After watching the Broncos dismantle on the Raiders on Monday Night Football, Denver fans were left with questions like, “Should I book my Super Bowl tickets yet?” But Travis Sawrie of the real-estate blog Movoto wondered something entirely different: How long would it take Peyton to pay off my mortgage?…
Opponents of Proposition AA, intended to set tax rates on recreational marijuana sales, have gotten a lot of attention for showy events like Monday’s free-joint giveaway on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall. But polls earlier this year showed 77 percent of those surveyed support such taxes, and Joe Megyesy, communications director…
Today, on the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims, families and loved ones of those whose lives were so cruelly cut short, including Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, whose sister was slain in 2002, will gather from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside the new Denver Crime Lab, 1371 Cherokee…
Since the floods that have devastated so many Front Range communities, we’ve seen a few instances of bad behavior — like alleged looting on the CU-Boulder campus — but many more of people trying to help others in desperate situations. Examples? Denver Craigslist is currently festooned with offers from people…
When he was a Tae Kwon Do instructor, Raul Gutierrez-Hernandez was known as “Master Raul,” and he was clearly skilled at martial arts, winning honors in the United States and Mexico. Now, however, a local district attorney has branded Gutierrez-Hernandez “gutless” — because rather than waiting to hear a jury’s…
Our post about free-joint-rally co-organizer Rob Corry asking Vice President Joe Biden to help give away weed prompted numerous posts about the veep’s past as an energetic anti-drug warrior. Here’s an example from a reader who also appears to have a beef with Biden’s support of gun-control legislation…
Update: Earlier today, we noted that the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office had listed six people as missing — but at least two were promptly declared safe, with information suggesting that a third was okay as well. Now, the LCSO has reportedly reduced the list to zero, meaning all of the…
Denver blog posts aren’t resigning anytime soon. Colorado Independent’s Mike Littwin reacts to the most haunting question about gun violence he’s ever heard a President pose. Coyote Gulch on reports that Las Vegas will begin taking less water from the Colorado River. Denver Egotist: 3 Photographers + 3 Models +…
Here’s another thing to love about Denver: It’s a big city, but not so big that dignitaries would scoff at attending the grand opening of a Dunkin’ Donuts. Earlier today, as reported on our Cafe Society blog, DIA’s new waiting area, Final Approach, debuted, as did one of the metro…
As we reported yesterday, Terrance Roberts, a former gang leader who’d transformed himself into an inspirational anti-gang activist, was arrested for a shooting at a Friday unity rally he’d planned. We’ve now obtained the probable cause statement in the case (see it below), and in it, Roberts claims he acted…
Yesterday’s free-joint giveaway on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall, staged by opponents of marijuana tax measure Proposition AA, didn’t include Vice President Joe Biden, who’d been invited by co-organizer Rob Corry to take part in between tours of areas devastated by recent flooding. The Biden angle, and the latest rally, has…
Last week, we shared with you five nice/nasty definitions of five Colorado cities — Boulder, Greeley, Vail, Grand Junction and Denver — on Urban Dictionary. But those were hardly the only places from our fair state to get the sometimes on-point/often flat-out-crazy treatment from the site’s inspired definers. Look below…
Last night, the Denver City Council approved a $360,000 settlement over a 2009 incident at the Denver Diner, during which four women were billy-clubbed and maced by Officers Ricky Nixon and Kevin Devine, both of whom are still members of the department. Attorney Siddhartha Rathod, who has represented the victims…
The rivalry between your Denver Broncos and the Oakland Raiders runs so deep that our recent collection of Raiders suck memes only hints at the passions on both sides. But it’s tough to sustain the usual level of antipathy this year — because even though the Raiders are improving, the…
The second free-joint giveaway sponsored by opponents to Proposition AA, the marijuana taxation measure on November’s ballot, took place beginning at 11 a.m. today on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall. And according to photographer Brandon Marshall, who snapped the images on view below, it was hardly a mob scene. While he…
We’re still collecting comments on Patricia Calhoun’s post about an aborted plan by the Denver Police Department to allow officers to distribute Bibles. Many of our commenters feel this would have been inappropriate, but not all. Take this reader, for instance…
Denver blog posts are masters of suspense. Mile High Report’s Tim Lynch thinks Von Miller’s alleged urine-swapping scheme means he deserved his six-game suspension. Colorado Peak Politics takes on what it calls the “liberals’ big lie on disaster-relief funding.” At Denver Urbanism, Dan Malouf ranks Colorado’s nine Amtrak by ridership…
The 2014 elections may seem a long way off, but not to Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America. Hogue came to Colorado to speak at a weekend fundraiser for Colorado NARAL that attracted numerous political heavyweights. But she’s sticking around today to meet with locally based activists, in order…
The numbers of those still unaccounted for after the flooding that devastated the Front Range continue to fall. Over the weekend in Larimer County, for instance, the total dropped from sixty to six. But while that’s certainly good news overall, it’s accompanied by plenty of concerns about whether those who…
We’ve assembled two previous collections of Raiders suck memes, most recently in May, when Charles Woodson chose to sign with Oakland rather than Denver. But in just a few months, Memes Nation have come up with a whole batch of new ways to say that the Raiders suck — and…
As we’ve reported, a protest against marijuana taxation measure Proposition AA is scheduled to take place at 11 a.m. today on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall, complete with free joints for attendees. The event, and an invitation for Vice President Joe Biden to participate, has already come under fire from the…
While mug shots vary widely from community to community, jurisdiction to jurisdiction, they usually share one quality: The person they picture is centered in the frame. Not so school-bust driver Burton Carpenter. In the image seen here, and in a larger version below, he appears to be supporting himself by…
