Ever since Colorado’s medical marijuana boom, law enforcers have been worried about people driving stoned — and these concerns likely helped motivate strict open-container laws related to marijuana. But now, following the launch of recreational pot sales, one of Colorado’s most powerful legislators has introduced a bill that would make…
We don’t mean to shock those of you with tender sensibilities, but masturbation takes place in all kinds of settings — among them prison, where it’s presumably among the most popular ways to pass the time. Usually, though, former inmates aren’t sent back to the hoosgow for stroking behind bars…
The City of Denver is celebrating the Broncos’ trip to the Super Bowl in plenty of unusual ways — like Governor John Hickenlooper temporarily renaming Colorado’s 14ers for Denver players. And tourism agency VISIT DENVER is no exception. The staff has come up with a list of things to do…
A few months back, we shared our top ten driving tips non-Colorado natives forget at start of their second winter here. But with a major storm hitting the area, and the likelihood that folks without much experience behind the wheel in winter conditions will be visiting the Broncos’ hometown to…
While tourist agencies in Denver and Seattle have gone out of their way to highlight things the communities have in common (other than legal pot, that is), this Sunday’s Super Bowl featuring the Broncos and Seahawks has still managed to ramp up competition between the cities. But which is better?…
A Comment of the Day post involving our report about the first of two recent fatal crashes involving elderly drivers (this one centering on Ken Hosch, 83), turned the conversation in an interesting direction. Some readers took on texting behind the wheel, while this one ripped Denver drivers in general…
Denver blog posts do it all night long. At our Backbeat blog, Leslie Simon critiques night two of Phish lead singer Trey Anastasio’s other band at the Ogden Theatre. Plenty of photos included, too. Coyote Gulch on climate change planning — and uncertainty. Denver PR Blog’s latest great moment in…
Earlier this month, we asked if you could help identify a man who’d allegedly tried to sexually assault a woman just off a bus. Turns out the individual suspected of committing the crime, Adonnis Rucker, is seventeen. But the Denver District Attorney’s Office has decided to charge him for this…
Talk about a Mile High-plus example of Broncos pride: Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has temporarily renamed all the 14ers in the state after Denver players. The numbers work out well: The standard NFL roster boasts 53 players — and the number of Colorado 14ers just happens to be 53. That…
For several weeks, the sheriff’s office in Park County, Wyoming has been trying to solve a grisly mystery — one involving a murder victim whose body was found missing a head and one arm. Thus far, despite weeks of intensive investigation, the man’s identity remains elusive. So the sheriff’s office…
Back in 2010, we shared our first Colorado People of Walmart post, featuring snaps from the reliably bizarre People of Walmart site. After our 2011, 2012 and 2013 galleries, we were eager for a return visit. And when we stopped by recently, we found plenty of Colorado-centric pics that were,…
Super Bowl media day is an opportunity for journalists of the world to make fools of themselves trying to get famous athletes to make fools of themselves — and as always, there were successes and failures on both sides. But what were the Broncos’ most memorable quotes? We picked the…
According to public information officer John Bradley, the Brighton Police Department doesn’t label an incident as a homicide or attempted homicide until investigators sign off on the description — and that still hasn’t happened regarding a January 25 shooting in Brighton. Now, however, we know that Jay Landeck, thirty, died…
We recently posted about a call for the firing of DEA chief Michele Leonhart after she reportedly criticized President Barack Obama’s views about marijuana. One reader was dumbfounded by Leonhart’s apparent anger over a hemp flag briefly flying at the U.S. Capitol last July 4. Here’s his take, featuring an…
Denver blog posts cover the hole damn thing. At our Cafe Society blog, Loren Lorenzo reveals how you can learn the magic of Voodoo Doughnuts. We’ve all heard of Obamacare — but what the hell is “Amycare”? Colorado Pols knows. Denver Stiffs’ Jeffrey Morton on LaLa Anthony finally admitting that…
Although Governor John Hickenlooper opposed Amendment 64, he signed the marijuana measure into law after Colorado voters approved it in 2012. But that doesn’t mean he’s reached a happy place regarding the law. Far from it: In a column by the New York Times’ Maureen Dowd, Hick talks negatively about…
In 2011, a listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupe grown at Colorado’s Jensen Farms caused 33 deaths and 147 hospitalizations. Now, the better part of three years later, Jensen Farm operators Eric and Ryan Jensen have been sentenced to five years’ probation and six-months home detention following the sort of prosecution…
As soon as smart asses realized this year’s Super Bowl would feature teams from the two states that have legalized recreational marijuana sales, the jokes started flying, with participants including The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, the nation’s meme makers and entrepreneurs hoping to generate a little cash along…
Vail’s Lindsay Vonn announced that a knee injury would prevent her competing in the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. But Coloradans will still have plenty of rooting interest. The official total of participating athletes from our fair state is nineteen — among them highly touted skier Mikaela Shiffrin,…
In the run-up to Sunday’s Super Bowl, we’ve posted about some of the friction caused by the match-up between the Broncos and the Seahawks, including the firing of a Tacoma teen after he wore a Demaryius Thomas jersey to work and a Washington senator’s rude tweet about the Barrel Man…
If a script writer for a network television alphabet show (CSI, NCIS, etc.) isn’t already working on an episode inspired by Aaron and Brian Lucas, you can bet one will get underway shortly. Aaron, a decorated former soldier who’d been stationed at Fort Carson, tried blaming his identical twin, Brian,…
In 2012, Brandon Coats, a paralyzed medical marijuana patient fired by DISH for failing a drug test, filed a complaint over the issue in Arapahoe District Court. When he lost there, attorney Michael Evans brought the case to the Colorado Court of Appeals, where jurists also rejected Coats’s argument. But…
