Controversies abound in the case of Jesus Cornelio. Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck has charged the seventeen year old as an adult in the death of his toddler cousin, who allegedly sustained a fatal injury after Cornelio shoved him while Facebooking on his phone. Meanwhile, his family is protesting…
Assuming Jamie Moyer doesn’t pitch in a playoff game (not likely) or break his hip while covering first base (somewhat likely), last night will be his signature moment this season. By pitching seven innings and allowing only two unearned runs in the Rockies’ 5-3 win over San Diego, he became,…
Last night, the Boulder City Council passed a resolution supporting CU-Boulder’s plan to shrink the campus 4/20 event by closing Norlin Quad and banning visitors on Friday; read it below. This morning, we spoke to two members of the council — one who supports it wholeheartedly, and another who voted…
Update: Yesterday, we visited with members of the Soulforce Equality Ride, who were promoting LGBTQ acceptance at Colorado Christian University as part of a nationwide tour; see our original coverage below. Shortly thereafter, the Lakewood Police Department arrested five participants in the event — four Equality Riders and one Denver…
Kelsey Whipple’s coverage of a proposed urban camping ban includes a post in which city councilman/chief backer Albus Brooks argued that the issue constitutes an emergency. One reader has a theory about why that might be the case in Brooks’s view…
At a city council meeting yesterday afternoon, Police Chief Robert White outlined what he called a “passive” plan for the Denver Police Department to enforce the urban camping ban if it is passed. As drafted, the strategy calls for law enforcement to partner with outreach workers, and White promises no…
CU-Boulder administrators insist they’re not cracking down on the campus’ annual 4/20 event — but they’re closing Norlin Quad and banning visitors on the big day. Thanks to these actions, scenes like the ones captured by photographers Kate Levy and Colleen Whitfield at last year’s bash won’t be taking place…
In the news business, three similar incidents are considered a trend — and if that’s true, stripping at airports is on the cusp of becoming a thing. Mere days after a woman took off her clothes at Denver International Airport, a man in Oregon has done the same. But while…
Israeli-born Yaron Segal was a Yale-educated researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology doing highly technical work in the area of solar cells. But his final chapter deals not with the development of clean energy but a lonely death at the end of a homemade noose. He killed himself after…
The Denver coroner’s office has identified the clerk who died amid a robbery attempt at an O’Reilly Auto Parts store late Monday as Pablo Del Rio Jr. And the cause of death is no doubt further fueling the search for his killer. Why? Del Rio was shot in the back…
Hoodies have been all over the news since seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed while wearing one in a gated residential complex in Florida last month. Martin, who was black, was visiting family in the area when community-watch volunteer George Zimmerman began following him because he says he thought…
You are what you drink: Republican Joe Coors, part of the Coors beer family, will take on incumbent Democrat Ed Perlmutter in the 7th Congressional District race this year, and lately he’s been flooding the airwaves. But not with beer. “One friend suggested that with a name like Joe Coors, I…
“Mexican Hamburger Helper,” Gustavo Arellano, April 5 Refried History On my way to take some friends in town from Mexico City to Denver’s best restaurant, I prefaced by saying, “Understand, this stuff has precious little to do with Mexican food. Chubby’s is pure Colorado Chicano cuisine.” I’ve savored huevos rancheros and burritos…
More than 4,500 people signed on to the Colorado medical marijuana registry from January to February of this year. That constitutes the biggest jump in registry numbers since June 2010, when the total rose 6,557 patients from the previous month…
An ethnic Nepali, Sher Mizer fled the violence of his country, Bhutan, when he was twelve years old. His family ended up in a refugee camp, where a tarp and some bamboo became their home. Mizer yearned for education, and thanks to a scholarship, he was able to study in…
Denver blog posts believe the children are our future. Mile High Report’s John Bena speculates about the particulars of the soon-to-be-announced Broncos schedule — and figures Peyton Manning’s arrival will translate into plenty of night work. Coyote Gulch: The latest weather system helped the state’s snowpack. But only a little…
You’d think Lindsey Vonn’s Facebook note about taking part in a Tim Tebow Foundation fundraiser this weekend would have been a hot news item about the Colorado skiing phenom/marketing marvel. After all, she had to tweet that Tebow hadn’t broken up her marriage as recently as December. But no: The…
Radio 1190, CU Boulder’s campus radio station (and winner of at least ten Best of Denver awards since its 1990s launch), is in the midst of a pledge drive that runs through Friday. But Mikey Goldenberg, who’s overseeing his first major drive since becoming the outlet’s general manager last fall,…
The Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of America (MMAPA), an organization that made its reputation by speaking out on behalf of patient rights, is shutting down. Why? Vincent Palazzotto, the man behind the nonprofit, lists a slew of extenuating factors that led to what he stresses was the very difficult decision…
Kelsey Whipple has been covering the controversy over city councilman Albus Brooks’s proposal for an urban camping ban — and the debate can be fiery at times. Here’s a comment for someone who doesn’t agree with Brooks that dealing with the situation constitutes an emergency…
Update: “For all those who are worried…. I’m ok. Just dealing with some shit but I will be fine.” That’s a Facebook message posted a short time ago by John Severe, a Colorado Springs resident who’s worked for the military. And he is indeed dealing with some shit: He’s one…
Yesterday, the Denver Post’s Craig F. Walker won the feature photography Pulitzer Prize for the second time in three years — a remarkable achievement, and quite possibly an unprecedented one. The award is not only an acknowledgment of Walker’s moving shots of Scott Ostrom, an Iraq vet who returned to…
