Last night was the coldest of the season thus far, and with the bitter chill expected to linger for several more days at least, the Denver Rescue Mission is well over capacity. According to DRM spokeswoman Greta Walker, 310 people spent the evening at its Lawrence Street shelter. Problem is,…
Last month, the Fort Collins city council considered passing an emergency moratorium against new medical marijuana operations — only to decide that this action wasn’t such an emergency after all. A couple of weeks later, however, the council opted for just such a moratorium — until March 26, by which…
More evidence that the three most important letters in cold cases these days are DNA — the apparent solving of a Weld County murder dating back to 1977. In August of that year, Mary Pierce, 22, was abducted, raped and murdered in Greeley. More than a quarter-century later, DNA evidence…
If William Thalley has been aiming for a career as a novelist or screenwriter, he probably should reconsider. After all, the stories he’s told about shooting his three-year old in the leg haven’t been deemed believable by his most important audience — the Denver District Attorney’s Office. At first, Thalley…
When Congress ratcheted up restrictions on lead and other harmful chemicals in children’s toys last year, it was a victory for child safety. But the move has proven challenging for a beloved Denver institution and repeated Best of Denver winner: The Northwest Denver Toy Library, located in the basement of…
Welcome to the big leagues, medical marijuana. And by that, I mean the public-relations big leagues. Example — a new poll conducted for Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation showing that “64 percent of voters said they would approve proposals that would establish state-licensed marijuana dispensaries to cultivate and provide marijuana…
Anyone who Googled anything today knows that it’s World AIDS Day. And anyone who drove by the intersection of Colfax and Broadway this afternoon knows select folks in Denver think clean needles are part of the solution to stopping the spread of the disease. For three hours, employees and friends…
Last night’s Denver Public Schools board meeting had its fair share of hateration. And plenty of people turned out to witness it. By 4:25 p.m., signs on the boardroom door at the DPS administration building at 900 Grant Street declared the room full and directed meeting-goers to the fourth-floor cafeteria,…
Our latest round of queries asking the Twits of the world to justify their following has yielded some good results. Exhibit A: Michael Salamone (@michaelsalamone), a funny guy who persistently bugged us to feature him until we had no choice. There was just no other way to shut him up…
Local blogs need you. Including these three. John Tomasic at Colorado Independent unearths a tribute ditty (to the tune of “My Girl”!) about female Tea Party leaders that includes a shout-out to Colorado-based Michelle Malkin. Who brings sunshine on a cloudy day? SquareState.net’s Wade Norris thinks Michael Bennet is sucking…
Want proof that KHOW afternoon-drive talk-show host Dan Caplis is a divisive fellow? In the midst of a column about how Caplis’ quick thinking, and his way with an automated external defibrillator (AED), saved a life on Thanksgiving, the Denver Post’s Susan Greene confessed, “I cringe at much of the…
View Larger Map On November 12, a woman was stabbed at a bus stop near the intersection of West Colfax Avenue and Winona Court, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). Afterward, the Denver Police Department linked this case…
To call David Quammen a nature writer seems somehow inadequate. Yes, he’s a whiz at crafting crisp, clear prose about the secret world of spoonworms and busting popular myths about dinosaurs and all that, but his essays go well beyond the usual Discovery Channel enthusiasms. His inquiries into man’s relationship…
If ski towns do start setting up skier speed traps on lower mountain ski slopes, the manufacturers of ski paraphernalia will just offer laser-jamming ski parkas and radar-detecting ski helmets…
The pressure on Stephanie Villafuerte’s nomination for U.S. Attorney shows no signs of diminishing. The release of a letter to Senator Mark Udall in which Villafuerte attempted to squash accusations that she’d accessed a criminal database for political purposes (the same act that led to the canning of former ICE…
Old-timers who bitch that young people today don’t have enough ambition obviously never met four juveniles taken into custody early yesterday. According to Lakewood Police Department spokesman Steve Davis, this quartet managed to swipe five cars before being busted — and afterward, one of them asked if they’d “set a…
Word Dan Hawkins will be back as head coach at CU triggered the first test of the decision to retain him: Would recruits who’d previously committed to the school be excited or disgusted? At this early juncture, the news is mixed, but it leans toward the positive. According to Bleacher…
Today, a ban against texting while driving takes effect in Colorado — not that Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle expects it to have an enormous impact. In widely quoted comments, he called the measure a “feel good” law that would be tough to enforce. State representative Claire Levy, a Boulder…
Colorado at its best is a combination of the weird and the wonderful. And so is the story of how a tied vote for the Crested Butte town council was settled — by a wicked game of Ninja Bear Cowboy. According to the Crested Butte News, two candidates, Roland Mason…
In November, voters in Breckenridge approved the decriminalization of marijuana in the community — and the town council has now approved regulations relating to the measure. As of January 1, 21-and-older adults can possess up to one ounce of weed and transfer a like amount to someone else without breaking…
After news broke in October about Ricky Lee Harnish facing a likely ten-to-24-year sentence for the 1976 rape and murder of teenager Holly Andrews, even Clear Creek County Sheriff Don Krueger admitted to mixed emotions. But no such confusion afflicted Linda Andrews, wife of Holly’s brother, Dave. As she said…
If anything, that line about a picture being worth a thousand words understates the impact of the just-released photo here, which shows Lakewood’s Marcus Leyba while being booked on Thanksgiving for child abuse resulting in death — the child in question being his three-month old. According to Lakewood Police Department…
