Duane "Dog" Chapman

Seven Colorado icons we'd like to see immortalized in a corn maze

The Fritzler family will go down in history as proud, card-carrying Coloradans -- in large part because this LaSalle family has already made its mark in corn. For the past twelve years, the Fritzlers have created epic and (mostly state-centric) corn mazes, the most recent of which honors Broncos sta ... More >>

Will Dog the Bounty Hunter come to Cherokee's closing party?

The sad news broke on Monday, as bartenders and servers started telling their regulars to save the date. After close to three decades, Cherokee Dining on 12th Avenue will close on October 14. But at least it will go out with a big party. "Brunch is really popular here, so we'll do that one last tim ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter can't get his paws on A Taste of Colorado

Photos: Beth Chapman on success of Dog the Bounty Hunter block party

In May, after A&E canceled Dog the Bounty Hunter's reality series after eight seasons, Duane "Dog" Chapman and wife Beth promised a new chapter in their unlikely career -- and if Saturday's block party in honor of the Denver Dog House's grand opening shows that you can't keep a good dog down. Duane ... More >>

Immigration: Supreme Court's Arizona-law ruling meaningless, says Tom Tancredo

As we reported yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down portions of SB-1070, Arizona's controversial immigration law, but left standing the "show me your papers" provision, which lets officers ask about the immigration status of those found to be suspicious. Many local immigration activists wer ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter ends show, promises new chapter

The list of Colorado celebrities is short. John Elway. Don Cheadle. Jessica Biel. John Elway. Amy Adams. Judy Collins. John Elway. Tim Tebow didn't last a season as a Broncos starter; John Denver has been dead more than a decade, even if he keeps getting added to local halls of fame. And then there' ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter: Our ten most memorable posts

As Patricia Calhoun noted earlier today, Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman's A&E reality show has been canceled after eight seasons. We're confident Colorado's favorite Dog will bounce back, and soon. But in the meantime, we're marking the program's passing with our ten most memorable posts abou ... More >>

Photos: Colorado people of Walmart (including Mrs. Dog) strike back!

Our 2010 collection of Colorado photos from the wacky website People of Walmart featured none other than Dog the Bounty Hunter. For our 2011 gallery, the Dog family took some time off. But this year, none other than Mrs. Dog represents, along with plenty of other highly photogenic subjects. Check ou ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter store? That's hotter than an M80 on the Fourth of July

How the presence of an official Dog the Bounty Hunter merchandise store within 3.5 miles of my home has escaped my knowledge until now, I'm not sure. I've always had an affinity for the show, which is unexplainable by any stretch of the trashy imagination. But man, do I fucking love this show. Maybe ... More >>

Colorado's history of dog stories is long in the tooth

Ten infamous 2011 crimes with Colorado connections

And you thought you had a crazy year. Getting jiggy with a student at a Baptist school, driving a scooter without a license in Miami, possessing four grams of cocaine in Aspen, threatening to shoot out a Best Buy in Aurora over a video game and literally getting shit on in Boulder -- these are all s ... More >>

Ten most memorable celebrity and notables mug shots of 2011

Photos below.​Our 2011 mug shot showcase rolls on. Yesterday, we shared our picks for the year's ten most intimidating images. Now, cast your eyes on celebrities and notables who earned booking photos of their own, featuring several past and present Denver Broncos (what would Timmy say?), a Ho ... More >>

Colorado Meth Project: Our suggestions for its new online campaign (Hey, Ted Haggard!)

Crank bugs, illustrated.​The Colorado Meth Project, which has been scaring the crap out of children since 2009, is back with -- you guessed it! -- some more scary stuff. Along with seven other states that have programs funded by the national Meth Project Foundation, it's launched a new online ... More >>

Herman Cain's straw poll win, fiscal suicide & other Western Conservative Summit highlights

Big pics below.​This weekend's Western Conservative Summit at Colorado Christian University attracted four announced or prospective Republican presidential candidates, including high-profile Texas governor Rick Perry. But while long-shot Herman Cain's victory in a straw poll may have startled ... More >>

Sexiest right-winger at Western Conservative Summit? Our top 20 countdown (PHOTOS)

Big pics below.​Friday through Sunday, Colorado Christian University hosts the Western Conservative Summit, an event that's drawn plenty of the right's notables. But how to pick who to see? Sexiness, of course! We've ranked the twenty main speakers in order of smoulder -- and plenty of these ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter to Breckenridge bar patron: "Come on, white boy!"

Dog in Breck.​Update: TMZ has published a video of a melee at a Breckenridge restaurant in which Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman can be seen yelling "Come on, white boy!" at a man who threw a plant at him. It's quickly becoming a web sensation -- but a pro-Dog witness who was at the scen ... More >>

Prairie dogs: Top 5 relocation destinations for critters living on future path of RTD's DIA train

Flickr​ The prairie dogs of Peña Boulevard are getting evicted. As the Denver Post reports today, RTD is attempting to relocate hundreds of critters living along the route of the future train to Denver International Airport. If they can't find new homes, another option is to kill them and ma ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter shows Nicolas Cage love after he pulls a Charlie Sheen (VIDEO)

Nic Cage's mug.​Nicolas Cage apparently got sick of Charlie Sheen hogging all the Hollywood-crazy spotlight, going apeshit this weekend in New Orleans, where he's shooting The Medallion, which sounds like another payday flick for an actor who seems more concerned about paying off his massive I ... More >>

Reader: Dog the Bounty Hunter's had problems, but knock him down and he'll get back up

Dog.​Duane Chapman, aka Dog the Bounty Hunter, is something of a hometown hero -- and also a genuine comment magnet, with posts regularly popping up on new posts and old. Here's a defense of the Dog, from a preview of his E! True Hollywood Story published last May.

Dog shooting: Owner of bull mastiff shot after attacking greyhound gets banned-dog summons

Big pic below.​Update: As we noted yesterday, no charges were filed in the immediate aftermath of an incident in which a man shot a 140-pound dog after it attacked his greyhound -- and that remains the case at this writing. However, the owner of the dead pet -- a bullmastiff named Flato -- has ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter: Did Duane Chapman make false report about CO Springs shooting?

Duane Chapman.​You might recall the hubbub back in 2009 when news broke that Duane "Dog" Chapman and his Dog the Bounty Hunter crew had apparently been shot at while attempting to apprehend a bail jumper in Colorado Springs. But now, the man arrested following the April 21, 2009 incident is su ... More >>

Celebrity Santas whose laps we fear to sit on

​Aside for obvious problems with suspension of disbelief -- how are we going to pretend Chris "The Birdman" Andersen is Santa when we already know he's The Birdman? -- hiring a celebrity to play Kris Kringle can create a slew of dissonance and mildly disturbing associations, particularly if th ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter's Bobby Brown: Won't you pledge to launch his new TV series?

Bobby Brown.​Among the personalities familiar to viewers of Dog the Bounty Hunter is Bobby Brown, who runs two bail-bonds businesses in Colorado Springs. But he'd like to star in a series of his own -- The Missing Piece, in which a team of investigators and psychics, including Brown, will inve ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter comes to Colorado in season premiere; Tom Tancredo doesn't cameo

Dog and Beth at the Grizzly Rose.​Late last month, Dog the Bounty Hunter supported Tom Tancredo at a Grizzly Rose fundraiser -- a kinder, gentler reason for a visit to our fair state than the one at the heart of tonight's season premiere of his long-running A&E reality series. On that trip, he ... More >>

Tom Tancredo: Dog the Bounty Hunter, Joe Arpaio rev up 1,000-plus fans at Grizzly Rose

Tom Tancredo.​The week started with Tom Tancredo wiping out on his motorcycle. It ended with him effectively wiping Dan Maes off the political map with a September 26 fundraiser that attracted more than a thousand people to the Grizzly Rose -- among them Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and ... More >>

Tom Tancredo, Dog the Bounty Hunter & Sheriff Joe Arpaio draw a bead on John Hickenlooper

Tom Tancredo.​Against all odds, Tom Tancredo seems to be gaining momentum in his third-party gubernatorial run. With pundits essentially writing off Republican nominee Dan Maes, whose recent attempt to raise $500,000 in a day fell over $400,000 short, Tancredo operations manager Cliff Dodge is ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter dissed by Perez Hilton as "racist douchebag"

Duane "Dog" Chapman.​Local fave Duane Chapman, better known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, is getting widely varied treatment from a pair of powerful websites. RadarOnline comes to Chapman's defense over a lawsuit filed in Colorado Springs by a man claiming to have been defamed by his on-camera ar ... More >>

Beth Chapman, Mrs. Dog the Bounty Hunter, on Mel Gibson's latest alleged rants

Beth Chapman.​Joy Behar must have the Dog the Bounty Hunter residence on speed-dial. Last month on Behar's CNN/Headline News program, Colorado alum Dog commented on Joran van der Sloot -- and last night, his beloved, Beth Chapman, weighed in on Mel Gibson's alleged rants against ex-girlfriend ... More >>

Duane 'Dog' Chapman and Gary Brooks Faulkner are the Bounty Brothers: Kenny Be's Fotochop Fridays

​ Move over Blues Brothers, Colorado's Bounty Brothers are traveling the world to clean up the criminal element for Christ! For over a decade, Gary Brooks Faulkner and Duane 'Dog' Chapman had worked the crime circuits of Mexico and Pakistan, hunting for separate scofflaws. Each was a seasoned ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter fresh meat for prison badasses in E! True Hollywood Story

Portrait of the young Dog as a convicted murderer.​Those of you who decided to spend your Monday evening watching the final episodes of 24 and Law and Order are probably kicking yourselves over skipping the E! True Hollywood Story portrait of local legend Dog the Bounty Hunter -- as well you s ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter's daughter: "God, please don't let Dad f*** the nanny"

What a Dog.​Local fave Duane Chapman, aka Dog the Bounty Hunter, will reportedly be the focus of an E! True Hollywood Story episode on Monday, May 24 -- and judging by the quotes released to date, it should be a laugh riot. For instance, here's what Dog says about the days when he was still c ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter and George Clooney: Together again for the first time

Talk about a love triangle.​Our friends at TMZ.com share a fresh Hawaiian shot of a very odd trio -- hometown hero Dog the Bounty Hunter (who did his best to keep crash-happy Jerrad Leonard off the streets) and his wife, Beth, snuggling up with none other than George Clooney. TMZ's comment: "S ... More >>

Reality bites for Colorado and Richard Heene

Jobbed: Which local "television personality" needs your help? Could it be Dog?

Does this man need your help?​Having trouble finding work? You're not alone. Follow Jobbed every week as we troll for the weird, the wacky and the worst of what the recession-era world of job ads has to offer. The Job, as seen online: Personal assistant to high-profile television personality ... More >>

Let's get real: Who are Denver's top ten reality TV stars?

Colorado goes to the Dog

The January Esquire features profiles of fifty prominent Americans, one pegged to each state, talking about "What I've Learned." And who did the mag pick to represent celebrity-starved Colorado? An elder statesman like Gary Hart?  (BTW, he's my dark-horse candidate to return to the U.S. Senate.) ... More >>

Hooray! Another celebrity to add to the Denver roster.

Dogged Reporting

Shmuck of the Week

The 2007 Hall of Shame

It's one thing to embarrass yourself. It's quite another to take an entire city with you.

This Week in Hip Hop

Every Dog Has Its Day

Would you rather have sex with a basset hound or Dog Chapman?

Ride for Recovery

Dog the Bounty Hunter

He might be a cracked-out racist, but at least he's not a rapist.

Nightmare Before Blistmas

Blister 66 trashes Christmas. Again.

Off Limits

Captive audience

Off Limits

Puttin' on the Dog

A Dog Gets His Day

Duane Chapman makes his TV debut.

A Row on the Row

Money runs thicker than blood in the bail-bond business.

Bondage & Domination

Denver's bail bondsmen are good at getting other people out of trouble--and themselves into it.