In a post about the death of Jessie Hernandez, seventeen, who was killed by cops while she was behind the wheel of a stolen car, we noted that it’s been more than two decades since the Denver District Attorney’s Office has prosecuted a police officer for a shooting that took…
The story of Kristen Braig, charged with neglect after her three-year-old daughter, Lileigh Kellenaers, died in a fire that broke out when Braig was only about 200 feet away, is among the most tragic stories we reported in January — and it also produced two of the month’s indelible images…
National Day of Johns Arrests is a bit of a misnomer. Rather than limiting their activities to a 24-hour period, law enforcers set aside the period between January 15 to February 1 to target johns — clients of prostitutes. A total of 37 agencies reportedly participated nationwide, including the Denver…
On May 31, 2014, a small plane crashed not far from Front Range Airport, killing the pilot, Aurora resident Amritpal Singh, and a passenger who hasn’t been publicly identified. Now, the National Traffic Safety Board has issued its report about the tragic accident, and the cause is highly unusual: Investigators…
Over the years, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has consistently accentuated the negative when it comes to marijuana — and its new report, “Monitoring Health Concerns Related to Marijuana in Colorado: 2014,” is no exception to this rule. The document, included below in its entirety, maintains that…
Hundreds upon hundreds of comments poured in after the publication of our post about sixteen-year-old Jessie Hernandez, a young woman who was killed by Denver police officers as she drove a stolen car. Readers disagreed passionately about whether the shooting was reasonable or unjustified. Here’s a couple of examples, followed…
Denver blog posts rock on. At our Backbeat blog, Jon Solomon marks the closing of Eck’s Saloon, one of the Denver area’s longtime bastions of hard rock. Predominantly Orange’s Adam Malnati writes an open letter to Peyton Manning. Denver Infill’s Ken Schroeppel writes about “The SkyHouse Denver Site: Looking Back,…
The edibles industry’s new packaging regulations go into effect this week, a hash art competition is scheduled downtown and Valentine’s Day dinners pop up in this week’s cannabis calender. See also: Marijuana a Factor in 12.2 Percent of DUI Citations, State Patrol Says…
In recent years, the Denver District Attorney’s Office has put an emphasis on closing cold cases. Now, the office has announced that it’s solved the brutal 1997 slaying of Surle Goldfogel, 67, and while the family has expressed gratitude, the resolution isn’t complete. Jonathan Clinton, a heroin addict said to…
As a reality TV star (she’s currently appearing on the program Marriage Boot Camp), Colorado-born Heidi Montag makes her living by sharing her private life with the public. But thus far, she hasn’t directly commented on the arrest of her father, William Montag, in Aspen on charges that include aggravated…
They were the most notorious yet least-seen artifacts from one of the worst school shootings in American history — roughly four hours of home videos made by two teenage killers-to-be, shot in the last weeks of their lives and offering glimpses into the methods and motives behind the 1999 attack…
Back in October, we counted down the first thirteen reasons Colorado is awesome according to AWSMColorado.com, a huge project undertaken by Chris Harrison and the staff at Video Blend to create one-hundred brief videos (about fifteen seconds in length), with each devoted to one of the state’s incredible attributes. The…
The Broncos weren’t even in Super Bowl XLIX, which (unfortunately) pitted the defending champion Seattle Seahawks against the eventually victorious New England Patriots. But Denver was namechecked plenty of times during the broadcast, mostly in reference to how much better this year’s contest was than last year’s blow-out — and…
On the afternoon of Thursday, January 29, Colton Wilson left his dorm on the Colorado Mountain College campus in Lake County, and he hasn’t been seen since. Now, both CMC and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office have put out alerts seeking information from anyone who might know his whereabouts. Continue…
The use of cannabis for headaches these days is common, at least here in Colorado and other states with medical marijuana laws are in place (and plenty where medical pot isn’t legal, for that matter). But in 1907, cannabis was beginning to be seen as an adulterant in medicines. Many…
Our post about a search for alleged cop assaulter Nicholas Damon generated plenty of comments, many of them about his self-identification as a Juggalo — a fan of the group Insane Clown Posse. Here’s one person who warns against what she sees as a form of prejudice. See also: Nicholas…
Denver blog posts will take your order now. Our Cafe Society blog picks the ten best hotel restaurants in Denver. The Colorado Independent’s Bob Berwyn on Senator Cory Gardner’s decision to join with Democrats in a vote to protect public lands. Denver PR Blog on the launch of SativaCOMM, a…
The Denver Rescue Mission broke ground on a new community center to serve the homeless at 17th and Lawrence streets this week, and city officials came out in force to mark the occasion. But the Ballpark Neighborhood Association, which has fought the project, calls that groundbreaking “premature.” See also: Denver…
Call us crazy, but we always assumed that K-9 officers were most in danger of getting bitten by dogs. But that wasn’t the case with our latest Schmuck of the Week. Meet Everett Kirby, who’s accused of chomping into the sort of cop who’s presumably very accustomed to avoiding teeth…
Has marijuana legalization made our roads more dangerous? At least one report maintains that Colorado’s pot laws haven’t led to more highway fatalities. But the Colorado State Patrol remains concerned based on statistics showing that 12.2 percent of all DUI citations issued last year involved cannabis — although weed was…
The Denver Police Department has released crime statistics for 2014, and in comparison with the numbers from 2013, the news is mixed. Many of the most serious crimes have gone down, but plenty of others have increased in frequency — sometimes by a little, sometimes by a lot. Continue to…
We recently dubbed the upcoming Super Bowl the Intoler-a-Bowl, because it includes the two teams most Broncos fans dislike the most: the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. But who among the Super Bowl participants is the most unlikable? Here are our ten picks, all of them available for…
