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…
On Saturday at Bagi Mechanical Office Park, just north of Boulder, a recently formed organization called Cyclists 4 Jametown staged a fundraiser for one of the towns hardest hit by recent flooding — and raised more than $110,000 in the process. And the co-organizer of the gathering, which is featured…
UPDATE: A jury sentenced Floyd Sandoval to life in prison for the murder of John Goggin in October 2014. At trial, prosecutors elaborated on Sandoval’s motives, saying that he shot Goggin during a pot deal gone wrong. Sandoval’s codefendent, Jose Palacio, is set to go on trial later this month…
Over the years, we’ve had a lot of fun collecting “You know you’re from Colorado when” punchlines. But then we wondered: What would happen if we turned that concept on its head and answered the question, “How you know when someone is NOT from Colorado?” Below, see our top ten…
On the surface, the report of a long forgotten shed containing possible human remains and clues about occult rituals sounds like the makings of a horror movie — and just in time for Halloween! But the weird discovery made at a Lakewood property also suggests a relationship split by truly…
Vincente Penaloza’s name appeared in the New York Times yesterday — but only because he died a violent death. He’s briefly mentioned in a gun report among dozens of people nationwide killed by firearms over the weekend. But Penaloza is not merely a stat. He’s a man whose life was…
On Friday, we shared a video obtained by 9News showing Greeley couple Reba Doyle and Scott Liles slapping and shaking a baby under the theory that the clip underscored a serious issue that deserves as much attention as it can get. However, many readers were offended at our decision. Here’s…
Elect Denver blog posts! Colorado Peak Politics uses double ballots reportedly sent to a House candidate to revive the voter-fraud argument. Colorado Pols wonders if the government shutdown fiasco has made Scott Tipton vulnerable. Denver Frank: Dad lip-synchs his daughter’s tantrum!…
What would happen if law enforcers stopped hundreds of cars over the course of a couple days? How many criminals and how much contraband might they find? A Colorado State Patrol-described “large-scale law-enforcement operation” just conducted in Mesa County provides an idea: over a hundred citations, a handful of fugitives…
As William Breathes has reported, many ski towns are allowing recreational pot sales. But that doesn’t mean public weed smoking is any more legal at resorts than it is elsewhere in Colorado. Still, the idea that ski areas will crack down on those who light up in plain view definitely…
Saturday night was supposed to be end in triumph for Thornton’s Mike Alvarado. The hometown boxing hero was fighting Ruslan Provodnikov in a junior welterweight title bout at the 1STBANK Center in a slugfest aired live on HBO. But there was no happy ending: Provodnikov prevailed in the tenth round…
Update: Earlier this month, we told you about the escape of convicted sex offender Eugene Martinez from Denver police headquarters; he’d been handcuffed to a bench but managed to slip his bonds. See our previous coverage below. Now, Martinez has been taken into custody once again, but not before allegedly…
