Our recent post about two biting incidents involving pit bull mixes in Larimer County continue to generate comments. Here’s one from a reader who wonders why the pit-bull part of the equation is always singled out for blame in situations like this one…
The photo above — featuring a cake served at a goodbye party for copy editors leaving the paper — shows that the folks still employed at the Denver Post haven’t lost their sense of humor. However, they have lost their copy desk, in a change whose full impact can’t be…
Mitt Romney’s in town! Well, actually, he’s not. But his campaign is — and the Colorado team is officially in full swing with the official opening of the presidential candidate and presumptive Republican nominee’s offices in Lakewood on Saturday…
Given that cold temperatures tend to cause a certain male appendage to shrink, Kuldip Nijjar’s decision to drop trou and boast about his giant penis while inside a cooler defies logic, as well as common decency and assorted sex crime statutes. He’s now been sentenced to an eight-years-to-life sentence. Get…
Earlier this month, when we shared a post featuring ten weird movie references to Colorado, we asked if there were any of your favorites we’d missed. Turns out there were plenty — more than enough for another great collection, featuring everyone from Jack Nicholson and Marilyn Monroe to Robert Downey…
In February 2011, Monica Chavez had a seizure behind the wheel, causing an accident that killed five members of the Stoolsteimer family. Chavez was charged with negligent homicide in the tragedy because she was aware of her condition — but a jury found her not guilty, prompting reactions a shock…
It’s not really a consolation, but at least Colorado medical marijuana patients won’t be treated like sex offenders in the proposed computer link between the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and law enforcement crime databases…
The Boulder County ACLU has come out in firm opposition to a proposed ordinance that would require approval from the city manager to allow protesters to gather in city parks. Although the topic is still in the brainstorming stages and won’t merit a decision for months, its opponents fear it…
Update, 9 a.m. June 16: This event has been canceled. Original post: Although the protesters are expecting a showdown, the results could be more like a meltdown: Tomorrow, members of the Young Americans for Freedom (conservative and libertarian youth) and Denver’s South Suburban Freedom Fighters (formerly the South Suburban Young…
The nasty race for CU Board of Regents got nastier when Matt Arnold posted the address and phone number for his opponent online. Arnold was angry that supporters of his rival, Brian Davidson, “were calling his backers and urging them to drop their endorsement,” the Denver Post said. “Arnold decided…
Contrary to scenes in numerous books and movies, getting locked up doesn’t always lead to painful bouts of reflection and self-examination. Criminals are a stubborn bunch, and it’s easy behind bars to embrace a convict code and a victim mentality that merely reinforces addictive, self-destructive and antisocial behavior — which…
Denver blog posts are happy simply to be nominated. Big Media’s Jason Salzman wonders if Cory Gardner is justifying Mike Coffman’s birther comments even as he praises him for apologizing about them. Purple Row’s Rox Girl on the Oakland A’s sweep of the Rockies (at home!), continuing the rain of…
Tonight, Life Skills Center will graduate its last-ever class. Back in November, the Denver Public Schools Board of Education voted to shutter the last-chance high school, a decision that the State Board of Education upheld on appeal in March. That left about 180 kids without a school for next year…
Today brings big news, high hopes and timid reservations about immigration. The Obama administration has announced it will halt the deportation of undocumented youth who immigrated to the country as children and don’t pose threats to national security, and will offer work permits to eligible students. The news follows years…
Returning to the scene of the crime always carries risks for law-breakers. But most are smart enough not to do it while the victim — and the police — are still there. Which brings us to Breanna Ocana…
Our post yesterday about the repugnant Westboro Baptist Church’s announced protest of a Drew Carey show in Denver got quite a few of our readers talking. Here’s a post that marvels at one insult the WBC used against Carey…
Update below: Last year, the decision of a Lakewood Police officer to pepper spray an eight year old made national news. But at first blush, that incident seems mild in comparison with the charges leveled against daycare teacher Suzanne Warmington. She’s been accused of pulling a knife on one of…
Earlier this week, Denver City Councilwoman Jeanne Faatz expressed philosophical support for a medical marijuana outdoor ad ban that would go beyond one targeting the areas near where kids congregate. Councilman Christopher Herndon confirms that he’ll offer just such a proposal and tells us why he thinks it’s needed…
Last week, we shared twenty amazing Instagram looks at Denver. This week, it’s Boulder’s turn. We trolled through the oodles of Boulder-related snaps manipulated and shared using the app and chose twenty that show off the city, its surrounding environs and the people who make it home in a fabulous…
According to a Denver Police report on view below, Salvador Negrette Jr. didn’t just engage in one terrifying act of road rage. No, he’s been formally accused of taking part in three of them, prompting a dramatic scene with a frightening start, a frantic middle and a brutal ending…
This dispensary has closed. Whereas the original Native Roots occupies almost a quarter-floor of a high rise in Denver, its Lakewood location is sandwiched between other stores in a small strip center next to a McDonald’s on Wadsworth. Fitting, as Native Roots is one of a handful of dispensaries not…
In the almost three months since the Colorado Progressive Coalition began a fight for Initiative 84, organizers have collected more than three dozen stories about Colorado foreclosures. In the near future, they will be part of a story map on the group’s website documenting personal horror stories while the CPC…
