Attorney David Lane may have lost his last high-profile case — an excessive-force complaint against Denver cop/ex-American Gladiators contestant Vicki Ferrari — but he’s hardly shying away from taking on big challenges. Note that he’s just filed a lawsuit against the Air Force Academy, alleging that a National Prayer Luncheon…
A search for the terms “Denver” and “temperature” moments ago prompted a reading of eight below zero. That’s pipe-busting weather — and as an incentive for folks to make sure theirs don’t erupt, the City of Westminster offers the tale of a home in the area that flooded mere days…
As predicted in our post about Carmelo Anthony’s awful play versus the 76ers, Melo went off last night against the New Jersey Nets, who pulled the plug on a deal when he balked at signing a contract extension — yet the Nugs still lost handily. Not that it matters, since…
I first stepped into Denver at Union Station. A group of families had taken the train out from Chicago for a ski vacation, and the kids had commandeered the dome car — where, early the next morning, we woke to our first glimpse of the mountains. By breakfast, we’d pulled…
A revised version of a proposed Denver city ordinance that, according to attorney Warren Edson, would have closed 137 of Denver’s 150 medical marijuana grow operations, and potentially dispensaries associated with them, passed through Denver City Council’s Special Issues Committee this afternoon…
Beginning tomorrow, as part of Denver Union Station’s ambitious redevelopment into a modern transit hub, the historic station’s underground pedestrian tunnel connecting Wynkoop and Wewatta streets will be closed. And here’s the really bad news: It’s never, ever going to reopen…
A program that delegates federal immigration enforcement powers to local officers is not netting as many serious criminals in Colorado as in other states, says a study released today by the Migration Policy Institute…
Last March, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers joined “nearly a dozen” state AGs in challenging the constitutionality of just-passed health-care legislation. Now, he is celebrating a U.S. District Court ruling in Florida that concludes Congress “exceeded the bounds of its authority in passing the Act with the individual mandate.” Look…
Denver blog posts right here. 5280’s Joshua Zaffos lauds Aspen’s Torin Yater-Wallace, youngest-ever medalist at the Winter X games. Face the State’s Greg Campbell on an emissions test even your tires can fail. Mile High Mamas’ Amber Johnson has a (pink) bone to pick with the Susan G. Komen Foundation…
Among the entrepreneurs who says Denver City Council amendments about medical marijuana grows could cost him dearly is Wellspring Collective’s Morgan Carr. Below, read a letter to the chair of the council’s special committee in which he lays out his concerns in detail…
Update: Last week, a jury sided with Vicki Ferrari, a Denver cop and former American Gladiators contestant in a lawsuit charging her with excessive force in relation to an interaction with David Kraus, manager of a local Grease Monkey, back in 2007. On Friday, we heard from Kraus’s attorney, David…
Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through lawn decoration… The photo of the “little air” snowboard ramp above was taken this past weekend. That the iced 3/4 pipe has weathered an unseasonably warm January is testament to good design and careful construction. However, until off-the-shelf snow-making machines are available at…
How did I wind up with a book from the collection of ESPN’s Rick Reilly? It was definitely an act of generosity on his part, but not because he directly targeted me for his largesse despite my coverage of him tongue-bathing the State Capitol dome in 2009 after incorrectly predicting…
Earlier this month, we reported that a rally for Marvin Booker, who died in Denver jail this past summer, would take place Saturday on the 16th Street Mall. That evening, a crowd of approximately 200-300 people — some sporting bandannas, some waving signs — turned minimally violent as trash cans…
Melanie Asmar’s post about Katia Birge, who claims to have been abused by a lay minister, kicked off a fiery debate about whether or not the Archdiocese of Denver, led by Archbishop Charles Chaput, bears any responsibility for this alleged crime. Among the most passionate items was penned in defense…
What is Gary Busey’s mysterious appeal? Is it that he doesn’t have any? Attempt to solve this puzzle by perusing photog Kate Levy’s shots from Geek Bowl V at the Fillmore. And that’s not all. Check out Raekwon at Summit Music Hall, RJD2 at the Gothic and more on our…
Since last year, we’ve been reporting about various Denver City Council proposals to update zoning rules for medical marijuana grows, with attorney Christian Sederberg warning weeks ago about huge repercussions if there’s no MMJ grandfathering. Now, lawyer Warren Edson says more than 90 percent of Denver grows could close in…
For a while on Friday, it looked like the unbelievably crowded field for Denver mayor was about to get a little larger. A day of buzz about local businesswoman Linda Alvarado jumping in was followed by a Denver Post piece quoting her as confirming it. But that item was soon…
Our Friday post arguing that the New York Knicks victory over the Miami Heat made a Carmelo Anthony trade more likely has only been reinforced by a front office add reportedly made by NYC over the weekend. Against this backdrop, the Nuggets face off tonight against the trade-talks-jilting New Jersey…
While seeking some epic pow-pow at Breckenridge recently (read: practicing my “pizza and French fries” on the cruisin’ slopes), I noticed a new phenomenon: ski dudes and dudettes whipping out their smart phones to compare stats on Vail Resorts’ new EpicMix social-media app, which tracks guests’ achievements. On one hand,…
Update below: SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is criticizing Catholic officials in Denver, including Archbishop Charles Chaput, for their handling of the Katia Birge case. Birge claims to have been raped by a Denver lay minister in 2008, when she was 25 years old…
It’s inspiring, really, the way state lawmakers pull together when a matter of great social consequence is at stake. Such seems to be the case with the rapid move through committee this week of House Bill 1058, sponsored by Denver Democrat Dan Pabon, which would prevent poor folks from using…
