Roofers not waiting to cash in on high wind in Commerce City
DIA wasn't the only place that experienced high winds and hail yesterday. Commerce City also got pounded, to the apparent delight of every roofer within a hundred miles. A resident of the...
View ArticleJohn Hickenlooper: Republicans use part of Democratic guv ad in latest jobs slap
The latest assault on Democratic guv candidate John Hickenlooper from the Republican Governors Association is at least novel. It features part of an ad for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, a De...
View ArticleLacrosse world championship coming to Denver in 2014
As Joel Warner reports in this week's cover story, Denver has become a lacrosse hotbed for reasons ranging from the growing reputation of DU's squad, coached by six-time national champ Bil...
View ArticleDenver Zoo's sheep baby daddys are working overtime: Five new lambs!
You know what's the most effing adorable thing ever? Baby sheep. And maybe baby monkeys and baby giraffes and horny polar bears named Cranbeary. But definitely not naked mole rats. And...
View ArticleErik Osborn gets another ten years in community corrections
Erik Osborn has been convicted twice of felony theft -- but the developer won't be going to the Big House. Yesterday, Denver District Judge Robert McGahey sentenced Osborn to ten years of co...
View ArticleCar as murder weapon?: Aurora cops investigate strange death on North...
At this point, it's hard to know if a crime took place on the 1900 block of North Ensenada Court yesterday. And if so, what kind. We know two major facts at this point. First, a man in th...
View ArticleAdam Schefter of ESPN, Lou From Littleton part of group buying Jack-FMs
Back in February, we noted that "Dealin' Doug" Moreland had purchased Denver's two Jack FM stations, with the outlets' websites coming down the next month. We told you to expect format cha...
View ArticleMedical marijuana timeline: What a long, strange trip it's been
With dispensaries on every street corner, legislators having rolled out the first regulatory system for statewide marijuana distribution in the country and activists seriously considering an...
View ArticleGary Coleman critically ill in Utah hospital after reported fall, head injury
When last we heard from former Denver resident Gary Coleman, back in February, he'd broken into our Busted Former Child Star Mug Shot Hall of Fame thanks to the bizarre image seen here. Bu...
View ArticleDemaryius Thomas on Twitter: Broncos receiver's tweets get dull after X-ray...
The biggest problem for athletes on Twitter: If they write anything remotely interesting, it causes a shit storm. As a result, NFL tweeters mostly settle for tapping out bland notes about ...
View ArticleScott McInnis implying he has 9.12 Project endorsement when he doesn't?
Across the country, major party candidates who've been associated with the so-called establishment have had a far tougher time than anticipated. No wonder Republican Scott McInnis asked Ma...
View ArticleMedical marijuana festival to feature on-site dispensing -- and Corey Feldman?
The Colorado Medical Marijuana Festival, taking place on Sunday, May 30, at Longmont's Radisson Hotel (click here for details), has several unusual attributes. For one thing, says event or...
View ArticleFrontier Airlines badger could be named for Twilight fang-banger Bella
Last month, Republic Airways Holdings decided to marry Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines under the Frontier name. Then, in a bid to placate potentially pissed-off Midwest fans, the com...
View ArticleTom Tancredo and his band to star at Arizona immigration rally: Kenny Be's...
While many of America's celebrities announce their Arizona boycott plans, Colorado's most famous performer is preparing a big show of support. Inspired by the new immigration law passed by ...
View ArticleBaby daddy unknown: Missing fathers can throw kinks into adoption plan
Readers of the Denver Daily News saw an unusual item in a recent issue. The "Notice of Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment of Parental Rights" was addressed from attorney Virginia L. Fra...
View ArticleMedical marijuana protest: Marchers to wear pro-pot T-shirts in Aurora mall
Yesterday, we told you the story of John Gailey, who was cited for trespassing and banned from the Town Center of Aurora mall for a year because he refused to take off a "Yes We Cannabis" T...
View ArticleTim Tebow-Kyle Orton-Brady Quinn competition for Broncos QB a good thing
Pluck the fruit from three Denver blogs. At Mile High Report, ejruiz tells the MSM that the Tim Tebow-Kyle Orton-Brady Quinn quarterback competition "isn't controversial. No one involved w...
View ArticleShmuck of the Week?: Why don't you just ask David Sirota
It has come to our attention that liberal talking head David Sirota has, for some unknown amount of time, been naming various people the Shmuck of the Week. It's a very childish, reactionary...
View ArticleKen Salazar under fire: Can he survive the spill?
It was fairly predictable that Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar would emerge as the whipping-boy of conservative pundits over the Deepwater Horizon spill. What better symbol of the al...
View ArticleBolder Boulder: Baby-wearing moms and dads to walk six miles with Junior...
Baby strollers can be great. They're great for pushing babies at the park, carrying shopping bags at the mall or filling with tin cans redeemable for five cents each. Know what they're no...
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