Denver blog posts make scents. Colorado Peak Politics on the ACLU’s objections to the marijuana sniff-test ordinance floated by Denver mayor Michael Hancock. Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons makes the case for the Nuggets starting Evan Fournier. Denver Infill’s Ryan Dravitz has a new Union Station project update…
As we noted in a June post, the 16th Street Mall is the Mile High City’s number one tourist attraction according to Visit Denver. As such, keeping it safe and inviting for folks from across the country and the globe is one of the city’s top goals. But these efforts…
On Saturday, March Against Monsanto, an organization in opposition to genetically modified organisms in general and Monsanto’s GMO-related efforts in particular, staged protests and rallies at 485 locations across the planet. According to local organizer Ethan Abbott, Denver’s version was among “the seven or eight biggest in the world,” with…
All dressed up with nothing to do? That was pretty much the story regarding a tactical action not far from Lyons yesterday. The Larimer County SWAT team, joined by officers from multiple agencies in the region, responded to a shooting report by surrounding the remote property in question and staying…
At today’s Denver City Council meeting, as we’ve reported, an ordinance establishing possible fines and even jail time for home pot smoking that can be seen or smelled from a neighboring property is expected to be presented. Marijuana activists have already decried the “sniff test” proposal, calling it unconstitutional. But…
Over the past week, I’ve been telling every Broncos loyalist within the sound of my voice that Denver wouldn’t cover the 28-point spread over Jacksonville — reportedly the largest margin ever in the NFL. But I thought the reason would be boredom: Peyton Manning and company would jump out to…
Earlier this year, Takai Beard left her children in a running car while she shopped in Walgreen’s — and her ride was stolen with the kids inside. You’d think Beard’s example would prevent others from making a similar mistake. But no: Last night in Commerce City, another vehicle theft turned…
Denver blog posts don’t cry over spilled ink. Over at our very own Backbeat blog, Dave Herrera shares a video of Filter drummer Jeff Fabb being turned away from Brothers Bar & Grill for having visible neck tattoos. Really. Coyote Gulch: Flood relief dough is starting to flow. Colorado Pols…
Yesterday, we marked World Day to End the Death Penalty by sharing a post spotlighting ten horribly botched executions. But the tales of capital punishment gone awry didn’t change the minds of many supporters of the ultimate penalty. Here’s one of many passionate posts on the subject…
Today at 2 p.m., marijuana activists Mason Tvert and Brian Vicente will hold a press conference decrying a new proposal that would potentially criminalize marijuana smoking in one’s own home if its odor can be smelled outside it. In a press release announcing the event (see it below), Tvert and…
Nathan Starks is one of the most highly recruited high school football players in the country — but he couldn’t get on the field for Cherry Creek High School, coached by ex-NFL pro and voice of the Broncos Dave Logan, because he’d been ruled ineligible by the Colorado High School…
As we’ve reported, yesterday was World Day to End the Death Penalty, and to mark the occasion, capital punishment opponents gathered at the State Capitol to decry the ultimate penalty with time-tested arguments and new statistics from a white paper and infographic assembled for the occasion; see both below. Among…
Earlier this week, we shared Mapquest’s picks for the top ten Denver neighborhoods, and quite a few of our readers disagreed with the company’s picks. So we looked around for other choices and found a couple of notable ones — top-five Denver neighborhood lists put together by real-estate blog Movoto…
It had been more than a week since a murder had taken place in the Denver metro area — the kind of stretch that we don’t see nearly enough. But this homicide-free streak was broken last night in an extremely violent way, via multiple gunshots that ended the life of…
When Jadin Bell hanged himself at age fifteen earlier this year, his dad, Joe Bell, did more than mourn. He launched Joe’s Walk for Change, a cross-country trek intended to raise awareness about bullying — behavior with which Jadin, who was gay, had been victimized. Joe didn’t reach his destination:…
This week, we’ve been posting about an attack at the 30th and Downing light-rail station — the third such incident over recent months in the metro area, following a pair of incidents that took place in June. The startling video footage of the assault got a lot of our readers…
Update: Earlier today, we posted about a letter sent to U.S. Attorney John Walsh by attorney Rob Corry on behalf of No on Proposition AA, the campaign opposed to a marijuana tax measure on next month’s ballot; see our previous coverage below. In the missive, Corry asked Walsh to state…
Denver blog posts make learning fun. Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons on the dismissal of a domestic-violence case targeting Nuggets star Ty Lawson and his girlfriend, Ashley Pettiford. Colorado Peak Politics shares kickoff videos for the gubernatorial runs of Scott Gessler and Mike Kopp. Denver Frank introduces us to Miss Ping…
Fact: A lot of men who think they’re irresistible ladykillers are actually incredible creeps. A case in point is a thus-far-unknown man who’s wanted by the Longmont Police Department for illegal use of the hands, times three. Specifically, this perv grabs random women on the ass, then blows kisses to…
This season, there’s been nary a discouraging word said about Broncos QB Peyton Manning, who’s on one of the most spectacular runs in NFL history. But the medical journal Pediatrics is an exception to this rule. A new study just shared in the publication evaluates athlete endorsements in food marketing…
Remember the print edition of the Weekly World News, the supermarket tabloid that specialized in stories about rock music curing a deaf girl, JFK and Hitler still being alive and Hillary Clinton adopting an alien baby? Well, we found an amazing archive of its “reporting” from the Reagan era into…
At 10 a.m. in the State Capitol, capital punishment opponents, including Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett, will commemorate World Day to End the Death Penalty. Among other things, the event is scheduled to feature “reflections of the death penalty’s biased and unjust application.” But what about when executions go wrong?…
