Ag, Ag, Ag Colorado’s not just home to Bernard Rollin, the Harley-riding animal ethicist from Brooklyn who brokered a deal between the Humane Society’s Wayne Pacelle and the state’s agriculture interests. It’s also headquarters for the American Humane Association, the oldest humane group in the country, and one that Kathi…
A bill that would legalize syringe exchange programs in Colorado cleared its first hurdle today. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee approved it with two nay votes. Last year, Westword wrote about the state’s lack of legal syringe exchange programs, which swap injection-drug users’ used needles for new ones…
Even if you wanted to, you couldn’t be friends with Colorado Attorney General John Suthers’s office — at least not on Facebook. And the office has recommended that any other state agency that doesn’t already have a Facebook page hold off for a while. “There could be conflicts with state…
Bloggers in Denver often write blogs about Denver. Funny how that works… Predominantly Orange’s Kim Constantinesco touts Dez Bryant as a Brandon Marshall replacement — and according to Sports Illustrated’s Peter King, Bryant (as well as Rolando McClain and, eeesh, Tim Tebow) are visiting Broncosland today. Coincidence or conspiracy? The…
Update, 1:12 p.m.: An arrest has been made in the Arapahoe campus incident described in this post. Look below the original item for more information. Back in February, graffiti appeared at Boulder High School declaring “Everyone will die 2/12/10” — a threat followed a couple of weeks later by a…
Young Kayleah Wilson is still missing more than two weeks after heading off to a March 28 birthday party — and while her friends, family and other concerned folks are keeping up their spirits on a Facebook page devoted to her, they need help to continue looking for her in…
Last week, we told you about the death of Marvin Webb, who was killed after he was struck by an RTD bus in Lafayette while he was riding his bicycle. Today, RTD spokesman Scott Reed confirms that the bus’s driver, Paul John Johnson, has been charged with careless driving resulting…
The first game of the first round of the NHL playoffs is scheduled today and hockey wizards are saying that the San Jose Sharks will take the Colorado Avalanche in five. I’m much more optimistic and can safely predict that Avalanche fans will see the Stanley Cup in Colorado this…
The case against Gregory Scott Witherspoon, 27, hasn’t moved quickly. Instead, it’s been a slow-motion horror show. The tragedy began on June 27, 2009, when six-month-old Ci’Area Taylor-Witherspoon was transported to a hospital. Her father, Gregory, told police he’d left Ci’Area in the bathtub with her two-year-old brother, and when…
Recently, a dog scarfed down a batch of pot brownies her owner purchased at a local medical marijuana dispensary — a seemingly humorous scenario that quickly proved to be no laughing matter. The owner “had called all her friends, and at first, they thought it was funny,” says Laura Higgins,…
At 10 a.m. this morning, Governor Bill Ritter is scheduled to speak at the dedication of the new Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center, at 490 W. Colfax. The event will no doubt bring a great deal of satisfaction to family members and others in the community who spent years arguing that…
Last month, we told you about a case involving Abby Toll, who was told she couldn’t offer a mental-impairment claim as a defense against a bizarre animal cruelty charge: She was accused of affixing her boyfriend’s dog upside-down to a refrigerator using packing tape and hair bands. That ruling pretty…
When the Denver City Council passed regulations for the medical marijuana industry earlier this year, it established that no dispensary could be within 1,000 feet of a school or daycare center, with the exception of those that had a sales-tax license prior to December 15, 2009. The same distance appears…
As soon as Brandon Marshall signed the Broncos’ tender offer yesterday, his trade went from being theoretical to a virtual certainty. Moreover, it became clear the Broncos had at last abandoned the idea that they’d get a first-round pick for BM’s services — something obvious to the rest of us…
April 15 — the deadline for filing income-tax returns — is just two days away. And in case your stress over that fact isn’t already overwhelming, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has a message: “It is important to file complete and accurate tax returns and those who deliberately evade this obligation…
Stan Kroenke owns 40 percent of the St. Louis Rams football team — and he reportedly is interested in purchasing the remaining 60 percent. How might such a buy impact Kroenke’s Denver sports franchises — the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche? Kroenke isn’t getting into specifics, but his company,…
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers’ office has ordered every state agency and institution of higher education to take down their Facebook pages if they have one, according to Rebecca Laurie, spokeswoman for History Colorado, which does have a page. Attorney General’s spokesman Mike Saccone would only say that his office…
Blogs about Denver are floating around everywhere. Here are three we grabbed. In his preview of the Nuggets’ final game of the regular season, Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein notes that a Nugs victory will likely translate to a (very favorable) playoff matchup against Portland. Problem is, the Nuggets hardly ever…
Plenty of adults will let teens below the legal drinking age sneak a sip on New Year’s Eve, just as Sandra Johnson allegedly did. Problem is, Johnson was on the job — as an overnight supervisor at Lampkin Group Center For Boys II, a privately run home for juvenile sex…
The parent company of Denver-based Frontier Airlines announced today it is abandoning the Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines brand to unify the two carriers under the Frontier name, ending months of speculation and angst among Coloradans who hoped the moniker would survive. Before hundreds of Frontier employees gathered in Coors Field party…
#18 of the 22 Major Arcana: Ryan Frazier, the Star…..
Although Michael Bennet and Jane Norton remain the favorites to face off in the U.S. Senate race this November, both of them have faced strong challenges within their own parties, from Andrew Romanoff and Ken Buck, respectively. Bennet has responded by petitioning for a place on the August primary ballot…
