Ronn Tice considers himself to be a sovereign citizen — part of a loosely organized group whose members don’t think the law applies to them. The authorities disagree — which explains why Tice is being prosecuted for claiming ownership of a house via a series of totally false and utterly…
Since March, we’ve been reporting about concerns over the use of pesticides on marijuana. Now, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has taken up the cause. In an executive order included in an industry-wide bulletin distributed by the Marijuana Enforcement Division, Hickenlooper directs “state agencies to address threats to public safety posed…
In May, we posted about the airlines with the least and most consumer complaints according to the Air Travel Consumer Report, a document published semi-annually by the Department of Transportation. And Frontier, Denver’s hometown airline, had an awful performance, finishing dead last. Now, the Transportation Department has published its latest installment…
It’s Friday the 13th — a day like any other to those immune to superstitions, but one fraught with potential peril for those with a more spirited personality. The latter group will love the website HauntedPlaces.org, which not only allows visitors to search for haunted places by state, but also…
“Dam that’s a cold ass honkey!!! ” a friend posted about a photo shared on Kirk Boyd’s Facebook page. The line was clearly intended in good-natured fashion. But since then, Boyd has been accused of attempted murder and arrested after a police chase that shut down an entire neighborhood. Boyd’s…
Any dispensary that has been open longer than two years in Denver is, by default, a grizzled vet in the Mile High pot scene. At the very least, these shops deserve respect for managing to follow regulations and stay alive as others failed. Advanced Medical Alternatives, open since 2009 at…
The story of Noah Harpham, who killed three people after Colorado Springs police made a report that he’d been seen with a gun a lower priority (possibly owing to open-carry laws), prompted a provocative Comment of the Day. In it, a reader claimed that anyone who wants to carry a…
Denver blog posts loved Trey Parker and Matt Stone before they were cool. At our Arts blog, Bree Davies says that South Park’s recent “The Lofts at SoDoSoPa” satire is such a spot-on take on the way luxury developments have rolled into Denver neighborhoods that it’s (almost) not funny. Mile High…
Six weeks after the publication of “Halfway to Nowhere,” our cover-story investigation of the grim living conditions and high failure rates found in many of Colorado’s halfway houses, residents of those houses are reporting some shakeups and modest improvements in the situation. The long-time director of Tooley Hall, a Denver…
The Fight for 15 campaign, which calls for a minimum $15 hourly wage and the right for low-wage workers at fast-food restaurants and similar businesses to organize, didn’t get a lot of support at this week’s Republican presidential debate. The headline of the Al Jazeera America report about the way…
Earlier this month, we told you about the ten most expensive Colorado cities to rent a two-bedroom apartment. We knew prices from the list of Colorado cities with the most expensive house prices would be considerably higher — but we were still surprised by the eye-popping nature of the digits…
Since June 2014, we’ve been reporting about the bizarre and tragic story of Haley Stanfield. The previous month, Stanfield’s baby, Logan Borchik, died — and she was subsequently arrested for allegedly trying to hire Logan’s dad to kill her then-current boyfriend, who she apparently blamed for the child’s passing. Then,…
Colorado Springs’ Dana Ott is a retired attorney and sometime professional poker player who earned well over $300,000 at a single tournament a couple of years back. Right now, however, he’s fighting for his life after being shot by authorities, who were called after he was seen carrying a rifle…
Despite Ohio voters’ rejection of what critics called a very flawed marijuana legalization proposal last week, few observers believe that public acceptance of cannabis use is on the decline. Indeed, more prominent people than ever before admit to having partaken. That’s clear from a list of the fifty most influential pot…
Dear Stoner: What’s the weirdest way to consume cannabis? Joe Blow Dear Joe: The human body has a few orifices, but not all of them are meant to be an entry point for marijuana consumption. Snorting kief like cocaine won’t do anything but make you feel like an idiot and…
A recent survey ranked I-70 near Denver among the twelve worst freeways in America. Plenty of readers who responded to our post on this topic heartily concurred that this particular stretch of interstate deserved this ignominious achievement. But one reader couldn’t disagree more, especially in comparison with some of the…
Denver blog posts know what’s on tap. At our Food & Drink blog, Jonathan Shikes asks: “Is Denver’s Brewery Boom Slowing Down?” South Stands Denver’s Colin Daniels argues that Sunday’s Broncos loss to the Colts was about as perfect as it could have been. Denver Egotist touts a TDA_Boulder spot for…
In recent years, Colorado sheriffs have gotten mighty political, with many of them attempting to work as a team to achieve their objectives. Note a 2013 lawsuit, filed under the names of 55 sheriffs in the state, that attempted to undermine new gun-control laws; the following year, a judge ruled that…
“The Demon Dog,” our current cover story, focuses on the life and work of author James Ellroy, whose bestselling, high-octane novels evoke a long-vanished Los Angeles of the 1940s and 1950s and present artfully fictionalized treatment of some of that city’s most notorious crimes, including the Black Dahlia case. Ellroy…
9News anchor Mark Koebrich didn’t shed any tears when his impending retirement was announced to station personnel. As can be seen in a video on view below, he raised his arms in triumph — and he deserves to celebrate his accomplishment. By the time Koebrich steps down in early 2016,…
We recently posted about ten recent under-the-radar Denver police resignations or discipline cases as shared in a report from Denver’s Office of the Independent Monitor. Officer Travis Jackson’s situation was less low-key, having gotten a modicum of press coverage back in July 2014, when he was placed on administrative leave in light…
Last night’s Republican presidential debate, sponsored by Fox Business News, featured fewer candidates on the main stage (eight) than in previous GOP events. But there remain a slew of hopefuls seeking the Republican and Democratic nominations. Which are generating the most interest in Colorado? One way of measuring that is…
