Senator Joyce Foster’s last minute amendment to House Bill 10-364, which allowed sex offenders to choose among three treatment options, stirred plenty o’ controversy, owing largely to her subsequent admission that the action was inspired by her brother-in-law, Julian Newman, who has a sex-offending past. KHOW’s Peter Boyles, in particular,…
Every subculture deserves its own soundtrack — sure. But a Christmas album that displays Santa, Rudolf and friends stoned? That seems a bit much… unless you’re Ken Gorman. Gorman, the emphatic rabble-rousing pot activist who was the subject of “High Times,” this week’s feature, also dabbled in the music industry…
Local fave Duane Chapman, aka Dog the Bounty Hunter, will reportedly be the focus of an E! True Hollywood Story episode on Monday, May 24 — and judging by the quotes released to date, it should be a laugh riot. For instance, here’s what Dog says about the days when…
When bloggers write about Denver, we take notice — as these three items prove. Bleacher Report’s John Stitz thinks ESPN’s becoming a joke — and the first bit of evidence he offers is its “worship” of Tim Tebow, “a guy that most people don’t even think he will be anywhere…
Like Republican senatorial hopeful Ken Buck, Dem Andrew Romanoff is in a strange position vis-à-vis his party’s assembly this weekend: He’ll win, but that doesn’t mean most people think he can defeat his better-heeled opponent — in his case, Senator Michael Bennet — in the August primary. Romanoff remains confident,…
Every week we introduce you to some pillar of shmuckiness. This week: Whoever Runs Jury Duty. The Post reports today that Colorado employers can now verify their workers’ jury duty summonses online — a service that presumably makes it more difficult for employees to play hooky under the guise of…
On Monday, Alice 105.9 FM morning-show host Erica Cobb raved about the experience of appearing on The Marriage Ref. And she still feels that way, despite guest judges Demi Moore, Kelly Ripa and Jim Breuer deciding against her and in favor of her husband, Jesse Lehman, on last night’s show…
The cover photo for the album pictured above was taken just before Ken Buck and Jane Norton started their 2010 Senate campaigns. Back in 2009, they were two peas in the same conservative pod. The guy from Greeley and the gal from Grand Junction were dubbed the “Duo of Disenchantment”…
Some marijuana advocates, including the Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Laura Kriho, fear the passage of HB 1084, a bill to regulate the medical marijuana biz, and SB 109, intended to clarify the relationship between MMJ patients and doctors, will decimate the industry. But that hasn’t stopped entrepreneurs aplenty from conceiving projects…
The nasty spat between senatorial hopefuls Ken Buck and Jane Norton, sparked in part by a planned Saturday appearance by super-Alaskan Sarah Palin, has rumbled throughout the week preceding tomorrow’s Republican state assembly in Loveland. Norton’s skipping the bash, having decided to petition her way onto the ballot. But Buck…
From a conceptual standpoint, last night’s season finale of Grey’s Anatomy had a lot in common with the famous it-was-all-a-dream episode of Dallas. Fans haven’t been wowed by many of the new characters introduced of late, so Grey’s creator Shonda Rhimes used a distraught shooter plotline to brutally dispatch two…
The feds aren’t messing around when it comes to Eric Dodd, the accused Portfolio Bandit, who was arrested last week. An FBI alert issued on May 10 suggested that the criminal in question was suspected of knocking over a dozen banks — and now, Dodd has been formally charged with…
As we pointed out about this time yesterday morning, the friends and family posting on the Prayers For Kayleah Wilson’s Safe Return Facebook page were trying to maintain hope even as they were preparing for the worst. Unfortunately, the worst is what they got: Greeley officials confirm that a body…
Update, May 21, 6:28 a.m.: The violent athletes report described in this item, intially published at 1:19 p.m. on May 20, didn’t appear on last night’s CBS news broadcast. As noted below, the possibility remained that it could be bumped by breaking news; presumably, producers decided that the story of…
Ken Gorman, the subject of “High Times,” this week’s feature, was famous for his pro-pot diatribes and anger-fueled sermons against the establishment. When he wasn’t spouting off at the steps of the state capitol, wielding bongs and joints, he was broadcasting messages on his home hotline about the “Asshole of…
Can any conclusions be drawn from the plea deals accepted by two associates of Willie Clark, who’s been sentenced to more time than he could possibly serve for murdering Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams in 2007? Maybe — but prosecutor Tim Twining says doing so may require reading between the lines…
Yesterday, former congressman Tom Tancredo tackled accusations that the organizer of an Arizona event at which he’s scheduled to speak has unsavory ties to neo-Nazis. He argued that the impetus for the controversy was really his decision to break ties with a fellow immigration-reform advocate who’d demanded that South Carolina…
Denver blogs publish lotsa stuff on a daily basis. Here are three examples. At Predominantly Orange, Kim Constantinesco details Tim Tebow’s training regimen, which typically includes a breakfast featuring “egg whites, a Myoplex shake, and then oatmeal or grits.” If only I wasn’t allergic to eggs, I’d be ripped, too…
Today, we learned that Westword would be presented with a “press vape” award at this Sunday’s Caregivers’ Cup. When citing the reasons for this recognition, Cup organizer Timothy Tipton specifically cited our Mile Highs and Lows reviews — like for instance, the latest addition to the roster, William Breathes’ critique…
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 is offering a no-holds-barred look at what goes on…
In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil slick disaster, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is barreling ahead in his efforts to reform the embattled Minerals Management Service, the once-obscure agency responsible for overseeing offshore drilling. Yesterday’s announcement that Salazar is splitting MMS into not two, but three separate…
Many teachers could keep themselves out of the news (as former Broomfield High staffer Travis Masse failed to do) by following these simple teacher-student dating guidelines… Tip #1: Don’t be secretive. Secrets will only get you into trouble, and the lies will only complicate your other relationships. Be open and…
