Skylab fest's 16th anniversary puts electro fans in orbit for our weekly...
Westword photographers captured a lot of revelry over the weekend. First up is Skylab, the electronic-music festival celebrating its sixteenth anniversary; shutterbug Aaron Thackeray was t...
View ArticlePlant Medicine Expo: Medical marijuana event featuring Richard Belzer...
This weekend's Plant Medicine Expo, featuring a debate moderated by Law & Order Special Victims Unit star Richard Belzer, was a "historic event not only for the state of Colorado, but for ...
View ArticleCavalia-crazed yard artists parade their one-trick ponies: Kenny Be's Yard...
Denver residents don't need to pay the $134-$240 Cavalia ticket price to see a "multimedia extravaganza of unprecedented magic and emotion" when innovative equestrian artistry can be view...
View ArticleRamon Chavez, Gabriel Farias-Chavez accused in 50 lb. per month meth ring...
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has announced the bust of an alleged nine-member drug ring, in which suspects such as Ramon Chavez and Gabriel Farias-Chavez are said to have transpo...
View ArticleColorado Rockies done: Sorry, Troy Tulowitzki, but even Purple Row says stick...
We now bring you the first Denver blog post roundup of the week. The headline offered by Andrew Martin on Purple Row's Monday Rockpile -- "Stick a Fork In It" -- speaks volumes about the ...
View ArticleOperation Cock Block target Bill Sullivan gets conned in the dating section...
Most of the ads under "men seeking women" on Denver's Craigslist are meant to be tantalizing, to make the reader shout, "Yes! That's me!" "Do You Like Kissing and Wearing Heels?" Sure! "Ar...
View ArticleDavid Dolan, Colorado State Patrolman busted for .194 blood alcohol content,...
Back in March, TV viewers across the state saw Colorado State Patrolman David Dolan get pulled over by Douglas County officers for alleged drunk driving -- likely the first time a CSP memb...
View Article"Labia lift" strip searches: ACLU action gooses prison officials into...
Even under the best of circumstances, prison is an exercise in humiliation. But life just got a little less nasty for female inmates at the Denver Women's Correctional Facility, who no lon...
View ArticleTom Tancredo: Dog the Bounty Hunter, Joe Arpaio rev up 1,000-plus fans at...
The week started with Tom Tancredo wiping out on his motorcycle. It ended with him effectively wiping Dan Maes off the political map with a September 26 fundraiser that attracted more than...
View ArticleFrontier scrambles to spin Southwest's AirTran acquisition in airline...
I contacted Frontier spokeswoman Lindsey Purves at 6:17 a.m. yesterday for a comment about Southwest Airlines' acquisition of AirTran and what it might mean for what's still portrayed as De...
View ArticleCarmelo Anthony trade: Execs (from NJ Nets, Jazz?) pissed at Nugs for delay,...
It was one awkward media day for Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets, with all involved doing their best to pretend the trade winds that continue to blow at gale force are merely a gent...
View ArticleDouglas Taylor found guilty of Aurora arson that killed Jose De Jesus...
One of the earliest entries in our Mile High Murder archive involves a May 2009 arson-related murder in Aurora that led to the arrests of Douglas Taylor and Coy Dunn. The victim in the cas...
View ArticleRicardo Sota pleads guilty in Halloween Club Posh killing of John...
The murder conviction of Douglas Taylor in the May 2009 arson death of Jose De Jesus Martinez Espinoza isn't the only recent resolution to a case from our Mile High Murder archives. Ricard...
View ArticleMedical marijuana: Will Kevin Grimsinger's false stories hurt MMJ campaign...
Last week, Sensible Colorado's Brian Vicente decried the health department's rejection of a petition to add post traumatic stress order to conditions that can be treated by medical marijua...
View ArticleKenny McKinley death could lead to teen suicide attempts, says head of DPS...
Broncos receiver Kenny McKinley was laid to rest yesterday (fortunately with no reported protests from members of Westboro Baptist Church) on the same day that Denver Public Schools public...
View ArticleBill Riley is suburban superhero Thornton Dust Devil: Kenny Be's Hip Tip
Thornton Dust Devil Real name: Bill Riley; Occupation: Bike peddler; Suburb of operation: Thornton; Hair: The Alec Baldwin; Vision: Futuristic Suburban superhero skills: While Thornton Du...
View ArticleJoel Ledermann: Is affidavit a jailtime argument for man accused of starting...
Today's Denver Post features an editorial that questions the harshness of the fourth-degree arson charge faced by Joel Ledermann, the man accused of accidentally starting the Reservoir Roa...
View ArticleDan Maes releases documents about his firing as Liberal, Kansas cop: Can this...
Dan Maes's explanations for why he was fired from the Liberal, Kansas police department in 1985 have prompted plenty of ribbing and incredulity. So today, his campaign has released six doc...
View ArticleBroncos' defeat at hands of Peyton Manning and Indianapolis Colts was great...
Looking for three Denver blog posts? Found 'em. Mile High Report fan poster Alan Smithee argues that the Broncos' earned a "great loss" on Sunday, and supplies twenty bullet points to bol...
View ArticleKatrina Camp affidavit: Allegedly drunk mom who left nude toddler in truck...
Katrina Camp took her dog on a walk on Saturday evening. If only she hadn't allegedly left her two-year-old daughter naked, asleep and alone in her truck when she took off for this stroll....
View Article