When CNN put together its list of the ten most popular apres ski hotels in America, we weren’t surprised that Colorado landed five on the roster — more than any other state. But we were definitely caught off-guard by which places took the top slots. Count down the winners below,…
Is Denver really Menver — a place where there are loads of single men from which women can choose? DatingAdvice.com weighs in on the question amid its list of the fifteen top cities for single women. Where does Denver wind up? And which cities are deemed better? Count down the…
Update: Earlier this week, we told you about a double shooting at Westminster’s England Park that left one man dead and another seriously wounded; see our previous coverage below. We noted that a juvenile had been taken into custody, and he’s now being identified as Israel Maestas, a sixteen-year-old known…
Editor’s note: William Breathes’s medical marijuana dispensary review, normally published at this time, needs a little more time to cure. In its stead, we bring you an update about a town going to extremes to prevent a cannabis store from opening nearby. Earlier this week, we noted that Granby’s Board…
Our recent post about rallies by Denver fast-food workers calling for a $15 per-hour wage spurred both support and opposition to this demand. Here’s a post by someone who thinks the economics simply don’t work. See also: Photos: Denver Fast-Food Workers Demand $15 Per Hour Wages, Union Rights…
Denver blog posts love greenery of all sorts. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares the view of a reader who feels that while New Mexico may have invented green chile, Denver perfected it. Denver Frank recommends holiday beard decor. Roundball Mining Company’s Charlie Yao gives mostly fine grades…
In October, Judge Carlos Amour, who’s overseeing the Aurora theater shooting case, agreed to push back the start of jury selection to January 20, 2015 — the fifth postponement overall. But he refused to move the time for opening statements beyond its previous early June schedule. That didn’t stop Holmes’s…
Yesterday, we shared speculation about a possible Rocky Mountain News reboot by gazillionaire Phil Anschutz, with speculation suggesting that an online prototype was a ploy in negotiations to purchase the Denver Post, which has been up for sale since September. After our post went live, we were contacted by a…
Back in March, a Gallup survey said Colorado was no longer America’s least obese state. Since, then, however, the state must have gone on a diet. A new report from United Health Foundation puts Colorado back at number one in the least-obese rankings. The state does very well in other…
A lot of Coloradans think the weather here is the most unpredictable in the country. Not so, counters Nate Silver, the statistician renowned for correctly predicting the 2012 presidential election. At his FiveThirtyEight.com site, Silver (and co-author Reuben Fischer-Baum) set out to determine which American city really has the most…
A reader comment about what many people see as the rising cost of living in Colorado triggered an explosion of responses, both pro and con. Here’s the take of someone who thinks many non-natives undergo a not-always-pleasant change upon their arrival. See also: Reader: I Can Barely Afford to Live…
Denver blog posts like the Broncos, too. At our Show and Tell blog, Bree Davies wonders if police debates should use Twitter for social networking. At Denver Infill, Ryan Dravitz keeps up with development in the Union Station area with “1601 Wewatta Update #4.” The Redheaded Slut: “That’s funny, I…
The participants in school walkouts over the no-indictment decisions by grand juries in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner deaths are getting younger. Yesterday, they included students from GALS Denver, which offers classes for grades six through nine. Westword art director Jay Vollmar caught up to the group at Civic…
Yesterday, the Denver Business Journal reported that gazillionaire Phil Anschutz, whose properties include the Colorado Springs Gazette, was “exploring the possibility of reviving the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver daily newspaper that shut down in 2009 after nearly 150 years of publication.” But while a teaser for a new Rocky…
The Journal of the American Medical Association has published a report penned by three emergency room physicians at the University of Colorado hospital in Aurora about the health-related fallout from marijuana legalization in the state. And while there are some positives to be found in the material, most of the…
If you thought you were getting screwed on ATM fees, you were right. Bankrate has crunched the numbers for the cities with the lowest and highest ATM fees, and Denver’s on the latter roster, with plenty of places that would seem to have higher costs of living offering better deals…
Yesterday, in the wake of the $6 million settlement over Marvin Booker’s Denver jail death, we shared fifteen other law-enforcement brutality cases as detailed in the Booker family lawsuit — and noted that there were a lot more beyond them. As proof, here’s part two: eighteen more excessive-force cases in…
Female students at CU-Boulder are on alert this morning over disturbing reports about a man who’s been fondling and harassing women near one of the most traveled spots on the campus. Continue for photos, video, a larger version of the sketch above. See also: Gun-Free CU-Boulder Dorms are Target Areas…
We’ve been reporting about one of marijuana attorney Robert Hoban’s more unusual cases, involving the Town of Granby’s efforts to block a pot shop by annexing the unincorporated land its owner had leased. But he’s also assisting another ganjapreneur in an equally strange face-off with a local community. In this…
Denny Lovern has been busted for DUI sixteen times — so often that he’s at the center of our first-ever one-man mug shot gallery. When we shared it, we asked if his example suggested a problem with Colorado’s drunk-driving laws, and readers responded in a wide variety of ways. Here’s…
Denver blog posts aren’t really interested in eating this necklace. At our Cafe Society blog, Jenn Wohletz warns you about the five worst foodie holiday gifts of 2014. Colorado Peak Politics wants high-school Ferguson protesters to get back to class. Big Media’s Jason Salzman thinks watchdog reporting is needed for…
Today, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office released preliminary information about what appears to be the first skier death at a Colorado resort during the 2014-2015 season. The location: a run at Eldora with the upbeat name Jolly Jug. See also: Garrett Spencer, Record-Setting 19th Colorado Ski Area Death, Being Laid…
