The USA Pro Challenge is returning to Colorado, with bicycles, and the athletes on them, ruling a significant portion of the state’s roadways from August 19-25. What will that mean for motorists who may be more interested in getting from point A to point B than in watching the contest?…
Last November, Kelly Binder went public with her claims of being drugged and raped at a downtown Denver hotel in late 2010 in part because she was upset that her rape kit had never been tested after prosecutors declined to file charges in the case. The story helped inspire legislation…
Last week, we shared a list of Colorado’s most walkable cities according to Walkscore.com. But in addition to judging the walkability of individual community, the site also breaks down neighborhoods within the larger of the locations — including Denver. Below, see Walkscore’s picks for the five most walkable neighborhoods in…
Update: Yesterday, we told you about bizarre threats made against Catholics and Mormons in Fort Collins, allegedly by a self-declared “Islamic jihadist” driving in a car with the words “Fuck DHS” scrawled on the side in spray paint; see our previous coverage below. Since then, the story has only gotten…
A search for a man feared drowned in Bartlett Lake, not far from Phoenix, was covered by local news stations, but didn’t immediately hit the national radar. At least not until his identity was revealed. The victim was Frank Castillo, a Major League Baseball pitcher for a number of teams,…
Earlier this year, as part of our continuing coverage about the profiling of Colorado cars in other states due to our marijuana laws, we spoke to an attorney who suggested that Colorado drivers ditch their weed before the Kansas state line because of the latter’s strict policies. Sounds like a…
To accompany his feature about surviving off the grid, Josiah Hesse assembled a list of six essential resources for living the life in Denver. But one reader didn’t celebrate this information, or the people to whom it might appeal. Far from it…
Denver blog posts are piling up everywhere. Big Media’s Jason Salzman tracks the push for another personhood ballot measure at the Western Conservative Summit. Denver Infill’s Ryan Dravitz on Tejon 35, a new Lower Highland project. Denver Egotist shows off the new spot for Denver’s Image Brew…
At first blush, a Zombie Run would seem to be a pretty relaxing way to spend a day, given the undead’s typical staggering gait. But some of the activities at Saturday’s Zombie Run at City Park were paced more like World War Z and 28 Days Later than The Walking…
Before Colorado farmers can plant industrial hemp, the state Department of Agriculture must come up with a way to register and inspect their crops. To help establish those regulations, lawmakers authorized the creation of a nine-member advisory committee. The members of that committee have been chosen, and the group met…
Earlier this morning, the FBI announced the results of Operation Cross Country, a three-day, nationwide operation targeted victims of underage prostitution and the criminals profiting from it. According to the feds, 105 juveniles were recovered as a result of the effort, and 150 pimps were busted. Denver contributes to both…
For years, a driver with a single companion could use high-occupancy-vehicle lanes on Interstate 25 without having to pay for the privilege. It was the Colorado Department of Transportation’s way of thanking them for pairing up rather than taking separate cars. But those days are ending. A few years from…
We don’t usually think of TV news personalities as the sort of folks who shop for groceries just like the rest of us less telegenic people. But Dianne Derby, an anchor at Colorado Springs’ KKTV, isn’t above stopping by the local grocery store to pick up some grub. And she…
Just over six months ago, we shared a post featuring the five most expensive homes for sale in Denver, as featured on The Home Cart website. Checking back in, we discovered that three of the five are no longer listed — a sign of the improving economy? — while two…
Some among us spend so many waking hours on Facebook that they know every feature of their page as well as the alphabet. Others (like yours truly) understand the basic functions but not the idiosyncrasies. This post is for the latter. Do you regularly check the “Other” tab? If not,…
This 1915 article from the Littleton Independent shows that the U.S. government had interest in cannabis as a medicine even as some states around the country had begun to ban it as an illicit drug. Not only were they interested, they were growing it themselves. An excerpt: “A medical drug…
Yesterday, we posted footage shot by a Salida man who approached a mountain lion inside an open garage. Comments from this much-viewed post ranged from suggestions that the cat wasn’t large enough to do much real damage to amazement that these guys got away unscathed. Here’s one of the funniest…
Denver blog posts are getting their second wind. Mile High Report’s Scotty Payne parses reports that extenuating circumstances could be at play in what’s been reported as a failed Von Miller drug test. Colorado Peak Politics thinks a fix is behind the New York Times’ support for embattled state senator…
So you’re wanted by police and cops are heading to your place. What do you do? Run out the door? Jump through a window? Or — here’s a radical thought — simply raise your hands over your head and surrender? Not Marshall Tresslar. The Colorado Springs man came up with…
A coalition of several dozen grassroots consumer, environmental, business and farming groups is pushing for the resignation of Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission director Matt Lepore, after his off-the-cuff comments last week referring to anti-fracking activists as essentially rich and clueless. Meanwhile a fracking critic who could be described…
The Lakewood Police Department has issued an all-points bulletin for Nick Medina, a sexually violent predator who was released from prison last month and vanished a few weeks later. Turns out Medina isn’t the only sexually violent predator in Lakewood. There are seven others who are required by law to…
The prospect of recreational marijuana sales has produced a lot of political naysaying in the past month or so. On June 19, we counted 24 cities that had prohibited retail pot shops. Now, five weeks later, the Denver Post reports that the number has more than doubled, to 56 cities…
