For years, CU Boulder was a perennial on party-school lists — and for years, administrators bitched about it. When it comes to Playboy’s just-announced top-party-school roster for 2014, however, it’s a headache (or a point of pride) for another Colorado college — one that’s richly deserving but doesn’t usually score…
If you’re a Denver Broncos fan, then you’ve no doubt endured a broadcast featuring either NBC’s Chris Collinsworth or Phil Simms, who calls games for CBS. Both have earned the enduring hatred of Broncos fans over the years because of what some would say is a clear bias against the…
How did registered sex offender Angel Alcaraz get hired as a maintenance man at multiple apartment buildings in the metro area — a gig that afforded him easy access to lots of potential victims? His employer reportedly admits to never having run a background check on him. And now he’s…
Once upon a time, it was rare for Denver to be featured in movies and TV shows — even ones supposedly set here, since many were actually filmed elsewhere. But the rise of reality TV has changed all that. The Internet Movie Database spotlights lotsa episodes of programs using Denver…
Last week, as we reported, 104.3 The Fans’ D-Mac and Alfred Williams argued that the alleged rape committed by ex-Bronco Perrish Cox was actually worse than the actions of former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, whose caught-on-video punching of his former fiancee/now-wife turned him into the NFL’s domestic violence…
Update: Earlier this week, we told you the strange story of 92-year-old Edwin Barfeld, who appeared to have blown himself up in a house whose location is commonly referred to as a ghost town; see our previous coverage below. Now, authorities have concluded that Bartheld took his own life in…
“Civic Chide,” Off Limits, September 4 Last But Not Least I agree 100 percent with all your selections. I refuse to shop at Ikea: Its building is an eyesore, like a huge pimple on a supermodel’s face! Cherry Creek North looks like a war zone. When I moved here 36…
Dear Stoner: I am 68 and do not use any doctor-prescribed drugs. It’s my opinion that if you do, you have started down the wrong path. Now, I have not smoked marijuana since the early 1970s; I didn’t like the taste and smell. But recently I have developed a mutually…
A limited Iowa medical cannabis law that allows parents of minors to bring home high-CBD/low-THC oils from Colorado is hitting some major snags, as would-be patients and politicians are increasingly saying they need to be able to grow their own supply. See also: Pot Edibles Lawsuit Update: More Than 100…
Our post about the comment barrage that greeted a CBS4 post about 524 non-citizens who were accidentally given the wrong drivers licenses led to a comment barrage on this site, as well. The discussion often touched on issues of race, with this reader making his point with an unusual observation…
At our Show and Tell blog, Bree Davies suggests ten things to do in Colorado before summer is officially over. Colorado Peak Politics celebrates a new poll showing Bob Beauprez leading John Hickenlooper in the governor’s race by a startling 10 percent. In contrast, Colorado Pols suspects the poll is…
Yesterday, a hearing was held about proposed modifications to Colorado’s medical marijuana rules, including regulations outlining how patients must apply for registry identification cards and how stakeholders can go about adding debilitating medical conditions to the state’s list. However, the most intense public testimony centered around a suggested change to…
Today at noon in Denver, the unveiling of a billboard inspired by New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd’s unhappy experience with pot edibles will serve as the official launch of Consume Responsibly, a new campaign intended to counter decades worth of pot misinformation with practical facts about cannabis use. Included…
Fledgling broadcaster Jessica Ghawi was among twelve people who lost their lives in a July 20, 2012 attack by gunman James Holmes at the Aurora Century 16 theater. Another 58 people were injured. Now, Ghawi’s parents, Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, in conjunction with the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence,…
Last month, we told you about a class-action lawsuit accusing a Denver County Fair vendor of giving away pot-infused candy without informing patrons, reportedly resulting in a number of them becoming ill. Now, the figure is growing. Six more people have joined the complaint, which maintains that the total victims…
In 2013, Livability ranked Boulder highly on its list of most livable U.S. cities. How did the community score a year later? Pretty damn well, as you’ll see when you count down the photo-illustrated 2014 version, complete with Livability blurbs and the methodology used to come up with the order…
Denver’s police department isn’t the only one in the area to be besmirched with criminal allegations against officers. Jarett Branson has now been fired from the Fort Collins force in the wake of claims that he used police resources to stalk a woman with whom he had no prior relationship…
Was a man shot to death because Heather Neville was upset over a septic-tank hookup? That’s the motive floated in reports that followed the arrest of the 59-year-old Neville on suspicion of first-degree murder. The bizarre details below. See also: Ryan Ronquillo Shooting Deemed Justified, But Family Says Police Murdered…
The findings of some studies are surprising. Others, not so much. Quest Diagnostics data that shows a nationwide increase in positive marijuana results during workplace drug tests — with the numbers even higher in Colorado and Washington — qualifies as the latter. However, a closer look at the numbers suggests…
Denver’s finish among the twenty cities with the fastest-rising rent didn’t surprise a lot of our readers, who sprinkled stories about jaw-slackening increases with plenty of frustration. Here’s a prime example. See also: Photos: Twenty Cities With the Fastest-Rising Rents — and Denver’s Place on the List…
Denver blog posts are often fast and casual. At our Cafe Society blog, Jenn Wohletz enumerates the top five ways Olive Garden needs to get its act together. Colorado Ethics Watch formally requests that the Office of Congressional Ethics investigate Representative Mike Coffman. Predominantly Orange’s Kyle McKinnon discusses three major…
The Harm Reduction Action Center, which houses Denver’s biggest syringe exchange program, will soon have a new home. After a few years on Santa Fe Drive, the organization is moving to a larger space at 231 East Colfax Avenue. See also: Syringe Exchange: New Law Allowing Participants to Carry Needles…
