Patagonia Light Show Blasts Trump Policies on Eve of Outdoor Retailer Show

On the eve of the giant Outdoor Retailer Show, which gets underway at 9 a.m. today, January 25, and runs through January 28 at the Colorado Convention Center, the retail powerhouse Patagonia joined with several advocacy groups to turn the McNichols Civic Center Building and the Bureau of Land Management headquarters in Lakewood into canvases of environmental protest by way of light projections that attacked the shrinking of two national monuments, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, by the administration of President Donald Trump.

Attorney: David Bueno Case Shows Why Colorado Should Abolish Death Penalty

The Colorado Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s decision to reverse David Bueno’s first-degree murder conviction because evidence that might have helped him was withheld in his death penalty case. To attorney David Lane, who represents Bueno, the ruling casts shame on prosecutors with the 18th Judicial District DA’s office currently occupied by Colorado Attorney General candidate George Brauchler even as it and other controversial cases, including those pertaining to death row residents Sir Mario Owens and Robert Ray, undermine the argument for capital punishment in general.

Ten Denver Neighborhoods Where Rent Is Rising the Fastest

Rent prices have been moderating in Denver during recent months, following a long period in which rental costs continued to go up and up and up in the Mile High City’s red-hot housing market. But as we noted in a recent post revealing that median rent in Denver proper is currently lower than in eleven other metro communities, costs differ widely from place to place within the city. And new statistics about the Denver neighborhoods with the most rapid rent growth bear that out.

Heath Gumm, Slain Deputy: Manhunt Continues, Fundraiser Launched

A manhunt continues at this writing in the fatal shooting of Adams County Deputy Heath Gumm while on duty in Thornton last night, January 24. Two suspects are being sought in the second slaying of a metro-area law enforcer in 25 days, and a fundraiser for the Gumm’s family has already been launched.

Who Michael Sura Tried to Blame After Bone-Breaking Ski Accident Lawsuit

Last January, we told you about an unusual ski-injury lawsuit in which the man accused of injuring another skier while racing in a reckless fashion was 72 years old. That defendant, Michael Sura, has now settled the suit, but not before his attorneys attempted to blame the accident that broke Stuart Pendleton’s ankle on Snowmass, the ski resort where the incident took place, as well as the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and a charity group, the Disabled American Veterans.

RiNo Double Murder Has “Gang Overtones”

Detectives with the Denver Police Department decline to provide anything other than the most basic details about the January 5 double murder at RiNo’s New Welcome Inn bar, which remains under investigation at this writing, and the Reverend Leon Kelly, a prominent anti-gang activist who’s been in contact with the DPD regarding the thus-far-unsolved case, is also cautious with his words. But following the January 19 funeral for victim Guillermo Ornelas, which saw a slew of police officers strategically deployed in the neighborhood around the church where it was held as they kept a watchful eye on mourners, Kelly acknowledges that the incident has “gang overtones.”

Kratom: Libertarian Party of Colorado Rips Denver Human Use Ban

In November, Denver Environmental Health issued a human-consumption ban on kratom, a plant-based substance that advocates tout as a pain reliever lacking the well-known negative effects of more powerful opioids. Now, the Libertarian Party of Colorado is formally decrying the move, and the organization’s spokesperson reveals that it’s a very personal subject for her. After all, she’s a user of kratom who believes her life would be infinitely worse if she could no longer take it.