Reading local content is as easy as falling off a Denver blog. Kyle at Bronco Talk thinks Brandon Marshall did a fine job of PR rehabilitation during an appearance on FM 104.3/The Fan earlier today — but he’s “as good as gone” anyway. Can’t wait for him to torch the…
View Larger Map The hard-boiled tale seems straight out of a gripping detective novel: Last night, just a few hours after Denver City Council discussed new regulations for the city’s flourishing dispensary industry, a man was shot dead from what the cops are saying was a medical-marijuana transaction gone awry…
Bernie Madoff’s well-documented financial shenanigans may have landed him in jail, but they’ve also enhanced the marketability of his name. As evidence, note the ad in today’s Denver Post pimping a “BERNIE MADOFF AUCTION” tomorrow at St. Regis Resort in Aspen. What’s the story? The ad’s information number connects to…
The study of neighbors through their holiday decorations… January 5 is considered the last of the twelve days of Christmas. It is the time for the family living in the home pictured above, to reflect upon their unorthodox traditions in preparation for celebrating Epiphany, which begins on January 6. The…
When last we heard from UFO booster Jeff Peckman (on December 2), he was alienated by the suggestion of some Denver council members that the threshold for putting initiatives before city voters needed to be raised because of his success at getting a measure to create an “extraterrestrial affairs committee”…
Former ICE agent Cory Voorhis’ name was in the news throughout December thanks to the troubled nomination of Stephanie Villafuerte as U.S. Attorney. Representative Mike Coffman cited Voorhis in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting an investigation of Villafuerte in connection to the improper accessing of a criminal…
On January 9 and 10, the weekend before the Denver City Council is slated to vote on a new medical marijuana proposal, Los Angeles-based Greenway University, described by CEO and founder Gus Escamilla as a “medical marijuana training and education institute,” is slated to stage a two-day seminar at the…
Former UNC professor Vance Fulkerson once taught a class called “Self-Defense Singing” — and among the folks from whom his students needed protection was him. In July, Fulkerson was charged with sexual exploitation of children related to a video system set up in (eeesh) his bathroom. Nine more counts followed…
View Larger Map We still don’t know the name of the seventeen-year-old male arrested in connection with a January 3 homicide near 4th Avenue and Utica Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). But the Denver Coroner’s Office…
View Larger Map That news about Denver’s murder decrease in 2009 rings hollow in the face of recent bloodshed. There have ben eight homicides in the metro area since December 22, and three in Denver proper between January 1 and today, including an early hours shooting that reportedly involved a…
View Larger Map Update, 3:51 p.m.: A juvenile has been arrested in connection with this crime. Get more information after the original item… More irony in news that the falling 2009 murder rate in Denver. This is the seventh blog we’ll publish today about a homicide in the metro area…
It’s hard to know what was more depressing yesterday as the once 6-0 Broncos lost to the lowly Kansas City Chiefs at home to finish the season 8-8: The sarcastic chants of “Throw it to Marshall” from fans who were angry that the Pro Bowl wide receiver had been benched…
A decision last week preventing the City of Centennial from outlawing medical marijuana dispensaries inside town limits was good news for more operations than just CannaMart, the business that brought suit against the community in the first place. It also bodes well in the matter of Plants 4 Life, a…
We’re back with our week-daily roundup of Denver bloggery. Did you miss us? The Colorado Independent’s David O. Williams speculates that 9th Judicial District Attorney Martin Beeson was too busy with high-profile cases involving the likes of actor Charlie Sheen to challenge John Salazar in the 3rd Congressional District. It’d…
On December 15, in the days after Denver Police Officer Kevin Ford shot and killed Nicholas Alvarado Morales, a Mexican national in the U.S. illegally, reports surfaced suggesting that cops kicked and beat the severely wounded man while taking him into custody. These assertions are addressed tangentially in Denver DA…
Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, has been described as a “tour de force of executive douchery” — a meddler on par with the Oakland Raiders’ Al Davis, albeit one who tends to avoid wearing the sort of glasses usually sported by elderly women. Mike Shanahan, who lived the…
Ever since CU announced that it would bring back Dan Hawkins as head coach in 2010 (mainly to save money, it appeared), fans have wondered what kind of impact troubles at the top would have on recruiting. Early last month, there appeared to be cause for concern, what with Littleton’s…
The study of neighbors through their holiday decorations… Of the twelve days of Christmas, today is devoted to the eleven pipers piping. Lest we forget, they are tooting for the birth of the little baby Jesus. The historical account of elbeejay’s birth, detailed in the popular “Away in a Manger”…
In mid-December, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 members who work for King Soopers and Safeway weighed in on a new contract — one that provided ratification bonuses for those who offered “yes” votes. But the results were mixed. King Soopers workers approved the deal, while their peers at…
Denver rang in 2010 like it rings in every year: with lots of booze. See New Year’s photos from around the city on the slideshow page…
As I was signing off prior to two weeks worth of vacation, everything seemed to be going the Broncos’ way. Their next opponent, the Oakland Raiders, was in hilarious turmoil, choosing to skip over their much-ballyhooed number one draft choice, JaMarcus Russell, to start third-stringer Charlie Frye at QB. No…
As noted in our first Mile High Murder No. 59 blog, murders in Denver proper were down in 2009. Unfortunately, though, the first homicide of 2010 took place mere hours after the start of the next decade. The incident took place on January 1 at 1434 North Lipan Street. Although…
