A Comment of the Day arguing that buildings with modern designs have ruined the charm of the Highlands birthed an extremely passionate thread. Opinions were widely varied. Some people like the mix of old and new in the Highlands, while others are appalled by the combination and see it as an…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Music, Brett Callwood highlights eight jam band shows at Red Rocks this summer. An appropriately inconclusive Colorado Peak Politics headline reads, “OFF, MAYBE: Blaha and Frazier Still Not on Ballot (We Think).” Predominantly Orange’s Sayre Bedinger notes that Von Miller thinks Broncos draftee Paxton…
In December 2013, we reported about the ACLU of Colorado’s efforts to target cities that jail people too poor to pay fines — a tactic that legal director Mark Silverstein likened to the much-reviled and supposedly antiquated concept of debtors prisons. More than two years later, the ACLU of Colorado has…
Last year, we previewed High Profits, a CNN marijuana reality series focusing on the Breckenridge Cannabis Club, owned by Caitlin McGuire and Brian Rogers. Among those featured on the show was budtender Lauren Hoover. Now, Hoover is fighting for her life following a terrible car crash. She’s been in a coma for…
Colorado is a mecca for cyclists throughout the world — but it can also be a dangerous place to ride. In January, we reported about the conviction of cycling critic Patrick Ward in the death of Michel Van Duym. And in recent days, we told you about the sentencing of Zachary…
Last month, as we reported, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced that it would not be filing any charges in the January brawl during the Colorado Motorcycle Expo at the National Western complex even though one person was killed and a number of others were injured. Now, as if to…
Make Room describes itself as a “nationwide campaign giving voice to renters.” And new data released by the organization shows how many people in our state struggle to pay rent from month to month. The site estimates that 370,000 Colorado workers meet its criteria for being rent-burdened; rent and utility bills…
For every feel-good story about social media — see today’s post about KBPI’s Willie B being reunited with an iPhone he lost 1,900 away thanks to a Facebook friend — there’s a cautionary tale. Like, for instance, the First Judicial District DA’s office take-down of Fly Society 420, a secret…
Social media gets plenty of criticism these days — but this means of communication is facilitating heroic deeds. Like the recovery of Willie B’s iPhone. A longtime radio personality for KBPI, Willie lost his phone while in Tampa, Florida. But thanks to Facebook and a Good Samaritan of a fan,…
A recent post outlined the biggest reasons for deadly crashes in Denver. Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System showed that driving under the influence of drugs caused fewer fatal crashes during the period between 2010 and 2014 than did a slew of other factors,…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Food & Drink, Ben Landreth ten places to celebrate Mom on Mother’s Day. Mile High Report’s Tim Lynch notes that USA Today rates the Broncos’ off-season as the worst in the NFL. Colorado Pols: “RedState Gathering Moves Mountains to Denver.”…
In 2014, the U.S. Department of Education ordered institutions not to discriminate against transgendered students and staff members. However, schools were allowed to request an exemption from that ban, typically for religious reasons. Now, the Education Department has released the names of schools that asked to continue policies the feds…
There’s a strange connection between the 2016 murder of a Burlington vet and the case of a body found in a suitcase more than five years earlier.
For years, the achievements of Colorado Rockies hitters have been undervalued. Why? Because of the perception that the thin air of the Mile High City and the dimensions of Coors Field, the Rockies home, offer the team an unfair advantage that leads to inflated statistics. Over the years, Rockies execs…
The folks at Outside magazine love Colorado. One example: Of the 100 best places in America to work list for 2014, 28 of them were here. It’s no surprise, then, that six Colorado places are in the running to be named Outside’s Best Town in America. In this case, however, Outside readers…
We hear all too often about teachers accused of having sex with underage students. Indeed, in 2012, we published a roundup of five teacher-student sex allegations in Colorado, featuring the cases of Alexandra McLean, Courtney Bowles, Oscar Ponce, Zachary Meints and Tera Rawlings. Nonetheless, the actions of Greeley’s Katerina Bardos remain absolutely…
We all know about the dangers of secondhand tobacco smoke. But what about the risks related to secondhand marijuana smoke — especially for young children? A new study that was scheduled to be presented earlier today at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2016 meeting in Baltimore suggests that they’re very real…
We recently shared details about eight Denver development projects, ranging from the big to the really big. The images and interactive graphics we included got one reader thinking about neighborhood building projects that have a different aesthetic than the ones in surrounding areas. She focuses on the Highlands, but her comments…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Music, Adam Perry details the return of music to Boulder’s Folsom Field by way of two giant Dead and Company shows at the venue where the Grateful Dead headlined in 1980. Colorado Pols: “Jack Graham and the GOP’s Trump Dilemma.” Predominantly Orange’s Cameron Parker thinks…
The Twitter profile photo of Loveland’s Jason Halla makes it clear that he works out. A lot. How did he build up his muscles to such an impressive degree? He apparently got some assistance from testosterone supplements — products that police say led to a violent turn of events. Jason…
In recent years, there’s been plenty of debate about stoned driving, and how its dangers compare to other factors leading to deadly crashes. Now, a new online tool offers data showing that driving under the influence of drugs is actually among the elements least likely to lead to an automobile-related…
Last week, we told you about the Denver Post’s latest buyout offer, which aims to trim 26 jobs and take the newsroom staff down to just over 100 employees — more than fifty fewer than at this time last year. But if you think the reason for such a move…
