Denver blogs posts would love it if you’d sign in. At our Show and Tell blog, Bree Davies picks the ten best commercial signs on West Colfax. At Colorado Pols, Whiskey Lima Juliet asks a simple question about Ferguson-related protests: “How do we get this done?” Denver Frank shares the…
We’ve all got our crosses to bear over the holidays, whether it’s late hours at work away from the kids, troubled family members, difficult financial situations or, in the case of certain individuals, actual crosses. But woe are the people of La Plata County in southwestern Colorado, who can’t even…
Frankly, we don’t know which of the people in our latest Schmuck of the Week post deserves the honor more: the guy who pointed a banana at two deputies, the law enforcers who arrested him or the prosecutor who decided to pursue charges in the case, albeit lower ones than…
Thanks to protests over no-indictment decisions by grand juries in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases (as well as claims that some East High students at a Wednesday rally chanted “Hit him again” after four Denver police officers were injured in a crash, one critically), another pair of demonstrations…
Last month, we told you about one of the more bizarre law-enforcement shootings in recent memory: the death of Ian Santamaria, whose suicide during a traffic stop caused deputies to open fire on him. New details of the incident are divulged in a decision letter from Denver District Attorney Mitch…
As posts like this one prove, we have a soft spot for items that display Colorado pride — and the I Heart Denver Store, located at 500 16th Street, Suite 264, just happens to specialize in them. With the holiday gift-giving season upon us, we picked out twenty favorites from…
Remember Kyle Orton, who quarterbacked your Denver Broncos during the darkest days of the Josh McDaniels era before being supplanted by none other than Tim Tebow? He returns to Mile High Stadium on Sunday as QB of the Buffalo Bills — and to welcome him back, we’ve collected the twenty…
Yesterday, after additional walkouts at metro-area high schools in protest of the Michael Brown grand jury decision, the Denver police union publicly claimed students at a previous East High demonstration had cheered and chanted “Hit him again” after four officers were injured in a car crash, one critically. This assertion…
Not to get all pot-snobby here, but buying pot legally at a dispensary has gone from a completely mind-blowing unique experience to one I equate with all my other weekly errands. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy it, but I’ve found that I treat it along the same lines…
Our post remembering Ty Folsom, one of three Frederick High School students to commit suicide over a two-week period, generated a great many poignant and heartfelt responses, as well as many suggestions about how to improve the situation. This one puts some of the blame on the media. See also:…
Denver blog posts would gladly pay you tomorrow for a hamburger today. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares the opinion of a reader who disagrees with those slamming the burgers at Cherry Cricket. Colorado Peak Politics thinks organics and fracking can coexist. The Ralphie Report’s Mark Sparkman on…
In his preparations for his attack on his school last December, Karl Pierson developed a hit list of specific students he planned to target and even scoped out in advance the locations where his intended victims could be found. Yet those details were omitted from the official report on the…
Over the past couple of days, the number one story on CBS4’s website has been…CBS4 — and the possibility of the station being dropped from DISH Network, headed by Charlie Ergen, who Forbes recently placed on its list of the five richest Coloradans. “Our viewers should be prepared to lose…
The Ferguson-grand-jury-inspired walk-out at East High School, during which four Denver police officers were injured by an ill driver, wasn’t the only significant protest in Denver yesterday. Last night, as many as 100 demonstrators marched in the wake of another controversial development: a New York grand jury’s decision not to…
Plenty of Colorado municipalities have chosen to ban marijuana businesses, but few have gone to the extremes of Granby, a gorgeous community in Grand County. Officials have threatened to annex land that’s not officially part of the town to prevent a marijuana shop from opening there — a plan it’s…
Less than two months ago, longtime Denver Post hockey writer Adrian Dater was suspended for using profane language on Twitter; he called one player a “pussy” and told a correspondent to “fuck off.” Now, Dater reveals that he’s been fired for similar offenses, including a strange come-on to a Detroit…
Last month, we featured Trulia’s list of the least affordable cities for middle class and millennial home buyers — a roster that included Denver. But Colorado fares even worse in a new analysis by RealtyTrac. Among other things, the site looked at counties in which housing prices of less affordable…
At this writing, Denver police Officer John Adsit is said to be in critical but stable condition after being injured in a crash while on crowd control duty for yesterday’s East High School student walk-out, prompted by a Ferguson, Missouri grand jury’s no-indictment decision in the shooting death of unarmed…
Dear Stoner: How long does it take for pot to go to four nanograms in the bloodstream so a person can drive? Does it happen overnight? What if they are smoking at midnight and really stoned? Also, I know I can grow my six plants with three flowering. Can that…
“The Snitch Who Stole Christmas,” Alan Prendergast, November 27 Copping a Plea Kudos, Westword, for the exposure of a corrupt police department! Thank you.Mary Jane CraigPosted on Facebook Add it to the list of ways that police are corrupted. It’s sad that there is no solution in sight to this…
In Colorado, if you’re 21 or older, you’re free to buy, use, grow and give away cannabis. You can even apply for a sales license to grow and sell it for profit. But what you can’t do is take pounds of it across state lines and try to make a…
Our coverage of the #HandsUpWalkOut rallies at CU Boulder and CSU, one of many demonstrations nationwide prompted by a Ferguson, Missouri grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown earlier this year, spurred a gusher of impassioned commentary by readers on…
