The Rainbow Family portrays itself as a benign group populated by people who resemble throwbacks to the hippie era. But is it actually a dangerous amalgam of humanity stocked with criminals, petty and otherwise? The latter description reflects the view of the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office following the arrest of…
Lyons Finest II shop had escaped my radar until last week, when I was browsing Weed Maps and saw that it had a decent rating and reviews from customers. I’ve also got this theory that the farther north you go in Colorado, the better the bud gets — and by…
When we recently shared a gallery of Colorado Rockies suck memes, we asked Facebook followers if they went to Coors Field to watch the (terrible) team or to enjoy themselves on the new party deck. This reader offered an unambiguous response. See also: Photos: Twenty most memorable Colorado Rockies suck…
Denver blog posts are pro-bash — if we’re talking about parties, that is. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares the views of a reader who’s sick about the negativity that’s emerged during a discussion of what kind of venues are appropriate for kids to accompany adults. Denver Frank…
U.S. Representative and fracking critic Jared Polis and pro-fracking Governor John Hickenlooper do not see eye-to-eye on initiatives 88 and 89, two measures that proponents are pushing to get on the November ballot. And yesterday, Hickelooper acknowledged that his attempt to work with a bipartisan coalition to create a compromise…
Maria Alvarado-Gomez, 32, was arrested after allegedly putting rat poison in smoothies she then gave to her young daughters; she also ingested some of the substance in an attempt to end her life. A resident of Carbondale, Alvarado-Gomez is said to suffer from mental-health issues, calling into question what charges…
Last July, in an effort to address a long-running marijuana-industry problem we’ve been reporting about for years, Representative Ed Perlmutter, joined by U.S. House colleagues on both sides of the aisle, introduced a bill intended to give state-legal pot businesses access to banking services. Just over a year later, the…
If you ever had any doubts about how big a sports fan Peyton Manning is, they were erased at last night’s ESPY awards. PM was named Best NFL Player and honored for Best Record-Setting Performance, and in accepting the latter, he said receiving the bauble from Miami Dolphins legend Dan…
Court records and testimony prompted by a wave of inmate homicides at the Sterling Correctional Facility claim that SCF officers have repeatedly placed at-risk prisoners, particularly sex offenders, in life-threatening situations — and that some staff have even celled deadly enemies together to “teach a lesson,” fully expecting one inmate…
Search for Denver tourist traps and you’re likely to stumble upon this ten-worst Yahoo list from 2008. How does it hold up in 2014? Not very well, in our admittedly biased opinion, although we do have to concede a few points. Count down the photo-illustrated top ten below, with Yahoo’s…
A new CBS4 report is likely to have two tangible effects: It should spur a flood of applications to work for rental-car operations at Denver International Airport as well as leading to a whole new level of scrutiny during the hiring process at such businesses. Why? The station reveals that…
Amid numerous recent claims of inappropriate actions by Colorado law enforcers, several of which were brought to the public’s attention via lawsuit, the Denver Manager of Safety’s Office issued an unusual announcement: Denver Sheriff Gary Wilson had asked the Denver District Attorney’s Office to launch a criminal investigation into the…
“Frack Attack!,” Alan Prendergast, July 10 What the Frack? Another excellent story by Alan Prendergast. Thank you for injecting some sanity into the hysterical — on all sides — discussion of fracking in Colorado.Jules BaerDenver I wanted to thank you very much for Alan Prendergast’s informative article on fracking. I…
The White House once again reiterated its stance on the right of states such as Colorado to make their own marijuana laws this week, jumping behind a proposal that would decriminalize possession of up to an ounce of marijuana in Washington, D.C. — a proposal currently under fire from Republicans…
A post about a pit bull biting a toddler on the face in Commerce City inspired an explosion of comments — hundreds of them. Most readers wanted to discuss whether the dog or its owner was to blame for what happened, with this one arguing that the breed has been…
Lakewood has become the latest city in Colorado to ban cannabis businesses. But voters will decide in November if retail marijuana shops should be allowed. See also: Marijuana: Littleton City Council takes step toward banning retail pot businesses…
Denver blog posts are thrill-packed. At our Show & Tell blog, Bree Davies reveals ten things you didn’t know about Lakeside Amusement Park. On Mile High Mamas, Catherine Tidd admits: “I’m scared of my kids.” Denver Egotist asks: “Are we just jerking off?”…
Lack of documentation, untimely reviews and an organizational structure that sometimes results in the watchdog office investigating the very department that oversees its contract were some of the issues identified in the first-ever audit of the three-year-old Office of Colorado’s Child Protection Ombudsman. The office began operating in 2011 with…
We’re learning more about the early Sunday stabbing death of Nicholas Potts just outside of Grand Junction — a horrific crime witnessed by neighbors awakened by the desperate victim. Lee McDonald has been arrested in the case, and according to a just-released arrest affidavit, the motivation appears to jealousy taken…
Those who feel political polls conducted long before an election frequently have very little news value can point to two new pieces of evidence to bolster their argument. Yesterday, media organizations ballyhooed a poll showing that Governor John Hickenlooper leads Republican challenger Bob Beauprez by a surprisingly large 6 percent…
It’s the Major League Baseball All-Star break, and that’s appropriate, because the Colorado Rockies are broken. The team has gone from better than expected to as horrible as usual over the course of the season to date, with owner Dick Monfort making a bad situation infinitely worse by suggesting to…
Canada’s Adam Campbell is an elite ultrarunner who decided to challenge himself by competing in the Silverton area’s Hardrock 100, an incredibly difficult one-hundred-mile course featuring “33,992 feet of climb and 33,992 feet of descent for a total elevation change of 67,984 feet and an average elevation of 11,186 feet,”…
