Update: Claire Davis, the teen injured in the Arapahoe High shooting, has died. According to a post on Littleton Adventist Hospital’s Facebook page, Davis passed away from her wounds at 4:29 p.m. on Saturday, November 21. “Despite the best efforts of our physicians and nursing staff, and Claire’s fighting spirit,…
William Breathes recently shared stats from a federal study documenting 221 emergency room visits in Colorado over the span of just a few months from the effects of synthetic marijuana. One reader was so dumbfounded by people who would forego real weed for the fake stuff that he went all…
Denver blog posts wanted to give Will Ferrell a little more publicity. At our Show & Tell blog, Bree Davies counters bah-humbug blogger Josiah M. Hesse with five reasons Christmas totally rules. Colorado Pols on the tedious debate over whether Arapahoe High shooter Karl Pierson was a socialist. A Denver…
As its name indicates, Loveland is known much more for affection than violence. Yet in July, Stephanie Smith was stabbed to death in town by a man found to have acted in self-defense; months later, Casey Albee was charged with trying to kill him during the same incident. And this…
Our friends at Movoto have shared their list of the ten best American cities for 2013, and given that the site came up with the top thirty reasons for moving to Denver just a few months back, it’s no surprise that the Mile High City made the cut. But where…
Earlier this week, we featured some of 2013’s most memorable mug shots, divided into categories spotlighting women, tattoos, painful-looking pics and the combo of hot messes and celebrities. Today, however, we’ve gathered what we think are the 25 most memorable booking pics of the year — including this image of…
With Christmas and New Year’s coming up, the lucky among us often have some time off work. But how best to spend it? Well, in case you haven’t noticed, you happen to live in a state with some of the best ski resorts on the planet, and snow conditions this…
There’s been a lot of response to our post about Denver City Councilman Albus Brooks’s push to decriminalize marijuana for those under age 21. But the most memorable of the comments is arguably one from a reader recalling a day when he was seventeen and a police officer had the…
Denver blog posts are nondenominational. At our Show & Tell blog, Josiah M. Hesse offers five reasons everyone should boycott Christmas. Denver Urbanism’s Ryan Mulligan on FasTracks progress at the Union Station bus complex. Got a taste for Sriracha bacon lollipops? Denver Frank does…
Earlier today, we shared a guide to marijuana licensing hearings from Smart Colorado, an anti-pot group that apparently wants to slow down the process as much as possible. But what about entrepreneurs eager to take part in this new industry? What do they do? Denver’s answers to these questions can…
Update: Occasionally, we have to report bad news — and that’s what we’re bringing to you now. To whit: Justin Kraemer, the Wichita anchorman caught muttering “Let’s get the fuck out of here” line at the end of a recent newscast (see it below), isn’t coming to KOAA in Colorado…
Earlier this month, our crack (as opposed to on-crack) Schmuck of the Week team bestowed its honorific on Suzette Hall, a grandma officially accused of practicing cosmetology without a license, but also the target of colorful claims about topless barbering and more. The latest? Hall has now been slapped with…
Numerous members of the marijuana industry see the City of Denver as putting up obstacles to shops wanting to be open for the January 1 kickoff of recreational pot sales — a claim officials vigorously deny. But there’s one local organization that appears to be doing all it can to…
Earlier this week, we told you about controversy over CU-Boulder professor Patti Adler, who implied to students that she was being forced out at the university over a prostitution skit she included in her class entitled “Deviance in U.S. Society.” Since that post, and in the face of social-media protests…
The next chapter in our annual roundup of the year’s most memorable mug shots features what may seem on the surface to be an odd pairing: unknowns whose booking photos find them looking like hot messes and famous people who got the wrong sort of publicity — including at least…
Update: After the 1999 Columbine High School attack, law enforcers closely guarded most details, to the frustration of pretty much everyone. In contrast, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office has been impressively transparent when it comes to the investigation into Friday’s shooting at Arapahoe High School, quickly correcting early misinformation and…
We’re still collecting comments on our interview with a spokesman of Mayor Michael Hancock denying that Denver is dragging its feet on the pot sales launch. The following reader cites a 2012 Hancock quote predicting huge problems if Amendment 64 passed before adding a zinger of his own…
Denver blog posts are all for togetherness during the holidays. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun writes about the partnership between Chipotle Mexican Grill and Pizzeria Locale. South Stands Denver’s Colin Daniels on the perpetual tardiness of new Bronco Jeremy Mincey. Colorado Pols previews “the first pointless GOP grandstand…
Both the U.S. Supreme Court and the Colorado Supreme Court have ruled that individuals can’t be jailed because they’re too poor to pay fines. But the ACLU of Colorado maintains that at least three local communities, and possibly a lot more, routinely do so. The organization has written the towns…
The video created by the national organization called Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America to mark the anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre on December 14 (see it below) counts 26 school shootings in the year after that tragic day in Newtown, Connecticut. But since the clip was…
If you think matchmakers are outmoded in the age of dating websites, think again. Michele Fields of Bon Jour Matchmaking Service is marking her 25th year of bringing people together the old-fashioned way. We asked Fields to offer some advice for those looking to find that perfect someone, and she…
As we continue our annual mug shot roundup, we point to an unexpected trend: This year, we received an unexpectedly high number of booking photos featuring people who definitely look worse for the wear. People who are bloody, bruised, in neck braces or, in one case, outfitted with an eye…
