A tall, seventeen-year-old boy wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a pair of deejay earphones around his neck stood facing Judge Kerry Hada in Division 191-J of the Denver County Juvenile Court, a small wood-paneled courtroom that was packed this morning for RAP It Up, an amnesty program that allowed people…
Here are a trio of blogs with a distinctly Denver flavor. Kim Constantinesco at Predominantly Orange links to a cyber-debate with a Chicago Bears blogger who thinks a season’s worth of Kyle Orton has made Broncos fans wish they had Jay Cutler back. But two wrongs don’t make a right…
Timothy Masters, whose 1999 murder conviction was tossed following revelations about DNA-shaped holes in the case reported by the Denver Post and other news organizations, will receive $4.1 million from the Eighth Judicial District of Larimer County and a handful of its district attorneys. And that may be only the…
Chris Bartkowicz, whose Highlands Ranch marijuana grow was raided by the Drug Enforcement Administration last Friday after he was interviewed by 9News, has instantly become a major figure in the debate over medical marijuana in Colorado, with attorney Rob Corry calling for agents involved in the operation to be sacked,…
The Drug Enforcement Administration raid on a home marijuana grow in Highlands Ranch, coming hot on the heels of similar actions at medical marijuana labs in Denver and Colorado Springs, spurred outcry from the likes of attorney Rob Corry, who called for agents involved in the Highlands Ranch matter to…
#4 of the 22 Major Arcana: Cary Kennedy, the Empress…..
Today, CUIndependent.com, CU’s student-news site, is debuting Speak Out!, which Amy Herdy, the publication’s adviser, describes as “a new social-justice endeavor” that will address racism, sexism, homophobia and other campus ills. The project will be celebrated at noon today during a launch event on the south terrace of the University…
Plenty of people apparently witnessed the murder of Nathan Bozonier, 16, early Monday morning. But how many of them have contracted a case of voluntary laryngitis remains a matter of debate. Bozonier was run down by a vehicle before being beaten by a group of people who were then confronted…
Two people are dead as a result of a thoroughly unromantic incident that took place on Valentine’s Day in Glendale — Narima Dzhulfayeva, who was allegedly murdered by Roberto Silva, and Silva himself, who subsequently killed himself while at the Arapahoe County Detention Facility by jumping off a second-floor walkway…
During a recent visit to Colorado, Larry Schweiger, president and chief executive of the National Wildlife Federation, said Colorado was in the bull’s eye for negative consequences from climate change. What exactly does that mean? Unfortunately, Schweiger has examples aplenty of environmental damage to our square state, and it’s not…
Daily newspapers’ continued fight for survival isn’t made easier by regular examples of how the old paper-on-the-driveway delivery method has become hopelessly antiquated. Case in point: One of the main pieces in today’s Denver Post sports section is Woody Paige’s column advising the Nuggets to trade for one of their…
Carmelo Anthony and La La Vazquez have set a date for their New York City nuptials: July 10, 2010. And to make sure none of their important guests schedule a backyard barbecue for the same day, the Nuggets star and former MTV veejay put a couple hundred Valentine’s Day-themed save-the-date…
Some types of national publicity are better than others. At around the same time Boulder was named the happiest city in the country in a Gallup-Healthways survey (apparently without taking into account the impact of weed), the city was being tweaked for its difficulty in meeting targeted environmental standards in…
Lately, dispensary owners and marijuana growers have been watching their back. Over the past few weeks, Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided two marijuana testing facilities, one in Denver and one in Colorado Springs, as well busting a Highland Ranch marijuana grow on Friday that its owner had bragged about on…
The 2010 census gives states a new option for how to count their prison population, a move that could provide additional political leverage to urban areas — which, in Colorado, means more power to the Front Range and less to places like Fremont, Logan and Crowley counties. In the past,…
Senate Majority Leader John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, and Minority Leader Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, are brainstorming ways to keep Colorado’s colleges from suffocating amid crippling losses in revenue from the state. Atop the mount of potential solutions, the bipartisan duo says: Let the schools raise tuition as they see fit…
Look what we found: three blogs about Denver stuff. KaptainKirk at Mile High Report walks us through NFL.com’s new website for updates about the league’s labor situation. Players and teams have until March 5 to reach a new collective bargaining agreement — but at least if everything goes to hell,…
Friday, February 6, was a very big day in Denver transit. The feds announced $304 million in loans for Union Station, completing the funding necessary for the new transit hub, as well as essentially committing to a $1 billion injection over several years for several future FasTracks rail lines. That…
It’s no surprise that Said Ali Mohamud was arrested by Boulder cops for driving drunk last week. He’s reportedly had numerous alcohol-related infractions since 2008. More unexpected was his ability to circumvent the alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet he wore by stuffing some plastic between this doodad and his skin, thereby preventing…
Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg wants to hear from parents. Next month, he’s launching the Superintendent’s Parents Forum, an every-other-month gathering between district officials and a group consisting of two parents from each DPS school — which by our count, adds up to about 300 parents. Possibly 300 angry…
The study of neighbors through their lawn decoration… Figure 51. Baker: Graffiti made with yarn is called scarffiti. The entry door of the building pictured in figure 51 opens directly onto the city sidewalk, yet it hasn’t prevented the act of personalized decoration. It appears that the lack of a…
Lists about cities! Here in Colorado, we love ’em! Because they’re usually flattering — like the ones that named Denver the 13th best place in the country for singles and in the top ten for raising children. But these achievements are piddling in comparison to Boulder’s finish in a new…
