Mayor John Hickenlooper keeps pushing Denver into the ranks of America’s leading urban centers, with his biggest push yet starting today: The inaugural Biennial of the Americas. On Tuesday, Hickenlooper and the Biennial team were all smiles as they announced final plans for the Biennial, the centerpiece of what city…
We tend to think of water treatment safety in terms of potential harm to people. But CU-Boulder professor David Norris is also concerned about humans’ impact on fish — specifically the way chemicals we either dump out or excrete may be feminizing male fish, or creating ones with characteristics of…
At 9:30 a.m. this morning, in a ceremony on the State Capitol steps, Governor Bill Ritter will welcome Colorado’s seventh poet laureate. And no, he’s not an ancient dandy in an ascot with an Auden-like pallor and a thirst for sherry. This is Colorado, bub. Ritter couldn’t have done better…
Last November, deputy attorney general David Ogden wrote a memo advising U.S. Attorneys in states where medical marijuana has been legalized to give a pass to MMJ businesses following local laws. But now, an e-mail trolling for info about dispensary-related crime suggests that some members of the Obama administration are…
The Denver Art Museum’s new mega-blockbuster exhibit “Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs,” features more than a hundred artifacts associated with the celebrity pharaoh. But one thing you probably won’t find anywhere is Tut’s penis. That’s because it’s apparently missing, possibly because it was teeny-weenie…
Next week, Denver will host the thirtieth annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games, a massive event that includes more than 500 wheelchair athletes competing in everything from archery and bowling to kayaking and quad rugby. While they are here, these vets will no doubt increase local awareness about people who use…
“Wheel Man,” Alan Prendergast, June 24 No Soft Cell With a billion-dollar shortfall coming up in the next year, how much is higher education going to be cut to keep up with the Department of Corrections’ budget? Let Darrell Havens’s family take care of him…because really, what does it matter…
It began as a cold that Julia Amparo-Alvarado couldn’t seem to shake. One January night in 2003 when her boss called, asking her to come in for a night shift of janitorial work at the Brooklyn Con Ed building, Julia protested, complaining of a fever. But with an eight-year-old son…
The top spokesman for the University of Colorado governing board says he wishes he “had a gun so I could blow off a few rounds.” That’s how many media calls Ken McConnellogue, spokesman for university system Board of Regents, has received as CU aims to keep a gun ban that…
The Denver Post reports that Denver manager of safety Alvin LaCabe fired three Denver cops, including controversial officer Charles Porter, during his second-to-the-last day on the job. The reason: their behavior during the 2008 stomping of a sixteen-year-old, Juan Vasquez…
Yes, it’s true: A short time ago, the Boulder Police Department was on the lookout for a man dressed in a leprechaun — but not because free expression has been outlawed in the People’s Republic and all citizens will be required to dress in wardrobes by Eddie Bauer from now…
On June 8, when the City of Fort Collins announced that it would pay $5.9 million to Tim Masters, who was wrongfully convicted of murder, his attorney, David Lane, attorney, said Detective James Broderick still needed to be held accountable. Perhaps the eight counts of perjury on which he’s just…
Planning on traveling to Arizona over the upcoming holiday weekend? A fan of dry heat? The American Civil Liberties Union, joined by the Colorado branch, has issued a travel advisory due to the recent passage of SB 1070, which the organization describes as “Arizona’s racial-profiling law.” One reason, says ACLU…
Three tasty Denver blogs. Predominantly Orange’s Kim Constantinesco shares ten predicted headlines for the next Broncos season — among them, “Orton Out. Will it be Quinn or Tim.” Poor Kyle… At Education News Colorado, Mark Sass wants to know which path to reform is best? Don’t we all. Which candidate…
Under fire for its lax supervision of British Petroleum and other offshore drillers, the embattled federal agency formerly known as the Minerals Management Service has fined BP $5.2 million for filing “false, inaccurate, or misleading” reports about its energy production in Colorado three years ago. Grrr. That’ll show ’em…
The stretch of Federal Boulevard between West 52nd and 58th Avenues should be identified on maps as the Denver Firework District. Every street has a warehouse that is open year-round to make a pile of money in the one week before July 4th. In mid-June, banners and flags are added…
Bicycles don’t usually do too well on steps — but they certainly made an impression yesterday in front of the Capitol, where approximately a hundred pedaling fans gathered to protest a bike ban in Black Hawk. Bicycle Colorado, which sponsored the event (and supplied photos here and below) fears that…
Mark Kiszla’s Denver Post column about the prospect of the Nuggets trading Carmelo Anthony is getting a lot of national run, even prompting a fresh piece in USA Today. But while this scenario isn’t beyond the realm of possibility, there’s an equally strong argument for a Melo-sticks-around scenario, with a…
Can you have your pot cake and sell it, too? That’s the dilemma facing edible makers and manufacturers of other marijuana-infused goods, since according to new state law they have to apply for an “infused product manufacturer” license by July 1 in order to continue operating — but in most…
Thanks to media hype about everything from his classical beauty to his autographing skills, Tim Tebow has attracted haters and worshippers alike. Count TebowZone.com among the latter group. The site seduces folks to sign up (for free) with a list of the 51 reasons Tebow’s better than Superman…
The story of a Boulder County kidnapping over the weekend has gotten considerably stranger since the arrest of Joseph Scott Carter for the crime. During a court appearance yesterday, Carter urged the judge to add “levying war against the United States” to his list of crimes. Turns out he’s a…
With Eclipse, the latest film in the über-popular Twlight series, due to hit theaters nationwide today, Americans everywhere have vampires on their mind. But a Fruita area woman was ahead of the bloodsucking curve. After she crashed her SUV on Sunday evening, she reportedly told state troopers a vampire made…
