Denver blog posts develop into new things all the time. At our Arts blog, Bree Davies considers development in Denver and asks: How do we keep the old and celebrate the new? Colorado Pols weighs in on state senator Morgan Carroll’s possible run for Mike Coffman’s congressional seat. At Denver…
At lot of folks in Denver plan outdoor activities on Mother’s Day. And over the years, a lot of folks in Denver have had to change their plans, when they were reminded that spring weather in the Mile High City can turn nasty. If forecasters at the National Weather Service…
Overnight, two more shootings took place in Denver, with one man dead and another critically wounded, and police are suggesting that gangs may have been involved. They’re the latest of several disturbing events that have residents in a large portion of the city on edge. In recent weeks, we’ve reported…
Back in January, we noted that the death of Jessie Hernandez, a seventeen-year-old shot and killed by Denver Police Department officers while she was behind the wheel of a stolen car, resulted in a new focus on the law enforcers shooting into moving vehicles. The rationale for doing so? In…
Last year, in a list of the ten most expensive American cities to buy a house, Denver was included — but barely. The Mile High City landed in ninth place. In new data from the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices about the U.S. cities with the fastest-rising home prices, Denver finished higher…
On his Facebook page, Alejandro Garcia lists his name as “Alejandro ‘A-Town’ Garcia,” in apparent homage to his hometown…
On Monday night, a home invader was shot dead in Boulder. According to police, the man tried to break into multiple residences before entering one. He’s said to have shattered the glass screen door and attacked a resident, who responded by firing the fatal bullet. Even before some of these…
Denver blog posts have a lot of sizzle. Our Food & Restaurants blog staff presents the 2015 list of the ten best burgers in Denver. Purple Row’s Bryan Kilpatrick reveals how Rockies GM Jeff Bridich places in the site’s monthly approval poll. Colorado Peak Politics wonders how Representative Diana DeGette…
The case of Greeley’s Kyle Moore raises questions about two controversial topics related to modern policing. The first: Should police officers shoot at moving vehicles, as they did in the January death of seventeen-year-old car thief Jessie Hernandez and an Arapahoe County incident earlier this week? The second: When is a…
On March 25, Benjamin Brown and his brother, Ryan, were pulled over by two Colorado Springs police officers for what turned out to be a cracked windshield — a seemingly minor infraction for which literally thousands of Coloradans could be cited during this time of year. Yet within minutes, Benjamin…
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A Gallup poll conducted last year found that Colorado was among the fifteen least religious states in the country. But what are the least religious neighborhoods in Denver? To find out, the folks at FindTheBest.com counted up the religious organizations in each area and ranked them by the number per 10,000…
It’s been abundantly clear since her first public statements that Michelle Wilkins, whose baby was cut from her womb in a Longmont attack allegedly committed in March by Dynel Lane, is a remarkable person.
Last week, we interviewed the Reverend Leon Kelly, a longtime anti-gang activist, about gang-related homicides and shootings in the Cole neighborhood and beyond. Kelly also talked about the backlash he received after publicly suggesting that gentrification that caused rival gangs to feel boxed in was a factor in the latest…
Denver blog posts would never hide in a trunk to avoid paying at the drive-in. Our Arts blog captures the 2015 grand opening of the 88 Drive In, a wonderful example of an American phenomenon that’s becoming all too rare these days. Colorado Pols on the Jeffco PTA’s call for…
Back in March, we told you about the conviction of Donald Shores for the brutal 1994 sex assault of a 67-year-old woman. By the time Shores was found guilty, his victim had already died. She passed away in 2000. As for Daniel Fellovetr, he, too, has gone the way of all…
Earlier this month, we told you that discredited cyclist Lance Armstrong had hired Kobe Bryant’s lawyer after his girlfriend, Anna Hansen, had admitted to taking the blame for Aspen car crashes when he’d actually been driving. The gig presumably resulted in some of the easiest money ever made by Pamela Mackey,…
As promised, Colorado Senate President Bill Cadman has introduced a bill inspired by the womb-cutting attack on Michelle Wilkins in Longmont and the decision not to file a murder charge against Dynel Lane, her alleged attacker, even though Wilkins’s child, who she named Aurora, didn’t survive. Senate Bill 15-268 has…
The hoopla yesterday over the naming of the latest royal baby — Charlotte Elizabeth Diana — got us to wondering how popular the “Charlotte” moniker is in Colorado. After all, it didn’t make our list of the ten most popular baby names for boys and girls, based on data from…
Back in 2012, Drug Enforcement Administration boss Michele Leonhart earned the enmity of marijuana reformers when, under questioning from Colorado Representative Jared Polis, she declined to say that pot is a lesser health problem than crack, meth or even heroin. See the video of that shining moment below. Now, Leonhart has…
Last week, a bill that would have imposed fines on schools that refused to abandon Native American mascots deemed offensive died in a Senate committee. The vote was 3-2 against, with Republicans representing the majority and Democrats on the losing side. The topic is certainly a passionate one for our readers…
Denver blog posts are ready for hot sounds on a cool summer night. At our Music blog, Lindsey Bartlett lists ten reasons why she thinks the 2015 Red Rocks season will be the best ever. Mile High Report breaks down the Broncos’ draft picks. Denver Frank shows you how it’s…
