Peyton Manning seems like a normal-size human being on TV. But in person, it’s clear that he’s a giant — someone who even looks down on a man as big as John Elway. Look below to see lotsa different angles on Manning and company from yesterday’s Broncos’ press conference in…
Melanie Asmar’s post about reported low wages and overwhelming workload at Colorado Virtual Academy inspired a number of readers to share positive comments about online education in general. Here’s one example from a reader who sees such institutions as giving parents more educational options…
This week’s feature, “The Columbine Effect,” explores the enduring fascination indie filmmakers seem to have with the attack on Columbine High School thirteen years ago — and the agendas advanced (gun control, bullying prevention, etc.) in their fictional and not-so-fictional interpretations of the tragedy. The latest entry in the field,…
In an attempt to improve the public’s trust in the police and the department’s disciplinary review system, Manager of Safety Alex Martinez announced the creation of a new position within his office. Former district and country judge Jess Vigil will join the police review process as the deputy manager of…
Peyton Manning is now a member of the Denver Broncos, thanks to a five-year contract estimated to be worth $96 million. Which means one thing: He needs some new Colorado digs! To help him with house hunting, we turned to The Home Cart, a site featuring listings for the most…
Every parent gets frustrated when a baby starts crying and won’t stop. But 22-year-old Daniel Kim’s alleged solution to this situation caused infinitely more problems for all concerned. He’s accused of trying to silence his infant son by slugging him in the head hard enough to crack his skull…
In Denver, sign twirlers live a relatively free life, at least when it comes to the city’s regulations of the profession. As long as they stay off streets and medians and aren’t actually panhandlers, they are obeying the law. But as we explored in our cover story, “Spin City!,” other…
The Ricardo Flores Magon Academy charter school can continue operating. Today, the Charter School Institute voted to extend the embattled school’s contract for five more years — with several stipulations. Among them: Find a new leader. The school’s founder and most recent principal, Marcos Martinez, resigned along with two others…
In the nearly six years since Shannon Galpin founded Mountain2Mountain, the Colorado-based nonprofit has created several projects in Afghanistan: Volunteers taught street art, worked with women’s prisons, partnered on a school for the deaf. But in 2012, Combat Apathy, its new educational program, will expand the organization to a a…
Denver blog posts love Frank Tripucka. Big Media’s Jason Salzman on media types who’ve asked to chat with Secretary of State Scott Gessler, only to be rejected — including AM 760’s David Sirota. Mile High Hockey’s Cole D. Hamilton offers evidence the Avs are on the right track to compete…
Update below: For the first time in months, Civic Center Park is empty. Around 5 a.m., police officers visited the park to close it down, requesting that all protesters who had slept there overnight gather their belongings and vacate the area immediately as they watched. In the hours following, city…
The Broncos’ decision to sign Peyton Manning — a move expected to be made official at a 1 p.m. press conference today — has been lauded by plenty of NFL experts. But KHOW radio host Dan Caplis isn’t celebrating. Caplis, who said last August that Tebow was the victim of…
New update below: Denver’s Civil Service Commission has determined that officers Ricky Nixon and Kevin Devine, fired over an alleged brutality incident at the Denver Diner in 2009, can return to the street while the city appeals their reinstatement. This decision aggravates Colorado Progressive Coalition’s Miriam Pena, who was present…
Our most recent post about an alleged 2009 excessive force incident at the Denver Diner featured Colorado Progressive Coalition’s Miriam Pena defining what went down as police brutality. One of our readers agrees, while another one doesn’t — but both express themselves with great passion. Here are their responses…
When we named Charlie Sheen’s ex-wife Brooke Mueller Shmuck of the Week this past December, we only knew the barest details about her arrest in Aspen on cocaine-and-assault-related charges. Does her deferred sentence in the case call this award into question? Not really judging by info from a just-released police…
It’s one month before 4/20 at CU Boulder, an annual protest against marijuana prohibition/celebration of pot culture. While student leaders at the school have been talking for months about how to move the event off-campus, they now appear to be resigned to the bash happening as scheduled. But they’re preparing…
Pigeons are frequently referred to as rats with wings. But that doesn’t mean they can be publicly beaten to death — especially in Boulder. Which explains the charges against two CU Boulder students accused of doing just that…
If the movie Downfall’s makers got paid each time YouTubers adapted a scene of Hitler freaking out, they’d be swimming in cash by now. The latest version features Der Fuhrer (filling in for team owner Pat Bowlen) going ballistic after finding out the Broncos plan to pay 35-year-old Peyton Manning…
The news first surfaced in the Hollywood trade press last month: The Lifetime cable network is developing a miniseries about the 1999 school shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Based on a best-selling book about the tragedy, the project involves a team of heavyweight producers whose collective film…
Two Platt Park residents were enjoying a late-winter evening, sitting on their patio with a fire in the chimenea warding off the chill, when they suddenly got some unexpected visitors. A Denver fire truck had pulled up and unloaded a full complement of firefighters suited up for a big blaze…
Peyton’s Place: Star quarterback Peyton Manning’s decision to join the Denver Broncos caused an instant eruption Monday on Twitter, whose users were divided on whether the move is brilliant or idiotic. Some of the first, passionate reactions showed both love and hate for Manning, as well as for Tim Tebow,…
“Wish You Were Here,” Melanie Asmar, March 8 Have a Nice Trip! I am a lifelong resident of Aurora. It is an okay place to live, but if I want entertainment of any kind, generally I go to Denver. The city is definitely not a place to make as a…
