The former Rocky Flats nuclear-weapons plant was declared cleaned up — or as close as it was going to get — ten years ago this week, more than fifty years after the facility sixteen miles upwind of Denver started producing plutonium triggers for hydrogen bombs. In 2017, 5,000 acres of…
It’s been a rough few months for Frontier — and the changes the carrier is making in an attempt to right its operation stand a good chance of undermining its longstanding claim to be Denver’s hometown airline. Example: Frontier is giving back six of the gates assigned to it at Denver…
According to an arrest affidavit on view below, one court appearance by Dane Hampel will lead directly to another one. The reason: The death of an eight-month-old pit bull puppy that Hampel allegedly left in a hot car during a previous trip through the justice system. The incident in question…
Back in August, we noted that many supporters of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’s presidential candidacy wished that he would become more progressive when it comes to marijuana policies. At last night’s Democratic hopefuls debate in Las Vegas, they got their wish. When asked if he would vote to legalize recreational…
Denver and youth go together. So conclude the folks at Vocativ.com, who included D-town among its list of the best cities to live in for people who are age 35 and under. Where did Denver finish? Find out in the following top ten, featuring photos and excerpts from Vocativ.com text. To…
At this hour, Denver police officers are investigating a shooting following what’s described as an attempted robbery at a marijuana grow at a home in South Denver. This scenario suggests that this could be the first reported Make My Day shooting involving a pot grow. However, officers on the scene…
Tori Jo Carlson hardly looks like the kind of person to terrorize a neighborhood. But that’s precisely what members of the Thornton Police Department believe the 22-year-old did. Carlson, whose Facebook page lists her place of employment as the Tilted Kilt (and includes several photos that appear to have been…
Last month, we noted that Representative Diana DeGette had reintroduced he Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act, a bill intended to ensure that federal marijuana statutes don’t supersede cannabis laws enacted in Colorado and numerous other states. In our coverage, we noted that the legislation faces an uphill battle. We wrote:…
Interesting responses continue to come in to our coverage of recent marijuana-grow busts on federal land, in which 32 people, most of them foreign nationals, have been taken into custody. One reader argued that Mexican cartels have turned to heroin in Colorado because they pot profits are drying up. Plenty of…
Denver blog posts fight the good fight. At our Music blog, Oakland L. Childers shares details of popular local musician Amanda Capper’s brave battle against breast cancer. Coyote Gulch offers a trip back to Moffat Tunnel eight decades later. Mile High Mamas’ Amber Johnson offers the argument for teal pumpkins…
The shape-shifting swarm of women moves at high speed across the field at Lakewood’s Washington Heights Park, cutting and dodging and lunging and gouging as they fight for control of an oblong ball. The women are split into two groups by their red and yellow scrimmage jerseys, each tasked with…
In August, we told you about the arrest of Ivan Lopez-Banuelos and Alese Silva for an alleged kidnapping that netted $80. Now, Denver District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough tells us these charges are being dropped. But if that sounds like good news, it’s not. The previous accusations against Silva…
Two weeks later, the calls and emails are still coming from readers responding to “Halfway to Nowhere,” my feature about Tooley Hall, a Denver halfway house for women, and the state’s struggling community corrections program, which relies largely on private operators to supervise and assist ex-cons who are trying to…
Thumbtack’s list of the top ten cities for millennial entrepreneurs includes a Colorado community — one that finishes very near the top. But that’s no surprise. The site small-business-friendliness survey of the U.S. as a whole gives Colorado an overall mark of A, making it one of just twelve states to…
According to PETA, a billboard featuring veteran porn superstar Ron Jeremy’s naked body and a pitch to spay and neuter pets is coming to Denver soon. How did we get so lucky? Apparently because of new life given to a seven-year-old study about sexual activity that was portrayed online as…
Most of us spent Saturday afternoon enjoying the sort of weather that seems even more glorious during October. But residents of an apartment complex near East Dartmouth Avenue and South Parker Road experienced shock and horror. First, they heard a weapon firing. Then they found the victim of the gunshots. Even…
The mystery has lingered for more than a year — and its resolution is an ineffably sad one. Jack McAtee, a man from the St. Louis area who was living in Breckenridge, vanished after a leaving a Frisco medical facility following a strange accident more than a year ago. Now,…
We’ve been reporting about the marijuana policies of presidential candidates, some of whom would like to turn back the clock on legal recreational sales in Colorado and a handful of other states. But there are plenty of reasons to let Colorado’s experiment go forward. Millions of them, in fact. In…
Chris Walker’s latest article about high rents in Denver focused on room shortages and horror stories. The tales definitely struck a chord with readers, whether they were eager renters or exasperated landlords. Count the following person among the latter group. His experiences involve potential renters so desperate to secure a…
Denver blog posts appreciate the contributions of local originals. At our Arts blog, Byron Graham marks the passing of Michael Carter, a local stand-up comedian who died at the shocking age of 31. Denver Infill’s Ken Schroeppel offers the first update of the Le Meridien/AC Hotel project in central downtown. The…
The National Cannabis Summit headlines a lengthy list of pot events this week and the tornado of THC events that comes with it will keep you busy throughout. And it’s not just for the business crowd: Hemp farmers, yogis and pot snobs (some of you might be all three) are…
I’ve been going to the movies for a really, really long time. The first flick I saw in a theater was Disney’s animated version of The Jungle Book, released in 1967, when I was six. Since then, I’ve experienced plenty of rude behavior by fellow attendees — and in recent years,…
