Denver blog posts do things by the book. At our Arts & Culture blog, Luke Leavitt counts down the ten best bookstores in Denver — and believe it or not, the top selection isn’t the Tattered Cover. Mile High Report welcomes you to NFL draft week. Colorado Peak Politics: “Even…
Back in June 2014, we declared a Denver Police Department video showing law-enforcement training for active-shooter scenarios to be the bloodiest public-service announcement ever. “The footage includes gunshots, explosions, hysterical screaming, open wounds, draining blood and bodies everywhere, supplemented by looks behind the scenes and one participant’s analysis of what…
Lots of stuff gets lost in the sausage-making process that is the Colorado General Assembly. Amid all the pitched battles over gun magazines and the rights of the unborn, bills pushing education or sentencing reforms often get short shrift. This year is no different; activists hoping to see some significant…
Former Denver police officer Larry Stevenson has been known as a high-profile employee for the city’s Excise and Licensing Department, a personal friend of Mayor Michael Hancock, the creator of the anti-crime program known as Transportation on Patrol and developer of the Medina Alert system, intended to help catch hit-and-run…
Gunman James Holmes believed that killing people would increase his self worth. Lawyers on both sides of his court case agree on that. But they disagree on what made him think that way. They also disagree about whether he’s guilty of murdering twelve people and injuring seventy more by opening…
Earlier this month, we told you the story of Christopher Bush, who was ruled to have shot himself to death rather than be arrested for a sex crime. A similar scenario reportedly played out over the weekend near the Colorado community of Olathe. The main difference: choice of weapon. In the…
What are the most family-friendly communities in Colorado? ApartmentList.com came up with a metric (explained in detail below) that factored in safety, housing costs, the quality of local schools and child-friendliness to determine the places that suit families best. Sorry, Denver: You didn’t land in the top ten, winding up at…
Kale O’Donnell has been arrested on suspicion of causing approximately $13,000 in damage by scrawling graffiti across Colorado Springs. Suspected number of tags: 245. But arguably more interesting than the case itself is the manner in which O’Donnell was caught — a social-media-heavy investigation that allegedly revealed him to be…
As we’ve reported, the Denver Police Department cited or jailed 243 people during 4/20 weekend — a number significantly higher than the one racked up the previous year. In addition, DPD officers conducted undercover raids at two pot clubs. Things were much, much quieter in Colorado Springs, where a grand total of…
In a recent Denver Blogs post, we featured a Bree Davies item about navigating the Sixth Avenue death trap and other Denver traffic hazards. The topic definitely struck a chord. Plenty of commenters weighed in with their picks for the most problematic areas in the metro area right now. As…
Denver blog posts are all about independence. At our Arts blog, Jenn Wohletz’s vintage list of five big reasons why you should move out of your parents house has gone viral again. Click to find out why. The Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic on Steve Fenberg’s climate-change candidacy for the Colorado Senate…
Dear Mexican: Why do Mexican men have thicker hair than Caucasian men? Is it because it runs in the genes? (I am only asking about hair on the head, not body hair.) Frankie Dear Gabacho: It’s always about the genes for Mexicans, whether it’s our love for tortillas and tamales…
Event organizers might be ready to move on from cannabis after 4/20, but we know you’re not. Pot affairs are a little sparse compared to the overload of celebrations and rallies last week, but there’s still a mix of politics, education and entertainment in this week’s Cannabis Calendar. Today at…
At this writing, the death toll from a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25 is estimated at 3,800, and observers fear it will continue to grow. Among those confirmed dead is Tom Taplin, 61, a filmmaker and photographer from Evergreen who was at a base camp on…
A new fund to help the victims of the Aurora theater shooting has begun accepting donations. It’s called the National Compassion Fund/Aurora, and organizers say one hundred percent of the money that’s donated will go directly to the victims. The opening of the fund coincides with the trial of the shooter,…
This week, we’ve been posting about an April 11 homicide on the 1600 block of Bruce Randolph Avenue — an incident that cost the life of Abdul Muhammad, 61. In a tragic coincidence, Muhammad is the second person with his name to be slain in Denver since January. That month, 22-year-old Abdul…
Earlier this year, we shared a post highlighting the ten most famous CU Boulder attendees according to the Ranker website. We didn’t know everyone on the CU Boulder list, despite the “most famous” designation. That’s true for the Ranker list of the most famous Colorado State University attendees, too. But…
CU Boulder student Berry Allen, a twenty-year-old known to his friends as Tyler, reportedly sent a text last Thursday, April 16, that read in part, ““Oh, I’m alright, spent one night with a friend and one all nighter at library.” Since then, no one has heard from him — and…
Teddy Roosevelt was like the Dos Equis man of American presidents. He had great facial hair, never lost a fight and did amazing things like leading armies and governments and helped create our national park system. In his spare time, he liked to venture into truly uncharted (for white westerners…
In a recent Comment of the Day, prompted by a report that Denver houses are selling for well over list owing to the red-hot market in these parts, a reader acknowledged paying $7,000 over the asking price for a condo that’s gained $25,000 more in value in mere months. The observation prompted…
Denver blogs try not to have a regional bias, but it’s hard…. At our Arts blog, Lauren Archuleta offers a Colorado girl’s response to the ten reasons Colorado girls are way better than California girls. Denver Egotist highlights the 1Kick Canned Mule product launch via Denver’s Think to Make. Catherine…
Last week, in honor of 4/20, Good Chemistry was offering 42 percent off any of its flower. The penny pincher in me simply couldn’t resist the lure of discount pot, so I stopped by the new Aurora location, at 16840 East Iliff Avenue, to see if Good Chemistry and good…
