Last month, the family of Marvin Booker, who died in custody at a Denver jail in 2010, expressed frustration over delays in a lawsuit they filed against the city the following year. Weeks later, a trial date still hasn’t been set, but court action is taking place: The family’s attorney,…
Denver blog posts have it all together. Mile High Report’s KaptainKirk on John Elway’s comments at the NFL combine. He doesn’t want the Broncos to forget how they were knocked out of this year’s playoffs. Far from it. Big Media’s Jason Salzman doesn’t think saying Mike Coffman “saw the light…
Over our many years of chronicling schmucks, we’ve noticed that a lot of them were blitzed when they committed the acts that got our attention. But while that might be a good excuse under certain circumstances, it apparently didn’t persuade a certain Boulder police officer. Who Matthew Tello allegedly tried…
Back in December, we told you about a group of neighbors in RiNo who have been raising a stink over what they say are “putrid” smells coming from a pet treat factory called Kasel Associates Industries. The same month that the factory’s owner sued the neighbors for harassment, batches of…
Our post about the murder of Darwin Brown noted the crime’s proximity to Rakun, one of the city’s most charming boutiques. But one resident of the area says other businesses nearby are a magnet for trouble that the police tend to overlook…until First Friday comes along…
Earlier this week, we posted about an Amendment 64 task-force recommendation to allow marijuana tourism. But while Christian Sederberg, a task-force member with whom we spoke about what some see as a one-year licensing monopoly for current medical marijuana centers, concedes that the proposal would indeed allow out-of-staters to buy…
Talk about awkward timing. There’s no direct connection, monetary or otherwise, between CU-Boulder’s proposal for an 8.7 percent tuition hike next year and a plan for a $170 million upgrade to the university’s sports facilities; see graphics and more below. But a CU spokesman concedes that the school is already…
The weird shit you find in your attic…. During a recent spelunking mission, I came across an amazing artifact from the ’80s: “The Colorado Caper,” a full-length Marvel comic starring Spider-Man and the Hulk in an exciting advertorial for the Denver Post and the now-defunct May D&F department store. Ready…
At this writing, Britni Bunn’s Facebook page is down — which makes perfect sense under the circumstances. After all, Bunn has been arrested after allegedly driving drunk while going the wrong way on the Boulder Turnpike and causing a crash that killed one man and seriously injured two others. And…
Editor’s note: Medical marijuana critic William Breathes’s latest review, which is usually published at 4:20 p.m. on Thursdays, has not quite finished curing; look for it in this space soon. In the meantime, we share the story of a marijuana activist and his efforts to discover what was said during…
In an unusual court hearing unfolding in Castle Rock, attorneys for Edward Montour Jr. are seeking to withdraw his guilty plea for the murder of a correctional officer in 2002, claiming that he was mentally ill at the time and seeking “court-assisted suicide” by firing his lawyers in a death-penalty…
A group of University of Denver students got a surreal lesson last week at the intersection of pop culture and political correctness, social activism and Internet memes. While filming a Harlem Shake video (see it on the next page) with DU’s former mascot, Denver Boone, the group got an earful…
Denver blog posts hit nothing but net. Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons correctly predicts that the Nuggets would stand pat at the trade deadline. Colorado Pols on Senator Pat Steadman’s call to trash antiquated “immorality laws.” Denver Frank offers an acoustic singalong on “Get Low.” Sweaty…
Denver Zoo elephant Dolly has a new lady friend — 42-year-old Kimbo the elephant, who has come from the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas to live in Denver. Kimbo brings the Denver Zoo’s Asian elephant population back up to four. It had declined by one when the eldest of the…
Of recommendations made this week by the Amendment 64 task force, one allowing pot tourism received the most attention. As a result, a controversial piece of advice has gotten short shrift. To whit: The panel suggests that only current medical marijuana businesses be allowed to apply for recreational shop licenses…
Update: The Denver Police Department has now named the man accused of prompting an hours-long standoff near 12th and Grant beginning early this morning; see our previous coverage below. He’s Shaun Michael Tobelmann, age 34. He was arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault and discharge of a weapon — which…
It’s not like Geeks Who Drink, the Denver-based, bar-style trivia juggernaut that got its start here in 2005, needs much celebrity power: Over the past eight years, it’s stretched to more than twenty states, and thousands of people turn out to test their nerdy knowledge each week at hundreds of…
Our commute to work this morning wasn’t as thrill-packed as during some Colorado storms, but it definitely had a certain level of danger — thanks to a couple of drivers from out of state who appeared to have just seen their first flake. But which state’s drivers are the scariest?…
The arrest of Central City resident Mark Cappello for his role in a California bloodbath can serve as an example for those who consider marijuana a violence magnet, as well as folks convinced that legalization and regulation are the best way to get the criminal element out of the pot…
Update: Yesterday, Richard Koca, who co-founded StandUp for Kids, a homeless-youth charity, pleaded not guilty to 22 counts of sexual assault on a child. However, prosecutors say they have a recording of Koca confessing. We’ve got details about the allegations and Koca’s co-creation, which has now stripped all mentions of…
When the final tally rang on election night, hundreds of thousands of voters in Colorado and Washington rejoiced at the passing of their respective marijuana bills. In these states, the people had spoken: legalize it. Amid the hazy celebrations, however, one acknowledgement was conspicuously absent. Alaska had actually legalized marijuana…
The All-Star break is over, Kenneth Faried manimaled his way to some long-overdue national attention, and fastest team in the NBA West got a few days off to recharge its batteries. After the Nuggets beat the Celtics last night to avenge that frustrating triple OT loss heading into the break,…
