After the Denver City Council passed an amendment allowing pot smoking on front porches and front lawns, most of the comments that followed were supportive of the move — but not all. Here’s the post from someone whose own bitter experiences with a pot-smoking neighbor has left him at wit’s…
Denver blog posts want to eat, drink and be merry. At our Show & Tel blog, Bree Davies offers five holiday party etiquette tips to prevent Social Jerk Face syndrome. South Stands Denver’s Colin Daniels thinks the Broncos are done if they don’t secure the top playoffs seed in the…
Beginning in October, the Got Insurance? campaign, intended to get uinsured millennials to sign up for health care coverage, has generated controversy. Obamacare critics branded the first batch of images “brosurance,” because one shot featured a keg stand, while the second was dubbed “hosurance” due to references to birth-control access…
Cops on bicycles aren’t always taken as seriously as their brethren in police cruisers, probably because they don’t look as cool pedaling and wearing bike helmets. But they’re every bit as tough as colleagues who travel with the help of four wheels instead of two — and in Aurora, they…
At 10:30 a.m., state officials will unveil the Marijuana Inventory Tracking Solution, or MITS, a system intended to keep tabs pot for sale in Colorado. But while the press is invited to the event, a number of medical marijuana patients coordinated by the Cannabis Therapy Institute have invited themselves –…
Back in October, we told you about the the death of a three year old who apparently shot himself in a Frederick home; see our previous coverage below. Now, around six weeks later, Dione Warren, mother of the boy, Sheine Steine, has been arrested for criminally negligent child abuse resulting…
For each of the past three years, we’ve spotlighted the top ten White Elephant gifts as chosen by the folks at ARC Thrift Stores; click for picks from 2010, 2011 and 2012. This year, however, there’s a twist: ARC has supplemented the choices with a video that should get you…
Update: Yesterday, in our first post about a homicide at the Denver West Inn (see our previous coverage below), Lakewood Police Department spokesman Steve Davis told us that a suspect was in custody, but no arrest had been made. By late afternoon, however, Cody Sewick, 21, had been booked on…
In 2010, California was the U.S. leader when it came to medical marijuana reform — and with that year’s Proposition 19, the state was poised to take the first steps toward broader legalization. But support for the measure faded as election day neared, and after it was voted down, Mason…
After Peyton Manning and the Broncos blew out the Titans in ultra-chilly temperatures on Sunday, we shared tweets from those who felt Denver’s QB proved he can play in the cold. But not of our readers were convinced, with several believing that the New England Patriots and quarterback Tom Brady…
Denver blog posts raise the roof. At our Backbeat blog, Noah Hubbell thinks the Grammy best hip-hop album nominations are a joke thanks to their inclusion of Macklemore’s disc and the latest from Jay-Z. Predominantly Orange’s Kim Constantinesco thinks Wes Welker should sit out Thursday’s game for the Broncos after…
No denying that Canon City six-year-old Hunter Yelton is a charmer. But charm didn’t get him out of trouble this week, and may have actually gotten him into it. That’s because he was suspended after kissing a classmate on the hand — an act the boy’s school branded sexual harassment…
Yesterday, the City of Denver launched a marijuana website on Colorado.gov” — a key element in what a release calls “a public education effort” prior to the January 1 kickoff of retail pot sales. But while the assorted pages sport apparently non-ironic references to Denver as “the Mile High City,”…
Back in October, we shared our picks for the top ten “You know you’re NOT from Colorado when” punchlines. But with the holiday season upon us, we realized that the City of Denver deserved a list of its own. With that in mind, here are our ten favorite ways to…
Yesterday, Denver city councilwoman Susan Shepherd predicted that an amendment allowing people to smoke pot on their front porches and front lawns — a reversal of a ban that seemed certain to pass — would be approved at a meeting last night, and she was right. The new rules sailed…
Update: Last week, we told you about the so-called Milli Vanilli Bandits — a pair of bewigged robbers suspected of knocking over thirteen businesses in just six November days; see our previous coverage below, complete with interactive maps showing each location. Now, the Denver police believe they’ve found this pair…
In a post published earlier today about a forthcoming proposal to ban marijuana smoking on private property within a thousand feet of schools, Denver councilwoman Susan Shepherd predicted future efforts to allow smoking at private clubs. Turns out this very subject is near the top of fourteen legislative priorities just…
Update: At a hearing this afternoon, charges were dismissed against Aron Ralston in relation to his arrest Saturday night. The incident reportedly revolved around Vita Shannon, identified as Ralston’s girlfriend. She’s said to have hit him twice in the head, while he allegedly shoved her while leaving her apartment. Like…
Last week, we shared the eighteen reasons listed by one website for why Denver is the best city in the U.S. The post garnered lots of great responses, but our fave was from someone who’d rather we hush up about Denver’s attributes — and it’s our first-ever Comment of the…
Denver blog posts have the skinny. At our Cafe Society blog, Jenn Wohletz collects the five dumbest foodie gifts for the holidays, including a particularly forked-up dumbbell. Coyote Gulch on hydraulic fracturing and water quality. Denver Stiffs’ glasnappq considers the Nuggets’ chances when they go up against the Wall –…
In addition to voting on a proposed plastic bag-fee bill at a meeting tonight, members of Denver City Council will also take on an amendment that would allow people to smoke marijuana on their front porches, thereby formalizing an unlikely reversal of a rule that would have banned it. One…
The debate about whether or not Denver shoppers should pay a fee for disposable plastic bags has been going on for well over a year. But finally, a measure that would charge five cents per bag at many stores will be considered by the Denver City Council tonight — and…
