I overheard someone call our fine publication Weedword not too long ago, referencing the eight-plus pages of medical marijuana ads in the back of our print edition. Funny, and also true. As Jeremy Peters points out in today’s New York Times, that greening of advertisements has also meant more green…
Centennial Sage Real name: Fuyiu Yip; Occupation: True Acupuncturist; Suburb of operation: Centennial; Eyes: Insightful; Hair: Precise Suburban superhero skills: Centennial Sage possesses the ability to pin-point therapeutic energies for maximum holistic healing. Her superhero training began at the California Culinary Academy, where she first learned learned how to save…
Yesterday, we told you about a hit and run that badly injured Tim Albo and his companion, now ID’d as Heather Kornman. Albo’s family asked for help finding those responsible, and now, the Denver Police Department reveals that it’s located a potentially important clue: the silver PT cruiser allegedly involved…
Yesterday at this time, the Church’s Park fire near Fraser was zero percent contained and covered approximately 450 acres. As for today’s update, it’s more positive in one respect, less so in another: Containment is 30 percent, but the acreage is up to 530 — and weather conditions today may…
Proposition 19, the measure to tax and regulate cannabis for adult use in California, which initially looked doomed, is now registering more than 50 percent support in one major poll — and Eva Enns of the Women’s Marijuana Movement wants to build on that momentum with events today in Denver…
Seth Brigham’s nipple-baring appearance at a Boulder City Council meeting in February to (sort of) protest a proposed nudity ordinance that would have banned female nipples displays led to Brigham’s arrest — an action that recently cost Boulder $10,000. But did it also impact proposed new decorum rules written in…
Colorado Springs Police haven’t ID’d the woman and two teens found dead yesterday in cases being investigated as homicides. But the residence in question was reportedly occupied by the Ogdens: parents Tommy and Rene, kids Olivia and Chase. And in a Reunion.com post, Rene portrayed their life as idyllic…
Under Colorado’s MMJ laws, patients aren’t supposed to buy pot until 35 days after they’ve submitted their paperwork, because that’s how long the state has to reject/return applications. In the past, however, most dispensaries would sell to patients before then because everyone believed they were covered under Amendment 20’s “alternative…
There’s more than one way to get mauled at a big-cat sanctuary. After he was attacked by a tiger at the Serenity Springs Wildlife Center last year, a volunteer then had the bite put on him by the refuge’s founder — who claimed that the victim had to pay $40,500…
Louis Hampers, the Children’s Hospital ER doctor charged with writing 654 phony prescriptions to feed what his lawyers say was a raging pill addiction, posted a $2.5 million cash bond this morning. He will be released from jail sometime today. Hampers has been in custody since he was arrested on…
Earlier today, we told you about the traffic death of John Page Hines, which authorities think may be connected to medical marijuana. Another traffic victim, Tim Albo, is still alive, but he’s in a coma due to a hit-and-run crash — and his family is asking the public for help…
And now, without further adieu, three Denver blog posts. Denver Stiffs fan poster Monkfish thinks the Atlanta Hawks’ Jamal Crawford or the Toronto Raptors’ Jarrett Jack could make a three-team deal for Carmelo Anthony work. Let’s hope the Nugs are working on something. Colorado Pols’ Awen interprets a survey showing…
Last week, Myrl Serra, DA for the 7th Judicial District, was arrested on an unlawful sexual conduct charge. And today brings news that veteran Denver Deputy Sheriff Mark Davis for investigation of sexual assault on a child. Davis is currently on leave from the department. Look below to see a…
Literally hot on the heels of the destructive Fourmile Canyon fire near Boulder and the Reservoir Road blaze outside Loveland, the Church’s Park fire, not far from Fraser, is the latest conflagration to threaten the region. At this writing, the fire isn’t at the doorstep of any structures, but it’s…
Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through their lawn decorations… The phase “Everything but the kitchen sink” can not be used to describe the yard-art style shown in the photo above, because the display features a kitchen sink on sawhorses, as seen between the two trees to the right. Outdoor…
Babes Around Denver is the Mile High City’s largest lesbian social group — and members were socializing en masse on Friday night. Westword photog Kate Levy caught the action in one of several new slideshows. Check out a Scumbag Sundays roundup, First Friday on Santa Fe and Muse at the…
Was marijuana — and specifically medical marijuana — a factor in an accident involving driver Joshua Wittig, seen here, that took the life of John Page Hines, 33, early Friday morning in Thornton? This question is at the heart of an investigation currently being conducted by the North Metro Drug…
The Tom Tancredo-Grizzly Rose fundraiser co-starring Dog the Bounty Hunter and Sheriff Joe Arpaio in late September helped prompt rising poll numbers and new momentum for his gubernatorial run, according to Tancredo operations manager Cliff Dodge — and the attendance at a Saturday town hall at DU sponsored by the…
Last week, we told you about conflicting stories regarding a reported new interview with Burke Ramsey about the 1996 murder of his younger sister, JonBenét Ramsey. Now, Boulder Police says such interviews are being sought — but it’s not confirming the identity of Burke or any other quiz subjects…
The latest edition of Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me!, NPR’s enormously entertaining current-events quiz show, featured not one but two Colorado references — including an unlikely plug for Shotgun Willie’s, whose website proudly proclaims it to be the “Best Strip Club in Denver.”…
Who gets the credit for the Broncos’ wholly unexpected 26-20 win over the Tennessee Titans yesterday? Kyle Orton — with a big assist from the Titans’ game plan, which kept the predominantly orange men in a contest they had no business winning but (happily) managed to do anyway. But that…
It says something about the level of noise in this year’s gubernatorial race when the candidate with the lowest profile has perhaps the most intriguing back-story. Paul Fiorino didn’t advertise for his running mate on Craigslist, he doesn’t have Dog the Bounty Hunter campaigning on his behalf, and he hasn’t…
