Editor’s note: This post is the third in a three-part series about violence on the 16th Street Mall. Access part one by clicking “Inside the Bloody Stabbing on the 16th Street Mall You Haven’t Heard About.” Access part two by clicking “Denver’s Top Block for Arrests and an Advocate’s Take on…
A wealthy, bottom-of-his-class graduate of Harvard, Spencer Penrose arrived in Colorado Springs in 1892 and invested in a mining venture with his childhood friend Charles Tutt. The two made their fortune mining gold on the west side of Pikes Peak, in Cripple Creek. Penrose was a collector of fine things…
Dear Stoner: I hate dry pot. My roommate says he puts his on the bathroom counter, turns the shower on hot and lets the steam bring it back to life. Thoughts? Monte Dear Monte: Few things are worse than pinching a bud and seeing it crumble to dust — as…
Last October, when we first reported about Tyler Tabor’s heroin-withdrawal death in Adams County jail, we wrote that while no lawsuit had been filed in the case, “one will arrive soon.” That day has come. At 2:30 p.m., Tabor’s family will appear at a press conference announcing a suit they’ve…
The story of Grace Davis, a Ponderosa High School student who’s been locked in battle with the Douglas County Board of Education for months, is an educational variant of a David-and-Goliath tale. And while the board technically won the latest round, Davis has landed some mighty blows — and she’s…
Update: In May, Carlin Qar’Tune Williams, a 39-year-old inmate at a federal prison in Florence, Colorado, filed paperwork asserting that he is the son and sole heir of Prince Rogers Nelson, better known as Prince; see our previous coverage below. Just over a month later, TMZ is reporting (and the Associated Press has…
At several points in his memoir Bullet Riddled, Grant Whitus declares that members of the pain-in-the-ass general public — or worse, the pantywaist liberal media — are in no position to second-guess the life-and-death decisions he had to make in the course of his eventful career as a SWAT team…
“It was a real whirlwind.” That’s how Rex Fuller, vice president of communications and corporate giving for the GLBT Community Center of Colorado, characterizes this past weekend’s Denver PrideFest, which the center produces. And if anything, that’s an understatement. The huge event took place on the same weekend as Denver…
We’re still collecting comments on Chris Walker’s post about a $3.5 million federal grant to Denver in regard to permanent housing for hundreds of homeless people. Many folks are upbeat about the grant itself. But they don’t see it as a panacea. Take this reader, who mentions the impact of…
Much as it was when we first created this list, rent is too damn high in Denver. Median rent is a whopping $2,200, up significantly even from last December, when prices were at $1,950. While more rentals have come online and experts predict a slight cooling in Denver’s magma-hot housing…
Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series looking at violence on the 16th Street Mall. To read part one, featuring a Good Samaritan’s story of helping a stabbing victim, click here. A weekend stabbing on the 16th Street Mall that led to two arrests wasn’t an isolated…
The flagman gave his signal. Travis Newbold fired up his No. 747 Ronin, the motorcycle that was built to conquer Pikes Peak. He looked at the flagman and locked his visor. The Ronin was handcrafted, a collector’s edition; the front brake alone cost more than any whole bike Newbold had…
Trouble at the Denver Post — another round of buyouts decimating the editorial ranks, “loyal” subscribers irate over a new subscription policy that requires they opt out of receiving special issues or find their delivery duration shortened — has made lots of people nostalgic for the days when this was…
Mike Rust, nicknamed “Mike the Bike,” isn’t credited with inventing mountain biking. But he was undeniably a pioneer, helping to popularize the sport both as a competitor and a behind-the-scenes technician whose innovative spirit is still being felt today. Now, finally, his friends, family and loved ones have some closure…
Over the years, anti-marijuana groups have argued that greater legal access to cannabis inevitably leads to increased teen pot use. Last year, for example, Project SAM, an organization co-founded by former Representative Patrick Kennedy and launched in Denver, claimed that national figures from the Department of Health and Human Services showed…
Part 1 This past Saturday night, Erin Chalmers visited the 16th Street Mall with her sister to check out the attendees of some special events in the area. “It was Comic Con and Pridefest and the Greek Festival,” Chalmers says. “We wanted to have a long dinner and watch people…
We recently collected the most memorable Colorado posts on the Whisper app, whose users communicate anonymously using text over images, meme-style. The one we used at the top of the item posed this question: “Are there any single women in Colorado who aren’t lesbians?!” This line inspired plenty of our…
Earlier this month, we reported that Englewood had voted to prohibit marijuana clubs in the wake of controversy over iBake, a pot-consumption business with storefronts in the community and Adams County, where officials announced that they were looking at ways to shut down the one there after three years of operation and…
I opened my mail last week and found a wacky, dense, CAPPY letter from “The Denver Post Membership” to me, a “loyal subscriber.” After detailing all of the benefits of being a subscriber — “advertising values and money-saving coupons more than cover the cost of your membership” — the letter…
Longtime residents of Colorado may remember Dick Lamm as Governor Gloom, the somewhat affectionate nickname he acquired during his three terms as the state’s governor. But before he ascended to that office, he was a brash, obscure, thirty-something state representative bent on stopping the 1976 Winter Games, which were supposed…
Anyone who’s watched Denver television in recent years has likely seen commercials featuring attorney Frank Azar, who’s branded himself “The Strong Arm” — and who makes it clear that he’s willing to grill insurance companies on behalf of his clients. But Azar’s the one on the hot seat now —…
Last week, we told you about Tim Plybon, a Denver firefighter who’s been accused of indecent exposure for allegedly masturbating in a store at the Town Center of Aurora mall. Now, a woman has come forward to say that Plybon followed her and her girlfriend for as much as two…
