This past July, we published a post detailing twenty Denver homicides during the first half of 2015. In it, we noted that the total, while disturbing, was also fairly typical. There were twenty Denver homicides during the first half of 2012 and 22 in the first six months of 2013…
This season (as is typical for Colorado), the weather has been far from static. We’ve had cold temperatures one day, unseasonably warm ones the next. As a result, ice-covered bodies of water are particularly risky right now. But understanding that doesn’t alleviate the shock associated with the story of Cole…
You’ve got to hand it to Burke O’Connell. The New England Patriots fan was so sure Tom Brady and the Pats were going to defeat the Broncos in the AFC championship this past Sunday, and then go on to victory two weeks later, that last Friday, he got a tattoo…
Whether it’s officially acknowledged or not, marijuana has long been part of the X Games. But with X Games 2016 slated to take place January 28-31, Aspen and Snowmass Village are taking very different approaches toward pot events. The latest version of an Aspen party that turned heads last year…
As Patricia Calhoun reported, Denver City Councilwoman Debbie Ortega has asked for additional time to review the results of an almost thirteen-year study analyzing transportation alternatives for the heavily congested I-70 corridor from I-25 to Tower Road. The post didn’t inspire many fans to speak out in the plan’s favor…
Denver blog posts could go for a Double-Double right now. Westword Food & Drink features a reader debate about whether In-N-Out Burger is overrated or the food of the gods. Mile High Report’s Scotty Payne celebrates Von Miller, difference-maker in the Broncos’ AFC championship game win. Denver PR notes that competitors…
We’ve covered some of the weirdest ways to ingest cannabis in the past, but Foria may have one-upped anything we’ve written about with its new pot-infused vaginal suppository, which is set to hit California dispensary shelves today and Colorado’s very soon. The same company that you brought pot-infused sex lube,…
Dear Mexican: Hey, I was wondering why it is that Mexicans are said to have low risk for heart attacks, considering they eat lots of beans, animal intestines and other strange foods like pig’s feet and cow tongue. Could there be some mysterious magical healing power in all these cultural…
As we noted in our coverage of a Craigslist-related Make My Day shooting in Littleton that that left one man dead, pre- and post-game coverage of the Broncos’ AFC championship game win overwhelmed coverage of many other newsworthy events this past weekend. Another example: a shooting near an RTD park and…
Denver typically does very well in attempts to determine the fittest American cities. But apparently, being fit and being active are two distinctly different things. The city finished fourth in the 2014 American Fitness Institute study. And in the following year’s AFI survey, Denver came in at number six. But…
References to 24-year-old CU Boulder student Merissa Hirneisen on the university’s website are impressive. She’s listed as an international affairs major, and she served as a student assistant for the 2013 Conference on World Affairs (her LinkedIn profile says she handled this task from 2009 to 2014) and an assistant editor for Occasions…
As we noted last week, Twitter Nation thought Peyton Manning couldn’t beat Tom Brady in Sunday’s AFC championship game. And neither did our own Brian Badzmierowski, whose post on the topic was headlined TOM BRADY, PATRIOTS WILL KICK BRONCOS’ ASS AND HERE’S WHY. Well, surprise, surprise. The Broncos’ defense was absolutely stellar,…
The comments keep rolling in for Patricia Calhoun’s post about the ten things to expect when your state legalizes marijuana. Some of the takes have been serious. Others have been hilarious. This one falls into the latter category — although, depending upon your experiences at fast-food restaurants over the past…
Denver blog posts take it to the limit. At Westword Music, Katie Moulton answers the following question: “Why was Glenn Frey always wearing CU T-shirts?” The Colorado Independent’s Susan Greene offers her take on the Michael Lee Marshall video. Big Media’s Jason Salzman examines efforts to get Mike Coffman to talk…
One unfortunately common dilemma for Denverites and tourists alike is finding a place to puff when out on the town. On top of that whole illegal thing, smoking marijuana (or anything else, for that matter) in public places or venues can be rude and detrimental to the health of others…
For those of you wondering what it takes to make a Schmuck of the Week, one key factor involves a series of events that rapidly spirals out of control. In other word, one damn thing leads to another. Schmuck honoree Donald Quint knows all about that. In the beginning, he…
As we’ve reported, negotiations are ongoing between marijuana reformers, business interests and officials to allow social marijuana use in Denver. But last week, Mason Tvert, a proponent of a social cannabis-use measure that was withdrawn from the 2015 ballot in order to allow these talks to get underway, made it…
We recently shared video showing the jailhouse death of Michael Lee Marshall. The homeless man, who suffered from symptoms associated with paranoid schizophrenia, choked on his own vomit after being restrained by Denver deputies in a November 2015 incident the city coroner’s office has labeled a homicide. It’s a shocking…
Yesterday, we published our latest collection of Tom Brady hate memes. Which got us to wondering: Is there anyone else on Brady’s New England Patriots who inspires that sort of passion among fans of the Denver Broncos, who’ll be facing off against the squad this weekend in the AFC championship…
We recently shared our latest collection of passive-aggressive notes from Colorado as featured on the PassiveAggressiveNotes.com website. But there’s plenty of passive-aggressiveness at other online destinations. As evidence, check out “To the driver whose way I so rudely blocked,” recently shared on the Denver Craigslist Rants & Raves section on…
Today, January 22, has been named Orange Friday in the City and County of Denver by Mayor Michael Hancock, with a fan rally at noon in Larimer Square, all in honor of the Bronco’s AFC Championship game on Sunday. Not only are residents invited to deck themselves out in their…
At a press conference on Thursday afternoon, attorney Darold Killmer said that the office of District Attorney Mitch Morrissey sent them multiple discs containing video showing Michael Marshall’s death in city custody last November. Killmer, who represents Marshall’s family, said he expects the DA’s office will be releasing footage to the…
