In recent days, the New Mexico-based Jemez Pueblo tribe has gotten plenty of ink for its plan to build “the first utility-scale solar plant on tribal land.” Turns out two Colorado tribes — the Southern Utes and Ute Mountain Utes, both located in the southwestern corner of the state –…
Update, 10:42 a.m.: The Denver Post is reporting that Andrew Romanoff is announcing that he plans to stay in the race for U.S. Senate, not drop out, as has been rumored. Consider that in light of our original item below: Just past noon today, senatorial candidate Andrew Romanoff will hold…
Wisconsin’s Fond Du Lac Reporter tells the tale of a local resident who was stirred in his sleep by something as terrifying as anything in Paranormal Activity: the music of John Denver. Playing loudly. A cop responding to the complaint had to pound on the door to get a response…
Who cares if today’s the deadline to pick a political party in advance of caucuses in March? After all, the fix is already in when it comes to the big races: The Republicans will put forward Jane Norton for the U.S. Senate and Scott McInnis for Colorado governor, while the…
Attorney Rob Corry, one of the most aggressive medical marijuana advocates on the current scene, isn’t about to ease up as the Colorado legislature prepares to consider legislation on the subject. His latest gambit? Earlier today, he sent an open-records request to the Colorado Department of Health relating to revenue…
Last week’s Denver Blogs headline “Josh McDaniels’s Coaches Getting the Hell Out of Dodge” is as timely as ever owing to the latest JD assistant to march out the door: defensive coordinator Mike Nolan. Unlike previous ship-abandoners Rick Dennison and Bobby Turner, who signed up with former colleagues/bosses in Houston…
Another day, another grabby crime that may (or may not) be related to medical marijuana — this one a home invasion in Fort Collins that’s resulted in the arrest of four subjects who allegedly bound a trio of men and held them at gunpoint. Sergeant Jon Holsten of the Fort…
Blogs from Denver, (mostly) about Denver. Over at the Broncos-centric Mile High Report site, enjoy the game day thread documenting the San Diego Chargers’ latest playoffs collapse, this time against the New York Jets. Inspired final comment: An illustration of Nelson from The Simpsons saying, “Ha Ha!” Senator Chris Romer…
In November 2007, Mark Nichols of Highlands Ranch sat down with his teenage son, Matthew, and one of Matthew’s friends. He had a pair of dice in his hand. He told them that if he rolled anything other than snake eyes, he’d pay them $10. But if he rolled snake…
In a seemingly off-the-cuff jolt of enthusiasm for the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Governor Bill Ritter this morning tossed aside the standard “we still have work to do” speech clichés and delivered something different: a gubernatorial sermon. At the kickoff for Denver’s 25th MLK march and parade…
Amid a stampede of controversy over the government’s effort to remove 2,500 wild horses from their historic range in Nevada, the Bureau of Land Management has announced two more roundups scheduled for later this year. One roundup targets more than 500 horses near Ely, Nevada, and will leave a herd…
Pro Rodeo! Come for the studs, and stay for the queens…..
Remember Kristen Parker, the surgical tech who passed her case of hepatitis-C to at least fifteen patients at Rose Medical Center via needles she’d used on herself? As part of her plea agreement in the case, she had to explain what she’d done on a video that’s now been released…
This weekend’s medical marijuana arrests in Brighton, which cops describe as a pot “assembly line” involving a chiropractor, his wife and a caretaker, is only the latest incident playing into the hands of law enforcement types who want the sort of dispensary shut-down likely to be prompted under a bill…
Prior to last year’s Naked Pumpkin Run, Boulder district attorney Stan Garnett told Westword that the charges available to use in relation to the event didn’t fit the crime — or whatever the hell you’d call stripping off your clothes and dashing around with a pumpkin shell on your head…
Denver Nuggets backers have had to make do with less Jerry Schemmel than they’d like; the team’s longtime radio broadcaster has only been calling home games of late. But before long, Nugs fans will have to go cold turkey. Schemmel has accepted the job to serve as the radio voice…
Late last year, Jason Martinez, a veteran of KTLA in Los Angeles, was hired as the new business reporter at Channel 9. But after briefly appearing on December 16, he vanished — and executives at the station decline to explain why. Channel 9 news director Patti Dennis’s comment? “I can’t…
As we told you last week, a man was found dead in an SUV at the Cottonwood Trail Apartments in Aurora — and police were investigating it as a homicide. Since then, the victim has been identified as William Harvey, reportedly a member of the CU Buffs football team in…
Here are some sample headlines from other publications around the nation about the latest development involving MediaNews Group, owner of the Denver Post and dozens of other newspapers around the country: UPI: “U.S. Newspaper Group to File Bankruptcy.” The Wall Street Journal: “MediaNews Holding Company to Seek Bankruptcy Protection.” The…
Remember that scene in Fantasia where Mickey Mouse, as the sorcerer’s apprentice, is besieged by a never-ending army of brooms inundating him with pail upon pail of water? That’s sort of like what’s happening these days at the vital statistics department of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment…
Charlie Sheen’s got responsibilities he’d rather avoid in both the non-fiction and fiction universes. On Wednesday, he’s scheduled to appear in an Aspen courtroom in relation to a Christmas day incident when he allegedly threatened and assaulted his wife, Brooke. His lawyers are doing their damnedest to make sure the…
William Erickson, who passed away this week at the age of 85, will long be remembered for his remarkable 25 years on the Colorado Supreme Court and a host of other accomplishments. But he will also be known for his most abysmal failure — the Columbine Review Commission he headed,…
