During this week’s snowstorm, plenty of people shared their thoughts on social media — but they definitely didn’t agree on whether the weather event was a good thing or a bad thing. Hence our post, headlined, “Top 20 Tweets About Hating and Loving the Denver Snowstorm.” More likes and dislikes…
Denver blog posts march steadily toward the future. At Westword Food & Drink, Patricia Calhoun shares the skinny about longtime Jefferson Park staple La Loma heading downtown. Predominantly Orange’s Sayre Bedinger looks into the stories of Broncos contract players in the Super Bowl. Big Media’s Jason Salzman writes about U.S. Senate…
Criticism continues to be lobbed at the Denver Police Department and other law enforcers in the city over alleged brutality incidents. Just last week, for instance, we told you about a lawsuit filed against Denver police officer Choice Johnson, who was caught on video tossing a man down a set…
It’s been one of the biggest federal marijuana prosecutions in the Denver area since the passage of Amendment 64 — featuring a high-profile raid and more than two years’ worth of allegations involving weapons and $500,000 in Colombian cash said to have been dumped into the Colorado pot industry. But…
Kaleb Andre Serrano will never get to know his father, Jorge Serrano. But he’ll grow up knowing his dad died while trying to be there for his birth. Serrano, a 29-year-old resident of Greeley, was killed in a crash on Monday, February 1, as he rushed to the hospital where…
Most people who move to Colorado are interested in an active lifestyle. And that includes those who come to our fair state to retire. No wonder Colorado did so well in a WalletHub study that names the best and worst states in which to retire. A key factor used to…
Earlier today, we told you about Broncos practice squad player Ryan Murphy being sent home from the Super Bowl after he was questioned in regard to the investigation of a prostitution sting. Although Murphy wasn’t cited for a crime, his name has now been linked with prostitution due to the Broncos/Super…
Broncos safety Ryan Murphy couldn’t have been expecting to make many headlines during Super Bowl week. While he traveled with the team to Santa Clara, where the big game will be played on Sunday, February 7, he couldn’t play, since he’s a member of the practice squad. But Murphy managed…
It’s a change that neatly symbolizes how times have changed in Colorado. Two Pueblo companies are in the process of opening what’s described as the “first hemp/CBD dispensary” in the community. And the site’s operation was once home to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. The companies in question are CBDRx,…
Our report about the brawl at the Colorado Motorcycle Expo over the weekend left one person dead and a number of others injured. Members of two motorcycle clubs, the Mongols and the Iron Order, took part, with one person identified as a Colorado Department of Corrections employee. Other reports suggested…
Denver blogs are about achieving balance in the universe. At Westword Food & Drink, our Cafe Society crew catalogs Denver restaurant/bar openings and closings for January, with those coming narrowly outdistancing the closures. Mile High Report’s Scotty Payne captures the madness of Super Bowl 50 opening night. The Colorado Independent: “Fire…
Stephen Moore is a reportedly a male stripper from Oklahoma. But this week, he found himself in Aspen, and he’ll be there for a while. He was jailed after allegedly shooting video up the skirts of two girls, ages fourteen and fifteen, and injuring a nine-year-old boy as he tried to…
The fallout continues from the biker brawl at the Colorado Motorcycle Expo on January 30 — a melee that killed a man now identified by the Denver coroner’s office as Victor Mendoza, 46, and injured several others. Mendoza is said to have been a member of a motorcycle club known…
Do you hate today’s Denver snowstorm? Or love it? Twitter Nation seems pretty evenly divided. For everyone complaining about bad roads and related inconveniences, there’s somebody celebrating a snow day (most schools in the metro area are closed) or the beauty of the scene. To capture the contradiction, we’ve juxtaposed…
As those of you who have ventured into the elements this morning know from personal experience, a snowstorm is currently hitting the Denver metro area. The snowfall totals have led to school cancellations in Denver, Aurora, Cherry Creek and beyond. Meanwhile, the Colorado Department of Transportation has chosen this particular…
Given Colorado’s role as a leader when it come progressive marijuana policy, it’s natural to assume our medical marijuana rules and regulations are the best in the nation. But according to a new report from Americans for Safe Access, that simply isn’t true. In the document, on view below in…
Not caught up in the hoopla over the Denver Broncos’ upcoming appearance in Super Bowl 50? Then you’ll identify with this reader. In response to our post about the top ten celebrity Broncos fans, he expressed complete antipathy for the game and disbelief that so many folks locally give a…
Denver blogs are always moving. At Westword Food & Drink, Lindsey Bartlett reveals that Juicing Tree and Laughing Latte are among nine businesses displaced by the sale of Dickinson Plaza at West 32nd and Tejon. Colorado Peak Politics notes that state senator Ray Scott isn’t running for the U.S. Senate seat…
The Colorado Rapids signed Marco Pappa because of his skills on the pitch. But they got a little something extra — bizarre publicity involving Pappa’s stabbing two days after the Rapids pact was inked. Among the possible suspects is Stormy Keffeler, a former Miss Washington who was reportedly found with…
Denver rent isn’t cheap — but at least the prices are beginning to level off. That’s the overall message delivered in the Apartment Association of Metro Denver’s report about apartment and rental rates in the Mile High City during the fourth quarter of 2015. According to a massive survey shared…
A recent Washington Post headline reads, “Sorry Broncos, Almost Everyone Betting on Panthers in Super Bowl 50” — and that’s no exaggeration. An overwhelming number of bettors have placed their money on Cam Newton and the Panthers — and as a result, the point spread has widened. Carolina opened as a 3.5…
A melee between two motorcycle clubs, the Mongols and the Iron Order, at the National Western Complex over the weekend ended with a stabbing and one death and plenty of blame being directed in opposite directions. We don’t yet know the identities of everyone involved, including the dead man. But…
