Joshua Cummings: Was Alleged Killer of RTD Officer Committing Terrorism?

Much more information has emerged about Joshua Cummings, the 37-year-old man who is suspected in the execution-style murder of RTD security officer Scott Von Lanken late on Tuesday, January 31. The former head of a Texas Jiu-Jitsuka academy who had recently moved to Colorado, Cummings expressed antipathy for police in multiple posts that remained online even as reports surfaced that he reportedly had “Muslim documents” on his person when he was taken into custody and spoke in what sources described as “an Arabic language.”

Denver Rents Are Going Up Again

Through a good portion of last year, rent prices in the metro-Denver area began to plateau in many, though not all, parts of the city. But the trends appear to be changing. According to a just-released report from ApartmentList.com, rent prices are up in most of the ten major neighborhoods highlighted by the site when analyzed both monthly and yearly.

Colorado’s Neil Gorsuch: Who Opposes Supreme Court Nominee and Why

Tuesday night, President Donald Trump nominated Denver-based 10th Circuit Court of Appeals justice Neil Gorsuch, a native Coloradan with an Ivy League background and a Ronald Reagan-approved pedigree, to fill the seat vacated by the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. But while Gorsuch, 49, was assured and impressive in what was essentially his national debut, his selection immediately triggered a partisan backlash that will likely roil the American political scene for many months to come.

Remembering Laura Kriho, Outspoken Cannabis Advocate and True Believer

We’ve just learned about the death of Laura Kriho, one of Colorado’s most outspoken advocates for cannabis reform. As the woman behind the Cannabis Therapy Institute, she championed the medicinal attributes of marijuana, and while her efforts on behalf of Legalize 2012 ultimately came in second place behind the successful Amendment 64 campaign,  her tireless dedication to pushing for ever-more progressive cannabis policies was as inspirational as it was important.

Boulder DA on Advising Trump About Pot, Avoiding Refugee-Ban Disaster

Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett has been named to a working group of DAs from across the country who will advise the administration of President Donald Trump on marijuana policy. Garnett hopes to influence the Justice Department and presumptive attorney general Jeff Sessions, an avowed pot hater, to be thoughtful about cannabis and not make the sort of mistakes he associates with their actions to date regarding immigration, as exemplified by the chaos that followed an executive order about a temporary refugee ban and more.

I-25 and I-70 Projects on Trump Infrastructure Priority List — Sort of

A newly released document purporting to list the fifty highest-priority infrastructure projects according to the administration of President Donald Trump includes improvements along Interstate 70 through the mountain corridor and Interstate 25 between Castle Rock and Monument. Problem is, the report’s origins are unclear and a couple of notable errors in the Colorado sections raise questions about whether those who penned the report, on view below, are actually up to speed.

Are Dozens of Hospitals Violating Letter or Spirit of the Medical Aid in Dying Law?

Proposition 106, which legalized what proponents call medical aid in dying, a process by which patients diagnosed with six months or fewer to live may be provided with a prescription they can self-administer in order to end their suffering, won overwhelming approval in the November 2016 election, passing by a 65-35 percent margin. But a representative of the measure’s main advocacy organization admits to frustration over the number of Colorado hospitals — dozens of them — that are making it more difficult for potentially qualifying individuals to access the procedure.

Why Customers Aren’t as Pissed at Delta’s DIA Delays as They Were at Frontier’s

For the second time in a matter of days, technical problems with a major carrier have caused significant problems at Denver International Airport. Last weekend, it was United, which grounded all domestic flights following a computer outage. This time around, it’s Delta, which delayed or cancelled at least 250 flights as a result of its own computer snafus. Yet the amount of anger these issues have generated among passengers can’t compare to the vitriol stirred up by troubles at Frontier Airlines in December.

Six Changes Activists Want Made in Denver Police’s Use-of-Force Draft Policy

Tomorrow morning, the second of three community meetings concerning the new Denver Police Department use-of-force policy draft will take place in west Denver. But even before attendees get a chance to weigh in about the document, which critics have excoriated in part because it was assembled without input from community members or Denver’s Office of the Independent Monitor, the Denver Justice Project has released a list of six changes or additions that organization would like to see.

Trevor Tice Update: No Foul Play in Tragic Death of CorePower Yoga Founder

A medical examiner has determined that the cause of CorePower Yoga founder and Denver business legend Trevor Tice’s mysterious December death inside his San Diego home was accidental. It’s believed that the bloody head trauma that killed him came as a result of falls that took place while he was under the influence of alcohol and assorted anti-depressants.

Sixteen Amazing New Trails Coming Via the Colorado the Beautiful Project

The Colorado the Beautiful initiative, launched under the auspices of the state’s Department of Natural Resources, has what project manager Chris Kehmeier calls “an overarching goal: to have every citizen of Colorado live within ten minutes of a trail, park, greenway or open space that they can get out and recreate in.” And the first sixteen trails planned for construction under the program will go a long way toward turning this vision into reality.

Cops: Milo Yiannopoulos Neo-Nazi E-Mail Threat Was an Inside Job

Police at the University of Colorado Boulder continue to look into reports about an e-mail sent to ticket holders for a Wednesday night address by alt-right shit-stirrer Milo Yiannopoulos threatening that “the identifies of attendees will be released to the public on a list of known Neo-Nazi sympathizers.” But while the inquiry is ongoing, investigators have already concluded that the e-mail wasn’t sent out as a result of an online hack. Rather, they believe that the culprit was one of the attendees.

Inside Five More of Denver’s Most Famous Zip Codes

We take a closer look at five additional Denver zip codes, including ones that correspond to Cherry Creek, Baker and Green Valley Ranch. On top of that, we compare and contrast Capitol Hill and Five Points, which are just two digits away from each other zip-wise, but with plenty of other differences.

72-Year-Old at Center of Contentious Ski-Crash Lawsuit

Michael Sura, the defendant in a lawsuit over a ski accidet at Snowmass, is 72-years-old. Yet the complaint filed on behalf of Stuart Pendleton, a resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, contends that Sura was racing another skier at the time of the crash at what the complaint, on view below, describes as a “fast and uncontrolled speed.”

Seven Common Mistakes That Can Kill Winter Hikers

Hiking in Colorado during the winter can be absolutely spectacular, but unexpected events that take place in a challenging, high-altitude environment can have dangerous or even deadly consequences. Here are seven tips to avoid making fatal mistakes at this time of year.

Family Mariachi Band Gets $1.6 Million for Wrong-House Police Raid

It’s taken nearly eight years, but members of the Martinez family, who perform together in a mariachi band, have finally won their lawsuit against the City of Denver over a wrong-house police raid during which they were beaten by mistake, then wrongly charged with assault against the officers who’d attacked them.

No Discipline for Jessie Hernandez-Killing Cops: Lawyer on Respect, Possible Suit

Just shy of two years after a pair of Denver police officers shot and killed seventeen-year-old Jessie Hernandez while she was behind the wheel of a stolen car, the department for which they work has announced that they will face no discipline in the controversial case, since their actions didn’t violate policy about firing into a moving vehicle in place at the time of the incident.