When Examiner.com debuted just over eight years ago, it was ballyhooed as a bold effort to harness the power of citizen journalism with the financial support of the ultimate deep-pocketed investor, Denver-based billionaire Phil Anschutz. The site’s impending death should be much quieter. Michael Roth, a Los Angeles-based spokesman for Anschutz Entertainment…
You don’t have to look far to see the long-term impact former Colorado Senator Bill Armstrong, who died of cancer yesterday at age 79, has had on the local and national political scene. Note that Friday’s Western Conservative Summit, at which presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had a very…
In May, as we reported, O.penVAPE, a Colorado-based manufacturer of vaporizer devices, cartridges and other marijuana-related products, announced that it had “submitted a proposal to partner with the Metropolitan Football Stadium District, home of the Denver Broncos, to sponsor Denver’s landmark stadium.” The company stressed that “the proposal from O.penVAPE states that…
People all over Colorado headed to the great outdoors over the extended 4th of July weekend, and the vast majority of them will remember the time with pleasure. But there are dangers hidden within all that beauty, as evidenced by the July 3 death of Haley Clarke, a nineteen-year-old from…
Darryl Glenn, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, characterizes himself as “an unapologetic Christian-Constitutional-conservative-pro-life-Second-Amendment-loving American.” But onetime Alaska governor/ex-veep candidate Sarah Palin, who continues to have EDM-star status among a certain percentage of the GOP faithful despite holding no current electoral office, winnowed that description down to a single word:…
Our Patricia Calhoun recently highlighted favorite images from This Is Colorado, a special-edition magazine published by the Denver Post way back in 1959. Readers responded to the vintage ads and photos like the one of Union Station, seen above, with nostalgia. But they also exhibited a keen eye for the intersection of yesterday…
The shocking attack on Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, which killed 49 people and injured more than fifty others earlier this month, immediately intensified the debate about guns in this country. But while many officials on the national and local level called for stricter gun control measures (and the…
Caleb Bonham didn’t need a video he shot of a violent pipe attack on the 16th Street Mall to go viral in order to become fifteen-minutes-of-famous. He’s already quite prominent thanks to D/CO Consulting, a firm he co-founded, which advises Fortune 500 companies and U.S. Senators, among others. And he…
“Anyone know what happened at Franklin and 35th?” asked a member of a page devoted to Denver’s Cole neighborhood this past weekend. “Crime scene tape….” “They shot up the house across the street from us, I was outside when it happened,” another member reported. “Police are waiting for the crime…
“This is against everything our nation stands for.” That’s how Pastor Lawson Perdue sees the announcement that he can no longer use the word “Jesus” on bus benches promoting his church, the Charis Christian Center. This edict was made even more surprising because of where it took place — in Colorado…
Boulder is under attack — from television producers eager to mark the passage of two decades since the murder of JonBenét Ramsey. And while the number of TV types who have reached out thus far is fairly modest, officials anticipate more, and are in the midst of developing a strategy about how…
“My name is Darryl Glenn, and I’m an unapologetic Christian-Constitutional-conservative-pro-life-Second-Amendment loving American.” That’s how Glenn, an El Paso County Commissioner, introduced himself at this year’s Colorado Republican Convention — and as you’ll see in a video on view below, the crowd went wild. This reaction carried over to yesterday’s primary,…
On numerous occasions over the years, we’ve posted about the most dangerous intersections in Denver — but typically, our data was compiled from previously published sources. This time around, we reached out to the Denver Police Department and asked Mary Dulacki and her team in the records unit to pull together…
Among the most famous quotes in sports is a line from boxer Mike Tyson: “Everybody has a plan ’til they get punched in the mouth.” This philosophy is at the heart of a just-filed lawsuit in the July 2014 death of Ryan Ronquillo, an alleged car thief who was killed by…
Last week, as we reported, the Denver Post announced the names of twenty employees who’d accepted buyout offers, including prominent personalities such as longtime TV columnist Joanne Ostrow and editorial page editor Vince Carroll. This number fell short of the Post’s buyout goal of 26 members of the newsroom, and observers…
Lynette Lindsey-Burton’s son, Devonne Burton, was among three people killed in a North Park Hill triple homicide on June 3 — an incident Denver police say took place as a result of a robbery gone wrong. Former CU Buffs football player Chadd Evans, Deashaun Turrentine and Dejuan Jones have been arrested…
In announcing the arrest of Chadd Evans (spelled “Chad Evans” in the press release) for a triple killing in North Park Hill, the Denver Police Department stated that “a booking photo of the suspect is not being released at this time as additional photo lineups are needed. “Denver Police ask…
What’s better than adding 15 percent more land to Red Rocks Park? Doing so at no extra cost to taxpayers. Yes, it’s true. On Wednesday, June 29, at a meeting of the Denver City Council infrastructure and culture committee, Denver Parks and Recreation will officially present a proposal to designate…
Young couples are frequently encouraged to write wills and make estate plans that will be ready in the event of unexpected death — but few of them do so. Such a tragedy seems too unlikely to most to undertake such a sad task. But Travis and Samantha Mason were an…
Irony alert: The Denver Post’s internal communication about employees taking a buyout offer announced in April included a correction. The first memo, sent out yesterday evening by new Post editor Lee Ann Colacioppo (she took over from Greg Moore, who resigned in March), featured eighteen names. A few minutes later, managing editor…
The topic of short-term rentals is a controversial one in Denver right now, given new rules just approved by the city council that restrict owners to operating an STR out of their primary residence only. But the field is infinitely more wide open when it comes to the sort of short-term…
Editor’s note: This post is the third in a three-part series about violence on the 16th Street Mall. Access part one by clicking “Inside the Bloody Stabbing on the 16th Street Mall You Haven’t Heard About.” Access part two by clicking “Denver’s Top Block for Arrests and an Advocate’s Take on…
