So far, the most notable moment of the Rockies season was when management traded Ubaldo Jimenez, the best pitcher in team history. And now we have another notable — but not positive event — with which to mark the season: Mike Jacobs, first baseman for the Rockies’ Triple-A team, has…
Today, most Denver kids head back to school. And since this is 2011, they’ll probably all rush home, vlog about it and upload said vlogs to YouTube. So to celebrate the first day of school, we bring you five of the best back-to-school YouTube videos. Volume Two. (Click here to…
The USA Pro Cycling Challenge starts in Colorado Springs on August 21, 2011, and ends in Denver on August 28, 2011. In between, the professional stage race will test a competitor’s endurance as much as it test’s a Colorado resident’s patience…..
There are several paintball facilities in the Denver area — more than enough to get your trigger-pulling fix. But after a multiple-night shooting spree by four teens to settle a “beef,” maybe it’s time to build another…
This week’s cover story, “Meet the Neighbors,” examines the controversy stemming from a local ministry’s efforts to establish a treatment program for recovering addicts in an historic home in Capitol Hill — at the Bennett-Field house at 740 Clarkson Street, to be precise. Neighbors claim the effort violates zoning for…
Our post about photographer Kim Sidwell, one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the City of Denver for mass arrests during the 2008 Democratic National Convention spurred a comment from a participant in protests at the DNC and its Republican counterpart. She didn’t like what she saw there…..
Aurora Mayor Ed Tauer’s eight-year, term-limited reign will come to an end later this year, and the race is on to replace him, with a vote coming up on November 1. So far, six candidates have filed to run (the deadline is August 23), all with different backgrounds and different…
Summer is over, and school is back in session. While the bell rang a few days ago for some kids and won’t ring until tomorrow for others, today is the big day for Denver Public Schools — the day when the mayor shakes the hands of grubby first graders, the…
In May, we told the stories of two GLBT immigrants living in Colorado and seeking asylum to stay in the United States forever. Their stories of discrimination and abuse in their home countries tested the limits of asylum law. On Friday, another local GLBT immigrant, a lesbian woman named Mrs…
Since his appointment as Secretary of the Interior in 2009, Ken Salazar has been the point man for the Obama administration’s efforts to put the brakes on the drill-baby-drill energy policy of the Bush years, often facing stiff opposition from congressional leaders and the oil and gas lobby in the…
Aurora Mayor Ed Tauer’s eight-year, term-limited reign will come to an end later this year, and the race is on to replace him, with a vote coming up on November 1. So far, six candidates have filed to run (the deadline is August 23), all with different backgrounds and different…
Denver blog posts are a Colorado tradition — kind of. Mile High Report fan poster Crazy Canton Cuts think Tim Tebow’s replaced Brett Favre as the sports media’s deity. Amen. Colorado Pols thinks Rick Perry is “Buckpedaling” — as in Ken Buck. Not a role model that necessarily translates into…
This Sunday, August 21, the Deer Creek Challenge will take place in Jefferson County’s Deer Creek Canyon — and in advance of the event, even more bicyclists than usually pedal in the area are training there. But not everyone appears to be welcoming. The Jeffco sheriff’s office is investigating several…
Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through their lawn decorations… By pairing unrelated decorations and placing them on the roof of a garage, the enjoyment — and certainly the message — of a yard artist’s work will always remain “out of reach” to most viewers. However, the rooftop pairing in…
Like all modern TV stations, 9News is extremely dependent on up-to-date technology. What to do if it fails? That’s what happened during the 10 p.m. newscast on Monday night, when the crew was forced to move from a 21st century broadcasting approach to one more akin to the early days…
Kyle Garratt’s post about the Top 5 worst Colorado sports moments, inspired by the Colorado Rockies’ astonishing seventeen-Sunday-losses-in-a-row streak, prompted readers to nominate their own lowlights. Here’s a particularly interesting nomination…
Dry-ice bombs are so simple to make that anyone who reads the Wikipedia page featuring the image seen here could probably manage it. That only increases the challenge for the Araphaoe County Sheriff’s Office, which is looking for the person or persons who made a device that recently blew up…
It’s official: Invesco Field at Mile High is about to become Sports Authority Field at Mile High. But before all the signs are changed, what were the top ten moments during the nearly ten years under the Invesco name? Here’s the list and text from the history section of the…
Kim Sidwell didn’t attend a protest at the 2008 Democratic National Convention to rail against the man. She’s a photographer who simply wanted to capture the scene in images. Instead, she herself was captured — arrested, detained and put on trial. Later, Sidwell joined an ACLU lawsuit that just resulted…
Last month, we shared the story of longtime Colorado Springs restaurateur and medical marijuana patient Bob Crouse, charged with felony cultivation and distribution after a doctor-recommended application that he be allowed to grow more plants was returned due to a technical error. Crouse is due in court tomorrow, and members…
You’ve gone to IKEA’s new store in Centennial. You’ve battled the lines. You’ve figured out those cute illustrated but confusing instructions. You’ve built the bed/dresser/bookshelf/etc. And it didn’t break when you put your ass/clothes/books/etc. on it. Hallelujah! What to do next? Share your IKEA love with other IKEA lovers…
Dallas Cardenas will serve eight years in prison for trafficking a seventeen-year-old girl and pimping an adult woman, the state attorney general’s office announced today. Cardenas , twenty, of Denver, is the first person to be convicted under Colorado’s human trafficking statute, which was adopted in 2006. A jury in…
