Get your Denver blog posts here. Purple Row’s Andrew T. Fisher looks at the three team NL West race on the cusp of a huge Rockies series against the Padres. WhoSaidYouSaid features a video from a weekend Tea Party rally in which D.C. politicos are told to slow down –…
Update:A few short hours ago, Boulder County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Commander Rick Brough declined to comment about reports that the Fourmile Canyon fire near Boulder had been caused by an improperly extinguished fire pit. Now, however, the BCSO has put out a release confirming just that…
Another sign that Boulder’s Fourmile Canyon fire is flaming out: The County’s providing burn-area resources to residents returning to their property, including portable toilets, dumpsters and more. Also offered — grief counseling for those having a difficult time grappling with their loss. Details below…
Here’s one of the stranger public political spats of the season: El Paso County Commissioner Amy Lathen and Colorado Springs councilman Sean Paige have been going back and forth over marijuana. Seems Lathen publicly said Paige supports weed legalization, which she appears to oppose. Paige responds that he opposes it,…
Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through their lawn decorations… The house pictured above takes two of Denver’s favorite pastimes, dogs and live theater, and combines them to create a front-yard show-stopper. The arched window and white-washed wall perfectly stage the plaster Boston Terrier standing before the black velvet backdrop…
The Carmelo Anthony trade winds continue at hurricane strength, and while he insists he’s not concentrating on basketball right now, plenty of other people are. Indeed, the rumors about him heading to Chicago are already at a level where observers are worried about whether an Anthony acquisition would hurt team…
Friday night, a 54-year-old man was shot to death in an Arvada home — and on Sunday, David Paul Alredge, 32, was arrested for the crime. According to Arvada Police Department spokeswoman Susan Medina, the victim will likely be identified today — and she’s still not able to talk about…
The scene was fantastical this weekend at the Marriott Denver Tech Center thanks to Nan Desu Kan, touted as the area’s premier anime convention. Westword’s Kate Levy captured a slideshow of the anime action — and it’s just one of several new photo galleries. Also check out the fifty best…
As the Fourmile Canyon fire near Boulder appears to be winding down, is a new one, dubbed the Reservoir Road fire near Loveland, ramping up? That’s what authorities are trying to determine this morning. Right now, the blaze, which has already scorched between 600 and 700 acres, is just 10…
The Broncos’ 24-17 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars yesterday was frustrating to watch, and not only because of the final score. Denver kept showing flashes of promise on both sides of the ball throughout the contest, but not enough — and not often enough. The results will leave fans with…
On Friday, officials predicted that Boulder’s Fourmile Canyon fire would be contained today — and despite warm weather over the weekend, that goal still seems within reach. At this writing, containment is estimated at 87 percent, with 100 percent containment predicted for 6 p.m. this evening…
Tim Tebow has launched a Facebook page and Twitter account. Yes, this is news. This is Tim Tebow we’re talking about here. Tebow (or his PR team) hasn’t done much with the sites yet, but thanks to the smartasses at Tauntr, Maxim magazine’s sports blog, we can see what his…
Dr. Louis Hampers, the Children’s Hospital ER doctor facing federal charges for writing 654 phony prescriptions, is headed back to Colorado. Hampers was arrested Tuesday in Virginia and appeared in court there this afternoon. According to Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Hampers did not contest his detention,…
America loves its wounded soldiers. So much so that the Colorado Wildlife Commission will offer free big-game hunting licenses this fall to Colorado veterans severely wounded in action overseas over the past nine years. Still, that might not be much consolation for possibly thousands of soldiers the Army has apparently…
Opponents of three tax-slashing ballot initiatives say their polling shows that the measures might actually be approved by voters — despite a multi-million-dollar ad blitz starting this weekend designed to crush them. Coloradans for Responsible Reform recently spent $250,000 on polling, only to discover that voter opinions are running 48…
The news from the Fourmile Canyon fire near Boulder keeps coming fast and furious. Authorities now predict that full containment won’t be achieved until Monday, September 13 — and there’s also word that some scumbag stole about $1,500 worth of stuff from an evacuee’s car. Details below:…
These three Denver blogs posts will treat you right. Purple Row’s Rox Girl celebrates newly minted Rockies blazer Chris Nelson’s “daylight robbery” of a run and a series sweep of the Reds. Playoff run here we come? Colorado Pols discovers that Planned Parenthood controls the world! Sort of… Big Media’s…
The latest reported it-city in Carmelo Anthony trade talks is Chicago, with some onliners floating the prospect of Melo being traded for Joakim Noah and Luol Deng. The Bulls promptly responded by telling ESPN Chicago that Noah’s not going anywhere. But does that mean Deng (and others) might be?…
The February arrest of Highlands Ranch marijuana grower Chris Bartkowicz, as well as his subsequent indictment, has been a rallying point for local medical-marijuana activists — and it will continue to be so for months to come. The judge at a two-day hearing has allowed the case, which could net…
If ever there were a year to welcome third-party candidates in the statewide political dialogue, this is it. After all, the two main parties aren’t exactly giving voters a lot of choices, and Tom Tancredo’s American Constitution Party candidacy has made people think. But the organizations that put on gubernatorial…
We recently told you about the sudden flip of The Truth, at 101.5, to Jammin’ Oldies only moments before talk-show host Mike Zinna’s program last Friday. Jeff Norman, president and general manager of the outlet, says he was almost as blindsided. He knew something would likely happen soon, but not…
Denver Public Schools sure have changed. Gone are the neighborhood schools, with their traditional program of teaching the three Rs. Each has been replaced with a shiny new charter school that offers parents a wide array of options to suit their level of fear. The gun-in-the-backpack drill is just one…
