On Saturday afternoon, July 28, along the portion of West Eisenhower Boulevard bordering the lake that shares its name with the City of Loveland, hundreds of folks lined up with no specific goal beyond sharing their fondness and admiration for President Donald Trump and America in general.
Although I’ve been a lifelong fan of the Denver Broncos, I’ve never before attended the team’s training camp, which is free and open to the public. I experienced my first time on Sunday, July 29, and I never could have guessed how good it would feel.
Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne says her experience running for governor of Colorado has convinced her of the need for campaign finance reform, and she hopes to spend time after she’s out of office working toward fixing what she sees a system that’s seriously out of whack.
Colorado sex offender Travis Joe Benson was arrested in Greeley after falling into a trap set for him by members of Hunted & Confronted, a recently formed Facebook group whose mission involves bringing justice to “overage adults who pose a threat to society.” Afterward, most members of the press dubbed the crew vigilantes, but founder Jesse Weeks, 28, rejects that description.
The crazy tractor chase through downtown Denver starring suspect Thomas Busch on July 20 was a one-of-a-kind crime. So it’s only appropriate that prosecutors have taken a unique approach to explaining the rationale behind the whopping 23 charges that have now been filed against him.
More evidence that the economic impact of marijuana goes far beyond the sale of cannabis products: A Denver-metro company is now marketing a brand of paint specifically designed to cover up the smell of pot smoke.
Last week, Ricky Lee Harnish, the man convicted of killing Tammy Lani’s sister, Holly Andrews, when she was just sixteen years old, became a free man. He’s out of prison after just nine years “without parole or registration or anything,” Lani reveals.
A new report reveals that Denver is among the major cities with the most rent fraud. The main reasons include the number of transplants moving to the area who pay for an apartment before even seeing it.
Last month, pilots for Denver-based Frontier Airlines declared that they were 100 percent ready to strike even though they’re currently precluded from doing so by federal law. So yesterday, their union, the Air Line Pilots Association, did the next best thing, filing a lawsuit asking that a U.S. District Court judge force the carrier to actually try to resolve a situation that’s gone to bad to worse.
Tomorrow, Michael Floorwax is scheduled to return to the Denver radio airwaves for the first time in more than four years, when he took a leave of absence from the ultra-popular Lewis & Floorwax program on 103.5 The Fox because of unspecified health issues.
According to new data provided by the Denver Police Department, dozens of these weapons are stolen in the Mile High City every month, adding up to hundreds over the course of a year.
A hefty 175 allegations against ten of the original thirteen people accused in the Hoppz Cropz free marijuana conspiracy case, including Dara Wheatley, the significant other of presumed ringleader Joseph “Joey Hops” Hopper, have pleaded guilty to comparatively minor crimes that haven’t resulted in any jail time whatsoever.
A Denver District Court judge has ruled that Stephanie Southard should get her job back with the Denver Police Department, from which she was fired for allegedly having sex while on-duty with a colleague, Nathan Sanchez.
Pay is so low for many people working for Frontier Airlines that sources refer to many Denver International Airport gigs as “Cup o’ Noodles” jobs, because that’s the only thing employees can afford to eat.
Colorado State University has failed to short-circuit Dr. Christina Boucher’s ogling lawsuit over her time at the school. CSU’s motion to toss the complaint has been denied, removing the last major obstacle prior to the scheduled August 20 start of a trial in a case that is supported by the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund but actually predated the 2017 sexual harassment horror stories that helped inspire the #MeToo movement.
This week, Denver is launching a major reconstruction project on Federal Boulevard from West 7th Avenue to West Holden Place that’s 23 years in the making.
On July 22, the short life of Thomas LaPerch came to a brutal end after he succumbed to injuries he sustained during a fight with another inmate while imprisoned at the Colorado State Penitentiary in Cañon City.
The worst fears about the Lake Christine fire near Basalt expressed by firefighters prior to the weekend came true. According to the most recent update from authorities, shared during the evening of Sunday, July 22, the blaze has now ballooned to more than 11,000 acres and containment has fallen to less than a third of the total.
On Monday, July 23, Thomas Busch, 37, seen in the just-released booking photo above, made his first court appearance related to a chase through downtown Denver aboard a stolen tractor on the evening of Friday, July 20.
A federal judge is criticizing the University of Colorado Boulder for its actions regarding Pamela Fine, who filed a lawsuit last year over abuse allegedly suffered at the hands of former assistant football coach Joe Tumpkin. But he’s also ordered CU Boulder and its employees to be dropped from the complaint.
NARAL Pro-Choice America president Ilyse Hogue spoke to Westword about gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis and his Republican opponent, Walker Stapleton, who’s publicly pledged to protect the rights of the “born and unborn” but typically tries to skirt the subject.
At 10 a.m. today, July 20, longtime Denver radio personality Denise Plante will make her debut on 106.7 The Bull, the brash new country station from iHeartMedia. It’s a new beginning that marks the end of what’s been arguably the craziest, and the most terrifying, month of her career.
