Denver blog posts are good enough to eat — figuratively speaking, anyhow. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares a comment from a reader who sees advantages to dining at non-participating eateries during Denver Restaurant Week. Coyote Gulch on an award-winning San Miguel River project. Colorado Pols: Make room…
Denver Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson is taking his shirt off for animals. That is, he’s starring in a new ad for PETA in which he declares that he chooses ink (tattoos, of which he has many — including one of himself) and not mink (basically, weasel fur). “I’d rather…
Last year’s slaying of Douglas Menjivar in Glenwood Springs was followed by lurid reports. Among the claims: Fredy Cabrera, a prominent local businessman, had shot Menjivar for going out with his eighteen-year-old stepdaughter, Leydy Trejo, because he wanted to have more than a fatherly relationship with her. Such rumors appear…
One of the most vigorous legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, is taking place right here. Little Sisters of the Poor, an organization based in Denver and Baltimore, is challenging an Obamacare mandate concerning contraception, and a not-so-brief brief filed yesterday in the United States…
When it comes to the faith, a couple of Colorado cities have represented extremes in recent surveys, with Colorado Springs listed as one of the most saintly and Boulder called one of the least religious. But what about the state as a whole? A new Gallup poll ranks all fifty…
Update: Late last month, we told you about the Highway 93 crash involving Kenneth Hosch, age 83 — an incident that killed Dave Baldwin, a veteran Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office sergeant; see our previous coverage below. Now, after the better part of a month, Hosch has been arrested on suspicion…
In most cases, crashes involving RTD buses take place during busy commuting hours. But that’s not the case with an accident that happened near the intersection of Mississippi and Platte River Drive. A bus struck a passenger vehicle during the wee hours, when traffic is typically very light. And the…
Last week, we told you about the soft launch of Terrapin Care Station, Boulder’s first recreational marijuana store. But days after our post, TCS celebrated its grand opening in style, with a ribbon-cutting courtesy of Boulder City Councilman Macon Cowles, seen here with owner Christopher Woods, and guest appearances by…
Our post about 4/20 rally attorney Rob Corry informing city officials that marijuana smoking would take place at the event despite threats to cite anyone who lights up in public got people talking. Here’s an especially memorable take from someone who appears to dislike the festival and those who attend…
Denver blog posts offer meal plans. At our Cafe Society blog, Lori Midson offers her top ten picks for places to eat during Denver Restaurant Week. Colorado Peak Politics cites a report maintaining that welfare debit cards have indeed been used at marijuana shops. Mile High Report’s Kyle Montgomery on…
Last month, Rick Raemisch, executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, decided to get a taste of his own medicine. He cuffed up and shuffled in leg shackles to an administrative segregation cell, bereft of TV or books. Sitting in solitary, listening to the noise from other cells, soon…
The judge in the Aurora theater shooting case has ordered gunman James Holmes to undergo a second mental evaluation by a different psychiatrist. Holmes was first examined last summer by Dr. Jeffrey Metzner. But prosecutors alleged that Metzner’s evaluation contained “numerous deficiencies” and that the doctor himself had an “unfair…
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…
Editor’s note: We couldn’t wait for 4:20 to publish our post about it always being 4:20 at Denver’s Union Station. But we didn’t want to harsh your buzz at 4:20 today — so here’s a classic post from 2012. In doing research for our feature on the history of cannabis…
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…
When she was sixteen, Aubrey Lloyd ran away from an abusive and dysfunctional home in Colorado Springs. But where she ended up was arguably worse: Lloyd was drugged, raped and then forced to work as a prostitute. On Thursday at the Capitol, she was the last speaker at an afternoon…
Suddenly, it’s as if one of the most widely reported stories from late last year never happened…. We’re talking about the arrest of 127 Hours inspiration Aron Ralston and his girlfriend, Vita Shannon, on domestic-violence-related allegations. Ralston was quickly cleared of wrongdoing in the case. And now, Shannon has been,…
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,…
The other week, I was dropping off my pop at the Oxford Hotel downtown around 2 p.m. when I noticed that the clock was wrong at Union Station. Or, better, the clock was right on at Union Station. Yup. 4:20. At 2 p.m. in the afternoon. I’m not downtown much…
