Around here, we do a lot of celebrating the Mile High City in posts like the 50 reasons we’re glad we live in Denver and not the United States. But we’ve also provided this January 2011 Comment of the Day for people who disagree. Like this guy, who’s spent two…
If you’re watching the Democratic National Convention on either MSNBC or CNN, there’s a good chance you’ll catch of glimpse of Richard Nixon. Why? He’s featured in a new ad for Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act — and like the campaign’s first commercial, released in May, it…
If you thought the only thing wrong with last week’s collection of photos from the 2013 Denver Broncos cheerleaders calendar photo shoot in Cancun is that there weren’t enough of them, we’ve got good news. There are even more images from the session to be found on the Broncos cheerleaders’…
When Greeley’s Treff Carpenter, a field engineer for Noble Energy, died Sunday after a fall in Boulder Canyon, he was doing something he loved. That’s clear from his Facebook page, which is dominated by photos and videos of mountain climbing — a couple posted just days before his tragic death…
Last night, a number of folks with Colorado ties spoke at the Democratic National Convention, including Representative Jared Polis and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. But the one to arguably get the most attention was Colorado’s Maria Ciano, who conservative media outlets like this one have dubbed a “fake…
College student Eugene Elliott’s campaign to save remaining buildings at the old Gates Rubber factory on South Broadway from demolition, the subject of last month’s feature “Trouble in the Rubble,” has failed to impress Denver’s Landmark Preservation Commission — which voted 9-0 yesterday not to recommend landmark status for the…
Circa the mid-1990s, there were no bigger stars in Denver than Klondike and Snow, a pair of polar bears at the Denver Zoo, where they were born and raised after their mom abandoned them. The pair were eventually moved to other facilities, with Snow winding up at Reid Park Zoo…
Update: Earlier today, we told you about the arrest of Samuel Maldonado-Tapia for allegedly starting a fire in a Broomfield Walmart; see our original coverage below. We noted in that post that we’d reached out to the Broomfield Police Department for more information, and the BPD has just responded with…
Denver allows camping for shoppers but not for homeless people with nowhere to go. At least that was last week’s message from Occupy Denver during protests about allowing Sports Authority shoppers to camp out for bargains months after the city began enforcing its urban camping ban, which prohibits the homeless…
Update below: Kal Penn and John Cho, the stars of the Harold and Kumar movies, have been to Colorado multiple times in recent weeks to stump for the Obama campaign, and both appear with the president in a video about Penn hosting Democratic National Convention coverage this week; see it…
Denver blog posts: Bazinga! Mile High Report fan poster broncoplanet thinks all those Broncos records John Elway currently holds could fall to one Peyton Manning. Who Said You Said introduces you to the man behind the Rocky Mountain Black Tea Party. Denver Egotist shares a street-art declaration that dubstep is…
As part of this week’s feature “Purple Haze,” we take a dive into the millions of dollars used for advertising in Colorado by the presidential campaigns and a handful of very wealthy super PACs. Based on the latest numbers, more than $25 million has been spent in this battleground state…
Dr. Lynne Fenton has undergone a trial by media fire in the wake of the Aurora theater shooting, which was allegedly committed by James Holmes, who had been her client. Fenton maintains that their doctor-patient relationship ended the month before the tragedy. One of our readers would like to see…
Last week marked the passing of Russell Scott, aka Blinky the Clown, a Denver TV icon who died at age 91. His funeral is scheduled to get underway at 10 a.m. today and it’s open to the public; get details below. And at his request, everyone who attends will be…
Update below: Almost exactly a year ago, Alan Prendergast shared a post featuring the top five speed traps in Denver — a roster culled from the most recent entries on Speedtrap.org. Now, it’s time for an update. Below, see interactive graphics of the ten latest speed traps as chosen by…
Last week, a judge rejected the City of Boulder’s request for a permanent restraining order against Seth Brigham, its most annoying critic, and proudly so. Shortly thereafter, David Lane, Brigham’s attorney, dropped heavy hints that a lawsuit could follow. In a letter yesterday, however, he’s giving Boulder a chance to…
Barack Obama’s appearance in Boulder on Sunday brought out Rich Black Mormons (one of them, anyway) and thousands of others — a fascinatingly varied swath of humanity willing to swelter in the heat for hours for a chance to stand on CU-Boulder’s Norlin Quad, site of the annual 4/20 celebration,…
There were plenty of signs on display at today’s appearance by President Barack Obama at CU-Boulder’s Norlin Quad, and we’ll be featuring more of them in future coverage. But we couldn’t wait to share the funniest of the bunch. Hope Mitt Romney wasn’t counting on the Rich Black Mormon vote…
Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games to books. We showcase them in our quasi-regular product review section, Stoner MacGyver. The latest? Vapor Kryptonite personal vaporizer/e-cig…
Earlier this month, Secretary of State Scott Gessler asked nearly 4,000 registered voters to prove that they are citizens as part of an effort, he said, to prevent fraud. The results are now in and one in eight voters who showed a non-citizen document to the Division of Motor Vehicles…
Denver blog posts need three days off. Big Media’s Jason Salzman questions GOP boss Ryan Call’s claim on ABC that Mitt Romney is building support among Colorado Hispanics. Denver Infill’s Ryan Dravitz invites us inside DaVita world HQ. South Stands Denver’s Colin D.: Here’s your stupid game-by-game 2012 Broncos predictions…
In May 2008, Crips gang members burned down the Holly Square Shopping Center in northeast Park Hill. More than four years later, the scorched earth is experiencing a rebirth. On Saturday, The Prodigal Son Initiative, a youth organization headquartered across the street, is leading a clean-up effort to make way…
