Denver blog posts are committed until death do us part. At our Arts blog, Bree Davies shares insights offered by her best friend, a funeral director, in a post entitled WHEN DEALING WITH DEATH AND LOSS, IT’S THE BIG THINGS THAT MATTER. A grabby Colorado Pols headline: “Crested Butte Begs Denver…
Dear Mexican: I teach U.S. citizenship classes in both Spanish and English. Recently, some of my students corrected others in Spanish about race terms. How do I help my students talk about race progressively, so they don’t sound like racist grandmas? Denver, But Works in Littleton Dear Gabacha: Tough, ain’t…
Some Lincoln High School students are pushing back against a plan by Denver Public Schools to open a middle school charter school at Lincoln, located in southwest Denver. A protest organized by the community group Padres y Jovenes Unidos is scheduled for 5 p.m. tonight in advance of a 6…
It’s starting to become a pattern. First, the Denver Police Department announced that it didn’t want to assign body-worn cameras, or BWCs, to off-duty officers even though the Office of the Independent Monitor strongly recommended that it be done, In the end, however, the DPD caved. Likewise, the department argued against…
Simply pretending to be someone else doesn’t necessarily make you a schmuck. If you were to act like Mother Teresa, for example, we’d probably salute your kindness and compassion — not to mention the fine figure you cut when you’re wearing a full habit. Lately, however, there’s been a rash…
Gabino Otero-Labra, known on Facebook as Gabino Otero, stands accused of having sexually assaulted a thirteen-year-old girl when he was 24. But the alleged victim isn’t around to witness his prosecution. The girl died in 2012 from a brain tumor, long before law enforcers working cold cases gathered enough evidence…
On Sunday, October 18, the Denver Broncos and the Cleveland Browns will renew their rivalry. If you can call it that. As shown in win-loss stats courtesy of FootballDB.com on view below, the Browns beat the Broncos three of the first four times they played. Since 1975, however, the Broncos have…
Plenty of longtime Denver residents undoubtedly feel as if the flood of people moving to Denver has been going on forever. But a Yelp thread from just shy of five years ago — the first comment was posted on October 24, 2010 — puts that feeling in perspective. Entitled “Why Is Everyone…
Early on October 14, Jesse Wright posted the following comment on his Facebook page: “Almost home to the 303 cant wait to be bacc in Denver been gone too long.” Barely 24 hours later, Wright was presumably less happy to be in Colorado. That’s because he was in custody of…
Most of the stand-alone pot shops on South Broadway are relics of years gone by, when medical marijuana and stoner shacks went hand in hand. With so many newfangled retail marijuana superstores now showing up in Denver, petite medical dispensaries like Little Brown House and Little Green Pharmacy are becoming…
We recently reported about Frontier Airlines scaling back its operation at Denver International Airport. The carrier was given permission by the Denver City Council to return six gates, at an annual savings for $3 million. Frontier says it’s trying to “right-size” its DIA space, but the move comes after months…
Denver blog posts are a bloody good time. At our Arts blog, Lindsey Bartlett highlights the thirteen sexiest, scariest things to do for Halloween in Denver. Colorado Peak Politics suggests that Michael Bennet’s position on the Iran deal may be linked to a drop in his campaign fundraising. Denver Stiffs’…
Join the Cannafit club and you could get high and get fit at the same time. That’s the goal of the soon-to-launch website for Cannafit, which has been called the “Fitbit for Weed,” as it will keep track of your meals as well as the amount of THC you are…
As we’ve documented in this space, the Denver Sheriff’s Department has been at the center of numerous ugly incidents in recent years, many of dealing with accusations of excessive force or alleged lawbreaking by personnel. The accumulation of unpleasant headlines preceded Sheriff Gary Wilson’s resignation in 2014 — and when interim Sheriff…
We recently reported that Ryan Brown was cleared of any wrongdoing in an incident during which he was face-planted in the snow by Colorado Springs Police Officer Dave Nelson after he and his brother, Benjamin, were pulled over for having a cracked windshield. Ryan captured video of the incident, which is…
Recent stories about the death of 23-month-old Jayvion Johnson and the arrest of Kinyaita Davis, who allegedly abused her two kids using a steam iron and a power drill, have led to calls for an investigation into Denver Human Services, an agency that had already been apprised of potential problems in each…
Estately, the website that once named its top ten cities for douchebags — two Colorado communities made the cut — cast a wider net with another list. The goal: to figure out what each state has the most of. Scientific it’s not. Funny it is — and you’ll see by checking out the…
Last month, we previewed a new Peak Period Shoulder Lane — shorthanded as PPSL — that’s expected to be open along a thirteen-mile stretch of Interstate 70 from Floyd Hill to Empire by year’s end. At the time, the range of pricing for use of the lane was reported to range…
The accusation that Lakewood mom Julie Greiner pimped her own 12-year-old daughter is shocking enough. But it becomes even more disturbing when described in the fourteen-page arrest affidavit on view below. The document goes into incredible detail about Greiner’s alleged decision to allow her pre-teen child to have sex with…
Dear Stoner: Why are all you potheads so gung-ho about the benefits of smoking weed? I smoke it from time to time, but I don’t tell my friends to light up a joint instead of visiting the doctor. It’s pot, not magic beans. Grinding Gary Dear Gary: Magic buds, maybe…
Our post about rude movie theater behavior struck a chord with a lot of readers. Some cited specific behavior that didn’t come up in the post, including no one’s favorite, seat-kicking. Others lamented a general lack of cinema etiquette. Take the following leader, who thinks such actions are passed down from…
Denver blog posts are holidazed. At our Arts blog, Lindsey Bartlett spotlights the seven best shows on Halloween. Colorado Pols: “Stay classy, Ted Harvey.” Predominantly Orange’s Sayre Bedinger details how the Broncos plan to deal with sackmaster DeMarcus Ware being sidelined for two weeks…
