Tension between medical-marijuana businesses and the feds ratcheted up two weeks ago when Drug Enforcement Administration agents rolled through Full Spectrum Laboratories, a Denver marijuana testing facility, seizing all pot samples they could find — all while the lab’s owners were at the Capitol testifying against a medical-marijuana bill. Betty…
When last we heard from the virulent homophobes at Westboro Baptist Church, they were no-shows at a same-sex-marriage debate at CU that they’d earlier promised to picket. But that doesn’t mean they’ve forgotten about Boulder. Indeed, the Kansas-based hate spewers are now declaring their intention to protest at the funerals…
Last week, ex-Congressman and former presidential candidate Tom Tancredo, delivering the keynote address at the First National Tea Party Convention, drew accusations of racism when he suggested that President Barack Obama was elected partly because “we do not have a civics literacy test before people can vote… People who could…
Channel 31/The Deuce sponsored a contest asking viewers to share their worst Valentine’s Day ever, with the winner/loser to be rewarded with a trip to Hollywood to see the premiere of the new Valentine’s Day movie. A pretty standard promotion, all told — but who knew it would prompt a…
Charlie Sheen, whose Christmas present was an arrest for allegedly threatening and assaulting wife Brooke Mueller, wanted to avoid cameras inside an Aspen courthouse during his appearance there yesterday — and his lawyers prevailed on that matter. But there was nothing he could do to prevent cameras outside the building…
Seven years ago, after an emotional murder trial that was rich in incriminating circumstantial evidence but short on motive, a Denver jury found Hal Hebert guilty of shooting his wife Carol in 2001 in their Belcaro home. A key witness for the prosecution was an oddball named Richard White, who…
The long, twisted tale of Operation Fortune Cookie — the state’s biggest indoor weed bust, which went to pot once a snitch spilled the beans to the drug ring about the investigation and the law-enforcement agencies that were involved imploded — was slated to wrap up this week. On Wednesday,…
Check out these three blogs about Denver, why don’t you? The Denver Egotist reports that PETA will sponsor a “Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” event at the 16th Street Mall tomorrow. There, “‘sexy activists’ will cuddle up in a bed on a public sidewalk wearing nothing but their underwear…
Democrats’ attempts to remove tax exemptions from everything from candy to bull semen in order to balance the state’s budget has prompted angry cries from Republicans, who insist these maneuvers are actually tax increases. Of course, Dems insist that’s not the case — but today, former gubernatorial candidate turned state…
If you think the Broncos’ quarterback situation is stable, think again. This weekend, ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio reported that Denver’s had multiple conversations with the Philadelphia Eagles about the availability of QB Donovan McNabb. Is a deal likely to be reached between these two teams for a player as high profile…
Late last month, the Denver Post published a piece about Colorado Springs having to cut some basic city services — including turning off a third of its street lights on one day — due to its horrific revenue situation. Since then, the left-wing blogosphere has piled on, with sites like…
The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 50. City Park: Cementing the beliefs and ideals of society. The yard art pictured in figure 50, is a testament to human ability and aspiration. Concrete is typically a material that is used to build sidewalks, interstate highways and building foundations,…
In March 2007, Channel 4 went to extremes to ballyhoo the arrival of forecaster Stacey Donaldson, late of Channel 31, to the outlet’s morning show. Included were an extended chat with anchor Brooke Wagner about, among other things, Pop Tarts and knitting, and a video welcome from main weather prognosticator…
See photos from the weekend — including parties and concerts at Jet Hotel, 3 Kings and the Marquis — at westword.com/slideshow and on the Backbeat blog…
At this hour, reports suggest that Toyota is preparing a global recall of its hybrid Prius model, likely to be announced later today or tomorrow, following complaints about “delayed braking,” among other things. That’s not news to Eagle resident Elizabeth James, one of the many Prius drivers whose stories appear…
Yesterday’s Super Bowl featured a few Colorado touches — Focus on the Family’s canny ad featuring Tim Tebow and his mom, as well as the sight of Broncos legend Floyd Little standing with fellow NFL Hall of Fame inductees during the opening coin toss. But for me, the biggest Broncos…
As a native Coloradan who grew up in Grand Junction, I began following the Denver Broncos in the 1960s, when watching them play was a frequently painful experience. Their level of ineptitude is symbolized by their record during that decade: 39-97-4. But beginning in 1967, running back Floyd Little, elected…
The media furor over a Focus on the Family Super Bowl ad starring Florida QB Tim Tebow and his mom prompted complaints from assorted women’s organizations about what they assumed would be its anti-abortion message, despite FOTF spokesman Gary Schneeberger’s assertion that the ad wasn’t anti-anything. This morning, Schneeberger is…
View Larger Map Early on the morning of Super Bowl Sunday, Denver Police were called to 675 S. Raleigh Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). A party had been going on there, but it apparently got way…
Now that the controversial re-imagining of Writer Square is more or less complete (minus most of its especially controversial signage plan, since the Las Vegas-inspired spectacle was shot down in a boisterous planning board meeting in September), people seem to be stocking up on their rotten tomatoes. Over at the…
In the beginning, the medical marijuana bill being assembled by Representative Tom Massey was popularly known as the “law-enforcement bill.” Not anymore. The measure put forward by Massey this week (one co-sponsored by Representative Ken Summers, interviewed today in this space), no longer has Colorado Attorney General John Suthers’s seal…
Welcome to Denver Blogs — your one-stop shopping place to find blogs about Denver. Kyle at Bronco Talk has three words for the prospect of Denver drafting Florida QB Tim Tebow: “Just Say No!” And his reasons don’t have anything to do with Tebow’s Focus on the Family Super Bowl…
