Earlier this month, we shared Denver Police Department statistics showing that crime in the city was up in seven of nine categories, including homicides, which jumped an alarming 72.4 percent over the previous year. There were fifty homicides in Denver during 2015 — and it didn’t take long for the…
Michael Lee Marshall, a homeless man who reportedly struggled with symptoms related to paranoid schizophrenia, died in Denver Detention Center this past November after being restrained by deputies. The Denver coroner’s office has ruled Marshall’s death a homicide — but the City of Denver has thus far refused to release video of…
Tom Brady is the quarterback Broncos fans most love to hate — and we love to share the hate memes they and other Brady haters create. And, as luck would have it, there’s another great reason to assemble a Tom Brady hate memes collection like this one. And it’s not…
The Colorado Department of Corrections is confirming that Aurora theater shooter James Holmes has been moved from San Carlos Correctional Facility in Pueblo, where he’d been housed since a transfer from the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City. What officials aren’t saying is where Holmes is now — but it could…
Patricia Calhoun’s post listing ten things to expect when your state legalizes marijuana stirred a lot of conversation. And it also inspired some of our readers to offer items of their own — some of them controversial. Take the first take below, which some readers saw as equating legal cannabis sales…
Denver blog posts have a lot of crust. At Westword Food & Drink, Linnea Covington offers up her picks for the ten best pizza places in Denver, 2016 edition. The Colorado Independent’s Corey Hutchins details a new bill that would make execution easier in Colorado. Mile High Hockey’s Ryan Murphy waxes…
Earlier today, our Brian Badzmierowski offered ten reasons why Tom Brady and the New England Patriots will kick the Denver Broncos’ ass in this Sunday’s AFC championship game. But there appears to be considerably more optimism among ticket sellers — unless their positivity is based on their belief that Patriots…
At times, life sentences can seem excessive. Take the case of Katina Smith, mother of Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, who got life for her connection to a cocaine ring operated by her mother, even though Katina didn’t actually deal any drugs. President Barack Obama commuted her sentence after…
CSU Rams basketball team member Emmanuel Omogbo reportedly plans to play in the squad’s game at 7 p.m. tonight versus the Air Force Academy. Ordinarily, such a decision wouldn’t be all that newsworthy. But Omogbo is still reeling from a horrific tragedy. Early yesterday morning, his parents, as well as his niece…
The Aurora Police Department Facebook page keeps followers up to date on the latest events. But it also highlights galleries of vivid photos from its past, which we’ve shared in a series of posts from the past few years featuring badass Aurora cops from the 1950s, 1970s and 1980s. But, as…
Onetime Conifer resident Kelsey Hauser’s Facebook page offers no clues about her sad and violent end. The gallery is filled with benign portraits that find her capturing the scenery around her Colorado home or Southern California, as well as shots in which she cuddles with puppies. But this weekend, she…
Last month, we reported about a Colorado marijuana fact-finding mission involving officials from Indio, California. Their tour featured plenty of input from local law-enforcement reps who emphasized problems with legal cannabis — and afterward, Indio’s city council authored a proposal to ban medical marijuana there. A similar journey through the Colorado…
Our recent post about public vaping bans in fourteen Colorado cities (with Greenwood Village likely to become the fifteenth) inspired a Comment of the Day that prompted a slew of additional responses. In it, a reader argued that smokers and vapers shouldn’t be so effing selfish in public. Plenty of vapers…
Denver blog posts have deep roots. At Westword Arts, Lauri Lynnxe Murphy tells those who responded to her recent post about Denver transplants what they’re missing in regard to homelessness and more. Colorado Peak Politics reveals that pink is the new orange when it comes to hunting gear in Colorado. Denver Infill’s…
The tweet — in which a teacher is compared to a penis prior to the use of the hashtag #douchebag — seems like the kind of thing a pissed-off student might send. But it went out into cyberspace from the (now-deleted) Twitter account of a teachers union, the Douglas County…
The Broncos’ victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Sunday’s NFL playoffs game hasn’t convinced many folks that Denver and Peyton Manning can defeat the Tom Brady-led New England Patriots and make it to another Super Bowl. Oddsmakers have made the Patriots the favorites in this weekend’s AFC championship game, even…
PassiveAggressiveNotes.com collects notes, signs and what-not written by folks who are mad as hell about something or other — but they’re trying (in vain) not to show it. As was the case for our previous collections of passive-aggressive notes from Colorado, we discovered lots of passivity that was as aggressive as…
The first item on this week’s Cannabis Calendar pertained to a company dedicated to helping couples create the ultimate stoner wedding. This concept proved surprisingly contentious among our readers. One thread featured a debate about whether criticizing a marijuana-themed wedding was justified when so many ceremonies are awash in alcohol. Here’s…
Denver blog posts know that going downhill can be a good thing. Earlier this month, the folks at Westword Arts shared a huge list of things to do at Colorado ski areas and ski towns in January — and there are at least 21 events on the roster that are still…
Last year, a coalition of Denver officials, business representatives and cannabis advocates agreed to work together to create a workable policy that would create a legal way for adults to consume marijuana in a public place in the Mile High City. But more than four months have passed since the effort…
A caption on the Facebook photo of 32-year-old Ramone Lonergan seen above reads, “I took this picture the day Ramone was free! Now I am posting this as a symbol of his eternal freedom. This is him in heaven with all his and our loved ones that have left! I…
Your Denver Broncos may be a number one seed going into Sunday’s playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, but the team landed just one player on the NFL’s first-team all pro squad: Von Miller. But Von is in a league of his own when it comes to a mastery of…
