Pluck the fruit from three Denver blogs. At Mile High Report, ejruiz tells the MSM that the Tim Tebow-Kyle Orton-Brady Quinn quarterback competition “isn’t controversial. No one involved will allow it to devolve into something like that.” In other words, they’ll play nice. Education News Colorado’s Alan Gottlieb bids a…
Update, 1:15 p.m.: Gary Coleman has died. Read the Washington Post’s obituary here, and look below to read our original item, published at 7:29 a.m. this morning. When last we heard from former Denver resident Gary Coleman, back in February, he’d broken into our Busted Former Child Star Mug Shot…
Yesterday, we told you the story of John Gailey, who was cited for trespassing and banned from the Town Center of Aurora mall for a year because he refused to take off a “Yes We Cannabis” T-shirt. No word yet about whether the mall has apologized and approved the wearing…
Readers of the Denver Daily News saw an unusual item in a recent issue. The “Notice of Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment of Parental Rights” was addressed from attorney Virginia L. Frank, representing Adoption Choices of Colorado, on behalf of Jessica Tompkins, who’s due to deliver a child on or about July…
While many of America’s celebrities announce their Arizona boycott plans, Colorado’s most famous performer is preparing a big show of support. Inspired by the new immigration law passed by the Arizona state legislature, Tom Tancredo is getting the band back together…
Last month, Republic Airways Holdings decided to marry Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines under the Frontier name. Then, in a bid to placate potentially pissed-off Midwest fans, the company decided to honor the carrier’s Wisconsin roots by putting a badger on Frontier tails — and holding a contest to name…
The Colorado Medical Marijuana Festival, taking place on Sunday, May 30, at Longmont’s Radisson Hotel (click here for details), has several unusual attributes. For one thing, says event organizer Sean Bookman, the get-together will feature an on-site “medicinal garden” at which five Longmont-area dispensaries will be able to serve MMJ…
Across the country, major party candidates who’ve been associated with the so-called establishment have had a far tougher time than anticipated. No wonder Republican Scott McInnis asked Margo Knutson, a member of a grassroots Douglas County 9.12 Project group, to place his name in nomination for governor at the party’s…
The biggest problem for athletes on Twitter: If they write anything remotely interesting, it causes a shit storm. As a result, NFL tweeters mostly settle for tapping out bland notes about as scintillating as a potential matchup between the New Orleans Saints and the West Middle School Wolverines. That’s the…
Update, 7:48 a.m., May 28: The Hickenlooper campaign has responded to this post. See how after the original item, published at 3:27 p.m. on May 27. The latest assault on Democratic guv candidate John Hickenlooper from the Republican Governors Association is at least novel. It features part of an ad…
With dispensaries on every street corner, legislators having rolled out the first regulatory system for statewide marijuana distribution in the country and activists seriously considering an initiative to legalize pot this November, it might seem like Colorado has always been a marijuana Mecca. But just a few years ago, the…
Back in February, we noted that “Dealin’ Doug” Moreland had purchased Denver’s two Jack FM stations, with the outlets’ websites coming down the next month. We told you to expect format changes, and now we’ve got a clue as to what the approach might be: sports. The evidence? The reported…
At this point, it’s hard to know if a crime took place on the 1900 block of North Ensenada Court yesterday. And if so, what kind. We know two major facts at this point. First, a man in that area was found partially stuck under a car. Second, the investigation…
You know what’s the most effing adorable thing ever? Baby sheep. And maybe baby monkeys and baby giraffes and horny polar bears named Cranbeary. But definitely not naked mole rats. And the best place to oogle baby sheep this summer will be the Denver Zoo, seeing as how five of…
As Joel Warner reports in this week’s cover story, Denver has become a lacrosse hotbed for reasons ranging from the growing reputation of DU’s squad, coached by six-time national champ Bill Tierney, to the rise of City Lax, the city’s first and only youth lacrosse program. Apparently, the folks at…
DIA wasn’t the only place that experienced high winds and hail yesterday. Commerce City also got pounded, to the apparent delight of every roofer within a hundred miles. A resident of the Reunion neighborhood who shall remain nameless (because he doesn’t want to excite any more friggin’ roofers) says two…
B-cycle, Denver’s cool, month-old bike-sharing program, has up and gone all technological. This week, B-cycle rolled out a free iPhone app that tells users how many shiny red B-cycles are available at each station, ready to rent. It also tells users how many B-cycle docks are open for when it’s…
Here’s three tasty Denver blog samples. On Mile High Report, NavyBSU_fan comments on a report that Tim Tebow is third on the Broncos’ QB depth chart, having passed Tom Brandstater. “In other news,” he writes, “dog bites man.” Ouch! 5280’s Michael de Yoanna notes that senators Mark Udall and Michael…
Shocking news: Immigration critic Tom Tancredo’s not impressed by President Barack Obama’s plan to send 1,200 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. In two tweets on his Twitter feed, Tancredo writes, “Govt of Mexico just issued following statement: ‘The GOM expects that Ntl Guard..will NOT…conduct activities directly linked to the… enforcement…
Each week, one of our medical marijuana reviewers critiques a local dispensary. The latest to get this treatment? Boulder’s High Grade Alternatives, which earns good marks from The Wildflower Seed. But it’s hardly the only game in town, as our newly updated dispensary directory proves. To begin exploring it, click…
This dispensary has closed. As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword is offering a no-holds-barred look…
A July 2008 Greeley Tribune article predicted that “an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, a flashpoint of controversy when it was proposed three years ago, will open this fall in Greeley.” Wrong. It took nearly two more years before the Greeley branch officially opened yesterday. Such public events are rare…
