Moments ago, at the order of Senior District Judge J. Robert Lowenbach, 1999 grand jury documents accusing John and Patsy Ramsey of criminal conduct in the death three years earlier of their six-year-old daughter, JonBenet, were made public. The pages were released as the result of a lawsuit filed by…
When he was arrested earlier this week, Eugene Martinez was listed as Colorado’s most wanted sex offender — and he’s not the only person accused of such crimes to be rounded up lately. Indeed, nineteen of the top 100 most wanted sex offenders in the state have either been busted…
Update below: Yesterday, the Denver Post announced that six members of the staff would be laid off, with five of them serving as community managers for YourHub, the paper’s citizen-journalist arm. Is this the beginning of the end for YourHub, which began its life under the umbrella of the Rocky…
A number of high-profile crime reports have emanated from the CU-Boulder campus over the past couple of months. By comparison, the main Colorado State University complex in Fort Collins has been relatively quiet. No more. Late last night, a woman reported being sexually assaulted at knifepoint on a CSU athletic…
One way to tell if a topic strikes a nerve is when a Comment of the Day about it inspires more people to share their thoughts. That was the case when it came to reader responses regarding an executive’s warning about public pot-smoking at Arapahoe Basin. Here’s another memorable take…
Denver blog posts cover all kinds of games people play, whether they take place on fields or not. The Redheaded Slut shares her reaction to taking part in a “Dexter-style serial killer scene for my babygirl.” Colorado Pols: “Nice photo, but they don’t ‘frack’ peaks.” Mile High Hockey’s Steve House:…
Police responding to a call from a concerned mom about her possibly suicidal son wind up shooting him four times — yet the student is facing a criminal charge? That’s the scenario in the case of Jordan Koehn, a 24-year-old CSU graduate student who pointed a gun at his own…
Among the least-insured groups in the country are young men in good health. How to get them to take advantage of the new health-care law, now known by supporters and critics alike as Obamacare? The Colorado Consumer Health Initiative and ProgressNow Colorado Education, the folks behind the 2011 Thanks Obamacare!…
As we’ve reported, the International Drug Policy Reform Conference is taking place in Denver. And while the gathering will feature plenty of in-depth panel discussions and distinguished speakers (see the full program below), several events will feature a celebratory feel — among them today’s “No More Drug War Rally and…
Kevin Swanson is on a roll. Back in August, as we reported, the radio preacher and co-host of Generations Radio argued that Colorado was becoming “the worst possible hellhole on Planet Earth” due to a “drugged-out, marijuana’d-out, homosexual culture where children are abused as much as possible.” His latest target?…
Update: Last week, we shared with you the story of Jeremy Yachik, a Berthoud police officer under investigation by cops in Loveland over alleged child abuse caught on video; see our previous coverage below. Now, Yachik has been charged with multiple child abuse counts — and an arrest affidavit on…
On Monday, Alex Brown posted about a “Drugs in the Americas: Legalization of Marijuana,” a panel discussion during which the Drug Policy Alliance’s Evan Nadelmann argued for broader drug legalization. His position was echoed by a number of readers, including this one…
Denver blog posts are all about the gridiron today. Mile High Report’s Tim Lynch rounds up views about the Broncos following the loss to Indianapolis — and the consensus that the team may not be all it was cracked up to be. On the other hand, Predominantly Orange’s Matt Petrero…
Trail Ridge Road, which topped our recent list of the ten best places to see Colorado fall color, has been closed for the season, and the photo above, shared on the Rocky Mountain National Park Facebook page, shows why. The photo, taken on October 18 near Medicine Bow Curve, was…
Yesterday, we posted about a new video intended to reassure members of the cannabis industry about the new and controversial Marijuana Inventory Tracking system, shorthanded as MITs. Looks like this clip will have to be amended, however. According to the Marijuana Enforcement Division spokeswoman who stars in the footage, complaints…
Yesterday, multiple Longmont residents dialed 911 after seeing a man hanging from a hot-air balloon. Shades of Balloon Boy! Turns out there was no reason to panic. The dude in question — Boulder’s Dan Vinson — was taking part in a promotional video for a future Kickstarter campaign touting a…
Magazines that are struggling to survive often attempt to lure customers by promising to reveal sex secrets — and it’s not exactly a new strategy. We recently came upon an ultra-rare copy of a mag called Physical Culture — the May 1927 edition. And amid articles like “Banish Your Fact…
Way back in 2009, we posted about the risk of explosion when making butane hash oil indoors. But some people continue to do so, with sometimes disastrous results. Example: an explosion and fire at a residence in the small town of Carr, Colorado that reportedly lifted the roof off the…
Update: Earlier this month, we reported about a light-rail attack caught on camera near 30th and Downing — the third assault at such a station in the past few months. See our previous coverage below. The latest: Leopoldo Maes, 23, is the fifth and presumably final person to be arrested…
We wrote about worries over Franwell seed-to-sale technology intended for use in the Colorado MMJ industry way back in 2011. Two years later, with the Marijuana Inventory Tracking system (MITs) finally going on line, the worries aren’t over, with at least one advocate raising concerns about an alleged lack of…
There was a huge response to our post featuring Arapahoe Basin chief operating officer Alan Henceroth’s post about public consumption of marijuana and the possibility of having one’s lift ticket pulled for a violation. Here’s the take of someone who thinks consumers will choose where to ski in part because…
Denver blog posts have an art about them. On our Show and Tell blog, Isa Jones remembers Lloyd Kavich, who painted the iconic murals at The Sink in Boulder. Big Media’s Jason Salzman asks: Did Peter Boyles object when an opponent of Senator Evie Hudak called her a Nazi? Denver…
