Denver blog posts love cliff diving and people in gorilla costumes. At our Arts & Culture blog, Bree Davies celebrates Casa Bonita’s naming as a Lakewood Historical Society landmark. Purple Row’s Bryan Kilpatrick offers a 2015 Colorado Rockies season preview. The Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic and Tessa Cheek characterize Governor…
Although the future of the cannabis industry remains cloudy with a chance of assholes, many people still want to get into the market on the ground floor. Folks like this should be interested in the two marijuana business conferences coming to town — and there’s also a deadline to criticize…
On the afternoon of Friday, March 20, more than one hundred marchers set off from the First Unitarian Society of Denver, bound for the federal immigration court downtown. Arturo Hernandez Garcia, an undocumented immigrant who has taken sanctuary in the church to avoid deportation, stood on the stone steps to…
Once again, violence has struck the 1400 block of Lima Street, which at this point has to be in the running for a dubious honor: It could be the most dangerous stretch of Aurora. In the latest incident, one man is dead and another is in custody after a…
On Sunday’s edition of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, host Jon Oliver inserted Coors into Les Miserables in a way that was quite funny — albeit for reasons that were decided not funny. The program’s main story last not had to do with municipal citations given to people who are too poor to pay…
We accept it as a given that most college students are interested in having sex. But how many times per week would they like to do the deed? The intrepid researchers at the OKCupid dating site used their own data to determine numbers for dozens of schools, including the University…
The attack in Longmont of Michelle Wilkins, who was seven-months pregnant when her unborn baby was cut from her womb, allegedly by Dynel Lane, has impacted people in Colorado and across the country. Last night, a candlelight vigil for Wilkins attracted hundreds of attendees. Meanwhile, a GoFundMe page created to raise…
Arvada’s Jason Mondragon loved outdoor activities such as exploring the American west aboard an ATV. But this past weekend, the hobby turned tragic. Mondragon was cleared after reportedly driving an ATV off a 65-foot cliff. Here are the very sad details. According to Utah’s Grand County Sheriff’s Office, the incident…
Strychnine and cannabis. The two have absolutely nothing in common. One kills you, the other won’t no matter how hard you try. But this August 4, 1911 article in the Wray Rattler does a great job of conflating the two to a readership likely to make the nonexistent connection between pot…
Should Coloradans put out the welcome mat to people who want to move here from other places? Or should we roll it up and replace it with a “Do Not Disturb” sign? A pedicab worker recently wrote that he favors the former approach because “I’m not a dick.” And his…
Denver blog posts have been working up an appetite for years. At our Food & Restaurant blog, Gretchen Kurtz takes a look at Best of Denver restaurant winners from 2005-2009 in anticipation of the 2015 edition’s release. At Mile High Mamas, Cat Holmes offers up five favorite places for a…
Dear Mexican: Why do wabs, regardless of age and body size, always have one hand rubbing their bellies under their shirts? Is this something that is inherent in all wabs? I’m a pocho, and I’ve never seen other pochos do it. Pocho With Albóndigas Grandes Dear Pocho: What’s with the…
Remember how your mom warned you never to pick up a hitchhiker? She was probably thinking about someone like Schmuck of the Week honoree Sarah Stanigar — if the folks at the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office are right., that is Stanigar is accused of trying to force a woman who…
Last July, we told you about the arrest of Donald Shores in an ultra-disturbing cold-case sex assault. The incident took place in 1994, and the victim, who was 67 at the time of the attack, died in 2000. But Shores will belatedly pay for the crime. A jury has now…
Will Dynel Lane be charged with murder for the death of a seven-month fetus that authorities say she cut from a pregnant woman’s womb? That may depend on the results of an upcoming autopsy. District attorney Stan Garnett said at a press conference on Thursday that his office will be…
Last week, we gave you a look around the spectacular Telluride-area property actor Tom Cruise is selling for $59 million. If that price tag is a little too rich for your blood, we’ve got an alternative — the gorgeous, Aspen-area Capitol Creek Ranch, which can be yours for just $17…
We recently told you about an IUD funding bill that had received strong support in the Democrat-controlled Colorado House of Representatives — but we were uncertain about its odds in the Republican-dominated Senate. Sure enough, the Senate voted against continuing to fund the measure, which had achieved substantial success since…
Buddies Wellness is one of those dispensaries that you’ve probably missed unless you’ve driven past it or heard about it from friends. I know I did, even though it’s been around for five years according to the budtender there. The shop is hidden away in an industrial center a few…
In a recent post, we noted that President Barack Obama was critical of youth who said marijuana legalization was their top priority. “Young people, I understand this is important to you. But you should be thinking about climate change, the economy, jobs, war and peace,” he said. “Maybe way at…
Denver blog posts live to serve. At our Food & Restaurants blog, Jenn Wohletz shares her choices for the five best restaurant apologies. Colorado Peak Politics highlights a GOP poll showing that most Republicans favor Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker for president in 2016. At Free Range Longmont, M. Douglas Ray…
The new behavioral health services center to serve mainly homeless individuals is one step closer to becoming a reality with the release of a Request for Proposal from the city for a service provider. In December, the city approved the purchase of the 26,000 square-foot building at 405 South Platte…
This past Sunday, Colorado State University hosted a selection-show-watching party in hopeful anticipation of its basketball team being invited to the Big Dance — the NCAA basketball tournament known as March Madness. Instead, CSU was left on the bubble, prompting a great hue and cry among Rams supporters, who felt…
