Louis Hampers: Indicted Children's Hospital doctor posts $2.5 million cash bond
Louis Hampers, the Children's Hospital ER doctor charged with writing 654 phony prescriptions to feed what his lawyers say was a raging pill addiction, posted a $2.5 million cash bond this...
View ArticleNick Sculac: Serenity Springs tiger sanctuary operator scammed $40,000 from...
There's more than one way to get mauled at a big-cat sanctuary. After he was attacked by a tiger at the Serenity Springs Wildlife Center last year, a volunteer then had the bite put on hi...
View ArticleDenver Landmark Preservation Commission's delisting of 1888 bungalow leads to...
At this moment, I would be watching the sun come up -- but my view to the east is blocked by a huge construction project, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. I'm no...
View ArticleMedical marijuana waiting period: Patients and MMCs cry foul over 35-day...
Under Colorado's MMJ laws, patients aren't supposed to buy pot until 35 days after they've submitted their paperwork, because that's how long the state has to reject/return applications. In...
View ArticleRene Ogden, possible victim in Colorado Springs triple homicide: A tale from...
Colorado Springs Police haven't ID'd the woman and two teens found dead yesterday in cases being investigated as homicides. But the residence in question was reportedly occupied by the Ogd...
View ArticleSeth Brigham's $10,000 payment for dropping trou: Did it influence Boulder...
Seth Brigham's nipple-baring appearance at a Boulder City Council meeting in February to (sort of) protest a proposed nudity ordinance that would have banned female nipples displays led to...
View ArticlePot legalization: Women's Marijuana Movement supports Prop. 19 via events in...
Proposition 19, the measure to tax and regulate cannabis for adult use in California, which initially looked doomed, is now registering more than 50 percent support in one major poll -- an...
View ArticleChurch's Park Fire near Fraser human caused, 30 percent contained -- and...
Yesterday at this time, the Church's Park fire near Fraser was zero percent contained and covered approximately 450 acres. As for today's update, it's more positive in one respect, less s...
View ArticleTim Albo and Heather Cornman: Vehicle used in hit and run that badly injured...
Yesterday, we told you about a hit and run that badly injured Tim Albo and his companion, now ID'd as Heather Cornman. Albo's family asked for help finding those responsible, and now, the ...
View ArticleFuyiu Yip is suburban superhero Centennial Sage: Kenny Be's Hip Tip
Centennial Sage Real name: Fuyiu Yip; Occupation: True Acupuncturist; Suburb of operation: Centennial; Eyes: Insightful; Hair: Precise Suburban superhero skills: Centennial Sage possesses...
View ArticleMedical marijuana advertising revenue greening local papers (like this one),...
I overheard someone call our fine publication Weedword not too long ago, referencing the eight-plus pages of medical marijuana ads in the back of our print edition. Funny, and also true. A...
View ArticleDan Maes spokesman not worried about falling below 10% support, thinks TV ad...
Last week, Colorado Republican Party boss Dick Wadhams said he wasn't worried about Dan Maes falling beneath 10 percent support. But plenty of other folks seem to be, judging by today's De...
View ArticleKyle Orton is Broncos' present and future -- so will Tim Tebow sit for at...
Take in today's Denver blog posts collection. Mile High Report's Sayre Bedinger thinks Kyle Orton's passing heroics give the Broncos a great chance to win today and tomorrow. Does that me...
View ArticleCarmelo Anthony trade: Is Chris "Birdman" Anderson only Nugget sure to stay...
The Carmelo Anthony trade rumors have included frenzied speculation about possible deals involving New Jersey and, more recently, New Orleans. But with speculation about a trade to Chicago...
View ArticleHeather Kornman upgraded to fair condition after hit and run that put Tim...
First, the Denver Police Department found the car suspected of being used in a hit and run that badly injured Tim Albo and Heather Kornman. Now, the DPD has released a Kornman photo and co...
View ArticlePot legalization: Photos of Women's Marijuana Movement event in support of...
Earlier today, we previewed a noon assembly in which members of the Women's Marijuana Movement supported Proposition 19, a California measure that would legalize cannabis for adult use in ...
View ArticleJorge Moromisato, independent candidate for Senate, running as a modern day...
Jorge Moromisato is running for Colorado Senate as an independent, and whatever you think of his policies, criticism that his platform is short on specifics is not an accusation that will ...
View ArticleAlan Sudduth behind bars: Court denies new trial for 1995 killing somebody...
As recounted in the April story "The Boy Who Wouldn't Tell," Alan Sudduth has spent more than half his 31 years behind bars for the 1995 killing of Denver cab driver Finley Bradshaw Myers,...
View ArticlePatti Cramer, iconic Denver artist and longtime Westword contributor, passes...
One of the most extraordinary things about Denver is the incredible community of artists who call this place home. Whether they grew up here or simply moved here as soon as they could, in ...
View ArticleRene Ogden and twins Olivia and Chase ID'd in CO Springs deaths: Was she...
The Colorado Springs Police Department has confirmed that Rene Ogden and twins Olivia and Chase died in their home on Monday -- but not much else. Husband Tommy Ogden is reportedly coopera...
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