Last week, we told you about the tragic story of Katie Bartlett, who died from a lightning strike just days after her wedding. Fifteen-year-old Brian Tena was also struck by lightning — and while he survived, the impact of this event has been shattering for him and his family. He…
The decision of the Denver coroner’s office to list marijuana intoxication as a contributing factor in a 2014 death was controversial at the time. And it still is. The Centers for Disease Control is using the death of Levy Thamba, a nineteen-year-old student who feel from a hotel balcony after…
Denver blog posts generally keep their shirts on (but not always). At our Arts blog, Bree Davies argues that your shirtless, drunk, entitled behavior is ruining the festival experience. Denver Infill’s Ryan Dravitz curates the final update on the Broadstone Blake Street project in the Ballpark neighborhood. Matt Gross, writing…
Last November, we introduced you to Gordon Klingenschmitt, who we described as an “exorcism-doing, gay-slamming just-elected State Representative” — from the Colorado Springs area, naturally. Since then, Klingenschmitt, a preacher who delivers regular YouTube sermons for his ministry, PrayInJesusName.com, has provided plenty of fodder for critics, claiming, for instance, that…
This year’s heavy rains in Colorado have led to a staggering number of drownings in the state. Among those we’ve memorialized in this space are Jason McKain and Chris Danko, both of whom drowned in Boulder Creek, Steven Kelly, who drowned in the Arkansas River, and Joey Goodwin, who drowned while…
Earlier this month, 22-year-old David Wheat Jr. was killed after being shot eleven times by Fort Collins police officers. The incident shares elements of two themes we’ve been exploring in this space of late. The first is suicide by cop, recently decried by the Las Vegas Police Department as a…
The folks at FindTheBest.com have pulled together lists of the most and least respected companies in America. And unfortunately, a Colorado firm is on the latter roster. The data is culled from two rounds of Harris Poll surveys. The first asked 4,000 respondents to list America’s most visible companies, while the…
A seventeen-year-old male in Pueblo died late Monday night of a single gunshot wound to the head. This scenario suggests suicide, but members of the Pueblo Police Department believe the actual explanation is stranger. The PPD maintains that the teen killed himself while playing a game of Russian Roulette. Just…
There have been no shortage of officer-involved shootings in the metro area of late. Incidents include the gun-down of armed suspect Chisom Nwandilibe near 17th and Broadway and the April wounding of wanted identity thief Kyle “Twitch” Moore in Greeley. Now, it’s Boulder’s turn. Late last night, a Boulder police…
The Denver Police Department is hardly seen as a booster of legal marijuana. The DPD’s official policy is to enforce laws in the city and the state, and the department has done so in a manner some critics see as heavy-handed. Take the raids conducted at marijuana clubs over 4/20…
In a recent Comment of the Day, a reader argued that there isn’t shit to see in Denver if you came from a more beautiful city. We expected some push-back regarding this opinion, and we were right. Plenty of folks argued that Denver is definitely an attractive place above and…
Denver blog posts make history one item at a time. At our Food & Drink blog, Patricia Calhoun notes that Historic Denver is pushing a petition to save the Tavern Uptown building. Colorado Peak Politics asks: “Who Will Lead State Board of Education?” Coyote Gulch: May rains and cooperation benefit…
These days, the Confederate flag doesn’t have a lot of defenders. Yet Manitou Springs activist Patricia Cameron has been arrested for burning one — and the circumstances of the bust have resulted in national headlines. Turns out Cameron was cited late at night about three weeks after the well-publicized torching…
Tom Trout, 42 years, 2 months Claire Martin, 31 years, 9 months Lori Smith, 30 years, 8 months Maureen Scance, 29 years, 11 months Joanne Davidson, 29 years, 8 months Steve Raabe, 3 days short of 29 years Allen Daniel, 27 years, 2 months Vickie Heath, 26 years, 10 months…
The number of homicides that took place in Denver during the first half of 2015 — twenty — is fairly typical. For example, we cataloged twenty homicides during the first six months of 2012, and 22 in 2013. But that doesn’t make the latest ones any less tragic for the…
Back in May, we shared a list of the 37 reasons why the time was right for the Rockies to trade Troy Tulowitzki. The number corresponded to the times Tulowitzki had been injured during his pro-baseball career — 36 — plus the additional factor that he was actually healthy at…
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses a death in Colorado that was tied to a marijuana cookie as an example of why there should be stricter pot-edibles regulations and better messaging about their consumption not just here but in many places across the country…
Frontier Airlines has had a rough past few months. First, there was an awful customer-service performance in the Air Travel Consumer Report, issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation. That was followed by the resignation of Frontier CEO Dave Siegel. And that’s not to mention the complaints that continue to…
Denver blog posts have a feeling this cadet and Taylor Swift are never, ever, ever getting together…. At our Music blog, Kiernan Maletsky shares Air Force Academy Cadet Brett Hagen’s video invitation to Taylor Swift regarding the 2016 USAFA Ring Dance. Predominantly Orange’s Sayre Bedinger on Shane Ray’s mom setting…
A few months back, we told you about the decision by the administration of Twin Peaks Charter Academy to block valedictorian Evan Young from delivering a speech during graduation. The reason: Young planned to come out as gay during the address. From the beginning, the school denied wrongdoing, even though…
It seems like the construction of a rail line to Denver International Airport has been going on forever. But finally, the end is in sight. Testing of trains on the East Rail Line, which will be known as the A-line, is underway, and Denver Transit Partners, the consortium behind the project,…
Earlier this year, we shared twelve amazing vintage ads shared by The Denver Eye, a Facebook page that showcases memorable images from the area’s colorful history. But as our Bree Davies pointed out in a post featuring her picks for the five best sites for looking at Denver’s past, there are…
