At first, Alejandra Cardona Lamas couldn’t have imagined that a single good thing would come out of July 20, 2012. She was among the hundreds of fans gathered for the midnight screening of The Dark Night Rises at the Century 16 multiplex in Aurora. And she was there for the…
This morning’s news cycle was dominated by an event that many Coloradans watched live — a police chase after a car-jacking suspect who’d raced away from a Longmont gas station in a stolen vehicle with a four-year-old boy inside. Fortunately, the conclusion of the story is relatively happy for most…
That car driving slowly or erratically in front of you? Odds are good the person behind the wheel is talking on a cell phone. But unless the driver is under eighteen, doing so is perfectly legal in Colorado. Representative Jovan Melton would like to change that. A new Melton-sponsored bill…
Update: Last week, we highlighted five recent explosions, allegedly caused by people whose attempts to make butane hash oil went up in smoke; see our previous coverage below. Apparently, two people at a Grand Junction motel didn’t heed our warnings, because their hash-oil-making efforts ended in flames, burns and a…
The Movoto real estate blog put together its list of the ten highest American cities includes three Colorado community way, way up on the list. No surprise, right? Well, at least one of the picks is genuinely unexpected, and so are multiple omissions. Count down the top ten below, complete…
We haven’t personally gotten a whiff of a couple being sought by Lakewood police. But either they are obsessed with smelling nice or they stink so badly that they need some powerful stuff to cover up the aroma. Twice in recent weeks, the pair tried ripping off fragrances from area…
Every parent knows how difficult it can be to find a babysitter — and when one isn’t available, moms and dads are often put in the position of bringing a child with them even when the situation isn’t ideal. If the folks at the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office are right,…
Update: Javier Gallegos Rosales, the young immigrant whose story we posted earlier today, has been granted a continuance in his deportation case. His lawyer, Hans Meyer, tells us that Gallegos Rosales is due back in court in October — and Meyer says they’ll use the extra time to strengthen their…
The literal high point of the annual Denver 4/20 rally at Civic Center Park comes at 4:20 p.m., when attendees light up simultaneously. But could this ritual be absent from the 2014 edition of festival? A few weeks back, rally attorney Rob Corry answered this question with a letter to…
Yesterday, we shared a list of most and least obese states — the first in recent memory that Colorado didn’t top from a skinniness standpoint. A number of our readers had theories about the slippage in the rankings, including this one…
Denver blog posts don’t come wrapped in foil. At our Backbeat blog, Kiernan Maletsky reveals that Chipotle has yet to receive Frank Ocean’s highly publicized fuck-off check. Colorado Peak Politics offers its take on the dead-heat race between Mark Udall and Cory Gardner. Denver Stiffs’ Mike Olson has the displeasure…
Last week, after battling for more than a decade to execute Edward Montour Jr. for the 2002 murder of guard Eric Autobee at the Limon prison, prosecutors abruptly caved on the second day of his trial, agreeing to a deal that will keep Montour in prison for life without parole…
Governor John Hickenlooper signed a bill Monday that officially bans greyhound racing in Colorado. At one time, greyhound racing was a $250 million enterprise here, as fans thrilled to the cry of “Here comes Rusty!” as the dogs took off after a fake bunny. But the sport hasn’t actually been…
Aspen is still reeling from the murder of Nancy Pfister, a member of a famous local family and a familiar face in the community’s social scene. And equally shocking is the unlikely couple charged with the crime: Longtime Denver doctor William Styler and his wife, Nancy. The Stylers’ arrest hardly…
In June 2013, we told you about a 71-count indictment accusing businessman Conley Hoskins and eleven others with defrauding investors who wanted to cash in on the state’s booming medical marijuana industry. That move was taken by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, but now, the feds are getting involved. The…
Denver Craigslist is an online repository for just about everything — including people who like to share haiku. And there’s plenty of strangeness on display even when it comes to typical transactions like buying and selling. Case in point: The “Wanted” category, where folks post about stuff they’re seeking. A…
In the wake of Amendment 64’s passage, some officials worried marijuana sales tax revenues wouldn’t pay for needed regulation. But at least in month one, such concerns proved to be unfounded. The retail pot sales launch resulted in a gusher of cash, with more than $3.5 million in tax revenues…
Early yesterday morning, Jonathan Belle posted an item on his Facebook page. “Bout to get shreddy,” he wrote — adding after a smiling emoticon, “feeling stoked at Copper Mountain.” Mere hours later, Belle died on the Copper Mountain slopes. Belle’s loved ones are understandably distraught by this terrible tragedy, but…
Last month, we told you about a lawsuit filed against Broncos owner Pat Bowlen after a vehicle was twice ejected from a Mile High Stadium parking lot because it was emblazoned with the logo of Cannabis University. Since then, the Colorado Civil Rights Division has informed the Broncos about the…
Alfredo Carrillo, Norma Barron and more than 150 other immigrants will attempt to cross the California-Mexico border today as part of #BringThemHome, an effort being led by the National Immigrant Youth Alliance. The purpose? To reunite family members who’ve been separated by deportation and other immigration laws. Carrillo’s wife and…
Denver blog posts want a pizza your heart. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares a comment from a reader who compares St. Louis-style pizza to a Town House cracker smeared with Velveeta. Big Media’s Jason Salzman on the issue of whether Mike Coffman supports or opposes a path…
After we published our post about ten cars whose drivers can be jerks on icy roads, plenty of readers commented that Jeeps should have been included. But a Comment of the Day making that argument generated Jeep defenses aplenty, as well as attacks on the drivers of other car brands…
