Two Florida men could be facing a life sentence in Oklahoma for attempting to transport Colorado-and California-made cannabis, hash, edibles and other concentrated forms of herb worth about $250,000. See also: Video: Pot brownies legal in Colorado could land Texas’ Jacob Lavoro in jail for life…
Talk about hitting a nerve: Hundreds of people have commented so far on our post about Shooters Grill, a Rifle eatery whose waitresses are armed. The passions run high on both sides of the issue. Here’s an example from someone who probably won’t be dining at Shooters anytime soon. See…
Denver blog posts have a reservation for you. Our Cafe Society blog tallies up the ten best new restaurants of 2014 so far in the Denver metro area. Colorado Peak Politics lists the top five excuses Andrew Romanoff could have used to hide from Obama. An appropriate headline for a…
This week’s cover story, “Frack Attack!,” explores the increasingly ambitious anti-fracking movement in Colorado, a state with plenty of oil and gas wells and plenty of people who want to shut ’em down. One sign of the movement’s increasing sophistication is the production of a contentious new documentary, Dear Governor…
As we’ve reported, Gordon Moench told investigators he wanted to be killed by police in an incident that ended with the wounding of two Lakewood cops. Presumably, Jeffrey Strouse felt differently in a separate officer-involved shooting. But not only has Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey determined that the Aurora officer…
Yesterday morning, we shared a collection of user-generated clips from Monday’s epic lightning storm — but we missed the most memorable one. Turns out Arvada’s Chad Greenlees was recording the light show on his cell phone from his garage when a nearby strike literally knocked him out. Fortunately, Greenlees okay,…
Update: Yesterday, we shared information from a Lakewood Police Department spokesman about a Saturday night incident during which an apparently suicidal Gordon Moench shot two LPD officers before being taken down by one of their colleagues; see our previous coverage below. We’ve now obtained Moench’s arrest affidavit, on view here,…
We’ve featured some memorable memes pages lately, as evidenced by our twenty funniest Colorado memes post and a followup focusing on Colorado Springs memes. But the pics from the Denver Dance Memes Facebook page may be the most twisted yet — along with being snarky, opinionated and typically hilarious. Check…
The Aurora Police Department Facebook page regularly posts interesting photo collections, including galleries starring badass APD cops from the ’70s and ’80s. But the latest pics are fresh: They offer a behind-the-scenes look at the APD’s first-ever Teen Citizen Police Academy. Look below to see photos from the page, as…
As we all know, Barack Obama has made more than a few trips to Colorado since accepting the Democratic nomination for president here in 2008, with many of the most memorable moments coming at times when he’s mixed with regular folks. The latest example? Obama’s trip to the area on…
Better late than never: Today, Washington launched limited recreational marijuana sales for adults age 21 and over, just over six months after Colorado did likewise. And naturally, Twitter Nation wanted to talk about it. Look below to see the twenty most memorable tweets we found, with authors ranging from a…
Our Denver Blogs post about the Supreme Court’s birth-control ruling in a case involving Hobby Lobby stores — a decision our Bree Davies thinks should concern everyone — got people talking, and plenty of them disagreed about its importance. This reader’s take is a memorable example…
Denver blog posts take douchebaggery seriously. At our Backbeat blog, Mike Seely counts down country music’s ten biggest douchebags — and yes, Taylor Swift is on it. Colorado Pols: “When Koch front groups collide.” South Stands Denver’s John Reidy: “My beautiful dark twisted Rockies fantasy.”…
Traveling is always a learning experience. Sometimes you learn things when you get where you’re going, and other times the journey itself was the lesson. And sometimes that lesson is a real fucking pain in the ass. Take last night, for example, when I learned more about DIA than I…
August 4 is the deadline by which citizens-initiatives committees must turn in at least 86,105 valid signatures in order to get measures on the November ballot. There are at least a dozen proposals still in the works, and one of the hottest is Initiative 75, which would add local self-governing…
Last week, when we told you about Shooters Grill, a restaurant in Rifle whose waitresses open-carry firearms on the job, we noted that the subsequent PR bonanza made sense because “plenty of guys think women with guns are hot.” CBS obviously understands this truism, too, because the powerful network has…
Update: Ex-Dollar Store CEO Cal Turner Jr.’s spectacular Parker home is being sold with no reserve on September 27. Get details at the end of the original post. Those dollars really add up. Former Dollar Store CEO Cal Turner Jr. is reportedly selling his unfathomably gorgeous Parker home, with the…
We first introduced you to Adam Hartle in January 2013, when we reported that ex-Congressman Tom Tancredo had promised to puff a joint on camera as part of the comedian/filmmaker’s movie about Amendment 64 should the measure pass — which it did. Tancredo later welched on his bet under pressure…
Last night’s storms brought fierce winds, piles of hail and scattered power outages to Denver and outlying locations last night. But practically everyone got a chance to witness a spectacular light show, as bolts of electricity illuminated the metro area. Look below to see user-shared footage of the striking scene…
Some people are just meant for certain professions. Michael Jordan was meant to play basketball, Bill Gates was meant to program software, and the kid who stole your trading cards in grade school was meant to be a felon. Murphy Murri was meant to sell cannabis to Colorado. See also:…
Size matters to Denver blogs.Backbeat shares photos of some plus-sized paraphernalia spotted at Umphrey’s McGee’s recent Red Rocks show. As the World Cup approaches its finish, Colorado soccer continues as usual on Burgundy Wave. Mike Littwin welcomes Bob Beauprez to the general election on the Colorado Independent…
Last week five of the nine Supreme Court justices (Ruth Bader Ginsburg definitely not included) decided that “closely-held” corporations — think Hobby Lobby — can refuse to cover certain forms of contraception in their health plans if they are opposed to them from a religious standpoint. “When the Supreme Court…
