This Facebook photo of Alese Silva makes her look like the most unlikely possible person ever to be arrested on a kidnapping charge. But she and Ivan Lopez have both been formally charged with the crime, which netted a brief joy ride and $80 in cash. Silva’s booking photos is…
In June 2013, Fairplay’s Evan Graham disappeared — and since then, his sister, Alani Morrison, held out hope that he’d be found alive and safe. Late last month, those hopes were dashed when his buried remains were found. Now, Audra Moquist, his former girlfriend, and her brother, Jarrod Moquist, have…
In recent years, as we’ve noted in past posts, there have been plenty of complaints about the supposedly intrusive nature of airport searches conducted by Transportation Security Administration personnel. Among those speaking out was Jamelyn Steenhoek, who said that her DIA pat-down qualified as sexual assault. No criminal charges were filed…
A reader whose comment we shared in a recent Comment of the Day took some Colorado natives to task for boasting about their status. The post’s headline: “Don’t Say You’re From Colorado Every Five Seconds Like a Vegan.” The topic inspired another reader who came to Colorado from elsewhere to write…
Denver blog posts are very conscientious. At our Arts blog, Bree Davies lists the five ways not to park like a jerk in Denver — including leave two to three feet of space between vehicles when parallel parking. A grabby Colorado Pols headline reads, “Health Department to Colorado Republicans: You’ve…
Our post earlier today highlighting sexist comments made about reporter Chase Olivarius-McAllister by sheriff’s office employees who didn’t realize their conversation was being recorded demonstrates the continuing challenges women face in the workplace. So, too, do cases involving Stephanie Barnett, a Montrose city employee who claims she was fired due to her…
In December 2013, we told you about the arrest of Traci Cunningham on charges that she murdered her adoptive mother, Penelope Cunningham, and left her body in a remote part of Eagle County. Traci Cunningham has now been found guilty of the crime. But it wasn’t a smooth road to a…
The latest numbers in regard to rent prices in Denver are out. And in the majority of metro-Denver communities, the upward trend continues. The data, courtesy of ApartmentList.com, calculate rent prices during the month of August for ten cities in the area. Numbers include the average cost of one- and…
What happened to Durango Herald reporter Chase Olivarius-McAllister is both hilarious and appalling. Hilarious because several law enforcers make incredible asses out of themselves. Appalling because it’s indicative of the way too many men treat women in the media and the workforce in general. As first reported by Jezebel, La Plata County Deputy…
Is Denver Mayor Michael Hancock trying to downplay violent incidents on the 16th Street Mall? That’s the implication of a new report from Fox31, which quotes Hancock spokeswoman Amber Miller as turning down the station’s request for a sit-down interview with the mayor because the outlet is simply trying to “keep…
A chain restaurant in a bedroom community is among the unlikelier locations for a fatal shooting. But that’s what happened at the Pizza Ranch outlet in Loveland last night. A man who allegedly grabbed a patron at the restaurant was shot dead by a Loveland police officer. And it all…
The days of federal marijuana arrests are not over in Colorado. Alfonso Rodriguez-Vazquez and Nestor Fabian Sinaloa-Sinaloa, both Mexican nationals, found that out the hard way. They were busted in relation to a big pot grow in Routt National Forest. However, the announcement about the case from the U.S. Attorney’s…
Our post about the latest stabbing near the 16th Street Mall focused on safety concerns in the area. That’s especially true given an incident that preceded the most recent crime: the beating of a couple dining outside a restaurant on the mall, reportedly by a group of teens upset about being…
Denver blog posts note comings and goings. Our Food & Drink crew’s restaurant roll call for August lists eight eateries that gave up the ghost and 21 new arrivals, not counting re-openings. Colorado Peak Politics isn’t exactly leading the campaign on behalf of Jefferson County School Board hopeful Paula Noonan. Denver…
Larry Stevenson certainly had plenty of connections. A former Denver police officer turned high-profile employee for the city’s Excise and License department, Stevenson was a personal friend of Denver mayor Michael Hancock, even serving as best man at his wedding. In addition, he created an anti-crime system known as Transportation on…
Over the years, we’ve written about a number of tragedies that occurred after parents left young children unsupervised in a bathtub. Take the 2011 case of Fort Lupton’s Shannon Johnson, whose one-year-old son drowned while she was playing Cafe World on Facebook. Within months, Johnson was sentenced to ten years behind…
Last week, after we shared our latest “You Know You’re From Denver When” punchlines, we asked readers to share their favorite way of completing that sentence. One person, Matt Morava, went above and beyond the call, submitting an entire top ten list — one that we shared in the days that…
While medical marijuana patients talk up the health benefits of MMJ, anti-pot activists insist that cannabis actually impairs brain function, among other things. For a laundry list of why marijuana is bad for you, see this Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment report from earlier this year. Turns out,…
A recent Comment of the Day post in which a reader argued that too many Coloradans display out-of-state hate revved up even more conversation. Many of the remarks came from people born elsewhere. According to them, an antipathy for folks who don’t have roots in the state is stronger here than…
Denver blog posts investigate the sour as well as the sweet. At our Food & Drink blog, Gretchen Kurtz explores Denver’s love of sour beer with Avery Brewing Company reps. Denver Stiffs’ Jeffrey Morton shares his picks for the best dunkers in Denver Nuggets history. Colorado Pols gets both medical…
A few months back, we posted about the setting of the September 16 marijuana tax holiday, which some ganjapreneurs see as potentially becoming the second 4/20 of 2015. In the context of that piece, we also provided info about House Bill 15-1367, an effort by the State of Colorado to hang on…
Early this month, we reported about a couple attacked on the 16th Street Mall for complaining about littering, as well as complaints about a fourteen-minute delay in police response to the incident, which is said to have involved somewhere between ten and twenty teens. The couple was badly beaten and…
