Broncos Nation — and two of our writers — are debating whether Brock Osweiler or Peyton Manning should start the next Denver Broncos playoffs game, slated for Sunday, January 17. But whatever decision is made, there’s no question Osweiler’s profile has been rising of late. Witness the online debate over the…
The folks with Kaos Pizzeria, located at 1439 South Pearl, really, really want to catch the guy who burglarized the restaurant early on January 3. Indeed, they’re offering free pizza for a year to anyone providing the information that brings the dude to justice — and they’ve shared not one, not…
The latest crime statistics available from the Denver Police Department don’t feature a lot of good news. The stats available at this writing cover January-November 2015 — figures we’ve compared to the same period the previous year. And the numbers are up in seven of nine categories, including all four offenses…
A recent Comment of the Day found one reader arguing that Colorado was awesome before so many people moved here for the weed. No surprise that plenty of people disagreed about whether this viewpoint represents fact or fiction. However, the following take stood out for its sunny positivity. Here’s the…
Denver blog posts are at home with foam. At Westword’s Food & Drink, Jonathan Shikes writes about thirty amazing Colorado beers from 2015. Denver Egotist highlights Joshua Jevons’s collection of 88 marks. The Colorado Independent’s Marianne Goodman: “Colorado’s new voting-machine mandates irk cash-strapped counties.”…
Last month, we told you about the arrests of three teenage girls in Colorado for alleged violent plots against their respective schools. Two of them were sixteen-year-olds who attended Mountain Vista High School — and who authorities in Douglas County took into custody on suspicion of conspiracy to commit first-degree…
We first told you about the Fourth Corner Credit Union back in November 2014, with our William Breathes noting that it was “set to open” — possibly as soon as January 1, 2015 — “and even has the backing of Governor John Hickenlooper, who calls it the ‘end of the line’…
Colorado marijuana sales topped $100 million in August, and even though subsequent revenue totals haven’t hit those heights, the success of the recreational cannabis sales here and in a handful of other municipalities is clearly having an impact well beyond state lines. As evidence, check out a new report from Public…
As we recently reported, Colorado added 100,986 residents in 2015, landing it in second position among fastest-growing states. The lifestyle and scenery in Colorado are two big reasons why, and marijuana legalization is likely a factor, too. But another influence is the economy — and specifically the job market, which…
We recently shared a Comment of the Day in which a reader encouraged the homeless in Denver to move to California. This item spurred a vigorous conversation, with many of those arguing that Denver needs to come up with better solutions for those without shelters. And then there was this unique…
Denver blog posts mourn every delicious passing. At Westword’s Food & Drink, our complete restaurant roll call for 2015 features more than 250 restaurants that opened last year — and 108 that closed. Denver Stiff’s Andrew Feinstein considers whether it’s time for the Denver Nuggets to trade Danilo Gallinari. Coyote Gulch…
Last month, we noted that gun sales were booming in Colorado following mass shootings in Colorado Springs and San Bernardino. According to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System, 42,271 background checks for gun purchases were made in Colorado during November 2015 — a total higher than it’s been in that…
If you’re wondering what the hell has been going on on 84th Avenue between Interstate 25 and Confer Road this morning, the short answer is: plenty. Roads were closed and a SWAT team was dispatched after a police chase involving two female carjacking suspects. The standoff ended a short time…
When perusing our Marijuana archives, we made a simple yet profound discovery: A lot of the cannabis-related posts we published in 2015 were, for want of a better word, weird. And definitely worth sharing again. Below, find excerpts five of the strangest pot stories from last year, complete with photos…
Corrie Houck was once a candidate for Denver City Council’s second district — but the petition to get her name on the ballot contained some names of folks known for residing elsewhere. Examples: Big Bird, Ernie and Bert, who are known to live on Sesame Street. As for John Charles…
For the folks at Creative Treatment Options, a substance abuse clinic in Arvada, a weekend fire that decimated the facility qualifies as very unfortunate. But not nearly as unfortunate as the fact that John Rutter, an addiction counselor at the facility, remains missing at this writing. At approximately 10 a.m…
In 2013, Colorado passed a THC driving bill, which established a cannabis intoxication level of 5 nanograms per milliliter of blood. The standard was controversial from the jump, in part because THC tends to react very differently depending upon who consumes it — and the substance lingers in one’s system…
In a recent Comment of the Day, a reader argued that Colorado natives are starting to sound like Donald Trump. His point? He thinks some of those born in Colorado would like to build a wall around the state, so no one else can move here — sort of like…
Denver blogs plan to get buzzed in 2016. In Westword’s Food & Drink, Chelsea Keeney names the seven best new Denver coffee shops of 2015. Big Media’s Jason Salzman wonders: “Is the Colorado Republican Party trying to hide something?” Mile High Hockey’s Ryan Murphy sums up his recap of the…
Even as Peyton Manning is celebrating the Broncos’ comeback win over the San Diego Chargers yesterday, which secured a number 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs for the team, controversy continues to swirl around allegations that he used human growth hormones during his recovery from 2011 neck surgeries…
Penny Parker, who was once among the most popular and powerful members in local journalism as a columnist for the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post, died last night at the age of 62. At this writing, the cause of death hasn’t been determined. The Post’s obituary of Parker notes that…
Yesterday, Broncos fans saw a new chapter in the Peyton Manning legend happen live during Denver’s 27-20 win over the San Diego Chargers. And it was beautiful. For the first time since 1994, when he was a freshman at Tennessee, Manning was in a backup role. But while Brock Osweiler…
