Suicidal man prompts standoff with SWAT team on 9600 block of Maribou Court...
Last night, residents living on or near the 9600 block of Maribou Court in Littleton were asked not to leave their houses for several hours -- except for those police escorted out. The rea...
View ArticleJohn Hickenlooper opens the SIA trade show... with a cowbell
Governor John Hickenlooper welcomed press, exhibitors, buyers and industry execs to the opening of the Snowsports Industries America annual trade show, an event formerly held in Sin City. ...
View ArticleEric Zinn, mayoral hopeful, wants Denver to lose a million pounds
In a crowded field of folks vying to be Denver's next mayor, Eric Jon Zinn has one particular candidate in his sights that he's hoping to beat: Mayor McCheese. The 17th Street tax attorn...
View ArticleMidwives: Mom Jen Johnson's home-birth story
This week's cover story, "Special Delivery," tells the story of Indra Lusero, a home-birth-mom-turned-lawyer who has thrust herself into a legislative battle between midwives and doctors. A...
View ArticleMoms for Marijuana plan rally for Chris Bartkowicz tomorrow at courthouse
The Denver Chapter of Moms for Marijuana plans to rally in support of Chris Bartkowicz, the Highlands Ranch medical marijuana grower facing federal cultivation charges. Tomorrow, Bartkowic...
View ArticleJohn Hickenlooper has another clothes call at SIA: Will he don PJs for...
We were a little disappointed not to see John Hickenlooper in his '80s-era red ski outfit when he welcomed the Snowsports Industries America show to town with cowbells yesterday. "What do y...
View ArticleRobert DeNiro announces that mudslides have destroyed Denver on 30 Rock (VIDEO)
Last night's hilarious episode of 30 Rock came with a local bonus: the opportunity to hear Robert DeNiro somberly declare that Denver has been wiped off the map! The DeNiro subplot involve...
View ArticleVicki Ferrari: Jury sides with Denver cop/ex-American Gladiator contestant in...
The claims made in a high-profile excessive-force lawsuit aimed at Vicki Ferrari, a Denver cop and former American Gladiators contestant didn't impress a jury, whose members tossed allegati...
View ArticleStephen Edward Siebold allegedly bites the hand of the woman who won't buy...
Don't bite the hand that feeds you, the saying goes. But biting the hand that doesn't give you beer has drawbacks, too, as Stephen Edward Siebold, age nineteen, is finding out in regard to ...
View ArticleReader: School choice is the only way to bring about radical change the...
Our recent post about Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin appearing at an education-reform event during the time when President Barack Obama was delivering his State of the Union speech se...
View ArticleCarmelo Anthony trade: NY Knicks win over Miami Heat makes Melo deal more likely
This week, reports about the New York Knicks being back in the Carmelo Anthony trade hunt have gotten big play -- as have rumblings that possible Knicks trade component Wilson Chandler does...
View ArticleSpeed trap near I-25/I-70 mousetrap tomorrow -- for your safety, says Denver...
It's not often that cops give drivers a heads-up about a speed trap -- but tomorrow is an exception. The Denver Police Department has announced that it's conducting "speed-enforcement activi...
View ArticleMarijuana grower Chris Bartkowicz sentenced to five years
This morning, Highlands Ranch's Chris Bartkowicz was sentenced to five years in prison, to be followed by eight years on supervised probation, for federal marijuana cultivation charges. Ba...
View ArticleMedical marijuana hearing: Advocate says Dept. of Revenue hostile to privacy...
Update below: The second day of Department of Revenue public hearings about medical marijuana regulations -- MMJ rules that attorney Rob Corry called death by 1,000 cuts in a preview yester...
View ArticleGourmet food truck camouflage escapes notice of city regulators: Kenny Be's...
Camouflaged as an emergency response vehicle, the gourmet food truck pictured above is able to move and park freely throughout the city without being hassled by Denver code enforcement off...
View ArticleScott Gessler -- make that $cott Ge$$ler -- has been elected as our $hmuck of...
You know that birthday present you bought for Scott Gessler? He sold it. And that bottle of wine you brought to the party? He sold that, too. In fact, Gessler, Colorado's new Secretary of S...
View ArticleChamp Bailey's Pro Bowl sets cornerbacks record -- and Broncos might let him go?
Denver blog posts? Three of them just crossed our path. Mile High Report's John Bena notes that Champ Bailey's belated invite to the Pro Bowl breaks the all-time record for cornerbacks. Is...
View ArticleQuentin Smith candlelight vigil to remember East High alum who got his wings...
This past weekend, Quentin Smith, 21, died in a drive-by shooting on North Pontiac Street, just blocks from the spot where Jordan Nelson died in December. Tonight, Smith's friends and loved...
View ArticleWelfare cheats using ATMs at strip clubs? Representative Dan Pabon's got his...
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 wee...
View ArticleKatia Birge's case of alleged rape by a Catholic lay minister: Does it signal...
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...
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