Denver blog posts have your number. At Westword Arts, Bree Davies comes clean about being on the phone too much. Predominantly Orange’s Sayre Bedinger weighs in on the Broncos’ renewed faith in Peyton Manning. Colorado Peak Politics doesn’t like what President Barack Obama told a Colorado rape victim about whether she…
Lyons resident Patrick Ward very publicly complained about cyclists in his hometown. Now, he could spend as long as twelve years in jail after pleading guilty to taking the life of cyclist Michel Van Duym — by running him over after drinking. We first told you about the now 72-year-old Ward’s…
Dear Mexican: I’ve been following a show called You’re the Worst since it started on FX last year. It features a character named Edgar Quintana, an awkward and troubled Iraq War vet who happens to be Mexican-American. I think this must be the only such character regularly featured in series…
The Facebook photo above shows Darrell Colwell dressed in Old West finery. But the Colorado Springs Police Department believes he’s actually quite tech savvy, albeit in an extremely disgusting sort of way. Colwell has been accused of using an iPad to shoot video up women’s skirts and shorts — a…
It’s not often that an academic study gets coverage on a website such as Bustle, whose main home page items at this writing includes “What Happens When You Use Tinder in the 1950s” and “How Different Does the ‘Fuller House’ Look?” But the site — like more expected sources, such as Inside…
Back in November, we shared a list of the ten most expensive places to rent a two-bedroom apartment in Colorado according to October figures collected by the folks at ApartmentList.com. In the two months since then, prices have actually started to moderate or even decline in some locations — but not…
Murder-suicides in which a man kills a woman have become horrifyingly common. In recent months, we’ve written about the slaying of Leah Cabrera, the killing of Charlie Enice Brooks and the death of Corinne Munger, who posted on Facebook about toxic relationships shortly before her life was cruelly cut short by…
“One question…. What the goddam mother fucking shit is wrong with people?” That’s the query posed during the first video below from Learn 2 Drive Colorado, a blogspot and YouTube channel devoted to documenting the things Denver drivers do that make him crazy. This is no casual mission. The aforementioned channel…
As delightful as the holidays may be, a week-plus of gifts and celebrations can be draining on all of us — and our bank accounts. After ten days of holiday parties, Christmas shopping, plane rides and a little work sprinkled in between, all I wanted when I got back to…
Amid the controversy stirred by President Barack Obama’s executive action regarding gun control, we learned about a disturbing incident in Trinidad. A nine-year-old was accidentally shot in the head after he and his younger brother found a loaded gun in the car of a family friend. Readers commenting on this…
Denver blog posts never put away the Aqua Net. At Westword Music, Brett Callwood explains why hair metal is back in Colorado. Mile High Report’s Tim Lynch revisits the Broncos’ five best 2015 regular season games. Denver Infill’s Ryan Dravitz offers the site’s first update on the 1709 Chestnut project near Union…
Is there any topic that gets Denver residents talking more than growth — and what comes with it? High rents, traffic congestion and, in my neighborhood, renewed parking wars, with an entire block (see above) now closed, and two side roads often off limits, too — or so clogged with…
It was initially reported as a burglary that led to an officer-involved shooting. But now, there are questions about whether the goal of Thomas Guolee, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the incident, was something other than a simple smash and grab. Guolee, as you’ll recall, is an alleged member of…
Broncos Nation — and two of our writers — are debating whether Brock Osweiler or Peyton Manning should start the next Denver Broncos playoffs game, slated for Sunday, January 17. But whatever decision is made, there’s no question Osweiler’s profile has been rising of late. Witness the online debate over the…
The folks with Kaos Pizzeria, located at 1439 South Pearl, really, really want to catch the guy who burglarized the restaurant early on January 3. Indeed, they’re offering free pizza for a year to anyone providing the information that brings the dude to justice — and they’ve shared not one, not…
The latest crime statistics available from the Denver Police Department don’t feature a lot of good news. The stats available at this writing cover January-November 2015 — figures we’ve compared to the same period the previous year. And the numbers are up in seven of nine categories, including all four offenses…
Dear Stoner: I’m having a hard time keeping food down. Do you know of any strains I can smoke that would be good for my appetite? Dee 12 Dear Dee: Assuming you’re able to smoke flower despite your condition, there are quite a few strains out there that should help…
A recent Comment of the Day found one reader arguing that Colorado was awesome before so many people moved here for the weed. No surprise that plenty of people disagreed about whether this viewpoint represents fact or fiction. However, the following take stood out for its sunny positivity. Here’s the…
Denver blog posts are at home with foam. At Westword’s Food & Drink, Jonathan Shikes writes about thirty amazing Colorado beers from 2015. Denver Egotist highlights Joshua Jevons’s collection of 88 marks. The Colorado Independent’s Marianne Goodman: “Colorado’s new voting-machine mandates irk cash-strapped counties.”…
Last month, we told you about the arrests of three teenage girls in Colorado for alleged violent plots against their respective schools. Two of them were sixteen-year-olds who attended Mountain Vista High School — and who authorities in Douglas County took into custody on suspicion of conspiracy to commit first-degree…
We first told you about the Fourth Corner Credit Union back in November 2014, with our William Breathes noting that it was “set to open” — possibly as soon as January 1, 2015 — “and even has the backing of Governor John Hickenlooper, who calls it the ‘end of the line’…
When the chute opens, all 1,700 pounds of brindle bull burst out. The animal spins, rears and kicks violently, as though his hindquarters are spring-loaded: He can’t dump his passenger fast enough. And within three seconds, the rider is flying to the ground, helmet-clad head hitting hard against the dirt,…
