Update below: Before becoming mired in a political scandal involving a bridge closure, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was once among the favorites to be nominated for President by the Republican Party, which could hold its 2016 convention here; Denver is a host-city finalist for the event. Should Christie make…
Our Alan Prendergast stirred some controversy last week by arguing that April 20 is the worst day of the year in Colorado due to the anniversaries of tragic incidents such as the Ludlow Massacre and the shootings at Columbine High School. Some readers cheered his alternative, take while others were…
Denver blog posts are perfectly sane — most of the time. At our Backbeat blog, Ashley Rogers shares the craziness of the Cervantes block party and quadruple concert in words and photos. Colorado Peak Politics thinks it’s a bad idea for fracktivists to compare fracking to slavery. Headline of the…
Yesterday, Rob Corry, attorney and speaker for the 4/20 rally at Civic Center Park, dismissed complaints about the event from the anti-pot group Smart Colorado as “hysterical.” He’s similarly critical of the Denver police arresting or citing 130 people (as well as jailing 22) at an event he otherwise sees…
While Denver’s Civic Center Park was wild on 4/20, drawing big crowds and sparking 130 arrests or citations over the course of the weekend, the scene at CU-Boulder — once the setting for what one advocate described as “an orgasm of cannabis consumption” — was anything but. For the third…
Last week, we told you about the latest Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, popularly known as the happiest cities list, as well as the two Colorado places that finished in the top ten. But because Gallup-Healthways also produced a survey specifically about the State of Colorado, we’re able to drill even deeper…
Following Richard Kirk’s alleged murder of wife Kristine Kirk (see our previous coverage below), most of the attention has focused on the question of whether a marijuana edible had caused the hallucinations and erratic behavior that resulted in her tragic death. But partly lost in this debate has been a…
As we noted in our roundup of the top twenty tweets about 4/20 at Civic Center Park over the weekend, some locals were less than thrilled about the annual event. But few observers were as negative as Smart Colorado, an organization devoted to “protecting youth from marijuana.” In the wake…
Denver blog posts put safety first. At our Backbeat blog, Ben Westhoff takes a look inside the drug culture at Coachella against the backdrop of one young fan’s death. The Colorado Independent’s Mike Littwin argues that the gay-marriage future is determined. Denver PR Blog’s a little confused why a recent…
We got a lot of response to our post about the impending departure of Kirk Montgomery from 9News. One reader looked at the situation in the context of the many local TV-news stations that have ditched their entertainment reporters of late — among them CBS4, which said goodbye to 25-year-veteran…
In February 2013, we told you about Craig Brittan, the Colorado Springs man behind Is Anybody Down?, a website that published “involuntary” nude photos — meaning intimate images typically intended to embarrass ex-lovers. The popular term for such web destinations? Revenge porn sites. Brittan’s address is now history, but the…
It’s been a while since the Colorado Avalanche truly captured the imagination of sports fans around our fair state. So, with the Avs up 2-0 against the Minnesota Wild in their first-round playoff series and game three slated for tonight, it’s time for those who haven’t been paying close attention…
Niche.com has compiled a wide-ranging list of the best American cities and neighborhoods for millennials. It’s a wide-ranging roster encompassing major communities across the country — and one Denver residential area landed in the top ten. Continue to count down the Niche’s photo-illustrated picks, featuring text and data from the…
Update below: Last week, Denver Police Department spokesman Sonny Jackson told us that officers would have a greater presence at the annual 4/20 event at Civic Center Park due both to the still-unsolved shooting that took place at last year’s rally and laws against public consumption of marijuana. However, he…
Did you notice that yesterday was 4/20? And that it was kind of a big deal in Denver? Twitter certainly did. There was an explosion of tweets on the topic yesterday — and while most of them were positive, there were definitely some exceptions. We collected what struck us as…
In a post yesterday, a Denver police spokesman discussed the department’s approach to 4/20 at Civic Center Park given laws against public smoking and a still-unsolved shooting that cut the even short in 2013. Plenty of readers weighed in on the issue, with a number of them raising concerns about…
Denver blog posts try to live up to expectations. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun highlights a comment from a reader who’s definitely underwhelmed by so-called gourmet burgers. Mile High Hockey’s c6hor8 recaps the Avs’ truly wild victory over the Wild in last night’s playoff match. At Denver Urbanism,…
During an attack on a fifteen-year-old Littleton girl, Xavier McDaniel allegedly told her, “Get ready to die.” Instead, she fought back, surviving the attack despite sustaining fearsome injuries. And now, McDaniel, 22, could spend the rest of his life in prison for a crime committed while he was out on…
Governor John Hickenlooper recently compared adult marijuana use to drinking a beer in the afternoon. But the State of Colorado isn’t treating the products equally in advance of the annual 4/20 events taking place this weekend. We don’t recall officials cautioning about the use and abuse of ale leading up…
USA Today and its 10Best blog surveyed readers to determine the best cycling cities in the country. Now the results are out, and it’s no surprise that Colorado landed two places in the top ten — but unexpectedly, Boulder, which was among the twenty finalists from which participants could choose,…
Big Al’s Burgers and Dogs has an attribute unique in Fort Collins and, probably, on planet Earth — a series of paintings that pay tribute to characters from the iconic ’80s/’90s sitcom Full House. So you can imagine the heartbreak when someone stole the portrait depicting Joey Gladstone, portrayed by…
Update: During our last update about the tragic murder of Kristine Kirk (see our previous coverage below), we shared a probable-cause statement that made no mention of marijuana use by Richard Kirk, Kristine’s husband, who’s accused of killing her, despite multiple reports from law-enforcement sources to that effect. Now, however,…
