Get up to date now with this super Kimber .45 caliber concealed carry “Civilitator” handgun with a seven-round School Board special magazine. It’s exactly the same model of handgun that Pirate Radio DJ and Greeley School Board member Brett Reese owns and is prohibited from carrying by the Weld County…
Last week, we shared info about HB 1043, a new medical marijuana bill co-sponsored by Representative Tom Massey, who helped shepherd Colorado’s main MMJ regulatory bill through the legislature and into law. Partnering with Massey is Senator Pat Steadman, who describes 1043 as a work in progress. He admits being…
Our post about the 50 reasons we’re glad we live in Denver and not the United States was warmly received by almost everyone — but there were some exceptions. Like, for instance, a onetime resident who’s glad he headed west, as he stresses in the following screed…
Leave it to photog Aaron Thackeray to find the hottest girl at the National Western Stock Show. She’s front-and-center in his People of the Rodeo photo gallery — and it’s hardly the only memorable image from the weekend. Check out the Festivus Film Festival party at the Blake Street Tavern,…
Colorado’s own Michelle Malkin made an appearance, sort of, in the opening sketch of Saturday Night Live’s latest ep. The gag involved an alleged attempt by Fox News to embrace civility à la David Sirota in the wake of the horrific Jared Loughner shootings — but that proves easier said…
The Denver police beating of Michael DeHerrera in April 2009 continues to stir controversy, and not just due to news about other apparent police brutality, including the Alexander Landau case. Now, there’s video on view below that calls into question DPD claims about DeHerrera’s cell phone, which he was using…
The longer the suspense over a possible Carmelo Anthony trade to New Jersey drags out, the more the pressure builds for Anthony and fans — like this reader, who just wants the Melo drama to end. Sorry, but there’s no resolution yet — and in an ESPN interview on view…
Talk about the smell of success. Apparently Boulder now has so many MMJ businesses that folks all over are complaining about the ever-present aroma of pot in the air — and officials are struggling to clear the air…
The sex, scandal and shoulder pad-obsessed screenwriters who brought you Dynasty are bringing you Dynasty again: Creator Richard Shapiro announced this week that he plans to make a movie prequel to the sordid ’80s series set in the 1960s, à la Mad Men. The series allegedly took place in Denver,…
Intermountain Humane Society in Pine Junction is embroiled in a controversy sure to stir any animal lover. After an outbreak of ringworm, center personnel decided to euthanize six cats that came down with the ailment, as well as seventeen others, in an effort to halt the epidemic. But as noted…
We felt like sharing these three Denver blog posts. Bronco Talk’s Kyle Montgomery oversees a live blog of John Fox’s introductory press conference as Denver Broncos head coach. For the most part, the masses liked what they heard. Colorado Independent’s David O. Williams: Jared Polis, Diana DeGette among officials calling…
No, Jefferson High School cafeteria manager Michelle Whitmire isn’t accused of serving up marijuana on a plate alongside Mystery Meat and Surprise Stew. But an arrest affidavit on view below in its entirety accuses the 51-year old of giving weed to children as young as elementary schoolers…
School days, school dazed, Dear old Greeley fool days, Reading and writing and prejudice, Taught to the tune of my firing stick. Ah, the halls of education. Bastions of knowledge and progressive thought. And the occasional crazy school board member…
Madison McKinley is the Colorado contestant on The Bachelor who’s getting the most attention. And no wonder, given McKinley’s vampire fangs and recent turn as a blood-donation dominatrix. But she’s not the only woman seeking a love match with douchebag Brad Womack this season. Meet Denver’s own Sarah Powell, aka…
More than a decade before the murder of JonBenét Ramsey, Boulder’s most notorious unsolved murder was the 1983 slaying of Sid Wells, a handsome CU student who’d been dating actor Robert Redford’s daughter, Shauna. Now, more than 27 years later, an arrest warrant on view below has been issued for…
It’s been months since we first heard about a blockbuster trade that would send Carmelo Anthony to the New Jersey Nets — and the pressure’s starting to get to Melo if his tweets are any indication. The result is frustration for everyone involved — including one fan who no doubt…
This week, the department of health’s medical marijuana advisory committee struck draft language that would have doomed mobile MMJ clinics — but it left intact limits against doctors with conditions or restrictions on their licenses. However, HB 1043, a new bill on view below, could change the game again…
Jacob Christenson of Parker would like everyone to know that he is very, very sorry about the events of May 9, a few weeks before his eleventh birthday. He did light a piece of paper on fire, but he had no idea it was going to cause so much trouble…
John Elway’s announcement yesterday that John Fox has been named the Broncos’ new head coach wasn’t a guaranteed hit. After all, Fox most recently coached the Carolina Panthers, the one NFL team with fewer wins than Denver this past season. But in advance of his introductory news conference slated for…
Shannon Johnson, 34, is due in court this morning in a case that’s both incredibly tragic and a sign of the times. In an arrest affidavit on view below in its entirety, Johnson tells police that she was fooling around on Facebook while her one-year-old child was drowning in a…
Jared Loughner’s murderous attack in Arizona last weekend has prompted soul searching among assorted media types, who wonder if the polarized political climate somehow made such an act not just likelier but inevitable. That includes columnist and AM 760 radio host David Sirota, who has changed the name of his…
Shannon Sharpe, the outspoken tight end who was part of both of the Denver Broncos winning Super Bowl teams, was named on Sunday as a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame — again. It was the third time that the eight-time Pro Bowler — now a broadcaster for…
