The stories told by the most memorable mug shots from May are often worth a lot more than 1,000 words. The majority of the tales are sad and disturbing — none more so than the one involving Ben Edwards and Shyanne Sexton, a fugitive and his teenage niece, who are…
Last month’s election in Denver wasn’t packed with surprises. True, Tim O’Brien upset Chris Nevitt in the auditor’s contest. But Mayor Michael Hancock won reelection easily, as did clerk and recorder Debra Johnson, and Debbie Ortega, Paul López, Mary Beth Susman, Christopher Herndon and Albus Brooks retained their seats on the Denver…
Colorado Representative Jared Polis is considered to be among the most marijuana-friendly legislators elected to national office. Earlier this year, for instance, he was cited as a role model by the #IVoteCannabis campaign. But that doesn’t mean pot activists universally support his policies. Case in point: He’s already getting pushback…
Our post about an incident in which a man moving into an Aurora condo shot three juveniles who allegedly tried to rob him, killing one of them. got a lot of reaction from readers. Most of them supported the actions of the mover. Likewise, few expressed much sympathy for the…
Denver blog posts are always open. The folks at our Food blog offer the May restaurant roll call, which includes more than twenty restaurant or bar openings and ten closings. Colorado Peak Politics on the surprising decision by Congressman Mike Coffman not to challenge Michael Bennet in the 2016 race…
The gallery that accompanies substitute teacher Matthew Lonie’s Facebook page, which remains online at this writing, includes a handful of photos in which he’s the only person in the frame. However, the majority of shots, including his current profile photo, feature children — sometimes alone, often posing with him. These…
At last, the weather in Colorado is heating up. But with the rise in temperatures comes increased dangers of avalanches in the high country, with numerous slides in recent days — one of which prompted a daring rescue operation. A man on Buffalo Mountain was reportedly swept over a waterfall by…
Over the past year or so, we’ve shared tweets from two different accounts catering to high-school and college students with explicit stories to share: Colorado HS Confess and ColoradoSexConfess. But the graphic anecdotes don’t stop there, as the Colorado Confessions Twitter feed proves. If you’re a parent of a teen, these tweets…
May 27, 2014 My favorite picture from the weekend. Such a gorgeous man when he smiles! Christopher Winters…
In mid-April, a former Colorado Springs-area Fox Sports radio outlet switched its format to K-HIGH, a marijuana-talk station. Now, a Denver station has followed suit. What had been KDCO-FM/Mile High Sports Radio is now KBUD-FM, also known as Smokin 94.1. In March, the station and its sister signal at 1550 AM…
Denver blog posts are superheroic. Our Arts blog highlights the people and costumes of Denver Comic Con 2015. The Colorado Independent’s Nancy Watzman: “In Aspen, Even Doctors Need Affordable Housing.” Big Media’s Jason Salzman thinks that Representative Mike Coffman is more interested in looking like he supports immigration reform than…
After reporting about pot club Grassroots Colorado’s fight against prosecution and eviction, we shared a very different kind of story on the same subject. Turns out iBake Denver has been able to operate without police interference for more than two years — because it’s located just outside the Denver city…
Last year, a bill to make driving under the influence a felony under certain conditions fell short in the Colorado general assembly — and the ACLU of Colorado, which opposed the measure, was pleased by the development. This year, however, a tweaked version of the measure passed, and Governor John…
Evan Young was the class valedictorian for Twin Peaks Charter Academy in Longmont. But the school didn’t allow him to speak at his May 16 commencement. Why not? Because he planned to come out as gay during the address — subject matter rejected by the school for reasons spelled out…
Last week, we updated our list of the ten Denver neighborhoods with the most-expensive rent for a two-bedroom apartment, based on data from ApartmentList.com. However, the post didn’t address a more fundamental question: Why are rents currently so expensive? ApartmentList.com compiled eight theories in a post about the soaring figures…
Of late, we’ve reported about numerous suicide-by-cop scenarios, many of which have ended in the suspect either killing himself or being fatally shot by officers. That didn’t happen in the case of Richard Martinez, who called 911 on late Saturday, May 30, and told the operation, “I’m going to kill…
People perusing Craiglist are typically looking for love or searching for bargains. This ad one of our readers stumbled upon certainly appears to offer the latter. It features a 1979 Volkswagen Bus — the kind of vehicle that generations of free spirits have transformed into hippie vans — selling for the incredibly…
A reader recently argued that thanks to some recent changes for the worse, even Colorado natives don’t like their home state anymore. To say that sentiment received some push-back is a large understatement. Plenty of readers say they adore Colorado as much as ever, whether they were born here or…
Denver blog posts can get very animated. At our Arts blog, we’ve collected the winners of Westword’s third-annual comics contest. Colorado Peak Politics wonders: “Have fracktivists abandoned the fight?” Denver Egotist spotlights a poetic look at the work of the Denver Foundation. Send your story tips to the author, Michael…
In our report earlier today about a deadly police shooting at a Northglenn house with three children inside, we cited the case of Kyle Moore, 21, a suspected Greeley-area identity thief who crashed at the conclusion of a police chase that followed an officer firing a shot at him near…
What counties in Colorado have the most violent crime? The folks at FindTheBest.com explored that question using FBI data from 2013, the most recent year available. As you can see, many of the places that made the list aren’t heavily populated. But several others are among the most populous counties in…
Most people assume that Colorado has the best pot prices of any state in the union thanks to the volume of legal limited recreational sales here. But most people would be wrong — as of this week, anyhow. And the ranking could change at any moment. Example: Earlier this month,…
