A reader whose comment we shared in a recent Comment of the Day took some Colorado natives to task for boasting about their status. The post’s headline: “Don’t Say You’re From Colorado Every Five Seconds Like a Vegan.” The topic inspired another reader who came to Colorado from elsewhere to write…
Denver blog posts are very conscientious. At our Arts blog, Bree Davies lists the five ways not to park like a jerk in Denver — including leave two to three feet of space between vehicles when parallel parking. A grabby Colorado Pols headline reads, “Health Department to Colorado Republicans: You’ve…
This week’s feature delves into a subject doctors don’t like to talk about much — their mistakes. It focuses on the case of Ruth Farfan, a 68-year-old patient who died in 2012, shortly after what was supposed to be “routine” surgery at Denver’s St. Anthony Central. Farfan’s family has reached…
Our post earlier today highlighting sexist comments made about reporter Chase Olivarius-McAllister by sheriff’s office employees who didn’t realize their conversation was being recorded demonstrates the continuing challenges women face in the workplace. So, too, do cases involving Stephanie Barnett, a Montrose city employee who claims she was fired due to her…
In December 2013, we told you about the arrest of Traci Cunningham on charges that she murdered her adoptive mother, Penelope Cunningham, and left her body in a remote part of Eagle County. Traci Cunningham has now been found guilty of the crime. But it wasn’t a smooth road to a…
The latest numbers in regard to rent prices in Denver are out. And in the majority of metro-Denver communities, the upward trend continues. The data, courtesy of ApartmentList.com, calculate rent prices during the month of August for ten cities in the area. Numbers include the average cost of one- and…
What happened to Durango Herald reporter Chase Olivarius-McAllister is both hilarious and appalling. Hilarious because several law enforcers make incredible asses out of themselves. Appalling because it’s indicative of the way too many men treat women in the media and the workforce in general. As first reported by Jezebel, La Plata County Deputy…
Is Denver Mayor Michael Hancock trying to downplay violent incidents on the 16th Street Mall? That’s the implication of a new report from Fox31, which quotes Hancock spokeswoman Amber Miller as turning down the station’s request for a sit-down interview with the mayor because the outlet is simply trying to “keep…
A chain restaurant in a bedroom community is among the unlikelier locations for a fatal shooting. But that’s what happened at the Pizza Ranch outlet in Loveland last night. A man who allegedly grabbed a patron at the restaurant was shot dead by a Loveland police officer. And it all…
The days of federal marijuana arrests are not over in Colorado. Alfonso Rodriguez-Vazquez and Nestor Fabian Sinaloa-Sinaloa, both Mexican nationals, found that out the hard way. They were busted in relation to a big pot grow in Routt National Forest. However, the announcement about the case from the U.S. Attorney’s…
Our post about the latest stabbing near the 16th Street Mall focused on safety concerns in the area. That’s especially true given an incident that preceded the most recent crime: the beating of a couple dining outside a restaurant on the mall, reportedly by a group of teens upset about being…
Denver blog posts note comings and goings. Our Food & Drink crew’s restaurant roll call for August lists eight eateries that gave up the ghost and 21 new arrivals, not counting re-openings. Colorado Peak Politics isn’t exactly leading the campaign on behalf of Jefferson County School Board hopeful Paula Noonan. Denver…
The Colorado Department of Transportation is abandoning a social media campaign to encourage pedestrian safety after some people found it offensive. “Hank’s How to Get Hit by a Car” series launched last month on Facebook and YouTube. It consists of four video clips featuring a sleazy old-school pitchman selling VHS…
How did we get here? Robin Valdez asked himself that question as he sat with his mother on her hospital bed, rubbing her back and trying to soothe her agitation and pain. It had been a week since Ruth Farfan had come to St. Anthony Central for surgery, and her condition…
Larry Stevenson certainly had plenty of connections. A former Denver police officer turned high-profile employee for the city’s Excise and License department, Stevenson was a personal friend of Denver mayor Michael Hancock, even serving as best man at his wedding. In addition, he created an anti-crime system known as Transportation on…
Over the years, we’ve written about a number of tragedies that occurred after parents left young children unsupervised in a bathtub. Take the 2011 case of Fort Lupton’s Shannon Johnson, whose one-year-old son drowned while she was playing Cafe World on Facebook. Within months, Johnson was sentenced to ten years behind…
Last week, after we shared our latest “You Know You’re From Denver When” punchlines, we asked readers to share their favorite way of completing that sentence. One person, Matt Morava, went above and beyond the call, submitting an entire top ten list — one that we shared in the days that…
While medical marijuana patients talk up the health benefits of MMJ, anti-pot activists insist that cannabis actually impairs brain function, among other things. For a laundry list of why marijuana is bad for you, see this Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment report from earlier this year. Turns out,…
A recent Comment of the Day post in which a reader argued that too many Coloradans display out-of-state hate revved up even more conversation. Many of the remarks came from people born elsewhere. According to them, an antipathy for folks who don’t have roots in the state is stronger here than…
Denver blog posts investigate the sour as well as the sweet. At our Food & Drink blog, Gretchen Kurtz explores Denver’s love of sour beer with Avery Brewing Company reps. Denver Stiffs’ Jeffrey Morton shares his picks for the best dunkers in Denver Nuggets history. Colorado Pols gets both medical…
The state agency responsible for regulating Colorado’s cannabis industry is holding a public meeting today while it decides some controversial changes to the state’s marijuana laws. But there are still some lighthearted events to check out in this week’s Cannabis Calendar. Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division is holding a meeting with public…
It can often be difficult to assess the true costs of mineral extraction and energy production across the West. Take, for example, the massive blowout from the much-neglected Gold King Mine earlier this month, which sent three million gallons of metal-laced, toxic water into the Animas River, an orange plume…
