above, represents Colorado Congressional District 5. His bill to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and National Public Radio is getting a lot of attention and support over at Fox News, and is leading to…
In June, we told you about Christian Hanson, a Greeley gang member suspected of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman — and then trying to hire someone to kill her. Last night, a Weld County jury found him guilty on six counts for crimes dating back to December of last…
Our piece yesterday about Michael Bennet’s rising national stature, exemplified by a huge feature on NPR, riled up one reader, who opened up with both barrels on one of the few Dems in tight races to survive the Tea Party onslaught on election day. Here’s what the commenter, who calls…
Many Nuggets fans have been frustrated by the apparent lack of progress in a Carmelo Anthony trade — a situation that’s keeping players and fans alike in limbo and leaves open the possibility that the Nugs will wind up with nothing à la Toronto and Cleveland. Now, a front office…
The differences between the federal government’s marijuana laws and MMJ rules in Colorado are vast. Ask Chris Bartkowicz, who faces years in prison for growing cannabis he said was for medical purposes. So why are the feds supplying Irvin Rosenfeld almost 300 marijuana cigarettes every 25 days? He’ll explain during…
Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest — flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Below, he describes his choice for Wednesday, November 9: Puzzle…
The firing of CU Buffs coach Dan Hawkins belatedly became official yesterday, with Hawkins showing up in person to essentially bury himself. But even as Twitter Nation tweeted about Hawkins getting the sack, long-suffering CU fans began to fixate on who can put this broken program back together again. Two…
When a man and a woman are convicted of committing a crime together, the dude typically gets the higher sentence. But not in the case of Alfonzo Portugal and Pamela Tolbert. Yesterday, Portugal was handed twelve years for the robbery and beating of a bartender — but Tolbert had already…
Rinny, the Denver Zoo’s new tapir, looks like what happens when an elephant knocks boots with a pig, and then they have a baby and it’s Halloween and they dress the baby like an Oreo. But despite the fact that Rinny looks like a sandwich cookie, the zoo thinks she’s…
Update: The Denver coroner’s office has now released the name of the man killed in an alley behind 36 Clarkson Street over the weekend: Michael E. Wanczyk, 29. The cause of death was a shotgun wound to the chest. Jerry Allen Thompson was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in…
While the big weed setback last week might have been the defeat of California’s Proposition 19, marijuana didn’t fare too well in Colorado, either. As per the state’s new medical marijuana laws, local officials are now allowed to ask voters whether or not their communities should allow dispensaries and affiliated…
Add these Denver blog posts to your collection. 5280’s A.J. Vicens refers to Tim Tebow’s upcoming memoirs as “the second coming.” Praise be. Face the State’s Greg Campbell: Is Larimer County is complying, defying or telling the feds to “pound sand” about street signage. Denver Egotist’s Mark Stiltner would like…
Twitter Nation’s got a lot to say about Dan Hawkins finally being fired as CU’s football coach. And some of the comments aren’t terribly complimentary, as you might expect — although we did find a few that are sympathetic, more or less. Here are the ten most memorable tweets we’ve…
Taggers usually use words or images to convey personal messages when defacing park signs with little or no regard for the public message that they are obliterating. The sign pictured above is unusual because spray paint was used as an editing tool to actually modify the message of an existing…
Ann Imse envisioned Colorado Public News as a way to fill the reporting gap left by the disappearance of newspapers like the Rocky Mountain News, where she once worked. The problem was trying to get someone to pay for it — and a year later, Imse, CPN’s editor, succeeded, landing…
Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest — flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Below, he describes his choice for Tuesday, November 9: If I Want to Whistle,…
Joel Warner’s piece analyzing a federal government pot cheat sheet used to argue against California’s Proposition 19 went viral yesterday, stirring up plenty of debate among readers along the way. Among those weighing in: a reader who believes legalization isn’t the panacea marijuana advocates feel it is…
Soon after Michael Bennet was declared the Senate race winner, we asked Bennet spokesman Trevor Kincaid if he thought the Dem’s victory amid a Republican landslide would enhance his power and profile. Kincaid deferred, but days later, the answer appears to be “yes” — with an extended spotlight segment today…
Reports have been coming in from all over the country of people passing out or suffering panic attacks during the infamous arm-amputation scene in the new Danny Boyle and James Franco vehicle 127 Hours, a film based on the true travails of local boy Aron Ralston. Now there’s a new…
Medical marijuana forums frequently pit proponents versus detractors as a way of setting the rhetoric ablaze. But not “Medical Marijuana: Solution or Work in Progress,” a City Club of Denver presentation set for 11:45 a.m. today at the Brown Palace Hotel. The event is peopled by MMJ backers, albeit ones…
After CU weaseled out of firing Dan Hawkins last year, I feared the university would find another excuse to keep Hawk even after this past weekend’s Kansas debacle. But no: CBS4 and other sources report that the pin will finally be pulled today, belatedly remedying one of two hideous high-profile…
