With Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, already approved for the November ballot, and other initiatives aiming for it, media stories related to cannabis are being read closer than ever for political subtext. That’s definitely the case with a 9News report about rising medical marijuana crime statistics –…
Betcha the folks at the Boulder Valley School District are breathing a sigh of relief…. Nancy Sebring was reportedly a finalist for the BVSD’s top job last year. Instead, she was slated to become the superintendent in Omaha, until her prospects were felled by the release of sex-obsessed e-mails, samples…
The drama over Peyton Manning coming to the Broncos, and Tim Tebow departing for NYC, is ripe for parody, and folks like those at the NFL Memes page have been having fun with it for months. Now, the website Humordy is weighing in with a twist on the Gotye smash…
Once upon a time there was a Denver cabbie who wrote novels about a Denver cabbie who writes novels. Brendan Murphy, better known as Murph, tosses his manuscripts into a steamer trunk, with no expectation that they’ll ever be read. But his creator, Gary Reilly, never abandoned his dream of…
Lay Catholics and several big organizations, including the Denver-based Gill Foundation, have saved the budget of an immigrant advocacy group in Durango whose funding was yanked by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. The Catholics stripped the immigrant group, called Companeros, of $30,000 because it belongs to a coalition that…
Denver blog posts need the hair of the dog that bit them. South Stands Denver’s Colin D. on the wacky campaign of Christians Against Nike, who apparently don’t include Tim Tebow. Denver Egotist invites us to check out Berger & Föhr’s new digs. Ed Is Watching wants to know what…
Update below: Alex Landau talks about the news. Three years-plus since Alex Landau was beaten bloody after being pulled over for what officers cited as an illegal left turn, and a year since he was paid $795,000 by Denver City Council, the case against the officers involved faces another delay…
The La Alma swimming pool in Lincoln Park is Denver’s oldest, making its debut way back in 1912. But it sure doesn’t look like it thanks to a new, improved pool and adjacent pool house paid for by a $3 million reconstruction and upgrade from the Better Denver Bond Program…
For more than a quarter century, Salida’s Ed Quillen has regularly contributed to the editorial pages of the Denver Post, sharing his notably progressive thoughts on issues of the day in a way that raised readers’ cheers and hackles, depending upon their personal ideological slant. But no more: Curtis Hubbard,…
Why did Facebook pay $1 billion for Instagram? You’ll have to ask Mark Zuckerberg. But there’s no question the photo-sharing program is a wonderful way for shutterbugs to showcase their work — and snaps from Denver demonstrate the creativity boasted by so many of our friends and neighbors. Check out…
Plenty of Colorado pageant contestants get brief camera time before getting sidelined for the majority of broadcasts after missing the first cut. But not Marybel Gonzalez, Miss Colorado USA, who made the Miss USA finals this weekend in Las Vegas before bowing to Miss Rhode Island. Before then, however, she…
Those of us who’ve had a car towed often gripe about the high cost required to get it back. But what if you had to buy it one piece at a time? That’s the scenario presented by allegations against Charles and Michelle Wrenfrow, who allegedly turned their Adams County tow…
The Denver Chalk Art Festival is one of my favorite local events of the year — an opportunity for folks of every age and description to gather in Larimer Square and marvel at the images created with a few pieces of chalk and a slab of pavement. Weather was an…
Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games. We showcase them in our quasi-regular product review section, Stoner MacGyver. The latest? GearBox stash box…
Yesterday, the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs released its annual report card on hate violence in the LGBTQ and HIV-affected communities, and Colorado’s numbers indicate a small but substantial upswing. Using data collected in 2011, the study shows that overall reports of violence increased by 3 percent, while those targeting…
This is it, zoo fans. This is what you’ve been waiting for and dreaming of since you approved that $62.5 million zoo-improvement bond in 1999. Big, hulking male elephants — up to eight of ’em — living in City Park. Big, hulking male elephants and their big, hulking…trunks. Today is…
Denver blog posts feature text worth texting about. At Mile High Report, Jack Werts notes that NFL Network ranks Peyton Manning the league’s fiftieth best player in 2012, after placing second the previous year. He’s got some proving to do? At People’s Press Collective, Michelle Morin offers three reasons why…
Remember the episode of Dallas that ended with Bobby in the shower, when Pam realized the entire season’s plotline had just been a dream? That’s what this past year’s whole Gaylord hotel/resort/convention center project seems like: just a dream. And now the shmucks have left us high and dry…
The meeting began with a prayer. Eight hours later, it ended with Sharletta Evans feeling that she’d found much of what she’d been seeking from a face-to-face encounter with Raymond Johnson, one of the people responsible for the killing of her three-year-old son Casson seventeen years ago. She would later…
Last month, we told you about a Medical Marijuana Industry Group-proposed citywide ban on outdoor MMJ advertising that was being kicked around by Denver City Council. That idea didn’t materialize, but a bill banning advertising near schools and parks is moving forward…
Last month, Vincent Palazzotto announced the shutdown of the Medical Marijuana Assistance Program, a nonprofit devoted to the rights of MMJ patients. But he’s landed on his own two feet — which is two fewer than the number boasted by most of his future clients. Tonight marks the grand opening…
Melanie Asmar’s post about the recent series of john stings — which preceded a photo gallery of arrestees — raised questions about punishment for those who solicit prostitution. The item prompted a response from a psychotherapist involved in the so-called “Johns School,” who hopes to revive the concept…
