KKTV in Colorado Springs didn’t have to look far for a story last night. There was one waiting in its parking lot — specifically what initially looked like an explosive device left in the vicinity of an employee’s vehicle. But it turned out to be a lot less incendiary than…
More than three years after the filing of an excessive-force lawsuit on behalf of Marvin Booker, who died in Denver jail, the Denver City Council voted last night to pay Booker’s family $6 million. This incident is hardly an isolated one. The original suit documents a slew of local law-enforcement…
Chuck E. Cheese restaurants are designed to attract kids — and knowing that, the eatery’s security team has designed safety measures intended to keep perverts away. But that apparently didn’t stop Robert Weber, a sex offender, from getting inside a local branch and inducing a three-year-old girl to perform a…
Update: Last week, we told you about the Town of Granby’s efforts to block a pot shop and grow by annexing the unincorporated land its owner had leased; see our previous coverage below. A hearing about the matter was supposed to be held on Friday, but it was postponed to…
Many of our readers weren’t surprised when four Colorado counties showed up on a list of twenty U.S. counties where houses are becoming less affordable — a number matched only by California. Here are several comments about rising housing prices here. See also: 20 U.S. Counties Where Houses are Becoming…
Denver blog posts are gifts that keep on giving. Our Show and Tell blog was on hand when beefcake and babes stripped down for the Santa Speedo dash — and we’ve got the photos to prove it. Mile High Report’s Bronco Mike: “Broncos Fans Yearn for the Days of Star…
The body found in a Xenia Street alley late Thursday night wasn’t the only grisly discovery in the metro area late last week. A dead woman was spotted along North Chambers Road in Aurora on Friday morning, with local law enforcers initially expressing exasperation that the incident came to their…
“To say Plaintiff Denny Lovern has a problem with alcohol, and in particular drinking and driving, is an understatement,” notes a recent U.S. Court of Appeals judgment prompted by Lovern’s arrest for crashing into a wall and a fence with a blood alcohol content of .321, roughly four times the…
Yesterday’s Broncos win featured cons as well as pros. True, Denver beat the Buffalo Bills 24-17 in a contest whose outcome was never really in doubt, and the running backs continue to ball at a high level. But for the most part, Peyton Manning looked absolutely awful, throwing a couple…
Our post featuring twenty ColoradoSexConfess tweets that could give parents nightmares stirred a series of debates among readers. This one questions the tendency of many high schoolers (like the ones said to be behind the explicit tweets) to over-share in a big way. See also: Twenty ColoradoSexConfess Tweets That Could…
Denver blogs posts would love it if you’d sign in. At our Show and Tell blog, Bree Davies picks the ten best commercial signs on West Colfax. At Colorado Pols, Whiskey Lima Juliet asks a simple question about Ferguson-related protests: “How do we get this done?” Denver Frank shares the…
Thanks to protests over no-indictment decisions by grand juries in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases (as well as claims that some East High students at a Wednesday rally chanted “Hit him again” after four Denver police officers were injured in a crash, one critically), another pair of demonstrations…
Last month, we told you about one of the more bizarre law-enforcement shootings in recent memory: the death of Ian Santamaria, whose suicide during a traffic stop caused deputies to open fire on him. New details of the incident are divulged in a decision letter from Denver District Attorney Mitch…
As posts like this one prove, we have a soft spot for items that display Colorado pride — and the I Heart Denver Store, located at 500 16th Street, Suite 264, just happens to specialize in them. With the holiday gift-giving season upon us, we picked out twenty favorites from…
Remember Kyle Orton, who quarterbacked your Denver Broncos during the darkest days of the Josh McDaniels era before being supplanted by none other than Tim Tebow? He returns to Mile High Stadium on Sunday as QB of the Buffalo Bills — and to welcome him back, we’ve collected the twenty…
Yesterday, after additional walkouts at metro-area high schools in protest of the Michael Brown grand jury decision, the Denver police union publicly claimed students at a previous East High demonstration had cheered and chanted “Hit him again” after four officers were injured in a car crash, one critically. This assertion…
Our post remembering Ty Folsom, one of three Frederick High School students to commit suicide over a two-week period, generated a great many poignant and heartfelt responses, as well as many suggestions about how to improve the situation. This one puts some of the blame on the media. See also:…
Denver blog posts would gladly pay you tomorrow for a hamburger today. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares the opinion of a reader who disagrees with those slamming the burgers at Cherry Cricket. Colorado Peak Politics thinks organics and fracking can coexist. The Ralphie Report’s Mark Sparkman on…
Over the past couple of days, the number one story on CBS4’s website has been…CBS4 — and the possibility of the station being dropped from DISH Network, headed by Charlie Ergen, who Forbes recently placed on its list of the five richest Coloradans. “Our viewers should be prepared to lose…
The Ferguson-grand-jury-inspired walk-out at East High School, during which four Denver police officers were injured by an ill driver, wasn’t the only significant protest in Denver yesterday. Last night, as many as 100 demonstrators marched in the wake of another controversial development: a New York grand jury’s decision not to…
Plenty of Colorado municipalities have chosen to ban marijuana businesses, but few have gone to the extremes of Granby, a gorgeous community in Grand County. Officials have threatened to annex land that’s not officially part of the town to prevent a marijuana shop from opening there — a plan it’s…
Less than two months ago, longtime Denver Post hockey writer Adrian Dater was suspended for using profane language on Twitter; he called one player a “pussy” and told a correspondent to “fuck off.” Now, Dater reveals that he’s been fired for similar offenses, including a strange come-on to a Detroit…
