Update: The Aurora Police Department has announced that Jahvell Forrest, twenty, has been arrested on suspicion of shooting eleven-year-police veteran Ryan Burns on Friday night. And it’s not his first time in cuffs. Details below. See also: Rollin Oliver Pleads Guilty to Second-Degree Murder in Slaying of Officer Celena Hollis…
Descendants of those who survived the Sand Creek Massacre did not hear much about it when they were growing up; that day was too painful for their elders to talk about. “They would always cry,” one remembers. But some descendants of John Evans, Colorado’s territorial governor during the November 29,…
Denver released future Hall of Fame cornerback Champ Bailey this past March, but he was back yesterday, having signed a one-day contract so he could retire as a Bronco — and during a press appearance to mark the transition, he was his usual even-tempered self. Not so one young Champ…
The animal control officers who inspected Dennis Craven’s home wore hazmat suits, and no wonder. Judging by video shot inside (it’s on view below), his residence was as risky for people as it was lethal for cats. A total of 23 were located dead inside, including “three-and-a-half” found under a…
Ashley Fallis’s family never bought the story that she killed herself following a New Year’s Eve celebration three years ago — and their persistence has finally paid off. Her husband, former police officer Tom Fallis, has been arrested and charged with murdering her and then making it look like a…
“Missing the Bus: Colorado’s Elite College Access Gap,” a new report from A+ Denver, suggests that equal educational opportunities for all students in the state remains a distant goal. Among the findings: “Even though 42 percent of students in Colorado qualify as low-income, a non-low-income student is more than 12…
USA Today set out to discover if the racially lopsided arrest statistics in Ferguson, Missouri, where unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot to death by a police officer, were an anomaly. Sadly, no: A fascinating new report reveals a racial gap in arrest stats in many locations across the…
While limited recreational marijuana sales are legal in Colorado, smoking in public is not — an untenable situation according to cannabis advocates such as NORML’s Allen St. Pierre. The result has been an enormous increase in public-consumption citations, which have reportedly risen in Denver by an astonishing 471 percent from…
Since the publication earlier this month of a post about Antique Row businesses being cool to the concept of re-branding South Broadway as The Green Mile because of the proliferation of marijuana shops there, we’ve collected lots of commentary about the area — and plenty of varied opinions. Below, see…
The Denver Rescue Mission will soon resume construction on its 11,000-square-foot community center after the Denver Board of Adjustment for Zoning confirmed the city’s approval of the project this morning. Construction of the new facility had been stalled after the Ballpark Neighborhood Association filed an appeal that the board heard…
Denver blog posts don’t let words get in the way. At our Cafe Society blog, Jenn Wohletz lists the top five slang terms employees can’t use at Chik-fil-A. At Denver Infill, Ryan Dravitz offers a first update on the Alexan Uptown project. Denver Stiffs’ Jeffrey Morton on the Nuggets’ unexpected…
After years of battling the Pentagon’s plans to expand the 367-square-mile Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, ranchers and other residents of southeastern Colorado thought they’d finally achieved peace with honor last fall, when a top Army official formally announced that the military was abandoning any land acquisition plans for PCMS. But…
There are still places in Colorado without dispensaries, believe it or not — but fewer of them every month. In October, a medical marijuana dispensary license was granted to a store in Tabernash, and several other licenses were allotted in municipalities that have established dispensaries. Here’s a closer look. See…
In May, we told you about the guilty verdict against Christopher Perea for the murder of his wife, Loretta Barela. We also noted the botched 911 response that marred the case — one that foreshadowed the April killing of Kristine Kirk, who was on the phone with an operator when…
In a recent Comment of the Day, a Westword reader argued that Denver rent prices are so high they’re pushing people into homelessness. A local woman who asks to be referred to as Sandra P knows this story firsthand. She tells us she and her family are currently homeless, and…
The Twitter account @OnlyInBoulder is a great way to brighten your day. The feed is a consistently positive look at Colorado in general and Boulder in particular, festooned with great photos and a knowing sense of humor. You’ll see what we mean after counting down our twenty favorite @OnlyInBoulder tweets,…
The Broncos’ loss to the Rams on Sunday was tough on everyone, but particularly wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, who left the field after taking a brutal hit that was quickly turned into a popular Vine that’s on view below. But the game didn’t kill him, despite Wikipedia briefly making a…
Late last month, we updated you on a series of attacks on Fort Collins women, with eight of nine thought to have been committed by the same suspect. Now, Kelli Middleton has come forward with the story of her own attack, and she’s said to be convinced that the man…
Update: Earlier this week, we told you about a recount in a recreational-marijuana vote for Palisade, on Colorado’s Western Slope. The measure was behind by four votes, but eighteen ballots were in dispute and might possibly reverse the outcome; see our previous coverage below. Now, the count is official, and…
Our post about the ten dog breeds with the most and fewest bites in Denver energized pet lovers of all stripes to weigh in on data collected by 9News. Some felt the station’s approach was flawed, while others disagreed with or offered alternate interpretations of the rankings. Here’s one interesting…
Denver blog posts name their own price. At our Cafe Society Blog, Mary Willson notes that protesters were nowhere to be scene despite all the controversy stirred by Illegal Pete’s new Fort Collins restaurant. Colorado Pols thinks the GOP’s leadership choices in the Colorado Senate are “bizarre”…. …while Colorado Peak…
Colorado doesn’t have a death-with-dignity law intended to allow the terminally ill to end their lives. However, a bill on that topic will reportedly be pushed during the upcoming legislative session, inspired by the plight of Charles Selsberg, who lobbied for such a change in “Please, I Want to Die,”…
