Lately, ranchers and community leaders in southeastern Colorado are feeling a bit like the battle-weary Michael Corleone of The Godfather Part III. Every time you think you’re out, they pull you back in — “they” being the Pentagon planners seeking more intense use of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, a…
Denver blog posts have been around the block a time or two…. Big Media’s Jason Salzman isn’t sure Jon Caldara did as much as he’d have liked to “advance evil” on his KOA show, but he mourns the loss of a local voice anyhow. Things to Do in Denver When…
The sentencing hearing for former ER doc Louis Hampers has been delayed once again. Charged with writing 654 phony prescriptions in 2009 and 2010, Hampers pleaded guilty this past July to much less: fourteen counts of prescription drug fraud. His sentencing hearing was rescheduled from October to tomorrow, but it’s…
Even though Facebook is great for sharing oddball photos, many Denver TV personalities aren’t interested in playing. Either they don’t have a page, or they maintain one that’s purposefully dull. But here are some sample shots from folks in the spotlight who aren’t afraid to have some fun, even if…
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal ran a story about New Mexico’s $2.5 million effort to rebrand the state “as a place of charm and character, adventure, excitement — and really good green chili cheeseburgers.” It seems that the Land of Enchantment isn’t perceived as very enchanting; focus groups…
Earlier this month, Colorado Republican Party chairman Ryan Call argued that this year’s Colorado Republican Caucus will mean more than ever, in part because the date was moved up to February 7. When Mitt Romney looked poised to sweep Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, this claim looked suspect, but…
“Leaked: photos of pit bulls killed due to Denver ban,” a Jared Jacang Maher post published in 2009, is among our most commented posts ever, racking up more than 1,500 so far. And while many, if not most, are passionate in their defense of the breed, a recent pronouncement still…
After six months at the head of Mayor Michael Hancock’s communications staff, Wil Alston began a new position yesterday leading the same function for Denver’s finance department. Hancock created the position specifically for Alston, who joined his administration in July 2011 and has long been a friend. In the interim,…
U.S. Attorney John Walsh says he’s not bluffing when it comes to seizure letters sent to 23 medical marijuana dispensaries near schools. And Neill Franklin, executive director of Massachusetts-based Law Enforcement Against Prohibition fears he’s in earnest. That’s why he’s co-authored a letter, on view below, in which he criticizes…
The most recent posts on the Caleb Pacheco (Wheres Caleb) Facebook page are haunting in the extreme. Why? The messages are paired with the photo of a child who’s most likely dead, and has been for months — and now, his mother, Sterling’s Juanita Kinzie, 24, has been arrested on…
Nineteen members of the Hell’s Lovers motorcycle gang appeared in court yesterday — so many that the suspects reportedly filled the jury box and flooded into the front-row area reserved for observers. That’s the scope of federal indictments on view below, which allege a slew of charges involving drugs, weapons,…
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has gotten off to a rousing start in 2012 — the year of the alleged Apocalypse. County officials across Colorado report receiving numerous mailings from the FLDS, otherwise known as that crazy Mormon sect led by super-creepy imprisoned polygamist Warren Jeffs…
“Drilled, Baby, Drilled,” alan prendergast, january 19 greasing the wheel I just finished reading Alan Prendergast’s latest story on — to use the politest of euphemisms — mismanagement at the Department of the Interior. As is often the case with Alan, it’s great stuff, suggesting that Colorado’s beloved Ken Salazar…
Sometimes I don’t know if I should let anyone know I’m making skis in here, because I’m not sure if it makes me look cool or if it makes me look stupid,” says David Liechty, the founder of Grace Skis, who uses his living room in north Denver for part…
This week’s cover story, “Drilled, Baby, Drilled,” reports on the efforts of a group of federal auditors to hold energy companies accountable for underpaid royalties on oil and gas leases. On the eve of its publication, the U.S. Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) announced a $25 million settlement with…
Last month, we told you which of the 928 participating nonprofits raised the most money during Colorado Gives Day. This year, technical difficulties caused the 24-hour online charity blitz to be extended to 36 hours, during which folks donated a total of $12.4 million…
Denver blog posts are kid-tested, mother-approved. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein with more reaction on the Nuggets’ defeat of the Melo-led New York Knicks. Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic on Doug Lamborn protest of Barack Obama — by skipping his State of the Union address. Denver Infill’s Ryan Dravitz updates us on…
What Tobacco-Free Aurora lacks in longevity and membership, it makes up for in ambition. Founded a little more than a year ago with a rotating volunteer staff of twelve to thirty, the group recently pushed the entirety of its efforts toward creating a city ordinance regulating the sale of tobacco…
With Denver Mayor Michael Hancock in Washington last week and with the president scheduled to be in Denver this Thursday, we’re in a political mindset. And as anyone who’s seen the recent GOP debates can attest, political spectating often drives one to drink. In that spirit, here are five drinking…
Denver’s Civil Service Commission has reinstated officers Ricky Nixon and Kevin Devine, who’d been fired for their actions in an alleged brutality incident at the Denver Diner in 2009. But a lawsuit over the matter is still alive, and the attorney representing the plaintiffs expresses shock and dismay that Nixon…
In a recent post, Senator Pat Steadman discussed the challenges that stand before his civil unions bill, whose previous version failed to get out of committee after all its GOP members rejected it. One of our readers isn’t a big backer, either — but for what appears to be a…
In the words of the immortal Mike Reno, we’re all working for the weekend. Over the past few days, Westworders documented how that effort paid off in Denver at our slide show page and Show and Tell, Cafe Society and Backbeat Online blogs. Look below to see samples featuring Big…
