Names like Josh McDaniels, Scott McInnis and Jamie Paulin-Ramirez made us cringe this year, committing dastardly deeds or generally making fools of themselves and the Centennial State. And as such, they’ve been inducted into our Hall of Shame 2010 (available right now from newstands). But can you remember who embarrassed…
The discovery of medical-marijuana patient records behind the former Apothecary of Colorado has members of the MMJ community smoking mad. But poindenver had an interesting take:…
A 47-year-old man shot his wife during an argument in Aurora on Monday. He turned himself into police and is now in custody. The couple had no relatives in the area, and the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s office is working with out-of-state police to locate next of kin. Until they do,…
We begin with the drama in Greeley… An Arizona truck driver lost his mind in Greeley and hijacked a Comcast TV truck, which he then drove through the locked gate of a Mormon Bishop’s mansion and told the man he was ready to see Jesus. When the cops showed up,…
In this state, patient medical marijuana records are protected by medical privacy rules and the state constitution. When patients fill out their MMJ applications, it’s assumed they will be locked securely away, not even accessible by law enforcement. The last place anyone would expect such forms to appear is next…
Two days before Christmas, Christopher Blackstone of Colorado Springs got into an argument with his girlfriend, Talitha Peterson-Hooks. She ignored his subsequent calls and texts, and, according to the police report, that’s when Blackstone turned to Peterson-Hooks’s three-to-five-month-old puppy and stomped on its head repeatedly…
An administrative law judge has slapped an $11,300 fine on a charity set up by anti-tax crusader Douglas Bruce–the latest chapter in the murky maneuvering behind three tax-slashing amendments that opponents spent millions to defeat this fall. Bruce, of course, didn’t bother to attend the hearing on the matter two…
Prediction #1: Unable to stop the increasing incidence of slope rage, Colorado ski resorts begin to promote Spring Break pay-per-view broadcasts of Ultimate Ski-Fighting® to help generate revenue. Below, see how the stoner vote affects the Denver Mayor’s race…..
Police have declared that a thirty-year-old man was specifically targeted for murder, despite no obvious external trauma. The man was found inside the house. “In this case, we’re looking to the coroner’s office to tell us the cause of death,” says Detective John White…
For the fourth year running, The Sawaya Law Firm will pick up the New Year’s Eve tab on your cab ride home. They’ll actually pay your fare tonight, as well — the program started on December 23rd and goes until January 1…
One is the loneliest number. The Pro Bowl rosters were released last night, and, assuming there are no Broncos added as replacements, the team will have its fewest representatives since 1988, when punter Mike Horan was the lone Bronco. That team was much better than this one, too: They went…
It wasn’t quite Law & Order, but the release of the Denver Police Department’s first promotional video — made by former Westword staff writer Frank Hogan, who now runs Let’s Be Frank Productions — prompted plenty of entertaining responses, including this from Spleen:…
Boss-rating website eBossWatch has published its list of the worst 100 bosses in America for 2010, and guess who made the cut at number 54? That’s right, our old pal Myrl Serra, the Mountain Slope 7th District Attorney who made touching his penis a mandatory part of office life…
We’re renaming this feature The Daily Tebow. And Stuff. Mile High Report urges you to vote Tim Tebow for GMC Never Say Never Moment of the Week. Tim Tebow does not understand the word “never.”…
The Denver Police Department is releasing a series of action-filled videos demonstrating the work of a police officer. The first one came out today and features a foot chase after a would-be bank robber near Curtis Park. It’s got it all: voiceover, dramatic orchestration, slo-mo and, of course, a perp…
An atheist will give the invocation at Grand Junction City Council’s first meeting of 2011. It will be the crowning achievement of a two-and-a-half-year effort by the Western Colorado Atheists & Freethinkers to get their voice heard at City Hall. And it will be the first atheist invocation in Colorado,…
Before the Independence Bowl last week in Shreveport, the Air Force falcon was released for a bit of pre-game wing stretching. But the mascot had bigger things than a stadium circuit in mind — namely, a tour of downtown, where he was found hours later thanks to a tracking device…
The backstory of Christmastime in a consumer culture always plays out in the alleys of Denver. This is where yesterday’s must-haves are temporarily tethered to trash bins in an effort to make room for a glut of new holiday gifts. The kiddie clunker pictured above waits to make its final…
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar clearly wanted to make a splash when he unveiled his new “wild lands” policy last week–two days before Christmas (slow news week), at a press conference outside the REI flagship store, just a few steps from his old Denver office when he was a…
In September, Colorado’s health department rejected the use of medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, a common affliction for veterans. But that doesn’t mean the military and MMJ have been divorced once and for all. Cannabis Science, a Colorado Springs marijuana pharmaceutical company, has formed a military advisory board…
Colorado State Senator Suzanne Williams was driving her Honda CR-V near the Texas panhandle town of Channing on Sunday night when she swerved into oncoming traffic and collided head on with a GMC Yukon. Thirty-year-old Brianna Michelle Gomez, who was seven months pregnant and a passenger in the Yukon, died…
There’s currently one known wolverine in the state of Colorado, but there soon could be a lot more. Eighteen months ago, one of the giant weasels wandered into our state, where wolverines have long been absent. He was implanted with a tracking device and given a name: M56 (awww…). Today,…
