Update: Earlier this morning, we told you about a pipe-bomb-like device found at Centaurus High School in Lafayette yesterday. It was successfully retrieved and detonated. We also noted that authorities were focusing on a male person of interest in the case. Now comes a report that a sixteen-year-old boy has…
The folks at the Asthma and Allergies Foundation of America recently ranked 100 cities in terms of how good, or bad, they are for residents with allergies. The worst was Jackson, Mississippi, while Denver placed in the ten best cities — at number ten. That means nine cities ranked higher…
Since the horrific 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, pro-gun advocates have suggested that schools would be safer if employees were armed. Well, here’s an anecdote that represents the other side of that argument. Yesterday afternoon, a worker at Aurora’s Rangeview High School accidentally shot a student…
There’s been lotsa debate over just-passed marijuana bills. But lost amid talk about THC driving limits that may prevent MMJ patients like William Breathes from driving legally and a provision that treats pot mags like porn is the impact of marijuana retail on employees and employers. Rulings that support the…
Last week, we shared the story of a Cherokee Trail High School student who managed to sneak the quote “When the red river’s a’flowing, take the dirt road home” past a yearbook adviser, but got in trouble after the grownups figured it out. One of our readers not only wasn’t…
Denver blog posts have had a helluva day. Colorado Peak Politics goes after a Denver Post article in which Senator Mark Udall is referred to as a “privacy watchdog.” Denver Egotist on kicking balls and taking names — at an upcoming kickball tournament. Free Range Longmont’s Ann Kibbey asks: Why…
This week’s feature, “The Dogs of War,” reports on the ongoing campaign to manage — and, in some cases, exterminate with poison — prairie dog colonies in the emerging Stapleton community. Master developer Forest City and city park managers are battling to protect natural-looking (but not quite natural) open space…
Late last month, a court document suggested that the attorneys representing accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes wished to enter a not-guity-by-reason-of-insanity plea on his behalf. At a hearing today, the defense team formally did so in the case, which involves the murder of twelve people and the wounding of…
It’s not exactly news that the CU-Boulder football program is a mess. But the hiring of former San Jose State head coach Mike MacIntyre was supposed to be the first step on the road to recovery. Now, unfortunately, there’s more recovery necessary, thanks to starting quarterback Jordan Webb’s arrest over…
Last week, we highlighted the ten favorite dog names in Colorado as collated in the Banfield State of Pet Health 2013 report, which offers a huge amount of info about our best friends on a state-by-state basis. Today, cats take center stage. We’ve spotlighted and photo-illustrated the ten favorite cat…
Church of the Ascension, located at 600 Gilpin, near 6th Avenue, has been a Denver landmark for 107 years. During the early morning hours, it caught fire. The good news — or at least the it-could-have-been-worse info? No one was injured in the blaze. At this point, though, crews are…
By the 1920s, newspapers were no stranger to salacious stories about the evil scourge of drugs and their corrupting force. (Not much has changed, actually). This particular entry in our Cannabis Time Capsule series isn’t so much a story, but a photo — from the Wet Mountain Tribune out of…
Last year, the Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media got a big boost when lawmakers passed a bill to increase cash rebates to moviemakers who choose to film here — an incentives package that came with $3 million in funding. And new film commissioner Donald Zuckerman made good use…
Denver blog posts are immune to spring fever. South Stands 303’s Colin Daniels tells us we won’t realize how much we miss 104.3 FM’s Joel Klatt’ until he’s gone — to Los Angeles on July 1. Denver Egotist shares an unsettling new project that combines technology and art with your…
A bill to register hemp farmers with the state has been approved by lawmakers. Now all it needs is the governor’s signature before a nine-member committee can begin assisting the Department of Agriculture in developing a process that will allow the good people of Colorado to engage in widespread planting…
Oh, Frontier! You went from being our homegrown alternative to the big bad airways to being one of our least favorite ways to fly. From the fees to the discontinuation of our cookies to your chipmunk identification problems, squeezing our asses into your tiny little seats now makes us sad…
It was a sad moment yesterday when “Budd Jones,” who appeared on the web a week or so ago to urge (very) frequent commenter DonkeyHotay to mellow out, seemed to be signing off. In a response to a post (and many DonkeyHotay comments) about a likely lawsuit over the new…
Late last month, a CSU block party in Fort Collins deteriorated into a riot. Weeks later, the cops aren’t willing to let bygones be bygones. They’ve released photos of seven suspects wanted in connection with the incident and are offering rewards for those who know about their whereabouts. See them…
This week’s cover story, “The Dogs of War,” examines increased efforts to eradicate prairie dogs around the metro Denver area — particularly in Stapleton, where developers and park managers have found it easier to poison the pesky rodents than relocate them. That’s stirred up outrage from advocacy groups and parents…
As strip malls go, the one Emerald City calls home is about as run-down as it gets. I’m sure that the surrounding small businesses — at least four Hispanic-centric Westernwear and boot stores, two sports bars, a liquor store and some taco joints — all have positives behind their doors…
Yesterday, we detailed the arguments in a clemency petition for Nathan Dunlap, who’s slated to be put to death for killing four people at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in 1993. But the many arguments made by Dunlap’s representatives failed to sway one reader, who also believes the Aurora theater…
