Creep. Perv. Douchebag. If Denver police are right about the man seen here, all of these names and more like them apply. That’s because he’s thought to have taken photos of two young girls under the doors of a bathroom stall at a metro area King Soopers. Get details and…
Editor’s note: William Breathes is on paternity leave. His 4:20 p.m. Thursday dispensary reviews will return soon. In the meantime, here’s one of his greatest hits: the top five questions Facebook and Twitter pals asked after being featured in a 2010 CNN profile on view below. The calls and texts…
Our most recent update about licensed marijuana stores in Denver noted that 37 of them have received the city’s blessing thus far. But many others are waiting, and while officials stress that everyone is being treated equally, one reader is feeling frustrated…
Denver blog posts are always plugged in. At our Backbeat blog, Brad Lopez takes on reports that the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ instruments weren’t plugged in during their Super Bowl halftime performance — and he’s not exactly shocked. Big Media’s Jason Salzman on an omission from a Tom Tancredo interview…
What is it with Olympics-caliber skiers from Vail and knee injuries? Mere weeks after Lindsey Vonn announced that a knee injury would prevent her from competing at the Sochi games, whose opening ceremony takes place tomorrow, Heidi Kloser, a moguls skier who was thought to have a good chance for…
Here’s what the Denver Metro Fair Housing Center did: It sent two people — one white and one Latino — to the same Denver metro apartment building to inquire about renting a unit. The two people had similar incomes and similar employment and rental histories. The purpose of the experiment…
Last month, we told you about the arrest of 85-year-old Marshall Smith in a hit-and-run that killed Leanne Hund, who was crossing a street when she was struck. It was the second fatal accident involving a driver over eighty in a matter of days. Smith has now been charged with…
Most Broncos fans we know are trying to forget the Super Bowl massacre by the Seahawks. But Denver mayor Michael Hancock is insisting upon reminding us. Despite the brutality of the loss, the city has produced an official video salute to the team and is encouraging the citizenry to sign…
The Centers for Disease Control recently released statistics that ranked cities by the percentage of residents who drink heavily (defined as men who have more than two drinks daily, and women who consume more than one) and binge drink (men who down more than five drinks at a sitting on…
After publishing “Ten things for winter-driving virgins to know before hitting snowy roads,” we heard from readers about stuff we left out — like making sure your car is ready for winter, as opposed to heading to the interstate on tread-free tires and hoping for the best. Fortunately, the National…
From the beginning, authorities were unclear why Nicolas Ortega, 22, ran across Interstate 225 on Sunday evening — a dash that resulted in his hit-and-run death and the subsequent arrest of the alleged driver, Tashima Littleton. Days later, his family is still searching for answers even as they grapple with…
“Fandemonium,” Jonathan Shikes, January 30 Fan Dance You forgot the “I’m going to move to Colorado and all of a sudden be a Broncos fan” fan. Jason Joyce Posted on Facebook You forgot the Transplanted Judge Fan, who loves to point out that the football fans from where they are…
James Holmes is a killer. His defense attorneys have admitted as much. A year after he was accused of opening fire in a sold-out Aurora movie theater, leaving twelve people dead and seventy wounded, they wrote in a court motion that “the evidence revealed thus far in the case supports…
Dear Stoner: Is there any truth to the Internet rumor that some strains that contain high levels of THC-V can actually help with weight loss by reducing appetite? If so, do you know of anyone who needs a subject for a long-term scientific study?Big J Dear Big J: We’ve done…
Mason Tvert, featured in the following wide-ranging Q&A, has played a key role in Colorado’s legalization of marijuana since 2005. Beginning with pro-pot campaigns at Colorado State University and the University of Colorado, Tvert and his SAFER organization advocated for statewide recreational marijuana legalization for eight years, working step by…
Our post about the disturbing Heather Jensen case noted that she had sex and smoked marijuana while her two kids were left in an SUV with the heater blasting, raising temps high enough inside that they died. Some readers felt the cannabis mention suggested blame for what happened, while others…
Denver blog posts like the voodoo you do so well. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares the take of a reader who wonders who the hell would wait for an hour to order at Voodoo Doughnuts. Coyote Gulch: What a difference a week makes when it comes to…
Since last summer, we’ve been following the story of Jeffrey Johnston, a veteran Littleton police officer with a lucrative side business. Turns out he was also an ecstasy dealer. Now, Johnston has been given a four-year sentence for his extracurricular activities, which derailed a promising law-enforcement career according to his…
Update:Among the most shocking crimes of last June was the slaying of Angus Gaudin, age seventeen, at a raucous camping party in Nederland. Afterward, nineteen-year-old Spencer Crawford was charged with murder amid reports that he’d been on drugs when he’d stabbed Gaudin to death amid confusion over a machete. In…
We’re all familiar with how quickly small matters can become national controversies these days — and the twists, turns and craziness around a Fort Collins High School spirit week proposal for what was originally called “‘Merica Day” is a case in point. The school initially rejected the idea for a…
The Super (Sucky) Bowl was hellish for most of Denver (and for anyone else who watched, nationwide; it was ranked as the sixth-least-watchable big game in history by Deadspin), but it was even more so for Doomsday theorist and evangelist William Tapley, seen here. Tapley first worked his way into…
It’s our first best-cities list of 2014! And the roster assembled by Sharecare.com — “America’s 10 Best Cities for Fitness 2014” — seems custom-made for Denver. Did the Mile High City kick ass in a way that showed off its taut musculature? Damn right it did, even besting the community…
