The scene was fantastical this weekend at the Marriott Denver Tech Center thanks to Nan Desu Kan, touted as the area’s premier anime convention. Westword’s Kate Levy captured a slideshow of the anime action — and it’s just one of several new photo galleries. Also check out the fifty best…
As the Fourmile Canyon fire near Boulder appears to be winding down, is a new one, dubbed the Reservoir Road fire near Loveland, ramping up? That’s what authorities are trying to determine this morning. Right now, the blaze, which has already scorched between 600 and 700 acres, is just 10…
The Broncos’ 24-17 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars yesterday was frustrating to watch, and not only because of the final score. Denver kept showing flashes of promise on both sides of the ball throughout the contest, but not enough — and not often enough. The results will leave fans with…
On Friday, officials predicted that Boulder’s Fourmile Canyon fire would be contained today — and despite warm weather over the weekend, that goal still seems within reach. At this writing, containment is estimated at 87 percent, with 100 percent containment predicted for 6 p.m. this evening…
Tim Tebow has launched a Facebook page and Twitter account. Yes, this is news. This is Tim Tebow we’re talking about here. Tebow (or his PR team) hasn’t done much with the sites yet, but thanks to the smartasses at Tauntr, Maxim magazine’s sports blog, we can see what his…
Dr. Louis Hampers, the Children’s Hospital ER doctor facing federal charges for writing 654 phony prescriptions, is headed back to Colorado. Hampers was arrested Tuesday in Virginia and appeared in court there this afternoon. According to Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Hampers did not contest his detention,…
America loves its wounded soldiers. So much so that the Colorado Wildlife Commission will offer free big-game hunting licenses this fall to Colorado veterans severely wounded in action overseas over the past nine years. Still, that might not be much consolation for possibly thousands of soldiers the Army has apparently…
Opponents of three tax-slashing ballot initiatives say their polling shows that the measures might actually be approved by voters — despite a multi-million-dollar ad blitz starting this weekend designed to crush them. Coloradans for Responsible Reform recently spent $250,000 on polling, only to discover that voter opinions are running 48…
The news from the Fourmile Canyon fire near Boulder keeps coming fast and furious. Authorities now predict that full containment won’t be achieved until Monday, September 13 — and there’s also word that some scumbag stole about $1,500 worth of stuff from an evacuee’s car. Details below:…
These three Denver blogs posts will treat you right. Purple Row’s Rox Girl celebrates newly minted Rockies blazer Chris Nelson’s “daylight robbery” of a run and a series sweep of the Reds. Playoff run here we come? Colorado Pols discovers that Planned Parenthood controls the world! Sort of… Big Media’s…
The latest reported it-city in Carmelo Anthony trade talks is Chicago, with some onliners floating the prospect of Melo being traded for Joakim Noah and Luol Deng. The Bulls promptly responded by telling ESPN Chicago that Noah’s not going anywhere. But does that mean Deng (and others) might be?…
The February arrest of Highlands Ranch marijuana grower Chris Bartkowicz, as well as his subsequent indictment, has been a rallying point for local medical-marijuana activists — and it will continue to be so for months to come. The judge at a two-day hearing has allowed the case, which could net…
If ever there were a year to welcome third-party candidates in the statewide political dialogue, this is it. After all, the two main parties aren’t exactly giving voters a lot of choices, and Tom Tancredo’s American Constitution Party candidacy has made people think. But the organizations that put on gubernatorial…
We recently told you about the sudden flip of The Truth, at 101.5, to Jammin’ Oldies only moments before talk-show host Mike Zinna’s program last Friday. Jeff Norman, president and general manager of the outlet, says he was almost as blindsided. He knew something would likely happen soon, but not…
Denver Public Schools sure have changed. Gone are the neighborhood schools, with their traditional program of teaching the three Rs. Each has been replaced with a shiny new charter school that offers parents a wide array of options to suit their level of fear. The gun-in-the-backpack drill is just one…
The Fourmile Canyon fire near Boulder has been unpredictable. Note that only hours after authorities allowed some evacuated residents back into their homes yesterday, they were ordered out again due to high-wind concerns. Understandably, some never left — but now they, and their neighbors, have been given the blessing to…
Several police-brutality incidents and the resignation of Denver Manager of Safety Ron Perea have cast a harsh light on the Denver PD. Chief Gerry Whitman doesn’t think the department’s out of control, telling the city safety committee, “Our use of force per arrest is less than most major police forces.”…
The Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force hasn’t come up with one of its patented nicknames (like the Super Freak Bandit) for the guy suspected of robbing the downtown Chase Bank branch yesterday. And that’s odd, because surveillance photos show him clinging to his coat, looking chilled to the bone…
The Fourmile Canyon fire near Boulder is both a terribly destructive blaze and an irresistible camera subject. Page down to see some of the most horrible yet gorgeous shots of the fire by local photographers…
An attempt to recall Denver Public Schools board member Andrea Merida failed yesterday when a petition to initiate the process was rejected by the Denver Elections Division. According to division spokesman Alton Dillard, the petition was not in the proper format. But one of the people behind the petition, Anita…
While officially anointed (by GOP boss Dick Wadhams) luckiest-guy-in-the-world John Hickenlooper is running for governor, did you know he’s still Denver’s mayor? Well, he is — and AM 760 host David Sirota thinks these two roles came into conflict earlier this week in regard to the city’s One Book/One Denver…
The Denver Police Department is searching for an assault suspect with a very worrisome m.o. He allegedly came up behind a woman near the intersection of Florida and Syracuse Wednesday morning and shocked her with a handheld device — a Taser, possibly? A passing motorist scared him away in this…
