Any hope that the Westboro Baptist Church would refrain from its vile activities following the death of founder Fred Phelps last month has now been officially squashed. The WBC has announced plans to picket next month’s graduation ceremonies at Colorado State University for the usual nonsensical, repulsively homophobic reasons. Among…
It’s not easy to keep up with all the recreational marijuana shops licensed by the City of Denver. Our most recent update, published on April 3, featured 65 stores that have won the blessing of officials. Now, during the lead-up to the annual 4/20 festivities, the total has reached 73…
Update: Last week, we told you about the arrest of Adams County Deputy Henry Ford in regard to suspected sexual assault on a child. See our previous coverage below. Now, Ford has been formally charged, and one of the accusations — incest — reveals that the alleged victim in the…
Last September, the Colorado Department of Health and Environment issued an alert suggesting that spice, inaccurately but popularly known as synthetic marijuana, could well be more dangerous to kids than the real thing. Yet despite the January 1 start of recreational pot sales in Colorado, spice continues to be available…
Yesterday’s post about four metro-area hit-and-runs that took place within 24 hours proved to be a conversation starter, in part because so many similar incidents have taken place in Denver and beyond lately. This reader feels that automatically blaming drivers for causing such accidents (as opposed to leaving them) may…
Denver blogs have the music in them — and other stuff, too. At our Backbeat blog, Kiernan Maletsky notes that Denver has more live music venues than Austin, then asks, “Does it matter?” Colorado Peak Politics thinks Senator Mark Udall’s own words doom his campaign. The Colorado Independent’s Mike Littwin…
April is here, and Denver’s parks are abuzz — but not because of daffodils, robins and honeybees. Rather, it’s our First World right to get buzzed — whether it’s with booze or with pot — in these public places that has people springing into action. And while the 4/20 Rally…
We recently told you about the role DNA played in the arrest and subsequent guilty plea of Alfred Flores in a 2011 head-shot murder. Turns out DNA also proved key in an even older crime: a 2001 sex assault for which Eddie Simon was busted more than a dozen years…
Boulder frequently tops the annual Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index — popularly known as the happiest cities list. Not this year — although Boulder and one other prominent Colorado community place high in the rankings. Continue to count down the photo-illustrated top ten, complete with blurbs from each city’s Wiki page and…
I have a confession to make: I use the asshole lane. What’s that? Well, when a sign announces that, for example, the left lane ends in 1,000 feet, drivers are supposed to immediately move right. But especially when traffic is backed up, I stay in the other lane until just…
Last week, Alison Michelle Ernst hurled a shoe at Hillary Clinton while the latter spoke at an event in Las Vegas. Afterward, the press found a tie between Ernst and the case against Aurora theater shooter James Holmes, and it’s legit. However, major outlets such as the Associated Press are…
As we’ve reported, State of Colorado and City of Denver tourist agencies have resisted the temptation to use marijuana as a way to lure visitors to the area, despite mainstream media pot coverage that’s essentially free advertising. Against that backdrop comes word that hotel searches for Denver on 4/20 weekend…
Labor Day weekend is one of the biggest drunk-driving holidays on the calendar. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, 1,342 people were arrested over a nineteen-day stretch between August 16 and September 3 of 2013 for suspected driving under the influence. One of them was Rebecca Maez. She was…
Denver blog posts know when to say “when.” At our Backbeat blog, Jaime Lees asks for a break from Dave Grohl, at least for a while. Denver Frank on #bubbleporn: “It’s not what you think.” Big Media’s Jason Salzman check in with an Onion-ready headline: “Media should not report Satan…
Our Denver Blogs feature recently highlighted a Cafe Society comment in which one reader said he ate at Viva Burrito when he was drunk and without shame. When we shared it, we asked Facebook followers for their favorite drunk-and-shameless stops, and we got loads o’ responses. Here’s a sampling…
For this week’s cover story, “Wrong Answer,” we spoke with five of the teachers behind a lawsuit against Denver Public Schools. Their complaint? That DPS is unfairly using a provision of the state’s landmark 2010 teacher-effectiveness law to get rid of good teachers like themselves. And those five teachers aren’t…
As we’ve reported, city officials expect organizers of this weekend’s 4/20 event at Denver’s Civic Center Park to actively discourage public pot smoking — an activity that’s illegal under Colorado law. However, liquor will be sold and can be consumed at the McNichols Building on the Civic Center complex during…
The little things often prevent a murderer from getting away with his crime, as Alfred Flores understands all too well. As we noted in a November 2012 post, one of the key bits of evidence implicating him in the slaying of 27-year-old Manuel Martinez was a piece of chewing gum…
We’re accustomed to seeing Denver top marijuana-centric city lists. So we were definitely surprised to come across Elite Daily’s “10 Best U.S. Cites For Stoners To Live In” and discover that while Denver was among the two Colorado communities to make the cut, and despite upcoming 4/20 activities drawing tourists…
We understand the temptation to do something other than drive on a day like today. After all, when the roads are icy and many of us are already out of the winter mindset (because we spent Saturday in shorts and T-shirts), getting stuck in a traffic jam is even a…
As we’ve been reporting, hit-and-runs aplenty have taken place in Denver and Boulder of late, several with fatal consequences. But yesterday (when a storm system rolled into the area) saw an unprecedented number of such crashes: four in less than 24 hours, with two resulting in deaths. Look below to…
We’re pretty sure that this story in the Silverton Standard from January of 1890 was meant to scare people. But as is the case with a lot of these old pieces, they actually do a great job of selling us on the amazing effects of cannabis. Even if they aren’t…
