In our Denver Blogs feature last Thursday, we reacted with amazement upon discovering a credible local blogger — Mile High Report’s Tim Lynch — who actually thought the Broncos would be wise to obtain the services of Cleveland QB Brady Quinn. Lynch has gotten his wish: Over the weekend, Quinn…
Over the weekend, the Denver Police Department released its latest list of the city’s fifty most wanted criminals — a homage of sorts to the FBI’s ten most wanted list, which celebrated its sixtieth anniversary on Sunday; check out our gallery of mug shots featuring roster mates busted in Colorado…
Update, 6:52 a.m., March 15, 2010: The Denver Police Department has named Heber Santiago Godoy the number one most wanted fugitive in the city — and, perhaps, settled on the spelling of his name. Look below for our original item, published in June, which now features a new insert. Following…
What’s six feet tall, made of wood and never forgets? Why, the Denver Zoo’s new elephant statute, of course! Forgive our bad joke. It’s Friday afternoon and our brains are mushy. It’s true, however, that the zoo has a new wooden elephant statue, which will be on hand tomorrow for…
Jefferson County authorities didn’t want to release the arrest affidavit for Bruco Eastwood, the man accused of shooting two students at Deer Creek Middle School last month. So kudos to the Denver Post and Channel 9 for going to court to force release of the documents, which offer an account…
Update, 2:24 p.m.: The Spork saga has apparently come to an end, thanks to an agreement between Lafayette prosecutors and the ten-year-old dachshund’s owners, Tim and Kelly Walker, that was formalized during a midday hearing. The gist: The vicious-dog citation against Spork has been deferred. If no other accusations against…
It’s that time again, Denver blog lovers. Mile High Report’s John Bena is baffled by ESPN writer Bill Williamson’s take on the Brandon Marshall drama, which seems to simultaneously praise and criticize the Broncos for their first-round tender offer. The confusion continues. In today’s edition of “Mama Drama,” Mile High…
If charges against him are true, Sgt. Brian Kelly Wells, who’s stationed at Fort Carson, wanted to have sex with an underage girl so badly that he was willing to drive all the way from Colorado Springs to Adams County to get it. Instead, what he got was busted. According…
The state’s job losses were more gruesome than previously thought, the Post reported yesterday, as updated stats showed an additional 17,000 lost jobs last year. So that’s depressing — especially if you’re one of the people out there looking for work. I meet more and more such people every week,…
In addition to zipper lanes, Colorado’s Interstate 70 highway re-design includes a Runaway Prius Ramp safety feature…
One of the hallmarks of marijuana culture is the willingness of tokers to share their supply with others. But an incident in Boulder yesterday takes that generosity to a whole new level. That’s because charity workers going through a donation bin found a bag of pot worth approximately $8,000. Don’t…
These days, pretty much everything President Barack Obama does is criticized by someone or other. But his detractors will have to work overtime to fault him for his decision regarding the money he received for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. He’s giving it away to worthy organizations, one of which…
Earlier this week, Peter Maroney was announced as the new president and general manager of sister channels 2 and 31 — the successor to the controversial Dennis Leonard, who stressed in a statement that he jumped instead of being pushed. Maroney, who most recently held similar positions at WTVR in…
Pot advocate Mason Tvert filed language on Wednesday for a November ballot initiative that would allow Coloradans 21 and older to use marijuana. Does that mean Colorado is about to be embroiled in a full-scale movement to legalize weed? Not necessarily…
As documented in Melanie Asmar’s December feature “Can a Mild-Mannered Grocery Clerk Solve the Grocery Workers’ Labor Strife?,” United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 has been rocked by a power struggle between supporters of previous president Ernie Duran and those backing incoming boss Kim Cordova. The latest salvo in…
On February 26, the day before the first anniversary of the Rocky Mountain News’ final edition, we published an item about the status of the paper’s intellectual property — most importantly its name and web address. Rich Boehne, CEO of E.W. Scripps, the Rocky’s owner, had revealed that this material…
At first glance, the idea of tapping into the badly stretched state budget for a few million to open one wing of a new supermax prison doesn’t seem all that loony. After all, the Colorado Department of Corrections spent more than $200 million to build the new state pen, known…
Yesterday, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office revealed that a forty-year-old inmate charged with four counts of sexual assault on a child and one count of child abuse had been found dead in his jail cell — and in its release about this incident, the BCSO tried to establish its lack…
Keeping track of all the individuals and organizations duking it out on the front lines of the state’s medical-marijuana debate is trickier than picking through the med strains at your corner dispensary. To help weed through the chaos, we’ve created this guide to the state’s top marijuana power players, complete…
People write blogs about Denver every day. Here are three of them. Tim Lynch at Mile High Report thinks it might be worth it for the Broncos to spend a low-round draft pick to get dreamy but ineffective Cleveland QB Brady Quinn for backup purposes. Maybe if the draft was…
Westword is covering the trial of Willie Clark, accused of murdering Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams early on New Year’s Day 2007. The most recent updates for the day will be at the top; to check out the account chronologically at day’s end, read from the bottom up. Click here…
The identity of Frontier is, well, up in the air, with a new name among the possibilities. But Frontier mechanics seem more interested in the amount of their paychecks rather than the moniker stamped on it — which is why, late yesterday, the union representing them filed an injunction in…
