In yesterday’s preview of an immigration rally at North High School in favor of the DREAM Act, which would provide a path for citizenship for certain undocumented graduates of U.S. high schools, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition communications director Alan Kaplan hoped for a turnout in the hundreds. That proved to…
Yesterday, a special issues meeting of the Denver City Council considered medical marijuana grow limits in residential areas. And as Colorado Coalition for Patients and Caregivers’ Robert Chase predicted, the proposal moved forward. Now, the full council is likely to consider the restrictions next month, and Chase, who belittles members…
Yesterday, we told you about the arrest of Joseph Owen Coy on racially motivated crime charges involving Nigeria-born CU student Olubiyi Ogundipe near Boulder’s Hookah House. Now the Boulder Police Department has tracked down Coy’s two companions that evening, and the city manager has released a statement decrying the crime…
Back in February, we told you about Seth Brigham’s nipple-baring appearance at a Boulder City Council meeting — a protest of sorts against a proposed nudity ordinance that would have criminalized the display of female nipples in the city. Brigham, who remained in his boxers, was arrested — a move…
The anti-establishment fever ripping across the country has led to increased interest in third-party and independent candidates. And here in Colorado, these candidates are doing their best to roil election cycle formalities like the debate process, which have historically ignored minor party and unaffiliated candidates. The latest to raise his…
Abortion is seldom a major debating point in campaigns these days — not because it’s deemed an unimportant issue, but because most people already have made up their minds on the subject. It’s an interesting twist, then, that the Campaign for a Strong Colorado, which opposes Republican senate nominee Ken…
The blogosphere has known that Carmelo Anthony has been available for months — but now that ESPN concurs, media outlets such as the Denver Post have joined the chorus. And if reports about Melo’s willingness to sign with the Nets are true, they suggest he’s more interested in going home,…
The subject line of the release sent out by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office a little after 8 p.m. last night reads: “Apparent Suicide Investigation.” The name on the form: Kendrick LeJeff McKinley. No mention that the victim, known as Kenny McKinley, was a member of the Denver Broncos…
The town of Telluride is just weeks away from becoming the first municipality in the state to ban plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers — a move that keeps the mountain town in the vanguard of high-country green gestures, right up there with Aspen’s designation of free parking…
As the big names in the Colorado gubernatorial race drag an already strange election into even stranger territory, independent candidate Jason Clark has quietly toiled in obscurity. Well, not entirely. Back in May, Clark posted an ad for his running mate on Craigslist…
Last week, a reader posted a tip that City Park Dispensary — which garnered a favorable review from us back in July for its unique strains — was being forced to close down. Unfortunately, the rumor is true. And the reason is approximately 100 feet long…
Those Denver blog posts just keep comin’. Colorado Pols quotes the University of Virginia’s Larry Sabato calling John Hickenlooper the “unofficial-Governor elect.” Can even the Dems blow this one? Inside the Rockies’ Steve Foster recaps yesterday’s painful Rockies loss to the Dodgers. Education News Colorado’s Steve Mendelsberg feels that motivating…
In recent years, the 1987 murder of Fort Collins’s Peggy Hettrick has been mentioned most often in relation to Tim Masters, who was improperly convicted of the crime, leading to settlements totaling $10 million. But the case remains unsolved — which makes word of new evidence especially welcome…
Over the years, SWAT teams have been called for a variety of loony reasons. But Sunday may have been the first time that a squad was dispatched to deal with a guy on the roof of a school allegedly hurling rocks and chunks of cinderblocks at cops. John Gage, take…
Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through their lawn decoration… This week, the St. Francis of Assisi National Catholic Church in southeast Denver will be presented with a new statue to replace their five-foot-tall front door figurine of St. Francis that was stolen on July 30. Meanwhile, the St. Francis…
Early Saturday, an altercation took place near Boulder’s Hookah House, at 1325 Broadway. And Boulder Police believe what took place constitutes a racially motivated crime — hence, the accusations against Lafayette’s Joseph Owen Coy, who’s said to have called CU student Olubiyi Ogundipe and a friend “monkeys” and other racial…
Did booty mean something different to pirates than it does today? Attendees at BrethrenCon, touted as Denver’s first-ever pirate convention, pondered that question, as seen in our BrethrenCon photo gallery. It’s on view, along with shots of incredible beer nerds at the Great American Beer Festival and American classics from…
At 4 p.m. today, a rally will be held in support of the DREAM Act, a proposal that would allow select undocumented students who’ve lived in America for at least five years and graduate from a U.S. high school the chance to earn legal residency status. The measure faces steep…
At 3:30 p.m. today, the Denver City Council will consider zoning language to limit the amount of medical marijuana grown in residential locations. Some advocates believe this measure would severely restrict the rights of MMJ caregivers in Denver — among them Colorado Coalition for Patients and Caregivers’ Robert Chase, who’s…
You had to figure that the Boulder parade thanking those who fought the highly destructive Fourmile Canyon fire would be unusual — just like the community putting it on. In the video below, keep an eye out for a percussion crew that looks like it came straight from a Jimmy…
Last week, the folks over at Kind Reviews put up some disturbing pictures of spider mite infested cannabis from MariTrust, 4662 Glencoe Street. Spider Mites are small (one millimeter) crab-like spiders that take over plants, leaving eggs, webs and exoskeletons behind. While they’re not necessarily harmful to smoke, such an…
Basketball fans everywhere have been debating where Carmelo Anthony is likely to land, with Chicago and New Jersey being the most rumored locations of late. Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri insists Denver’s still in the running, but few believe he has a shot. If only he had the power over…
