Jeffrey Sweetin, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Denver field office, has been a controversial figure in these parts, with medical marijuana attorney Rob Corry suggesting he’d gone rogue and Congressman Jared Polis citing him in a letter about MMJ policy to Attorney General Eric Holder. But…
Lala Vazquez may not be the queen of all media yet, but she’s in the running. She’s the cover girl on the debut issue of the new mag Juicy and her forthcoming nuptials with Nuggets baller Carmelo Anthony will be the subject of a VH1 reality series to premiere on…
Over the weekend, the Denver Police Department shared information about the death of a fourteen-month-old child. The tragedy was caused by injuries deemed questionable enough to arrest the child’s father, Jared Jimenez, on suspicion of child abuse resulting in death. It’s not Jimenez’s first run in with the law: He’s…
Call it the circle of life. This week, the Denver Zoo mourned the loss of a polar bear named Frosty and celebrated the birth of an effing adorable baby sea lion named… well, nothing yet. The baby is a very talkative girl whose vocalizations, as heard in the video below,…
Colorado Indymedia is a news outlet that’s dedicated to fighting the power. And the organization did so last week, when the FBI asked for IP information about the anonymous person who posted info about vandalism at two Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices. Colorado Indymedia didn’t hand over this info, because…
The Rockies may have lost to the Red Sox last night, but they won with Sandy Snow. Earlier this season, Snow had been breastfeeding her daughter, Ashlie, at a game when Coors Field personnel asked her to move out of view, even though only Ashlie’s toes were exposed. Snow was…
Former state lawmaker Ken Gordon is a passionate advocate of online communication, particularly emerging social media, as a powerful tool in the service of democracy. In bursts of electronic energy, known as “e-mails,” he’s reached out across cyberspace to encourage citizens to get involved and start tweeting their elected representatives…
Three Denver blogs to sample. Denver Egotist introduces Denver Condoms, an idea whose time has, er, come. Face the State’s John Schroyer reports that based on RTD execs’ salaries, the roads are paved in gold. A Mile High Mamas Q&A reveals growing pains at Children’s Hospital. Ouch…
Update, 1:38 p.m.: Well, that was fast. Mere hours after putting out an alert for the excellently named bank robber known as The Formerly Known as the Perennial Bandit Bandit, the FBI has announced that a suspect — Shaun Michael Gay, 23 — has been taken into custody. Get the…
And now, our (very deserving) Shmucks of the Week. Last year, Denver was named the fifth manliest city in the U.S., which struck us as about four slots too low, but at least in the ballpark. But now, the same survey ranks Denver eleventh — meaning we’re less than half…
Drivers who travel Interstate 25 between Santa Fe and Interstate 70 on a daily basis probably won’t be shocked to learn that, statistically speaking, this stretch appears to be the most dangerous in the entire state. Those who are still alive, that is…
Poor Joe Nacchio! The Denver U.S. District judge who handled his resentencing hearing just shaved two months off of his six-year, all-expenses-paid vacation at a plush Pennsylvania Country Club Prison. But don’t feel sorry for him: He still gets to keep all of the money he stole from US West…
As a proud native of Grand Junction and graduate of the city’s Mesa State College, I’m not going to joke about the institution’s latest gambit — the creation of a so-called “body farm,” where students will examine rotting human corpses. At least I’m going to try really hard. But I…
Reading last night’s live Denver Stiffs NBA draft thread the morning after is simultaneously funny and sad. Funny because of the range of emotions. Sad because the Nuggets didn’t manage to accomplish anything, leaving them a good team, but not nearly good enough to guarantee that Carmelo Anthony will want…
Proof that Ken Buck, once thought to be an also-ran in the U.S. Senate race, is now perceived as a serious threat: He’s the target of attacks from fellow Republican senate hopeful Jane Norton as well as Pat Waak, head of the Colorado Democratic Party. Waak believes current frontrunner Buck…
A dispensary ban in Colorado Springs seems bound for the November ballot — but this development leaves Springs city council member Darryl Glenn torn. On the one hand, he agrees with Attorney General John Suthers that Amendment 20 didn’t authorize dispensaries — but he thinks an outright ban could lead…
Yesterday, the U.S. Attorneys Office announced the latest busts in its Operation Cripsland campaign — eight arrests on weapon and drug charges to supplement a roundup of nine others last year. As a bonus, the feds include the nicknames of the men snagged, including Rock, Lil Walt and Ken Dog…..
Last week, we asked you to guess what Westboro Baptist Church might hate next after they declared their loathing for the American flag. Now, just in time for the Fred Phelps Traveling Circus’ threatened appearance in Fort Collins, here are the hilarious results…
Last night and this morning, thousands of people across the nation roughed it outside Apple stores to be among the first, well, thousands of people to poke the touchpad of the new iPhone 4. What’s so great about this new doo-hickey? It has a camera, it’s skinnier and it lasts…
A Denver blogs three-peat. Jeremy from Roundball Mining Company is hearing Ty Lawson’s no longer being dangled for a draft pick. Was a Jane Norton aide speaking for her when he sympathized with BP? Big Media’s Jason Salzman wonders. Face the State’s Brad Jones says CU regents will wait to…
If you’re a woman in Boulder who likes to enjoy the great outdoors, you can’t be reassured by the latest release from the Boulder Police department. Shortly after news broke about an attack on a hiker on the Foothills Trail, we’re learning about an earlier incident on the Boulder Creek…
When Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert first “reported” about Carol Burdick, who says she was evicted from her apartment for putting a Peeps display over her door, he said her treatment was proof of a War on Easter — which is a lot like the War on Christmas, except with warmer…
