In a crowded field of folks vying to be Denver’s next mayor, Eric Jon Zinn has one particular candidate in his sights that he’s hoping to beat: Mayor McCheese. The 17th Street tax attorney wants Denverites to forsake the junk food, get on the bike or into the gym and…
Governor John Hickenlooper welcomed press, exhibitors, buyers and industry execs to the opening of the Snowsports Industries America annual trade show, an event formerly held in Sin City. As everyone in Colorado understands, Denver is a much more appropriate home for SIA — and the trade show is marking its…
Last night, residents living on or near the 9600 block of Maribou Court in Littleton were asked not to leave their houses for several hours — except for those police escorted out. The reason? A standoff between the Douglas County SWAT team and a suicidal man who barricaded himself in…
Update below: Susan Greene resigned from the Denver Post late last year after being told her column would be canceled — and while she was clearly saddened by the circumstances of her departure, she had only positive things to say about colleagues and didn’t criticize the paper as a whole…
We calculate that this item features three Denver blog posts. Predominantly Orange’s Kim Constantinesco credits John Elway with lighting the fire of change under the Broncos. Who definitely need some. Face the State’s Peter Blake considers Scott Gessler by moonlight. Denver Egotist: A Friday event cuts to the core of…
William Breathes found Local Product of Colorado, the subject of his latest medical marijuana dispensary review, to have pros and cons. But there are plenty of other options to be found in our newly updated MMJ listings. Click here to access our medical-marijuana dispensary directory…
This dispensary has closed. The storefront and decor at Local Product of Colorado have been set up with the utmost care. But their actual local product and its pricing may need some attention…
The picture above proves that Senator Mark Udall’s civility push is spreading from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to the neighborhoods of Denver. Where the “No whiners” doctrine reigned supreme in the Highland neighborhood, now comes the sign that “winers welcome.” Below, the notoriously snobbish City Park neighborhood is…
The last thing a parent wants to worry about when sending a child to the dentist is that an assistant will do terribly inappropriate things while the young patient is drugged or defenseless. But that’s one possible interpretation of info released thus far about Roohallah Mobarez, twenty, who’s been arrested…
The responses to our item about Mountain View High School teacher Courtney Bowles, found naked with a student, have mostly stopped shy of castigating her — something that may surprise many readers. Also posted: an observation about Bowles by someone who knew her as a very different kind of person…
The problem Ted Haggard is facing in his continuing effort to rehabilitate his image enough to become a national media star again is that the very thing he doesn’t want to talk about — his dalliance with male escort Mike Jones — is pretty much the only thing that intrigues…
At 9 a.m., Colorado’s Department of Revenue will begin two days of public hearings at the Jefferson County Justice Center, Hearing Room 1, about its draft regulations for the medical marijuana industry. Among those hoping to speak is MMJ attorney Rob Corry — but he’s already fired off a six-page…
Update: The Denver coroner’s office has identified the woman who died in a shooting near Ninth and Sheridan on Tuesday night: Susan Wiggs, 58. In addition, the Denver Police Department has belatedly issued a press release on the incident, which notes that there was a struggle between residents of the…
As the Carmelo Anthony Trade Turns. Yesterday, we cited reports that the New York Knicks are back in the Melo mix following the collapse of a swap with the New Jersey Nets. Such rumblings are apparently shaking things up in NYC, and not for the better, with potential trade bait…
On December 30, 2009, Alisha Brown was found murdered in the Sixth Avenue West subdivision. The following February, her ex-husband, Daryll Glenn Brown was arrested for her death. Now, Brown has been convicted and sentenced to life without parole for a crime involving a sneak attack, blunt force and strangulation…
It was nighttime when the contractions started to come. Indra Lusero wandered from the bedroom to the living room to the bathroom as she labored in the Highland bungalow she shared with her partner, Allison Lusero Hoffman. The birth had been carefully planned: A portable hot tub was set up…
At this weekend’s X-Games in Aspen, all of Wes Selby’s competitors will be paid to race in the Snowmobile Snocross. Selby, however, is essentially paying to compete. Raised in Granby where he still lives, Selby is the only privateer racing in the Snocross Sunday…
Louis Hampers, the former Children’s Hospital ER doc charged with writing hundreds of phony prescriptions, now has one fewer lawsuit to worry about. Deborah Sherman, a reporter for 9News, has settled her civil lawsuit against Hampers, her lawyer says. The terms are private…
Our 2008 story “Father of Invention” told the tale of Timber Dick, a Denver inventor who died in a car accident but left behind a family that puts the Royal Tenenbaums to shame: eleven brilliant, home-schooled children who are taking the world by storm. There’s a new chapter to the…
Soon after Indra Lusero gave birth in the bedroom of her Highlands bungalow in 2003, she made a decision: She wasn’t going to be the typical midwifery client who had her baby and then never thought about midwives again. No, she was going to become an advocate for the centuries-old,…
With John Hickenlooper now Colorado’s governor, we know Denver will soon have a new mayor, and the race promises to be wide open. To introduce you to the players, we’re offering profiles of official candidates. Next up: Thomas Andrew Wolf. “I’m the only businessperson running for mayor,” says Thomas Andrew…
We bring you three examples of Denver bloggery. Mile High Report fan poster BroncoPH thinks it’s time for the real Jay Cutler to please stand up. Denver Egotist shines a light on Dynamite Laser Beam. Colorado Pols’ State of the Union open thread is like a great DVD commentary track…
