People take plenty of weird things with them when they travel — and now you can own some of it. Beginning this morning at 8 a.m., City Surplus Warehouse, at 671 South Jason Street, registration begins for an auction of DIA lost and found items, plus unclaimed, lost or stolen…
Imagine awaking in the middle of the night to find an intruder laying his hands on you very much without your knowledge or permission. That’s what happened to a Denver woman yesterday morning at just about this time. Continue for the where, the when, the full-size suspect sketch and how…
Earlier this year, a University of Colorado Denver study showed that medical marijuana stores had little impact on areas — no more so than coffee shops, the researchers found. But there’s apparently a lingering perception among the more affluent Not In My Backyard crowd that dispensaries don’t make good neighbors,…
The former chief financial officer for the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office is accusing Secretary Scott Gessler of harassing her, retaliating against her and eventually demoting her after she “began to push back on the financial mismanagement” she reportedly saw in the office. Heather Lizotte took issue with Gessler’s use…
Denver blog posts are all about modernity, but…. At our Cafe Society blog, Jenn Wohletz examines five disturbing new pieces of food-service technology, including a cake-decorating bot. Colorado Peak Politics asks: Would Hickenlooper let James Holmes live? Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein asks: Will the Nuggets’ Kenneth Faried make it to…
First Helen Thorpe’s new book, Soldier Girls, got close to fifteen minutes of fame from Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. Then the “compelling” Soldier Girls rated an excellent review from the New York Times. And to make for a very unusual trifecta, Soldier Girls just made Book of the…
A proposal to transform a shuttered women’s prison into a marijuana grow was embraced by many of our readers — particularly those who recall the days when smoking a joint could get someone tossed into a cell lickety-split. Here’s an example. See also: Marijuana: Ex-Bronco Supports Plan to Turn Women’s…
In February, Lisa Marie Lesyshen pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the killing of her nine-year-old son Asher — an act that was followed by a suicide bid that left her paralyzed. Now, however, she’s reversed course, admitting to second-degree murder in an arrangement that netted her a…
Purge: Anarchy, the sequel to the surprise horror hit from last year, arrived in theaters last month, and at this point, it’s pretty much run its course. But rumors of a real-life Colorado Purge beginning at 6:30 p.m. on September 6 — during which, presumably, laws would be suspended for…
Forbes has just released its list of the top colleges in America — a roster that includes 650 institutions. And while thirteen Colorado colleges are included, none of them made the top ten…or the top twenty…or the top thirty. Below, see our photo-illustrated countdown of the Colorado finishers, complete with…
“You’ve destroyed my family,” Leah Dyer told members of the media at the 8th Judicial District courthouse in Fort Collins yesterday. But prosecutors believe Dyer and her husband, Douglas, did a pretty good job of that all by themselves. The Dyers are accused of neglecting their daughter, who, when she…
“Many tears were shed tonight….” Those are the first words in an account from photographer Riley Ralmuto about an incident that took place near 9th and Sheridan last night: Denver police officers shot the dog of a wanted teen after cops say he ordered it to attack. Continue for the…
Breckenridge has a well-founded reputation for progressive marijuana policy. The town’s voters decriminalized pot in 2009, years before the passage of Amendment 64. Nonetheless, officials passed a law banning new pot shops from opening on Main Street, and a grandfather clause for the Breckenridge Cannabis Club, which was already located…
New York Times columnist Frank Bruni was back in Colorado last week, eating (and tweeting) at Acorn, attending a book signing for Helen Thorpe’s Soldier Girls (which not only earned a good review in the Times, but a rave in People, of all places) and, it turns out, researching this…
Denver blog posts know how to be thrifty. At our Show and Tell blog, Bree Davies counts down Denver’s top ten thrift, resale and vintage stores. Mile High Report’s Laurie Lattimore-Volkmann reminds fans that even though the Broncos dismantled the 49ers 34-0 yesterday, it’s still just preseason. Did Colorado Pols…
While a number of recent reports and surveys have suggested that marijuana legalization hasn’t had a major negative impact on Colorado society, a new report from the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area shares a slew of troubling statistics — including the assertion that pot-impaired driving fatalities increased 100…
A lot’s changed with the USA Pro Challenge bike race since it was announced in August 2010. For one thing, it was initially called the Quiznos Pro Challenge. For another, the two people at center stage for the big unveil were Bill Ritter, who’s no longer Colorado’s governor, and Lance…
Last year, we told you about three arrests in a cold case from one of our periodic posts about unsolved murders: the horrific rape and murder of Jacqueline Gallegos. We also spoke with Gallegos’s son, Anthony, who called for the killers to receive the death penalty. In the end, prosecutors…
Pikes Peak Area Crime Stoppers updates its most wanted list on a weekly basis. The technique seems to be working: A recent visit to the site showed six recent arrests. But that still leaves 28 men and women on the roster for July and August — so far. The good…
A women’s correctional facility in Brush closed in 2010. But it could reopen soon — as a retail marijuana grow, shorthanded by the media as a “pot factory.” Problem: Brush currently has a moratorium on marijuana businesses. But the city council could lift that ban after a town hall meeting…
The Montbello Recreation Center isn’t frequently a hot Twitter subject — but that changed last night. Among the tweets on the topic was this one: “WTF…. Someone got stabbed at the Montbello rec? Wow.” Also tweeting on the topic was the Denver Police Department, which shared details of a crime…
The great parts of this slam-piece from the December 14, 1934 Eagle Valley Enterprise aren’t the horrible, blatant lies about cannabis, but the wonderfully antiquated expressions and terms for ganja. Why, even though doing a reefer is supposed to be all wet, this article makes it sound like an aces…
