A recent Comment of the Day in which a reader rejected the idea that people can vape without anyone noticing prompted a slew of memorable responses. But one definitely caught us by surprise. In it, the author addresses the subject of public pot smoking and its impact on people who have…
Denver blogs are the cat’s meow. At our Arts blog, Susan Froyd explains that the Denver County Fair has nixed a return of a pot pavilion, which spawned a lawsuit after several people got sick from eating pot edibles, in favor of an exhibit featuring cats. The Colorado Independent’s Tessa…
Today brings word that Dustin Diamond, the actor who will forever be known as Screech from Saved by the Bell, will serve four months in jail for a barroom stabbing in Wisconsin. This news, and the fact that the incident took place in Wisconsin, calls to mind Diamond’s bad behavior in…
Ever wonder if all that stuff you put in your recycling bin actually gets recycled? So did we. As explained in this week’s cover story, “Breaking Bad,” none of the glass that Denver residents put in their purple bins gets recycled into new glass. Because Denver has single-stream recycling —…
Marijuana’s social effects on Colorado have been routinely debated since recreational sales began in 2014, so a group of students at Metropolitan State University of Denver decided to study city crime and homeless numbers after commercial pot’s inaugural year. Presented yesterday in room 420 of MSU’s Student Success Building, the…
Three Colorado women have won the Miss America pageant: Sharon Ritchie in 1956, Marilyn Van Derbur in 1958 and Rebecca Ann King in 1974. However, no one from the state has been named Miss USA, even though the competition has been held since 1952. Could Talyah Polee break the streak a…
There’s no off-season in the NFL anymore. As evidence, note that arguably the biggest sports story in America yesterday was about something that didn’t happen — a trade of Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning to the Houston Texans. Among those weighing in on this hypothetical was ESPN radio host and TV…
In January 2014, we shared a pot entitled “The ABCs of Denver’s Unregistered Sex Offenders,” which offered an overview of the issue in the city. Since there were more than 100 unregistered sex offenders on Denver’s most wanted list, we featured a representative sample: one from each letter of the…
Anthony Martinez looks mighty benign in the Facebook photo above. But investigators with the Colorado Springs Police Department, as well as law enforcers in at least six other states, fear he’s anything but. Martinez, 25, has been arrested on suspicion of what the CSPD describes as “an unlawful, sexual relationship…
Dear Stoner: My friend says he likes to get high before working out. I always assumed that would be bad for my lungs and coordination. Jay Blazer Dear Jay: Marijuana as a performance-enhancing drug sounds crazy, doesn’t it? While no one is suggesting that NFL quarterbacks light up before a…
Once again, a Comment of the Day has birthed a very interesting conversation. This time around, the conversation was prompted by a reader who stressed that drivers should watch out for motorcyclists, but bikers have responsibilities, too. Plenty of replies focused on those crotch-rocket riders who zoom in and out…
Denver blog posts have it covered. At our Music blog, Jessie Schiewe writes, “I wore pasties at EDC and it wasn’t that bad.” The folks at Colorado Peak Politics think the Bernie Sanders attendance numbers are a slap to Hillary. Roundball Mining Company finds Cody Russell playing the NBA draft…
Glass is infinitely recyclable, so it’s easy to imagine that the bottles and jars you put out at the curb every week are headed off to be melted down and remade — baby-food jar into baby-food jar, beer bottle into beer bottle, forever and ever, amen. But not in Denver,…
Sex, blackmail and Republican politics make for a potent brew, which explains why a story involving an alleged attempt by Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman (and former Congressman Tom Tancredo) to force Colorado GOP chair Steve House to resign or else face exposure over a supposed affair continues to gather…
Over the past month or so, numerous drivers in northern Colorado have had their windows shattered — and one driver, Cori Romero, was shot in the neck as she motored down Interstate 25 in Larimer County. These incidents remain unsolved — and now, John Jacoby, 48, is dead after having been…
Abigail Cozad had a tough life, owing to a traumatic brain injury suffered as a result of an accident involving a drunk driver when she was just fifteen. Now, Cozad is dead, victim of a homicide. Her body was found in an Adams County motel. Now, the Adams County Sheriff’s…
According to Project Know, an organization that specializes in alcohol and drug rehabilitation and treatment, Colorado has one of the highest DUI arrest rates of any state in the country. And by at least one recent metric, the numbers in Denver are even higher than they are for Colorado as…
Have you seen a black 2006 Toyota Tacoma like the one above, sporting Colorado license plate 966-MFH? If so, call the police in Denver or Aurora and get the hell out of its way, because the driver of the vehicle was allegedly at the center of multiple crimes yesterday, including a…
Police responded when Donna Mount died in April. But there were no criminal charges in the immediate aftermath of her death — only tears. More than two months later, however, a most unlikely suspect — Lee Keyser, 67 — has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in the case. Why?…
Have you noticed that your cannabis dollar is going further than it did this time last year? According to a new analysis by Convergex, which describes itself as “an agency-focused global brokerage and trading-related-services provider,” you should. Since last June, the report notes, “the average price of an 1/8th ounce of…
A recent Comment of the Day in which a reader maintained that he smokes pot wherever he wants and most people probably don’t realize it attracted a slew of interesting commentary. Some folks argued that the author was on point. Others maintained that he was only fooling himself. The first three posts…
Denver blog posts offer inside looks. At our Food & Drink blog, Jonathan Shikes shows off Breckenridge Brewery’s twelve-acre, $36 million Littleton campus. Colorado Peak Politics doesn’t think the health department spending $12,000 on treadmill desks is a good idea…. Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons listens as Melvin Hunt reflects on…
