Local football fans were heartsick after the Broncos were thrashed by Seattle in this year’s Super Bowl. But are they so distraught that they’d eagerly welcome Tim Tebow back to Denver? That’s a prospect being floated by folks from the A-11 Football League, which is teasing a possible Denver franchise…
Postcards have become something of an anachronism. Why send a vacation curio via snail mail when you might beat it home — and you’ve already sent photos and videos over the phone? But there’s no arguing that the most memorable of them are eye-popping fun. For proof, check out these…
Last night was a particularly bloody one in the metro area, with much of the carnage taking place in a typically quiet portion of Thornton. The street in question sports the bucolic suburban name of Welby Road Terrace. Three bodies have been found, and investigators believe they represent the tragic…
We witnessed a comment explosion after publishing about Governor John Hickenlooper’s suggestions about how to spend $100 million-plus in marijuana revenue, with most of the money earmarked for prevention campaigns and law-enforcement efforts. Here’s one of the pithiest takes…
Denver blog posts regularly declare their independence. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares a post by a reader who laments the closing on a non-franchise restaurant, All V’s. Big Media’s Jason Salzman on omissions related to an article citing anonymous critics of gubernatorial candidate Scott Gessler. South Stands…
During the seven months Michaelee Owen (seen here) spent in Pueblo County Jail back in 2012, he was never provided with either a sign-language interpreter or a device that would have allowed him to communicate with anyone — even his own mother. That won’t be the case for future inmates,…
Update: Earlier this month, we told you about the search for Leanne Bearden, a Denver woman who had disappeared in Texas after returning from a two-year-long trip around the world with her husband. See our previous coverage below. Unfortunately, the story’s sad ending is told by an event tomorrow in…
The Denver Police Department has historically looked the other way in regard to marijuana smoking during the annual 4/20 rally at Civic Center Park. But as we reported a few days back, rally organizers are concerned about threats to issue citations this year — so much so that fest attorney…
It’s a good news-bad news situation for the Colorado School of Mines. Good news: The college is known around the country for the brilliance of its students. Bad news: This reputation has resulted in a whole series of online Mines jokes, with many of the weirdest ones involving pickup lines…
Update: Last May, Routt County’s Lisa Marie Lesyshen, seen here, was arrested for the murder of Asher Lesyshen-Kirlan, her nine-year-old son. She subsequently appeared in a Denver court for an evidentiary hearing at which it was revealed that the shooting took place after she learned her husband was having an…
Our post about a lawsuit aimed at privatization of the Boulder Turnpike noted that in the future, HOV lanes on U.S. 36 and Interstate 25 will only be free for vehicles that hold three people, not just two. That prospect has one reader steaming…
Denver blog posts are webpage turners. At our Show & Tell blog, Joel Warner gets the other side of the story about claims of mismanagement and more at Denver Comic Con. Colorado Pols on Greg Brophy’s claim the state pays for abortions. Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons on Nugget Andre Miller’s…
Earlier this week, we posted about criticism of the public-private Boulder Turnpike project from the Drive SunShine Institute, which hoped a lawsuit would stop final contracts from being signed. That seems unlikely, however. Last night, a Colorado Department of Transportation board unanimously voted to move forward with the pact, and…
Earlier this month, cable-news harridan Nancy Grace showed viewers of her nightly crime-fest a photo of a man who’d allegedly broken into a Denver home and taken a selfie on a woman’s cell phone while she was putting her child to bed. “This is a textbook serial-killer’s calling card,” Grace…
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation had designated the 2008 murder of Grizzly Rose security guard Timothy Minnick, seen here, as a cold case — and the process has taken years to warm up. Now, however, there has finally been a conviction in the slaying, albeit not involving the person who’s…
If Denver has seemed a little more crowded over the past year or so, there’s a reason. Forbes has just released its list of America’s fastest growing cities, and Denver made the top ten. It’s your call whether that qualifies as good news or not. Where did the Mile High…
Doubts about whether demand for recreational marijuana would cover the cost of the program put in place to regulate its sale appear to have been unfounded, at least during its early stages. Evidence comes via Governor John Hickenlooper, who’s come up with a plan to spend recreational-pot tax revenues: $4.5…
Last spring, after years of hard-fought legislative battles, civil unions became legal in Colorado. But now, a complaint filed on behalf of nine gay couples describes such bonds as “second-class and unequal,” and calls on a Denver District Court judge to declare that state edicts preventing same-sex marriage violate the…
Our update about the hit-and-run death of young Mikey Espinoza focused on reports that the alleged driver was street-racing at the time of impact. But a number of our readers noted that eleven-year-old Mikey was out at 8 p.m. This implicit criticism earned a sharp rebuke from one person…
Denver blog posts are dear and beloved. At our Backbeat blog, Shea Serrano describes his dream funeral requirements. Hip hop, don’t stop. Coyote Gulch asks: What Does the Return of El Niño Mean for Colorado? Colorado Pols quotes Tom Tancredo as predicting GOP victories in 2014 based on an “Impeach…
Former Denver Bronco Shannon Sharpe has been shown the door at NFL Today, the CBS Sunday studio show where he’s been a mainstay for a decade. Ex-Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino has also been bounced, but only one person — newly retired tight-end and record setter Tony Gonzalez — has…
On January 1, eighteen recreational marijuana stores opened in Denver — and that number has more than doubled in the weeks since then. But in Boulder, which may have the weediest reputation of any Colorado community, not a single non-medical pot shop was open until 12:36 p.m. yesterday, when Terrapin…
