Even though household incomes in the Country Club neighborhood are three times higher than the citywide average, money does not grow on trees for residents there. The privileged citizens who live west of the Cherry Creek shopping district grow their money the old-fashioned way — by sowing plenty of Country…
Victoria Barry, 26, has been formally charged with two counts of vehicular homicide and DUI in relation to a crash on I-25. Lilly Duncan, a 31-year-old Colorado Springs mom, died in the incident, leaving her daughter Dyrah, twelve, without a living parent. Her father died when she was nine…
John Elway’s got a lot on his plate right now, what with the Denver Broncos coming off their worst season in ages and an NFL lockout preventing his new coach, John Fox, from being able to work with players new and old. But somehow, he’s found time to inform members…
Location: Market Street Station at16th and Market. Number: Unknown. Status: Operable. Price: 50 cents for local calls. Photo Taken: 3:30 p.m. on May 10…
Yesterday, marijuana advocate Mason Tvert refuted claims that his group’s filing of 2012 legalization initiatives wasn’t intended to disrespect local activists. One commenter called for all parties in this particular dispute to put down their arms and give peace a chance…
Former Jefferson High teacher David Rangel was arrested last September after admitting he’d kissed and groped a student — one of two to eventually come forward. Yesterday, he received a sentence of ten-years-to-life of intensive-supervision sex-offender probation plus a six-month work-release sentence, even though one of the students in question…
Update: Earlier this week, a suicidal Kelli Lynn Murphy told police her two children, Liam and Madigan, were in heaven. But those who loved the kids are in a kind of hell right now, as was clear at a gathering last night in Castle Rock’s Founders Park, where hundreds of…
Shortly after winning praise for getting the ban on the military expansion of Pinon Canyon restored, Representative Scott Tipton faces potential embarrassment over letters sent by his daughter, Elizabeth, in which she dropped daddy’s name to seek business for the family-connected telecommunications firm where she works. But even as Tipton…
Simon Salinas, a known gangster with a murder beef in his past, was really, really mad at his former girlfriend. Not only did he attack her himself, but after being arrested and jailed, he arranged for the half-sister of his current girlfriend to punch his ex in the face while…
Although 28-year-old J.W. Frye hasn’t had his Forrest Gump moment yet, his 8,000 mile trek across the United States has been far from lonely. With a bicycle, a cell phone and 115 pounds of equipment, Frye set out from Key West, Florida, in January on a voyage to Alaska. His…
A delegation from Bent County and Governor John Hickenlooper’s office went to Washington this week in an effort to interest the federal government in “repurposing” the Fort Lyon Correctional Facility, a remote and troubled state prison on the eastern plains that’s scheduled to close next year as part of the…
A Face to Reframe is an organization out of Fort Collins that uses photography to empower marginalized populations by giving them cameras in order to capture their world — as they see it, not as others do. Last week, the cameras were in the hands of five homeless youth in…
The fight over how many taxicabs to allow in Denver, detailed in the November feature “Mean Streets,” took a strange turn in March. After rejecting taxi drivers’ application to start Mile High Cab because he said the market was saturated, PUC Judge Paul Gomez green-lit 300 other new Denver cabs,…
The members of Topeka, Kansas’ Westboro Baptist Church are notorious for many things, including signs that read “God Hates Fags” and protests of military funerals. But for them to plan a protest at his graduation was a shocker Ponderosa High senior Ryan Wheeler wasn’t ready to handle. Luckily, he didn’t…
A drum roll, please, for these Denver blog posts. Inside the Rockies predicts only one member of the team will make this year’s all-star team — and even though Todd Helton deserves it, he plays a very competitive position. So who’ll make the grade? BigMedia.org’s Jason Salzman: Chris Romer can’t…
This week, medical marijuana reviewer William Breathes checks out the harvest at Rocky Mountain Farmacy. But it’s hardly the only place to spend your green on green, as you’ll discover by visiting our just-updated MMJ listings. Click to access our medical-marijuana dispensary directory…
This dispensary has closed. Rocky Mountain Farmacy didn’t look like anything special. Based on what I thought was the size of the place from the outside, it came across as a weed Walmart. Like they had sixty strains on their shelves and cases full of pipes and accessories, but none…
During a recent drive to work, Shane Boor indulged in one of America’s favorite pastimes: He flipped someone the bird. Trouble is, the person he aimed it at was a Colorado State Patrol officer so unamused that he had a fellow trooper track Boor down and give him a criminal…
The crowd milling around the driveway in the picture above proves that Pop’s Garage is the happiest place to hang out in Lakewood. Most oversize suburban garages are surrounded by classic cars, so it is all the more surprising to see Pop’s Garage teeming with a cavalcade of cartoon characters…
Last week, medical marijuana advocate Kathleen Chippi, who’s collecting funds for a lawsuit to stop HB 1284, Colorado’s main MMJ regulatory measure, criticized attorneys who’d announced their intention to sue over the bill last year but haven’t done so. Why not? Lauren Davis, a lawyer in the group, offers a…
State senator Suzanne Williams received only three misdemeanor tickets for a December traffic accident that took the life of Brianna Gomez, who was seven months pregnant; the baby survived. But one reader didn’t immediately conclude that this punishment was an example of injustice…
The Denver coroner’s office has identified the man who died after a fall at a Colorado Rockies game on Tuesday as Robert Seamans, 27, of Pueblo. Seamans reportedly lost his balance and struck his head while sliding down a stairway railing at Coors Field — one of his favorite places…
