Talk about the circle of life. Charles McNew is currently cooling his heels in a jail cell after being accused of stealing a jail cell — a vintage one from the 1800s that was believed to be the last of its kind in existence. It’s not anymore, though…
With a judge ruling yesterday that CU-Boulder can go ahead with its plan to close Norlin Quad and ban visitors from campus as a way of shrinking the annual 4/20 event, people who’d planned to mark the day in Boulder have a choice — face cops lined up at every…
It’s Friday, April 20, and though you may or may not have a job, we’re going to get you high today. Okay, maybe not. But we are going to tell you where people in Denver will be celebrating getting high, medicated and everything in between. Below, we’ve compiled a list…
Ted Nugent’s comment that if Barack Obama is re-elected, the Nuge will “either be dead or in jail by this time next year” has elevated the Motor City Madman to the status of talking point/progressive whipping boy in this year’s presidential race. Which is amusing to yours truly, given that…
Update: After a four hour hearing, Boulder District Judge Andrew McDonald reportedly denied attorney Rob Corry’s request for an injunction to prevent CU-Boulder from closing its campus to visitors as a way of undermining the annual 4/20 event. As such, the CU Police plan outlined by spokesman Ryan Huff in…
This dispensary has closed. I couldn’t have visited Grassroots Grown at a worse time. No, the shelves weren’t bare, and although the herb on the shelves could use some lovin’, that wasn’t the problem, either. Unfortunately, Grassroots will probably have to move, since it’s one of 48 shops (so far)…
Starting tomorrow, Aurora will play host to the International Powerlifting Federation World Masters Bench Press Championships. As explained in our cover story about tourism in Aurora, “Wish You Were Here!,” local powerlifting champions Dan and Jennifer Gaudreau worked with the fledgling Visit Aurora to woo the competition — Aurora’s first…
Colorado Street Medics, subject of this week’s feature, “Medic!,” are protected by Good Samaritan laws, but their practice only goes so far: They will rinse out your eyes post-pepper spray, bandage your cuts, offer you sun-screen, keep you awake for your concussion and splint your limbs, but they will not…
Denver blog posts, assume the position. The Colorado Independent’s Troy Hooper doesn’t think Governor John Hickenlooper’s fracking task force has done much to clear up confusion over rules for local governments. Denver Frank: In the market for a bulletproof iPhone case? Big Media’s Jason Salzman sees a partisan commentator gap…
Last year, Robin Lohre, the woman behind the much-loved boutique Talulah Jones, shared the story of why she had decided to file a lawsuit against a company called Posh Maids after she and her daughter, Imogene, returned home following a housecleaning to find their beloved dog, Ruthie, dead under the…
What’s in a name? For the newly minted Metropolitan State University of Denver, about six years of research and discussion, thousands of surveys, numerous focus groups and $95,000. That’s a portion of what went into a name change from Metropolitan State College of Denver that was made official yesterday when…
Last night, Denver’s future Independent Monitor and two other candidates spoke at their first community forum before the selection is whittled down. While Eddie Aubrey hails from Washington, Stephen Connolly and Julie Ruhlin live in Califonia, and all three boast experience from the Golden State. Within the next month, one…
Do you like to use the cap-lock key when posting comments? Well, a reader responding to a January Comment of the Day asserting that pit-bull haters deserve to be shouted down in capital letters thinks your screeds are being ignored…
This week, Colorado Rockies pitcher Jamie Moyer became the oldest Major League Baseball pitcher to win a game. But that’s not his only recent claim to fame. Moyer has also been named to the TopTenRealEstateDeals.com list of best MLB players’ homes for sale by virtue of a spectacular spread in…
Not all self-defense killings are as dubious or controversial as the one that caused the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. That’s the message Seventeenth Judicial District DA Don Quick sends in his decision letter clearing Brighton’s Lon Jones, who earlier this month gunned down a homeless man who appears…
For those not already in the know, allow us to introduce you to Fuck Yeah Colorado!, a tumblr site that celebrates Our Fair State’s beauty and quirks with equal enthusiasm. Look below to count down ten shots that prompted us to declare, “Fuck Yeah Colorado!”…
The CU-Boulder scheme to squelch the annual 4/20 event by closing Norlin Quad and banning visitors puts lotsa pressure on the university’s police department. But spokesman Ryan Huff stresses that a plan is in place to dissuade potential attendees from coming to Boulder in the first place and treat those…
The Connie Liphford case offers a strong counterargument to those who see the routine collection of DNA from arrestees as a potential violation of privacy. After all, Liphford had apparently evaded responsibility for a 2008 rape, until a DNA hit three years later…
After months of confusion regarding the legality of seed sales at dispensaries, the Colorado cannabis community finally has an answer from the state. And though it doesn’t technically ban seed sales, it’s not exactly the one some plant breeders wanted…
Sam Johnson’s job title is unique: President and Scoop Master. Except he’s not in the ice cream business. He’s in the dog poop business. And tomorrow, the business he started in 1994 — Pet Scoop, advertised as “Denver’s most reliable pooper scooper service” — will celebrate its millionth yard cleanup…
The street medic movement is more than four decades old, and Colorado Street Medics could be the oldest group still in existence. The Denver-based organization was born after a loud-talking, kung fu-fighting acupuncturist named Ron “Doc” Rosen moved to town (see this week’s cover story, “Medic!”). But he got his…
A stitch in time saves Denver blog posts nine. Max Denver’s Andrew Mason breaks down the Broncos’ entire sixteen game season in tremendous detail. Overachiever…. Square State’s Zappatero lauds Coke and Pepsi for severing ties with Scott Gessler’s “Kool-Aid supplier.” At Colorado Education News, Sari Levy takes another look at…
