Yesterday, during a preliminary hearing, a deputy took the stand in Arapahoe County Court to posit the theory that Naomi Almodovor burned down a Centennial apartment complex as payback against a former girlfriend who had subsequently gotten into a relationship with a man. And the arrest affidavit in the case…
In 2006, performer Bill Cosby settled a lawsuit filed by a woman who said he’d drugged and sexually assaulted her. In a U.K. Mail story, Barbara Bowman says she was prepared to testify in the civil trial against Cosby before the matter was dropped. But now, years later, she’s speaking…
An unexpected result of Colorado’s legalization of limited marijuana sales for recreational purposes has been a rise in the number of academic studies about whether the change has been good or bad for the state. A few months ago, a paper released by the Brookings Institution found that the rollout…
Adam Roy’s post about Casey Nocket, a wannabe artist accused of using acrylic paint to deface a number of natural wonders, including Rocky Mountain National Park, and then shrugging off her actions with social-media responses such as, “I know, I’m a bad person,” became a repository for some notably vitriolic…
Denver blog posts are completely legal so far as we know. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun speaks with Illegal Pete’s owner Pete Turner about the controversy in Fort Collins over the name on his restaurants. Colorado Peak Politics isn’t impressed by ads critical of the Jefferson County School…
Twelve years ago, based almost entirely on the testimony of a troubled adolescent girl with a long history of telling preposterous stories, an Arapahoe County jury found Charles Farrar guilty of a horrible crime. That testimony was recanted not long after the trial, but Farrar is still in prison, serving…
The inaugural National Cannabis Industry Association’s Infused Products and Extraction Symposium kicked off last night with a cocktail reception and networking event; today, the symposium started in earnest with two different tracks for attendees. “This is an area of the industry that’s creating a lot of conversations right now,” says…
In case you doubted the importance of Colorado when it comes to next week’s election, here’s evidence that it’s seen as a key to control of the U.S. Senate and more: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow will be broadcasting from Denver tonight for a program that’s expected to take a close look…
Last week, attorneys representing accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes requested yet another delay in jury selection, which had been set for December 8 — and prosecutors didn’t object. That put Judge Carlos Samour, who’s overseeing the case, in a difficult position. But while he’s now agreed to push back…
We recently posted about the ten Colorado counties with the drunkest drunk drivers — and yes, Denver made the list. But how does the alcohol consumption in the Mile High City compare to other cities around the country. That was the question recently explored by WCBS5 in Boston. Using numbers…
Update: Gregory Lewis’s crime spree ended after his capture in New York State. He’s now been formally charged in Colorado with a slew of very serious charges: attempted first-degree murder, three counts of sexual assault, two counts of first-degree assault and aggravated robbery. Continue for our previous coverage. See also:…
Update: Although the circumstances that led to police discovering the bodies of Kacey Heberlein and Chris Bankert in a Castle Rock home (see our previous coverage below) suggested a murder-suicide scenario, authorities in the community declined to provide details until an autopsy was completed. Now, however, the Douglas County coroner’s…
Last week, we told you about the Twitter spat that erupted after Dr. Christian Thurstone, an addiction specialist who’s also a major player in Project SAM, a national organization fighting to prevent greater access to cannabis, shared a blog post in which he implied that marijuana contributed to — and…
Our post featuring the top twenty tweets about whether San Diego QB Philip Rivers is a cry baby or a whiner, inspired by his frequent fits during the Chargers’ loss to the Broncos on Thursday Night Football, was a comment magnet. Some readers defended Rivers, some bashed him and some…
A Denver blog post by any other name remains the same. At our Cafe Society blog, Mark Antonation tells about five pairs of restaurant names certain to cause confusion. Mile High Hockey’s Sandie Gauthier collects the not-too-positive news about the Colorado Avalanche’s slow start, including Nathan MacKinnon’s scoring drought. Denver…
This week’s cover story, “A Sporting Chance,” traces the rise of the Niyakko Rush, a grassroots youth soccer club made up primarily of refugees living in a single apartment house in Aurora. Many of the players have come from countries ravaged by political and military upheaval, including Myanmar, Somalia and…
A new round of Sell-SMaRT classes, the responsible cannabis vendor training program collaboration between NCIA and Cannabis Trainers, has been scheduled for today — and that’s just the first of many marijuana-related activities on this week’s calendar. See also: “Family Friendly” DIA Plans to Ban Marijuana-Related Souvenirs…
Update: Earlier this month, we told you about a series of attacks on Fort Collins women that local police believe were committed by the same man; see our previous coverage below. Now, two more assaults have taken place involving a suspect fitting the same description, bringing the latest estimate for…
Last month, we shared Denver Police Department concerns about trick-or-treaters possibly being slipped marijuana edibles on Halloween. Literally hundreds of readers ripped such fears as unreasonable and reactionary. But rather than backing down, the DPD upped the ante with a video on the alleged threat, plus a Facebook campaign rolled…
NewsCastic recently published a list of 101 facts about Denver, and while most of the entries were familiar to us, quite a few of them weren’t. Here’s the ten that struck us as the most unusual or surprising, featuring photos and original NewsCastic text. To see the original post, click…
Upon being saved after a fall in Chautauqua Park yesterday, a man reportedly told his rescuers that he’d taken hallucinogenic drugs. This is hardly the first time such an incident has happened in the area — and the last time it did, the story went national thanks to the combination…
Weed-themed weddings in Colorado are all the rage now for the pot-friendly — but apparently cannabis has been a part of nuptials in Egypt since the 1930s. At least, it was part of one Cairo bride’s wedding plan — though it didn’t seem to work out well for her according…
