Have you checked your calendar lately? The annual 4/20 weekend is nearly upon us, and we can already smell the smoke in the air in the Mile High City. Okay, maybe that’s just the smoke from our pot critic’s desk. But that smoke signals an ever-growing list of cannabis-centric events…
When sharing our recent post about Natalie Carpenter, a Connecticut teen jailed for making threats against schools apparently inspired by the Columbine tragedy, we asked why so many remain obsessed with the shooting nearly fifteen years after it happened. Readers responded with plenty of passionate theories, including this one…
Denver blog posts have the music in them. At our Backbeat blog, Kiernan Maletsky talks about Colorado music with Governor John Hickenlooper, who name-drops Ryan Tedder, the Fray and more. The Colorado Independent’s Tessa Cheek on Equal Pay Day. Denver Egotist spotlights Brian Edward Miller’s work for Every Mountain…
This week’s feature, “Wrong Answer,” tells the stories of five Denver teachers who’ve sued the school district for essentially getting rid of them even though they’ve never gotten a bad review. How? By following a procedure laid out in a provision in the state’s landmark 2010 teacher-effectiveness law — a…
Update: Earlier this morning, we shared an interview with Conley Hoskins, an indicted medical marijuana entrepreneur who decried the shuttering of two dispensaries by a state agency; see our previous coverage below. In the conversation, Hoskins mentions that about fifty employees went unpaid due to the shutdown — and now…
For baseball fans, April is one of the sweetest times of the year: It signifies beer and sunshine and hot dogs, renewed hope and the pop of a ball in a leather glove. But for anyone who lives or works or has business in LoDo, baseball season — and especially…
Update: Last week, we told you about the baseball bat beating of Boulder’s Aaron Tuneberg; see our previous coverage below. Now, unfortunately, Tuneberg has died from his injuries. As a result, the charges against Austin Holford, seen here, and Luke Pelham, a pair of eighteen-year-olds previously arrested for the assault,…
Aspen socialites and crime aren’t usually synonymous — but two recent high-profile cases are exceptions. We recently reported about the shocking murder of Nancy Pfister, whose parents founded the Buttermilk ski area. And now, Pamela Phillips, a high roller who called Aspen home as recently as 2008, has been convicted…
Around this time in 2012, we first celebrated the Fuck Yeah Colorado!, one of our favorite tumblrs. And last year, we did so again in order to highlight a slew of new reasons to say, well, “Fuck yeah, Colorado!” No surprise that Fuck Yeah Colorado! has added a fresh batch…
According to the Denver coroner’s office, eight homicides took place in the city during the first quarter of 2014. That pace is slower than in 2013, when there were 22 homicides during the first six months of the year. But that does little to ease the pain for the loved…
Update: It’s déjà vu all over again. Earlier this month, we reported about the reported stabbing of Zachary Meints, a former youth hockey coach who pleaded guilty to Internet sexual exploitation a couple of years back after he was caught sending explicit texts to teen players. See our previous coverage…
As we noted in an article yesterday asking whether Alabama cops think all Colorado drivers look like drug smugglers, we’ve been hearing from lots of folks on the subject of pot profiling. Of course, officers are supposed to have probable cause to justify a traffic stop and a search for…
Denver blog posts are ready for anything. At our Show & Tell blog, Bree Davies shares the top five things transplants need to know about springtime in the Rockies. South Stands Denver’s Colin Daniels finds a reason to be optimistic about the Nuggets’ future. Why Denver PR blog thinks one…
Yesterday, we shared the results of the latest Airline Quality Rating study, and they weren’t kind to Frontier, which tumbled from the top ten and finished dead last when it comes to customer complaints. Some readers were surprised by the low marks, others expected them — and this commenter puts…
There are two ways to look at the Rocky Mountain Safe Street Task Force’s decision to dub a wanted bank robber the “Good Grammar Bandit.” Either he’s proof that our much-criticized education system is doing a better job of turning out literate graduates than is generally acknowledged or evidence of…
Should the trial of Aurora theater shooter James Holmes be held in Arapahoe County, where the crime occurred? No, say Holmes’s attorneys. In a motion made public this week (and on view below), they request a change of venue, arguing that the citizens of Arapahoe County have a “unique and…
In December, CU professor Patti Adler was thrust into controversy over a prostitution skit that’s long been part of a class entitled “Deviance in U.S. Society.” Adler backers blasted the university, which eventually backed down. But after being told she could teach the class pretty much as normal, Adler announced…
This year’s Best of Denver celebrates lots of great things about the Mile High City, including the top sports stars, teams and coaches. Below, we’ve gathered together a photo-illustrated list of the winners who had us cheering the loudest, complete with the original Best of Denver items and your picks…
In last week’s marijuana legislative roundup, our William Breathes referenced two bills about drug endangered children that he said “could arguably make all cannabis-using parents criminals.” He’s not alone in this belief. But Senator Linda Newell, a Littleton Democrat, insists that nothing could be further from the truth. And on…
Charles Wingate was once a Colorado Springs city councilman, as well as a prominent, respected member of the community. Now, however, Wingate must rebuild his life and his reputation from the ground up. He’s been sentenced for misdemeanor child abuse after his naked, autistic thirteen-year-old son was found living in…
After our latest post about marijuana profiling, we were contacted by plenty of folks who say law enforcers in other states conducted traffic stops and searches that appear to have been based solely on their Colorado license plates. Among the most memorable tales comes from 65-year-old Sandra Lenga, who was…
Our post about the prospect of Denver hosting the 2016 Republican National Convention (the city is still in the running) included comments from the RNC Facebook page, including one that dubbed the Colorado capital a “liberal shithole.” That phrase inspired interesting takes from lots of readers, including this one…
