Opponents of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act are hyping a letter endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatric’s Colorado branch decrying the measure. Backers responded with their own pediatrics-approved physician and a promise of support from more medical pros. How many? As will be announced at an…
Update: Last week, we told you about a homicide in Green Valley Ranch on Wednesday evening; look below for our previous coverage. Now, the Denver coroner’s office has identified the victim as Matthew Gianopoulos, age 21. The cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds. Here’s a little more about a…
Quite a few well-known TV series have been set in Colorado over the years, from Mork & Mindy to Everwood to South Park. But what about more obscure Colorado-set shows? Turns out there have been plenty of those, too — sitcoms, Westerns, animated series and more. The vast majority of…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder needs some lessons in publicity. NIST’s own David Wineland has just been named co-winner of the Nobel Prize for physics — an incredibly prestigious honor for Wineland and the facility. Yet at this writing, there’s no reference to the award on…
Most of the talk after last week’s presidential debate in Denver was about how Mitt Romney had won according to most viewers. But another far more important topic was bubbling under the service: Did Ann Romney forgo the Temple garments she presumably wears as a member of the Mormon faith?…
The Obama campaign is hauling surrogates all over the Denver metro area today as part of a bus tour to champion the president — a week after he struggled at the University of Denver in the first debate against Mitt Romney. At one stop, Governor John Hickenlooper told supporters that…
Denver blog posts add up. At People’s Press Collective, the Intermittent Blogger shares SNL’s hilarious evisceration of MSNBC’s Denver debate coverage. Colorado Pols: A University of Denver poll shows Obama still leading Romney in Colorado, but not by as much as earlier. Colorado Peak Politics: Which African-American actress is supporting…
It’s been thirty years since Denver’s 16th Street Mall opened for business, and this week’s cover story “It’s a Mall World After All!,” takes a look at the attraction’s past, present and future. That future includes new life for Denver Union Station, the 131-year-old train station at the west end…
The campaigns for and against Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, continue to engage in endorsement wars. The latest salvos? Opponents are hyping a letter decrying Amendment 64 connected to Dr. Claudia Kunrath and the Colorado chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (read it below), while backers…
Even most liberal pundits concede that Mitt Romney won the debate at the University of Denver last week. But while this conclusion is overwhelming, it’s not universal, as the following comment on our post-debate piece demonstrates…
It was one of the most shocking stories of this past May — Michael Walker’s fatal stabbing of Aaron Bishop on an RTD bus in plain view of passengers. According to RTD, the incident was the first assault resulting in death on one of its buses in more than ten…
When the Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation ended its partnership with Planned Parenthood earlier this year, the result was a firestorm of criticism about politicizing Race for the Cure, an event that’s about ending the scourge of breast cancer, not competing ideologies. The decision was reversed, but observers…
Not long ago, Broncos Nation was thrilled about the arrival of Peyton Manning — even many Tim Tebow fans who opposed his trade to the Jets. But five games into the regular season, much of that enthusiasm has ebbed, with large numbers of fans losing faith…including the sometimes irrational belief…
Getting a commission for setting up a transaction is completely legal in any number of legitimate industries, including stock trading, real estate and auto sales. So why not for medical marijuana? Because if we’ve learned one thing over the past several years in Colorado, it’s that medical marijuana doesn’t work…
Denver blog posts get down on it. South Stands Denver’s Colin D. shares a video of Von Miller learning a new sack dance — for charity. Tim Tebow would approve. Square State’s Byrne on the right to self-govern. Purple Row’s Andrew Martin writes that Jim Tracy’s future with the Rockies…
Just days before Colorado’s voter registration deadline passes, news has leaked that a former employee of a controversial firm hired by the GOP to do voter registration is under investigation by the 18th Judicial District DA’s office. The firm, Strategic Allied Consulting, is the same one that hired a young…
Mike White is searching for answers. To find them, he hopes to return to the Aurora theater where a gunman opened fire on White, his family and others who’d come to see the July 20 midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises. “I’m not sure what the questions are,” White…
Not many mug shots show the arrestee looking absolutely thrilled to step before a booking-photog’s camera. But in his close-up, Daniel Stewart Cooper, our latest Shmuck of the Week, seems pleased as punch to have been taken into custody — although he was apparently less jazzed when he was rounded…
In August, Gail Parrish shared her frustration about the absence of a guilty plea in the January hit and run that killed Jenna Breen, her beloved daughter. This week, however, that situation changed. Viet Nguyen, the man charged with committing the crime, finally pleaded guilty to all charges against him…
In advance of the presidential debate at the University of Denver, Sam Levin covered criticism of Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson being excluded from participating. The post brought out a number of Johnson fans who were still frustrated by the decision to keep him off-camera even after the big event…
What’s creepier than a sex offender groping an unsuspecting woman who’s legally blind? A sex offender groping an unsuspecting woman who’s legally blind in front of her three-year-old son. The crime, for which James Rodgers was sentenced this week, is detailed in an arrest affidavit on view below…
The Denver Newspaper Guild has ratified a contract covering newsroom employees at the Denver Post, and as part of the deal, the broadsheet will become a closed shop, with all workers required to join the union. Yet DNG administrative officer Tony Mulligan isn’t exactly celebrating, since the deal also calls…
