Getting famous in 2015 can be as easy as taking off your shirt. If you look like Ethan Renoe, that is. The Littleton resident has suddenly become Internet famous thanks to an interview with WGN in Chicago during which he was sans top — a clip that has been viewed…
We recently asked our Facebook friends about a topic that’s particularly timely on a snowy, school-closing day like today: driving in Denver. Specifically, we invited folks to share their biggest Denver-area driving pet peeves. And you definitely came through. Look below to see a selection of your responses, capped by…
Ian Scheuermann and Sean Hudson were both students at CU Boulder. Scheuermann is listed as a junior pursuing majors in computer science and physics, while Hudson was a graduate student focusing in psychology And while they don’t appear to have been friends, the Boulder Police Department maintains that they had mutual acquaintances —…
Following the officer-involved-shooting death of Tuan Hoang on November 30, the Aurora Police Department released an unusual amount of material in relation to the case, including radio transmissions and photos related to Hoang’s meat cleaver attack, including a gory image of a gash the weapon left in the head of…
Each year around this time, Rolling Stone magazine unveils its “Hot List” — the hottest musicians, actors, actresses and what-not on the current scene. And this time around, Colorado — and more specifically, Colorado marijuana — made the cut. The mag’s Steve Knopper — a Colorado-based writer we recently profiled in…
In a recent Comment of the Day, a reader said that people who buy cannabis here with the intention of bringing it back to their state should stay home and work toward legalizing marijuana there. One reader saw this take as an example of Colorado natives who’d like to keep…
Denver blog posts love to dress up. The folks at our Arts blog highlight Denver’s most excellent 2015 cosplayers. The Colorado Independent’s Susan Greene reports that the rift between Denver mayor Michael Hancock and black leaders is deepening. The Broncos may have lost, but Mile High Hockey’s Ryan Murphy notes…
Our roundup of 2015’s most memorable booking photos features images that run the gamut of human emotions. Anger. Pain. Defiance. Sorrow. Cockiness. And plenty more. Today’s post spotlights women’s mug shots. A post devoted to men’s mug shots is forthcoming. Check out the forty pics that stuck in our mind…
We knew Brock Osweiler wouldn’t go undefeated as an NFL starter. But that didn’t lessen the sting of the Denver Broncos’ completely dispiriting 15-12 loss to the hated Oakland Raiders yesterday. Reasons why not? The Broncos were home, the Raiders are mediocre, the Denver defense played another stellar game in…
American Horror Story: Freak Show actress Rose Siggins, who grew up in Pueblo, died in Denver on Saturday, December 12. She was just 43-years-old. Siggins’s death is the second this year to strike a member of the Freak Show cast, and her fellow actors have responded with grief mixed with gratitude for…
We recently posted about Indio, California deciding to ban medical marijuana after a committee of officials did cannabis research in Colorado. They were guided for much of their tour by law-enforcement representatives here, who took them to Stoner Hill and otherwise emphasized problems they say are associated with legal pot…
Denver blog posts are on the lookout for mistletoe. At our Arts blog, Lauren Archuleta highlights five Denver holiday dates that will warm up any relationship. Colorado Peak Politics on a tweet in which an ACLU board members appears to call for the shooting of Donald Trump supporters. Denver Urbanism’s Ken…
A case currently making national news deals with incidents that took place in California and Utah. But it has two notable Colorado connections. Thirty-year-old California resident Michael Cavallari vanished on November 27 after abandoning his car just off Interstate 70 in Grand County, Utah. Cavallari is the brother of Colorado-born…
Unfortunately, there have been no shortage of police brutality lawsuits filed against officers and departments in metro-Denver communities during recent years. However, the complaint just filed by Kent Lasnik against two Federal Heights police officers, Mark Magness and David Romero, and the department’s chief, Karl Wilmes, stands out for the startling…
In recent months, we’ve been telling you about a new Peak Period Shoulder Lane — shorthanded as PPSL — constructed along a thirteen-mile stretch of Interstate 70 from Floyd Hill to Empire. Tomorrow — Saturday, December 12 — the lane will finally be available for drivers to use during what…
We know we’ve entered in to the holiday season when our friends from ARC Thrift Stores unveil their annual list of top ten White Elephant gifts. Each year since 2010, we’ve shared selections from the often wacky merchandise available for purchase at ARC — and each year, the items seem…
At this writing, news crews from multiple Denver TV stations are set up outside Denver Health Medical Center. The reason: the shooting of Denver police officer Tony Lopez Jr. — an officer who the Denver Police Department had credited as being among its best cops in 2014 thanks to a…
A visit to the Appreciation of Booted Newswomen blogspot was a revelation. We had no idea that there’s an entire subculture of folks (dudes, most likely, but we hate to presume) who get hot and bothered at the sight of female news personalities in skirts and high boots. But this…
Assorted reports have suggested that rent prices in Denver are beginning to level off, with the average price dipping beneath $1,000 for a one-bedroom apartment in sixteen metro-area neighborhoods. But costs remain high in many other Mile High City places. And they’ve certainly taken their toll on this reader, who…
Denver blog posts aren’t afraid to cross state lines. At our Food blog, Patricia Calhoun writes about protests in Tucson, Arizona over the Illegal Pete’s name. Denver PR Blog remembers CH2M Hill Vice President of Media & Public Relations John Corsi, who passed away this weekend at age 48. Denver Stiffs’…
Some marijuana dispensary stick-ups devolve into unintentional comedy — like, for instance, the case of Hayden May, who is said to have known everyone at the pot shop he tried to knock over earlier this year and actually apologized during the crime. The robbery of Sweet Leaf Pioneer Carbondale was infinitely more…
Earlier this year, we interviewed Amy Hasinoff, a CU Denver communications professor and the author of Sexting Panic, a book highly critical of the way our society deals with the sexting phenomenon — often by criminalizing teens who take part in the activity. “One of the reasons we have such terrible…
