Our post about the latest effort by one state senator to ban red-light cameras inspired numerous readers to share their dislike of the devices. But not everyone thinks they’re such a bad thing. Here’s a case in point…
Denver blog posts have the inside scoop. At our Cafe Society blog, Lori Midson offers a first look at the Thirsty Lion, a new bar and grill opening near Union Station on April 29. Denver PR Blog spotlights the winners of the Gold Pick Awards. Colorado Pols spotlights a new…
A proposal that aims to bring Colorado civil rights laws in line with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act was approved last week at its first and second Senate committee hearing — and if it passes one more hurdle today, it will reach the House this week. “The current Colorado…
For at least four years, local marijuana activists have fought to have post-traumatic stress disorder added to the list of conditions that can be legally treated with medical marijuana in Colorado — and each time, they’ve failed. Now, however, advocates are hoping legislation scheduled to be heard by a House…
On Saturday night, the Colorado Avs went from death’s door to the driver’s seat in their playoff series with the Minnesota Wild, scoring in the last two minutes of the third period to force overtime, with super-teen Nathan McKinnon putting the biscuit in the basket a short time into the…
Think Denver traffic is bad? You’re right — although there are plenty of other places that have it worse. INRIX.com tracks traffic across a broad spectrum of communities, and its scorecard for the 25 most congested cities in North America includes the Mile High City. Where’s Denver fall? We’ve compiled…
Update below: Did Christian Harvey, busted on assorted sex-crime charges, seriously try to hire his cellmate to murder his prosecutor? Or was he talking out of his ass? A jury has sided with the latter explanation despite a recording of the alleged plan, a supposed confession and bail in the…
Dammion Heard, twenty, was a championship wrestler from Texas who continued to take part in the sport as a student at Western State Colorado University in Gunnison. But on March 30, he apparently committed suicide by hanging. The key word in the previous sentence is “apparently.” Heard’s parents are certain…
This week’s Time Capsule takes us back to 1939 in Steamboat Springs, with an update on the Colorado chapter of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC). What’s the GFWC, you ask? The organization has been around since the 1890s and was a powerful force at one time, notably working…
Our latest post about alleged pot profiling — focusing on a story about a Kansas officer pulling over a rental truck because its Colorado plates supposedly didn’t match the registration (which they did) — inspired another big response. But one reader suggests that the profiling of certain cars with Kansas…
Denver blog posts aren’t afraid of a little twang. At our Backbeat blog, Alan Scherstuhl looks at the increasing prevalence of marijuana in country music — and we don’t just mean Willie Nelson. Mile High Hockey’s c6hor8 recaps another Avalanche loss to the Minnesota Wild, based on poor performances in…
Vincent Terry and his girlfriend, Chrystal Hassell, met in Colorado five years ago, and while they’re still in love, Hassell admitted to a reporter that “we’re the worst thing for each other.” And how. Hassell recently gave birth in a motel bathroom following a crack binge, severing the umbilical cord…
Over the past few weeks, critics of marijuana legalization have drawn attention to several news stories they see as demonstrating the dangers of more accessible weed. First, the death of a college student and the murder of a mom were linked to marijuana edibles, and now, the local and national…
George Roloff was arrested nearly three years ago. So why has it taken so long for a jury to convict him of 37 counts in a bizarre crime spree that only ended after an hours-long SWAT-team standoff? Because there were questions about his competency to stand trial owing to reported…
It’s no surprise that CU prof Peter McGraw and longtime Westword writer Joel Warner, authors of a new book called The Humor Code, would rank the funniest American cities. After all, just such a list spurred the entire book project. “I got one of the endless ‘Top 10 city list’…
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association has issued a report about the nation’s bridges, and there are plenty to be concerned about in Colorado. As noted by Fox31, 536 of them, representing 6 percent of the total in the state, are considered structurally compromised, with 902, or 10 percent,…
Ever since the shootings at Columbine High School, which took place fifteen years ago this past Sunday, school administrators have tended to take any student threats very seriously. In this spirit, a publicly unnamed student at Pueblo’s Sierra Vista Elementary has been suspended for five days for allegedly putting together…
While recreational marijuana sales still offer the thrill of buying pot legally for those not accustomed to it, a trip to the medical marijuana dispensary for longtime MMJ patients tends to be about as mundane and normal as a trip to the grocery store or cashing a check. Which actually…
After New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made negative comments about Colorado in the context of the state’s pot laws, Governor John Hickenlooper’s office struck back, compiling lists showing Colorado ranked higher than NJ. At that point, things got personal, with loads of readers measuring the relative attributes of Colorado and…
Denver blog posts never deal it. At our Cafe Society blog, Lori Midson conducts a wide-ranging interview with Corner House executive chef Sharif Villa Cruz — and by “wide-ranging,” we mean that the subject of farting comes up. Mile High Report reveals everything you need to know about the Broncos’…
In January, Colorado Department of Corrections chief Rick Raemisch drew headlines when he sent himself to the hole for twenty hours, so he could get some idea of what it’s like for prisoners serving time in solitary confinement. Raemisch believes that isolation cells are overused in the state prison system,…
Earlier this week, the City of Boulder announced the selection of a public-art project for the Boulder Public Library main branch: “Yes!,” by artists R&R Studios based in Miami. But some of those who’ve seen renderings of the piece, featuring giant red letters and an exclamation point (we’ve got more…
