Don’t Call It a Comeback: El Rancho to Return as a Brewpub

Denver blog posts love survival stories. At our Food & Restaurants blog, Patricia Calhoun reveals that El Rancho will reopen as a brewpub. Mile High Report’s Ian Henson has unsettling news about a new Bronco: Antonio Smith is being investigated in a Texas child abuse case. The Colorado Independent’s Tessa…

David Gaines, 17, Killed by Cop After Violent 12-Minute Crime Spree

At this writing, photos of seventeen-year-old Grand Junction resident David Gaines have yet to surface. However, the other images shared her offer an indication of the damage he left behind before being shot and killed by police in Grand Junction yesterday. The situation allegedly began with a fight between Gaines…

Reader: Every Time I Hit the Road, I’m Surrounded by Stoners

Yesterday, we posted about ten things Colorado drivers should do but often don’t when it’s raining. The suggestions were based on advice from the Automobile Association of America. But many of our readers’ posts had a real Colorado feel. And, in the case of this comment, a Colorado smell. Nikki…

Nine Colorado Counties Where Marriage Is Least Unpopular

Marriage may not be going out of style in Colorado counties, but it hasn’t exactly gained in popularity over the past forty years — with one exception. The numbers supporting this statement come courtesy of FindTheBest.com, using data originally assembled by the genealogy website MooseRoots. The figures show that the…

Uncensored Reactions to CDOT’s New Seat-Belt Billboard Campaign

In recent days, you may have seen examples of the Colorado Department of Transportation’s new seat-belt safety billboard campaign. Last week, billboards went up in locations such as I-70 and Wadsworth, Leetsdale and Holly and Sixth Avenue east of I-25 with phrases like “Life or Death,” “Windshield Ejection” and “Brain…