Denver mayor's race: And they're off!
Now that John Hickenlooper has been sworn in as governor, and Bill Vidal is officially Denver's interim mayor, the focus will soon shift to the race for the next mayor. A dozen candidates ...
View ArticleCarmelo Anthony trade: Melo using Twitter to vent and whine about rumors and...
The talk of a blockbuster Carmelo Anthony trade to the New Jersey Nets continues to build, and with it the pressure on Melo. Throughout the process, he's been cautious with his public com...
View ArticleBoulder Peewink Mountain fire already contained
The inclusion of the photo at right in a 9News story about a blaze that broke out overnight near Boulder raised concerns of another runaway conflagration like last year's Fourmile Canyon f...
View ArticleMark Udall lovefest and ten other ways Congress could be more civil
On Wednesday, President Obama called for a new era of civility in light of the tragic Jared Loughner-Gabrielle Giffords shooting in Tucson, while Colorado Senator Mark Udall suggested that ...
View ArticleCU Buffs basketball team best since Chauncey Billups glory days after...
When was the last time anyone other the parents of players paid attention to the CU Buffs men's basketball team? Well, there's finally a reason to start. Last night's victory over Kansas ...
View ArticleReader: Brett Reese can't really think his Martin Luther King Jr. hate is...
A recent Melanie Asmar post spotlighted Greeley school board member Brett Reese's fondness for a letter claiming Martin Luther King Jr. was a sexual degenerate, a Communist and a modern-da...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana: Mobile care program gets blessing of health dept. advisory...
On Tuesday, the health department's medical marijuana advisory committee, considered whether or not bless language requiring docs to have a permanent location in order to recommend MMJ -- ...
View ArticleBenjamin Whitmer, Ward Churchill's onetime online champion, chooses books...
The Colorado Court of Appeals recently rejected ex-CU professor Ward Churchill's bid to get his old job back. Benjamin Whitmer, whose Try-Works blog rallied pro-Churchill forces when the c...
View ArticleMedical marijuana dispensary review: Belly up at La Conte's Clone Bar and...
If Denver really is the wild west of medical marijuana, then La Conte's Clone Bar and dispensary makes a pretty good town saloon. ...
View ArticleOur updated medical-marijuana directory
For his latest review, William Breathes visits La Conte's Clone Bar and Dispensary, located in an old building that may have been a speakeasy. But there are plenty of other options availabl...
View ArticleDenver Post publishes first-ever ad on editorial pages -- because agency asks
In these days of declining print revenue, newspapers are more willing than ever to print advertisements where none have gone before. Case in point: Yesterday, the first-ever ad appeared on...
View ArticleSarah Palin's "blood libel" line: Is it GOP bigotry like the kind criticized...
A Denver blog post collection. Hope you like it. 5280's Vanessa Martinez draws a parallel between Sarah Palin's use of the term "blood libel" and bigotry reported by Ali Hasan. At Colora...
View ArticleJohn Fox named new Denver Broncos coach: Are you excited or underwhelmed?
We've got the news straight from the Horse's tweet: Moments ago, newly minted football operations veep and Twitter fan John Elway revealed that the Denver Broncos have hired John Fox to su...
View ArticleIs your kid on drugs? Time to Act classes to teach parents to talk to kids...
What do you do if you suspect your kid is on drugs? A) Fry an egg in a pan and say, "This is your brain on drugs." B) Make him watch the E! True Hollywood Story of Lindsay Lohan. C) Atten...
View ArticleShannon Sharpe will make it to the Hall of Fame this year: So says our...
Shannon Sharpe, the outspoken tight end who was part of both of the Denver Broncos winning Super Bowl teams, was named on Sunday as a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame -- again. I...
View ArticleJohn Hickenlooper: The beer-flavored lesson for Colorado from Phantom Canyon...
Beer was flowing (figuratively, at least) when John Hickenlooper offered his first address to the Colorado Legislature yesterday and told the story of a brewpub. Not the Denver-centric sto...
View ArticleDavid Sirota post-Jared Loughner attack: "Fight Club Friday" becomes...
Jared Loughner's murderous attack in Arizona last weekend has prompted soul searching among assorted media types, who wonder if the polarized political climate somehow made such an act not...
View ArticleShannon Johnson affidavit: She was playing Cafe World on Facebook as...
Shannon Johnson, 34, is due in court this morning in a case that's both incredibly tragic and a sign of the times. In an arrest affidavit on view below in its entirety, Johnson tells poli...
View ArticleJohn Fox hire getting vote of approval from Denver Broncos nation
John Elway's announcement yesterday that John Fox has been named the Broncos' new head coach wasn't a guaranteed hit. After all, Fox most recently coached the Carolina Panthers, the one NF...
View ArticleJacob Christenson, age ten, facing arson trial in Parker over fire that "just...
Jacob Christenson of Parker would like everyone to know that he is very, very sorry about the events of May 9, a few weeks before his eleventh birthday. He did light a piece of paper on fi...
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