Another day, another grabby crime that may (or may not) be related to medical marijuana — this one a home invasion in Fort Collins that’s resulted in the arrest of four subjects who allegedly bound a trio of men and held them at gunpoint. Sergeant Jon Holsten of the Fort…
Blogs from Denver, (mostly) about Denver. Over at the Broncos-centric Mile High Report site, enjoy the game day thread documenting the San Diego Chargers’ latest playoffs collapse, this time against the New York Jets. Inspired final comment: An illustration of Nelson from The Simpsons saying, “Ha Ha!” Senator Chris Romer…
In November 2007, Mark Nichols of Highlands Ranch sat down with his teenage son, Matthew, and one of Matthew’s friends. He had a pair of dice in his hand. He told them that if he rolled anything other than snake eyes, he’d pay them $10. But if he rolled snake…
In a seemingly off-the-cuff jolt of enthusiasm for the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Governor Bill Ritter this morning tossed aside the standard “we still have work to do” speech clichés and delivered something different: a gubernatorial sermon. At the kickoff for Denver’s 25th MLK march and parade…
Amid a stampede of controversy over the government’s effort to remove 2,500 wild horses from their historic range in Nevada, the Bureau of Land Management has announced two more roundups scheduled for later this year. One roundup targets more than 500 horses near Ely, Nevada, and will leave a herd…
Pro Rodeo! Come for the studs, and stay for the queens…..
Remember Kristen Parker, the surgical tech who passed her case of hepatitis-C to at least fifteen patients at Rose Medical Center via needles she’d used on herself? As part of her plea agreement in the case, she had to explain what she’d done on a video that’s now been released…
This weekend’s medical marijuana arrests in Brighton, which cops describe as a pot “assembly line” involving a chiropractor, his wife and a caretaker, is only the latest incident playing into the hands of law enforcement types who want the sort of dispensary shut-down likely to be prompted under a bill…
Prior to last year’s Naked Pumpkin Run, Boulder district attorney Stan Garnett told Westword that the charges available to use in relation to the event didn’t fit the crime — or whatever the hell you’d call stripping off your clothes and dashing around with a pumpkin shell on your head…
Denver Nuggets backers have had to make do with less Jerry Schemmel than they’d like; the team’s longtime radio broadcaster has only been calling home games of late. But before long, Nugs fans will have to go cold turkey. Schemmel has accepted the job to serve as the radio voice…
Late last year, Jason Martinez, a veteran of KTLA in Los Angeles, was hired as the new business reporter at Channel 9. But after briefly appearing on December 16, he vanished — and executives at the station decline to explain why. Channel 9 news director Patti Dennis’s comment? “I can’t…
As we told you last week, a man was found dead in an SUV at the Cottonwood Trail Apartments in Aurora — and police were investigating it as a homicide. Since then, the victim has been identified as William Harvey, reportedly a member of the CU Buffs football team in…
Here are some sample headlines from other publications around the nation about the latest development involving MediaNews Group, owner of the Denver Post and dozens of other newspapers around the country: UPI: “U.S. Newspaper Group to File Bankruptcy.” The Wall Street Journal: “MediaNews Holding Company to Seek Bankruptcy Protection.” The…
Remember that scene in Fantasia where Mickey Mouse, as the sorcerer’s apprentice, is besieged by a never-ending army of brooms inundating him with pail upon pail of water? That’s sort of like what’s happening these days at the vital statistics department of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment…
Charlie Sheen’s got responsibilities he’d rather avoid in both the non-fiction and fiction universes. On Wednesday, he’s scheduled to appear in an Aspen courtroom in relation to a Christmas day incident when he allegedly threatened and assaulted his wife, Brooke. His lawyers are doing their damnedest to make sure the…
William Erickson, who passed away this week at the age of 85, will long be remembered for his remarkable 25 years on the Colorado Supreme Court and a host of other accomplishments. But he will also be known for his most abysmal failure — the Columbine Review Commission he headed,…
If you’re a reporter who thinks covering Charlie Sheen’s court appearance in Aspen on January 20 will be like winning the lottery, you’re right. It’ll be exactly like winning the lottery. The Aspen Police Department has determined that the members of the media allowed in the sixty-person capacity courtroom during…
Why not warm up for the weekend by reading some Denver blogs? The Broncos will play their first-ever regular season game outside America on October 31, facing off against the San Francisco 49ers at Wembley Stadium in London. As Colin at South Stands Denver points out, they definitely won’t lose…
“Shmuck” is too kind a term for the type of bogus charity collectors who tend to crop up after disasters of the size and scope of the one currently rolling out in grisly slow motion across Haiti, a country that was hardly in the best shape even before an earthquake…
It’s shear fun! Bring your sheeps and peeps…..
This week, Senator Chris Romer confirmed that he’s ditched most of the elements in his long-in-the-works medical marijuana proposal in favor of a streamlined bill focusing on establishing what he calls “a meaningful doctor-patient relationship.” Meanwhile, Representative Tom Massey, a Republican from Poncha Springs, plans to introduce a measure modeled…
Carrie Paykoc was among a group of nine University of Colorado Denver students to fly out of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, at around noon on January 12. A little over four hours later, an earthquake struck the area, devastating the nation and placing extraordinary demands on a health system that Paykoc says…
