In case you missed it…. At Westword Food & Drink, Jonathan Shikes shares an open letter by Falling Rock’s Chris Black in which he rips into Oskar Blues. Mile High Report’s Scotty Payne thinks it’s a good thing that Pro Football Focus has given a mediocre grade to the Broncos’ off-season…
Not many elected officials would swig a beer on national TV, but that’s exactly what Governor John Hickenlooper did Monday night on Late Night with Seth Meyers. On ostensibly to tout his book, The Opposite of Woe: My Life in Beer and Politics, Hickenlooper and Meyers talked everything from marijuana legalization…
Sonny Lawson Park, in the 2300 block between California and Welton streets, is home to Denver’s most famous ballpark: Sonny Lawson Field. Jack Kerouac watched baseball games here, and the Negro League played in the park before the game was integrated and the field was named after Sonny Lawson, the first…
Yesterday, we told you about three overnight homicides in Aurora — including a double murder at the Sunrise Apartments on 13th Avenue. Thus far, the victims of the killing haven’t been identified. But the Aurora Police Department has made an arrest. Ken Kaminga, 35, has been booked on suspicion of…
Back in June 2014, Denver police officer Jeremy Ownbey and his wife, Jamie, were among a richly deserving group of nominees as a Schmuck of the Week. The reason: They faced charges as a result of a drunken brawl that took place at a swingers get-together with Steven Sloan, another…
Back in March, we posted about the ten best U.S. colleges for value according to SmartAsset — and one Colorado college made the cut. Now, SmartAsset is getting even more Colorado-centric. The site has revealed its picks for the ten best Colorado colleges for value, and while the top choice…
For months, Denver has been engaged in a sustained crackdown on homeless encampments. Since the sweeps began along Park Avenue West on March 8, homeless individuals have described being chased around the city by police officers, who cite Denver’s urban-camping-ban ordinance when prohibiting them from sleeping under cover anywhere in…
We’ve been keeping you updated on a home invasion in Golden in which suspects allegedly broke into the wrong house in search of $10,000 worth of drugs and cash. During the incident, homeowner/middle-school teacher Jesse Swift was stabbed as was one suspect, Caleb Williams. The latest: Julia Johnson, thought to be the so-called…
Last week, Santino Walter, co-producer of this year’s 4/20 Rally at Civic Center Park, predicted that the event, which had been rescheduled for May 21 after the original bash was postponed due to a snowstorm, would be a big success despite taking place more than a month later than planned…
Our post previewing this past week’s Denver Modern Home Tour asked readers if they loved or loathed the sort of new designs popping up in so many parts of the Mile High City these days. Most of those who responded weren’t fans. But while some despised the looks of these contemporary…
In recent years, we’ve shared multiple reports about satirical marijuana hoaxes that plenty of people actually believed. Note the March 2015 story claiming that pot candy killed nine people in Colorado and twelve at Coachella, or the bogus October 2015 item about a Colorado McDonald’s with a pot-smoking section —…
Ray Hawkins was just a junior in high school when he piloted his first flight: a BC-12D Taylorcraft, single-engine monoplane over a grassy Florida field. Fast-forward 46 years — after a twenty-year stint in the United States Air Force and a second career with the Federal Aviation Administration — and…
As we’ve reported, the number of officer-involved shootings in the metro area has been on the rise, particularly in Aurora, where three OIS incidents have taken place in May. Even so, it came as a shock to Boulder residents when such a shooting took place in that idyllic community, too…
In recent days, we’ve been reporting about the proliferation of officer-involved shootings in Aurora — three in May thus far. But there’s been plenty of bloodshed in Aurora that’s not directly tied to cops gunning down suspects. Overnight, three people died in the community as a result of two shootings…
As students and parents know, things change quickly in education. Witness the differences between U.S. News &World Report’s 2014 list of the ten best high schools in Colorado and the 2016 version. It’s been a mere two years since we posted about the 2014 roster — but only a handful of…
Last week, we told you about a new clue in one of Pueblo’s longest-running missing person cases — the disappearance of Kelsie Schelling in 2013, shortly after she learned she was pregnant. Specifically, the Pueblo Police Department obtained security footage showing a vehicle driven by a man who allegedly stole…
Police believe a recent home invasion in Golden in which a middle-school teacher was critically wounded happened because three suspects looking for $10,000 in drugs and cash went to the wrong address. Initial reports didn’t specify that the drug in question was marijuana, but plenty of those who responded to our…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Arts, Lauren Archuleta lauds the ten best stores on the 16th Street Mall. A Colorado Pols headline about Colorado’s Secretary of State: “Sucks to be Wayne Williams.” Big Media: GOP Senate candidate Jon Keyser says the liberal media isn’t going to give up…
At the Performing Arts Complex on Thursday, Mayor Michael Hancock announced a new city campaign called “Denveright” that aims to incorporate Denver citizens’ feedback in revising four master city plans – Blueprint Denver, a Parks and Recreation “Game Plan,” Denver Moves: Transit, and Denver Moves: Pedestrians and trails. Together, the…
Of late, there have been reports aplenty about seemingly endless security lines at airports throughout the country, including here in Denver. And even more people have been venting their spleen on social media. We’re guessing such folks won’t be placated by comments just made by a spokesman for the Transportation…
Chelsea Yasser was a 21-year-old mom from Arizona who recently visited Colorado. During the trip, Yasser was murdered. And now, police have released a new video they hope will lead them to her killer. Yasser was a devoted Facebooker. She had at least five pages, with the galleries in most…
This month, colleges across Colorado have wrapped up classes for the 2015-2016 school year, including Colorado Mesa University, one of my many almae matres (don’t ask). And judging by the posts recently shared on the Colorado Mesa University Confessions Facebook page, the experience has been an up-and-down affair. Especially for…
