Last Friday, comedian Ralphie May’s show in Grand Junction included some special guests — members of the Grand Junction Police Department, who responded to a row involving attendees reportedly pissed at May’s apparent intoxication. Afterward, May’s manager called his client the “first victim of legalized marijuana,” suggesting that he’d overindulged…
As we’ve reported, Denver police Officer John Adsit was critically injured in a crash that took place while he was on crowd-control duty during a December 3 East High School student walk-out prompted by a Ferguson, Missouri grand jury’s no-indictment decision in the shooting death of Michael Brown. He remains…
A website called TheBlackVault.com has just published what it’s calling Project Blue Book, which consists of a reported 130,000 pages worth of declassified Air Force documents related to investigations of UFO sightings. The majority of the material is from the 1940, 1950s and 1960s, and there are dozens upon dozens…
You may recall Condomania as the company that ranks states by penis size — and Colorado rose much higher in the most recent survey. But the site also has a blog that recently introduced a new feature — the “Stop Having Loud Sex” note of the day — and the…
Last month, the states of Nebraska and Oklahoma filed a complaint asking the U.S. Supreme Court to void Colorado’s marijuana laws because of the negative impacts legal pot was having across the border. Colorado Representative Tim Dore’s new bill doesn’t go quite that far. But the proposal, on view below,…
As we’ve discussed in previous coverage of skiing deaths, determining whether an accident is included in the official resort-fatality total depends on numerous factors, including whether the incident took place in-bounds or out-of-bounds. But the case of Suzann Pennington, 55, is even trickier, if no less tragic. Pennington died days…
Numerous studies have suggested that marijuana users are less violent than those who consume alcohol. But would substituting marijuana for liquor also cut down on sexual assaults currently plaguing so many colleges across the country? Yes, argues New York magazine’s Annie Lowery — and she believes higher taxes on liquid…
The first batch of prospective jurors in the Aurora theater shooting case reported for jury duty this afternoon. They listened to introductory remarks about the case from Judge Carlos Samour and then filled out an eighteen-page questionnaire that will help the judge and attorneys choose who will serve on the…
Denver blog posts boast plenty of beats per minute. At our Backbeat blog, Mary Willson reports that at least 14,500 people were supporting a petition about Red Rocks noise ordinances thought to target EDM concerts — and an additional 1,000-plus have signed on since the post’s original publication. Big Media’s…
Our January 15 cover story, “Tell No One,” delved into an evolving sexual harassment quagmire at an Aurora outpatient clinic operated by the Department of Veteran Affairs; several female health care workers who complained of inappropriate conduct by a male nurse say they’ve suffered retaliation from administrators, including punitive job…
Yesterday’s Martin Luther King Day Marade in Denver drew a large and enthusiastic crowd for a wide range of festivities. Photographer Ken Hamblin was on hand to capture images that demonstrate why the Marade is among the Mile High City’s most stirring annual events. Check out a sampling of his…
Colorado pride takes different forms — like, for instance, this reader’s response to posts on a Comment of the Day arguing that Colorado drivers suck. Continue to see what we mean. See also: Reader: Colorado Drivers Really Do Suck…
Colorado cannabis activists have a busy week ahead them, with public pot hearings in Denver and Wheat Ridge, panel discussions in Vail and a fundraiser downtown. And fans of the cult-film Reefer Madness might want to check out what the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center is putting on in February…
Today marks two weeks since a bomb went off outside the building that houses the NAACP offices in Colorado Springs, and while a suspect’s sketch was released days later, no arrests have been made. To emphasize the need for progress in the case, NAACP President Cornell William Brooks, who’s been…
Which states have the rudest drivers — and what state’s drivers hate them most? Those are among the questions tackled by Insure.com in a recent survey, and the answers are illuminating and amusing, especially if you’re not from the state that most hates Colorado drivers (and those from plenty of…
The reaction among members of Twitter Nation to the departure of John Fox as the Denver Broncos’ head coach was mighty mixed — and if anything, the team’s decision to hire Gary Kubiak, John Elway’s former backup, to take over is generating an even more varied reaction. Some tweeters are…
The connection between a great teacher and students who want to learn can be a beautiful thing — and a tragic one when the connection between them is unexpectedly shattered. That’s what happened with the accidental death of 28-year-old Mitch Hanson, a teacher at Smoky Hills High School, from what…
“Tell No One,” Alan Prendergast, January 15 All Vets Are Off I am sickened about the VA’s treatment of these employees. Every vet and employee should be ashamed of our so-called government. I guarantee that this is only the tip of the iceberg. Heads need to roll. People like Wade…
Dear Stoner: My caregiver says he’s going to stop being a caregiver by the summer and that the state is probably going to make it hard to be one, anyway.Sick Sally Dear Sick Sally: He’s right. The state is trying to set strict limits on the number of patients that…
Denver’s rising rent prices continues to be a major topic of conversation among our readers, as is demonstrated by the number of posts that have collected on a recent Comment of the Day on the topic. What follows is an example of the passions stirred by the increase, if only…
Denver blog posts are all about sharing knowledge. At our Show and Tell blog, Bree Davies counts down 27 things Denverites really want out-of-towners to know about the Mile High City. Denver Infill’s Ryan Dravitz: “Union Station: The Triangle Building Update #7.” Denver Frank shares a video featuring ten hours’…
Jury selection in the trial of Aurora theater shooter James Holmes is scheduled to start the afternoon of Tuesday, January 20, when the first 250 of 9,000 summoned prospective jurors will report to the courthouse. Out of those 9,000, 24 people — twelve jurors and twelve alternates — will be…
