Chalk up another win for Duane “Dog” and Beth Chapman, two of the biggest celebrities from this celebrity-starved state. First, the bounty hunter and his bride took on A&E, the home of Dog the Bounty Hunter for eight seasons, and cut a new deal with CMT — which just renewed…
After several months of displacement, the 20th Street Gym’s competitive boxing program is headed back to its home at the 20th Street Recreation Center in downtown Denver. Coach Robert Baca, who’s run the program for almost a decade, says he’s decided to take one of two options offered to him…
As you head to Denver International Airport today, be considerate of your Super Shuttle driver. A drivers’ union — the Communication Workers of America — is in an ongoing dispute with Super Shuttle, and will re-enter negotiations next week. In the meantime, the drivers staged a rally at City Hall…
A long-festering conflict between southeast Colorado ranchers and the Pentagon slipped into a wary truce Monday, when a senior Army official announced a strategic retreat from plans to expand the 367-square-mile Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site. The move, coming after months of unofficial hints and assurances, illustrates the shifting priorities of…
Since last week’s raids on several area marijuana businesses, we’ve been learning more about the individuals named as targets by authorities. Prominent among them is Laszlo Bagi, owner of Swiss Medical Industries in Boulder and grow facilities in Commerce City. Bagi, whose attorney says he’s done nothing wrong, is a…
Yesterday, when we shared videos of Colorado marijuana jokes on Saturday Night Live and the David Letterman show, we asked Facebook followers if they thought the jokes were funny or tired and easy. Most of those who responded chose the latter, including this reader…
Denver blog posts follow Voodoo, not to mention the hoodoo that you do so well. At our Cafe Society blog, Lori Midson gives you a first peak inside Voodoo Doughnuts, slated to open in December. The Colorado Independent’s Mike Littwin on news that magazines made by Colorado’s Magpul were tragically…
Condo construction in metro Denver has been hampered in recent years for several reasons, many of which are dissipating as the economy bounces back. But the one factor that continues to spook builders is the fear of being sued for construction defects. Such lawsuits can be so costly that many…
Does the gear worn while dirt biking or taking part in paintball games qualify as “body armor”? That’s among the assertions made by the Boulder Police Department in explaining the fatal shooting of Michael Habay, 42, by a BPD officer. And while an investigation of the events that led to…
The Colorado Supreme Court is poised to play a role in determining who sits on the Adams 12 school board. The state’s high court has decided to hear a case that seeks an answer to a complicated question: Can candidate Amy Speers, whose story we told last week, officially win…
An Aurora neighborhood exploded in gunfire during the early hours of this morning, with three people getting hit before the muzzles stopped flashing. One man was killed in the incident, while another is in what an Aurora Police Department rep described a short time ago as “life-threatening condition” in an…
Etsy is a treasure trove of Colorado pride items, and we’ve highlighted some memorable ones in posts from January and March. And with the holiday shopping season officially launching this week, we thought it was the perfect time to highlight the latest and greatest, ranging from artwork made from distressed…
What weird shit do people keep in cars? Examples are seen in stuff confiscated by the East Metro Auto Theft Team in the recent bust of a car-theft ring — 600 items, ranging from a hookah rig to a sheathed sword. So much has been recovered after the arrest of…
At last night’s Denver City Council meeting, members heard public comment about an amendment to the community’s pot ordinance that would outlaw smoking pot on one’s front porch or balcony. But despite plenty of vocal opposition among the 26 people who spoke, the council voted 7-5 to approve the measure,…
Last week, the DEA and the IRS, aided by local officers, conducted raids on multiple marijuana businesses in Denver and Boulder. While the feds aren’t sharing details of these actions, info has surfaced about a potential link to Juan Guardarrama, aka “Tony Montana, a Miami con who, until recently, held…
Denver blog posts have already added an extra notch to their belts. At our Cafe Society blog, Jenn Wohletz counts down the five absolute worst Thanksgiving side dishes. A little tomato aspic, anyone? Colorado Peak Politics on “irregularities” in the disputed Broomfield fracking ban election. Denver PR blog’s latest great…
William Breathes’s post about Juan Guardarrama, a target of federal marijuana raids who was known as Tony Montana during his days as a Florida jewel thief brought an explosion of commentary, much of it charging the DEA with hypocrisy. But this reader thinks the feds were actually as good as…
The citizens of Deer Trail have yet to vote on a proposed ordinance to allow the hunting of drones within the town limits. The date of the vote has been postponed until December 10 because of legal challenges to the petitions and may be postponed again. But that hasn’t stopped…
Footage from local TV news broadcasts seldom goes viral unless somebody drops an f-bomb. But a 9News video featuring anchor Kyle Clark managed to inspire a Buzzfeed feature and make a splash on Reddit simply by offering an “editorial” begging viewers to stop sending in photos of their snowy patios…
Might Denver City Council’s proposed sniff test, which would outlaw residents’ use of marijuana on their porches and balconies if others could see or smell it, give one of Amendment 64’s main proponents nowhere in his hometown to legally smoke? That’s among the contentions of Mason Tvert, and to dramatize…
Earlier this month, we featured twenty images from a video entitled “Denver’s Best Street Art” and asked if they deserved the title. A twenty-year veteran of the local street-art scene answered no and provided images that he feels better represent the area’s best writers — so many, in fact, that…
Thank goodness Colorado voted to allow adults 21 and over to possess small amounts of marijuana. Otherwise, what would late night comedy shows do for material? In recent days, both Saturday Night Live and The Late Show with David Letterman featured prominent pot jokes aimed at the state we’re in,…
