Colorado’s been on a roll lately when it comes to reality show contestants. Fort Collins’ Haeley Vaughn and Denver’s Lily Scott made strong showings on American Idol. And Louisville’s Nicole Fox actually won cycle thirteen of America’s Next Top Model; read our Q&A with Fox by clicking here. For a…
Yesterday, we told you about Nederland’s passage of a marijuana decriminalization initiative — making it the third city in Colorado (after Denver and Breckenridge) to take this step. The effort was grassroots by every meaning of the term. Although leading marijuana advocate Mason Tvert celebrated Nederland’s actions in the blog…
Last week, Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett confirmed that he was considering a run for Colorado Attorney General against controversial incumbent John Suthers — but first, he wanted to test the water. Apparently, the water’s fine, because Garnett’s jumped in to the race. “It’s going to be a lot of…
Senator Chris Romer is the sponsor of Senate Bill 109, a measure that aims to clarify the relationship between doctors and medical marijuana patients. It was approved by the Senate in February. Last week, however, Romer admitted to being unhappy that a requirement calling for MMJ patients 21 and under…
We’ve told you about Kenyon Martin’s anger over an April Fools’ Day prank at his expense: J.R. Smith’s driver, Laquan Johnson, filled K-Mart’s Range Rover with buttered popcorn, prompting a wig-out by Kenyon and an “LMAO” tweet from Smith. It’s one thing to read about Martin’s rant about the incident,…
Still no resolution in the case of ex-ICE agent Cory Voorhis, who’s fighting to get his old job back years after being sacked for passing information from a restricted database to gubernatorial candidate Bob Beaprez. But an interesting bit of news has surfaced regarding Stephanie Villafuerte, who withdrew her nomination…
How the hell did Colorado become the go-to state for bizarre terrorism-related incidents or scares? First, there was Najibbullah Zazi, who allegedly tried to make lethal weapons from ingredients at a local beauty supply store. Next came Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, aka Jihad Jamie, a Leadville mom accused of being a jihadi…
The “Bed & Breakfast” sleepover being hosted Saturday night by the Denver Sheriff’s Department at the Van Cise-Simonet Detention Facility —that’s the jail at Denver’s new Justice Center Complex — will be very realistic. “We truly want to give them the experience,” says the department’s Melissa Ortega. And that means…
It’s Tuesday night, and Lonnie Allen is sweating. The unshaven, young-looking thirty-something is bopping from table to table around Leela European Cafe, downtown Denver’s bohemian-bar-meets-coffee-shop. Accordingly, there are equal measures of Pabst and java seeping into the two dozen or so patrons crowded together toward the back of the steamy…
The Best of Denver, April 1, 2010 Cattle Call I’m a longtime fan and patron. I loved the perfect-bound Best of Denver 2010 and generally how you’ve reformatted and re-envisioned yourselves to survive the publishing apocalypse. Here’s another way you could move into the future: Retire the cow. The cowtown…
Kids like video games. They don’t like stationary bikes and ellipitical trainers and those weight-lifting machines that make your thighs less flabby by having you open and close your legs like a Venus fly trap. In light of those facts, Denver’s Athmar Recreation Center, 2680 West Mexico Avenue, has installed…
Will Willie Clark be sentenced to life in prison for murdering Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams in a drive-by in 2007? If he is, Denver will know immediately. Television stations, radio stations and websites will be allowed to broadcast Clark’s April 30 sentencing live, according to an order written by Judge…
On April Fools’ day, folks are a little less inclined to believe the bizarre. Your consummate bachelor friend probably isn’t announcing his marriage over Facebook, and Canada most likely didn’t apologize for Nickelback, no matter how overdue it may be. It makes sense, then, that Denver couple Victoria and Tim…
Update, 3:32 p.m.: As reported by the Colorado Daily, Marvin Webb has died from injuries sustained in a bus crash last night. This blog’s headline and body copy has been changed to reflect this development; the original item, published at 2:58 p.m., appears below. Another day, another terrible accident involving…
The search continues for Kayleah Wilson, a twelve-year-old Greeley girl who’s been missing since heading to a friend’s birthday party on Sunday, March 28. This kind of story is capable of making people lose faith in humanity — but the Prayers For Kayleah Wilson’s Safe Return Facebook page should restore…
It’s that time again, lovers of Denver bloggery. Bronco Talk’s Jonathan Douglas thinks Mike Shanahan wants Brandon Marshall in a Redskins uniform in part because “Mike’s probably one of the few people that Marshall would respect (and trust) enough to accept a payday that’s reasonable (and not over-inflated).” Although Dan…
Yesterday, we shared a mug shot in which registered sex offender Dustin Winesberry poses like that velvet-voiced guy in Old Spice commercials. At the time, Bruce Haas, administrative commander for the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office’s jail division, said he, too, was surprised by the snap and said he planned to…
Today’s Boulder Daily Camera features a story about a policy at the University of Colorado at Boulder allowing freshman students who are also medical marijuana patients to live off-campus rather than in school dorms. On the surface, this appears to be a liberalizing of policy that reflects an understanding that…
Former District 1 City Councilor Rick Garcia was most famous for his uncanny ability to turn simple neighborhood problems into even bigger messes. His mid-second-term departure last month to take a job as the director of the regional Housing and Urban Development office is a case in point: It spawned…
In recent days, media outlets nationwide have told the story of Boulder-based Pete Warden, who created a database of information about Facebook’s approximately 215 million account holders. Facebook accused Warden of violating the rules of its site and threatened him with legal action — a prospect he took seriously enough…
In its article about Nederland decriminalizing marijuana within town limits last night, the Boulder Daily Camera describes the town as the second in Colorado to take such a step, following Breckenridge, whose voters passed a similar measure last November. Marijuana advocate Mason Tvert, founder of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable…
Last night, the Boulder City Council passed a controversial nudity ordinance banning anyone over the age of ten from exposing their genitals in public — a response to concerns about annual events such as the World Naked Bike Ride and the Naked Pumpkin Run, as well as the possible revival…
