Denver blogs belong up in lights. At our Arts blog, Bree Davies counts down her picks for the ten best commercial signs on central Colfax. The Colorado Independent’s Mike Littwin: “Endlessly ‘Falling Down’ in NRA America.” Mile High Hockey’s Cheryl Bradley: “At Last, the Wheel Comes Full Circle.”…
Classes on everything from joint-rolling to marijuana genetics are going on this week in Denver. Find out more in this week’s cannabis calendar. Clover Leaf University is offering a variety of one-time courses on the legal cannabis industry throughout the next couple weeks at the Auraria Campus. Classes include budtender…
Earlier this month, we noted that Peyton Manning is better than Tom Brady — on Saturday Night Live. That’s one reason PFM was included among the galaxy of stars on SNL’s 40th anniversary special. The show debuted last night (it’s set for rebroadcast on Friday), and much as we love…
Leslie Carlson was a teacher at Pinnacle High School — was being the operative part of the sentence. Carlson has been fired after she was arrested for allegedly providing some of her students with alcohol and marijuana edibles. The Facebook page for Carlson appears to have been taken down. But 7News managed to…
On snowy mornings like this one, those of us who commute in small cars (my latest vehicle is a twenty-year-old Honda Accord) can’t help noticing that the rudest, most dangerous drivers tend to be found behind the wheel of SUVs or trucks — and the bigger their rides, the likelier…
Marijuana turns you into a killer and therefore is known as the “killer” drug. That’s the takeaway from the following article describing a November 28, 1938 Women’s Club meeting in Steamboat specifically on the use and abuse of drugs. The club apparently was clueless about cannabis and invited a local…
Our post about a longtime 9News executive warning staffers not to talk about Brian Williams’s suspension for embroidering a story from his days covering the Iraq war inspired plenty of readers to weigh in about whether the punishment fits the crime. This one thinks not. muhutdafuga writes: If he worked at…
Denver blog posts offer counter proposals. Our Food & Drink blog lists the twelve best chef’s counters in Denver. Mile High Report’s Kyle Montgomery on the significance of Peyton Manning’s meeting with John Elway and other Broncos brass. Colorado Peak Politics touts “the best idea to come out of a legislative body…
This week’s cover story, “The Long Way Home,” examines the unusual, long-running fallout from a fatal hit-and-run on the streets of Aurora. The 1991 incident took the life of one sixteen-year-old, Danny Goetsch, and sent another, Dietrick Mitchell, to the state prison system – where he remains 24 years later,…
Dear Mexican: Can you please explain to me why some Chicanos and mexicanos get offended when you speak to them in Spanish? As a fellow Chicano, I find it hard to believe that la raza gets offended by this genuine approach. Have you noticed this behavior yourself? That little dirty…
Last year, we told you about Georgia’s James Lee Pierce, a convicted child molester who allegedly spent months grooming an underage teen for sex before he could round up the money for a trip to Colorado in order to get his swerve on, only to discover that the object of his…
“One of the reasons we have such terrible teen-sexting laws is that people think any girl who would do this must be deviant or mentally ill or pathological. And that really denies the reality that teenagers are sexting. And it’s not just a couple of them.” That’s one of the many…
February 13 is Mistress Day, when cheating spouses supposedly hit the town with their secret loves — since they have to go out with their wives on Valentine’s Day. And to mark the occasion, AshleyMadison.com, a site whose motto is “Life is Short, Have an Affair,” has assembled a list…
Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III was among the hottest NFL prospects in years when he married Boulder-raised Rebecca Liddicoat in Colorado in July 2013. Since then, he’s played poorly and been plagued by injuries — but his off-the-field life could hardly be better. On his 25th birthday, he announced via…
Dusten Fischer and his beloved, Ashleigh, are expecting the birth of their first child together — a boy they’ve already named Brantley — on February 19. But less than a week away from that date, Fischer is in critical condition at Denver Health after being stabbed nine times during an…
With a beater RV and a few other assorted cars parked in the corner of its chain-link-fenced yard, Mile High Wellness looks like an abandoned Winnebago parts warehouse. It probably was at one point. That or some industrial supply something-or-other. But warehouse space all over the city has been taken…
Our Denver Blogs post about new rules at Red Rocks and the possibility of them impacting EDM shows this summer generated a fierce back-and-forth between people who love and loathe electronic dance music. But also weighing in was this reader, who sees other issues with Red Rocks regs. Robin Medina writes:…
Denver blog posts smell like victory. At our Food & Drink blog, Jenn Wohletz counts down the five most horrifying food gadgets, including the Meat-Smell-O-Meter. Predominantly Orange’s Tylor Walden on reports that the Broncos’ Wes Welker is contemplating retirement. Colorado Pols on the possible hijacking of “Erin’s Law.”…
On a freakishly warm Tuesday in February, a group of activists gathered downtown to announce that they are bringing their anti-fracking campaign to Denver. More specifically, they are bringing it to Hizzoner, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, urging him to impose a moratorium on oil and gas drilling in the city…
Last year, a bill to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of conditions legally treatable by medical marijuana in Colorado failed despite the testimony of Sean Azzariti, a Marine who served in the Iraq war and spoke movingly about the plight of PTSD-suffering veterans like him. Cannabis advocate Brian Vicente…
Mental illness and the death penalty featured prominently in questions posed to twelve potential jurors in the Aurora theater shooting case on Wednesday. At one point, prosecutor Rich Orman pointed toward suspect James Holmes, who was seated in the courtroom with his attorneys, and asked a prospective juror, “Would you…
In December, we told you about a triple murder for which Furmen Leyba and Gabriel Flores were arrested. During that bust, an Adams County deputy, later identified as Mike Robbins, was shot, apparently by friendly fire. Now, the Denver District Attorney’s Office has released its decision-letter about the incident (see…
