James Holmes “had conversations with a classmate about wanting to kill people in March 2012” and “made threats to a professor” at the University of Colorado according to a motion written by prosecutors (and on view below). The motion, which was made public today, says “evidence gathered so far” includes…
Update: I just heard from David Warren, executive director of Open Door Ministries, whose zoning permit for a boarding house at 740 Clarkson for recovering addicts and alcoholics was recently declared invalid by a Denver judge. “The city is not appealing this ruling,” he notes. “I know this has been…
Actor Kal Penn, who is campaigning for Barack Obama nearly full-time, stopped in Colorado yesterday to promote the president on college campuses. While his well-known character in Harold & Kumar may know quite a bit about marijuana, Penn, at a stop at the Auraria campus yesterday afternoon, didn’t have much…
There’s a lot of pent-up demand for Peyton Manning on Twitter. Note that @peytonmanning18 has over 61,000 followers even though the account shows only two tweets from March 2011. Indeed, Manning’s disinterest in Twitter has created a vacuum that dozens of fake Peytons are trying to fill — with by…
One of our readers just sent us the photo above, of Denver Police dealing with a dead body at City Park. However, the man doesn’t seem to have been a victim of crime, at least at this very early stage of investigation. According to DPD spokesman Detective John White, “It…
Update: The Denver coroner’s office has now identified the man who was killed early yesterday morning on the 3600 block of Josephine Street as Israel Hernandez, age thirty. He was transported to Denver Health Medical Center but failed to respond to treatment after suffering a gunshot wound. The corner’s release…
Yesterday’s post about changes made (or not made) at ten massacre sites was inspired by a survey asking what should be done with the Aurora Century 16, where James Holmes allegedly killed twelve people. Here are some reader suggestions for the theater’s future…
Yesterday, in her courtroom coverage of the latest James Holmes hearing, Melanie Asmar quoted prosecutors as saying the accused Aurora theater shooter had been banned from the University of Colorado after he’d made threats — and so did pretty much every other media outlet on the planet. Now, however, CU…
Seems like there’s a new list ranking cities and states every day, and plenty of them have Denver and/or Colorado at or near the top. In fact, we’ve ranked so mile high in so many different categories — from healthiest to drunkest to happiest to most apt to use a…
Yesterday, CBS4’s Shaun Boyd got a one-on-one opportunity to quiz presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney — a nice coup for a local reporter. But Boyd’s chat with Romney, seen in multiple clips below, made more news for his refusal to talk about Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin than the talking…
Amid news that Lance Armstrong will quit fighting doping allegations (a move that will likely result in him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles), it’s tough to remember that just two years ago, he was the face of what’s now known as the USA Pro Challenge, a…
This dispensary has closed. After weeks of waiting and building social-media buzz, the Golden Goat has finally reopened in the space formerly occupied by Green Door Wellness — which always looked like a nest of old Deadheads had taken over an abandoned East Colfax building near a grow store and…
Editor’s note: Yesterday, our Melanie Asmar was in the courtroom when a prosecutor said James Holmes had been banned from the University of Colorado the month before he allegedly killed twelve people and injured 58 at an Aurora theater. Afterward, a CU spokeswoman said that’s not the case. Learn more…
“B” is for brown. And bicycle. At least that’s the logic behind the name of a new social group called Bbikes (pronounced bee-bikes) that aims to get more minorities to hop on bikes in Denver. First step? Making the weekly Denver Cruisers ride more diverse…
Here’s looking at you, Denver blog posts. Colorado Pols features an anti-Personhood Amendment rally, staged even before the measure has reached the ballot. Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead Broke touts Phil Goodstein’s walking tours. Coyote Gulch: The 2012 drought could dry up 2013 water leases…
As CU-Boulder continues to get attention for its new rule allowing concealed-carry-permit holders to have guns in some family housing units, Colorado State University in Fort Collins is sticking with a stricter policy. At CSU, guns aren’t allowed in any dormitories or apartments, period. And officials say they have no…
Update: Earlier this month, we told you about the strange case of David Moe, a veteran teacher at Paddington School whose bust on child pornography charges was seemingly echoed by word that he kept an 800-page journal outlining his creepy fascination with very young children; see our original coverage below…
Our post about CU-Boulder’s approach to allowing concealed-carry-permit holders to bring guns on-campus — by banning guns in dorms and at football games but creating special CCP-approved graduate housing — spurred one commenter to distill his response into a mathematical formula……
At 10:30 a.m. today, the NAACP’s Colorado/Montana/Wyoming conference will formally endorse Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act. Rosemary Harris Lytle, communications director for the local branch, who’s among the speakers at the event, taking place in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood, says the NAACP sees the measure as a…
Update: Last week, we told you about the arrest of Robert Trujillo in the Knox Court murder of Natasha Carrillo; see our original coverage below. Now, Trujillo has been formally charged with a crime detailed in an affidavit on view below. It features references to domestic violence, marijuana hidden under…
The City of Aurora is conducting a survey, asking folks through August 31 what should be done with the Aurora Century 16, the theater where James Holmes allegedly killed twelve people. Many other massacre sites have faced this unfortunate question in the past, with responses ranging from minor changes to…
Last year, a back-to-school mega-party at the Ram’s Pointe apartment complex in Fort Collins attracted thousands and led to ten hospitalizations, the arrests of two CSU football players and loads o’ YouTube videos like the ones on view below. So…are you stoked for an even bigger and badder bash this…
