Update, 11:03 a.m.: Moments ago, Denver Post editor Greg Moore responded to an interview request for this blog, which was originally published at 10:46 a.m. His comments have been incorporated below. Last Friday afternoon, we published an interview with award-winning Denver Post reporter Miles Moffeit, who confirmed that he was…
Editor’s note: Because this week we present the 2010 version of our annual Best of Denver issue, some of our regular features are taking the week off — but not Gustavo Arellano’s Ask a Mexican column, spiced up just for April 1. Dear Readers: In honor of April Fool’s Day,…
Last week, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers joined a dozen peers around the country to sue the federal government in an effort to stop the new health-care law. “I understand that many citizens of Colorado will allege that this lawsuit is politically motivated. It is not. I am not reacting…
Yesterday, we told you that attorney John Pineau — who represents Carol “Chay” Burdick in a dispute that pits Peeps against possible eviction — had agreed to speak to The Colbert Report’s Stephen Colbert about a trial delay without commenting on the case itself. Our prediction: “Knowing Colbert, it’ll wind…
For indefatigable marijuana booster Mason Tvert, founder of the advocacy organization Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER), April 1 is a very big day. Rallies are scheduled to take place at more than eighty colleges and universities across the country (see the complete list below) arguing that students who use…
Earlier this week, we told you about a double homicide near the Sommerset Garden Apartments in Aurora. The victims have now been identified: Jarrel Jordan Rivers, eighteen, and Paul Maurice Chatman, 28. However, the two suspects who were grabbed shortly after the police arrived on scene are no longer in…
Moments ago, we published a special April Fool’s Day edition of our “Mile Highs and Lows” dispensary reviews, in which William Breathes discovers that the One Man Mobile Dispensary in Civic Center Park lacks the amenities of most MMJ establishments — and it’s fully stocked with seed-filled weed bricks more…
This dispensary has closed. As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword will be offering a no-holds-barred…
Daniel Newman Danny Newman is full of ideas. He has been since middle and high school, when he attended the Denver School of the Arts. As an adult, the 29-year-old Newman has managed to turn a lot of those ideas into reality — from his creation of the Denver Zombie…
This afternoon, Chief U.S. District Judge Wiley Y. Daniel sentenced prominent Thornton restaurant owner Dan Tang to eighteen months in prison for his part in the largest marijuana bust in state history — more than the probation requested by his lawyers, but considerably less than the seventy to 87 months…
You know that song “Ironic” by Alanis Morrisette? The one with the lyrics that go, “It’s like raaay-ay-aaaaaain on your wedding day/It’s a free riiiiiiiiii-ide when you’ve already paid,” and something about having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife? While it’s questionable whether any of those…
Today at 9:30 a.m., Chief U.S. District Judge Wiley Y. Daniel began the sentencing hearing for Dan Tang, the last person charged as part of Operation Fortune Cookie, the largest marijuana bust in state history. Law enforcement believed Tang, a prominent Thornton restaurateur who’s served mayors, governors and former President…
A federal class-action suit involving disabled Coloradans — two war veterans with psychological disorders — and their service animals was filed Tuesday against Aurora, the City and County of Denver and its head of Animal Control. The two veterans, and another disabled woman from out of state, say Denver’s controversial…
The Colorado Springs attorney who was the subject of a post yesterday about his refusal to admit a disabled woman and her seeing-eye dog into his office — a decision that ultimately cost him $50,000 — now says he did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. Law Week Colorado…
Both Andrew Pogany and Nic Gray went to Iraq to serve their country — and both found themselves in a heap of trouble when they returned. Pogany suffered a mental breakdown; Gray was arrested for acts he committed during a black out. But now, the two soldiers turned advocates have…
Update, 3:20 p.m.: Two arrests have been made in this case, with a third suspect sought. Photos of the eighteen-year-old suspects, plus more information from the Lakewood Police Department, are on view after the original item, published at 11:20 a.m. Grudges against colleges, high schools and even middle schools aren’t…
Last month, we told you about two marijuana-related busts in Broomfield, as well as North Metro Drug Task Force Commander Jerry Peters’ revelation that his unit had at least 23 active marijuana investigations. Don’t know if the latest bust — of alleged marijuana grower Brian Joseph Strick, 32 — was…
Denver produces blogs on a pretty regular basis. Here’s proof. Yesterday, following the Nuggets’ dispiriting 1-4 road trip, Carmelo Anthony tweeted, “To all the nuggets fans and my fans no need to panic. so just calm down and relax. lol.” Problem is, Andrew Feinstein’s Nug news roundup at Denver Stiffs…
On Monday, Senator Chris Romer argued in favor of requiring those under 21 to do more in order to qualify for a medical marijuana card than those over that age — and he also predicted that there’d be a backlash and a potential dispensary ban if members of the medical…
#14 of the 22 Major Arcana: Betsy Markey, Death…..
Early this morning, members of the Northglenn Police Department were called to the 11600 block of Grant Street. They soon came upon blood. A lot of it. The NPD says a male adult and a male juvenile were found stabbed nearby; they’ve been transported to Denver Health. So, too, was…
Yesterday, we let you know that an upcoming trial in which Boulder’s Carol “Chay” Burdick would face off against the landlord who told her to remove a marshmallow Peeps Easter display or face eviction had been delayed until June 22. Why? The attorney representing Burdick’s landlord filed a trial brief…
