Denver Broncos linebacker Shane Ray has gotten himself into trouble with the team’s faithful. A native of Kansas City, he wanted to get a tattoo that reflected his pride in his hometown — which no reasonable Coloradan would begrudge. Problem is, the final collage includes the logo of the Kansas…
“You never know how in one instance life may change course.” A family member reportedly Facebooked this line shortly after twenty-year-old Jahvell Forrest was arrested for allegedly shooting an Aurora police officer during a November 2014 traffic stop. But while the bust certainly altered Forrest’s trajectory in a permanent way…
In February, we listed the ten scariest out-of-state license plates to see in a snowstorm. But just because a car has green-and-white mountain tags doesn’t mean the driver has had them for years — and many people who’ve moved here and survived their first Colorado winter tend to forget the…
Frontier Airlines’ performance in a recent government survey was a marked improvement over its finish in recent years. While the carrier still had the eleventh most complaints out of twelve major carriers, the numbers were halved from last year, and it ranked well in on-time arrivals. But if the reactions of…
Denver blogs know what’s cooking — and baking. At Westword Food & Drink, Linnea Covington fetes the eleven best bakeries in Denver. Colorado Pols: “Stay Classy, Donald Trump (Barking Hillary Edition).” Big Media’s Jason Salzman on U.S. Senate candidate Jack Graham flubbing a pot quiz and more…
The current Facebook profile pic for eighteen-year-old Niraj Gautam features him flipping off the camera in the front seat behind the superimposed phrase “Frontseat Freestyles.” Under most circumstances, the image would be unobjectionable. But its timing is unfortunate given the allegations Gautam is facing. He’s been formally charged with vehicular…
On Monday in Trinidad, Ralph Candelario is scheduled to go on trial for the murder of his wife, Pam, more than two years ago in the small town of Walsenburg — and Dateline NBC is among the news operations planning to cover it. Why? Because given the current vogue in true-crime,…
We Coloradan like to think of ourselves as among the most tolerant and accepting people in these United States. But according to the folks at Estately, there’s a common prejudice to which we may be susceptible — and it’s a particularly bad one on St. Patrick’s Day. An antipathy for…redheads…
“Thank God for stupid teenage girls and social media.” So said Mason Deal after a jury convicted Steven Paula of punching him out in a road rage incident that we featured in a Schmuck of the Week post in 2014 — and for a very good reason. Turns out the…
How can an obscure prisoner get famous? By attacking a more famous one. That happened for Mark “Slim” Daniels, who assaulted James Holmes in a Colorado prison, then wrote our Alan Prendergast a letter apologizing for not being able to send the Aurora theater shooter to “Satan’s lake of fire.” And…
We received a lot of response to our report about Sam Pickel, who lapsed into a coma and died after a bouncer allegedly put him in a chokehold. Many of those who weighed in used the tragedy to share stories about past problems with bouncers. But this reader viewed the…
Denver blogs know it’s all about location,location, location. At Westword Food & Drink, Mark Antonation names the ten best neighborhood restaurants in Denver. The Colorado Independent’s Mike Keefe weighs in on what he sees as John Hickenlooper’s empty climate change plan. Denver Egotist introduces us to Boulder recording artist Greg Corcione…
In its newly released 2015 Annual Report, on view below, the Denver Office of the Independent Monitor, which oversees law-enforcement activity in the area, focuses on two specific areas. The first involves unauthorized use of electronic databases, including the National Crime Information Center and the Colorado Crime Information Center, for…
Santi White, who performs under the name Santigold, is exhausted — which makes perfect sense. When we spoke with her, she was overseeing the release of 99¢, her audacious, eclectic and audaciously clever new album, in addition to creating social media platforms such as a Tumblr that plays off the recording’s…
We come to praise Frontier Airlines, not to bury it — and that’s a change over the past year or so. Last May, for instance, we posted about the airlines with the least and most consumer complaints according to the Air Travel Consumer Report, a document published semi-annually by the…
Over the years, we’ve saluted hilarious headlines, including the 2012 fave “Penis Tattoo Causes Permanent Erection.” Of course, not every laugh-getting headline is intentionally created with comedy in mind. And one we spotted on 9News yesterday — “Deputies Find Crack in Suspect’s Buttocks” — seemed likely to be changed. After…
Yelp has rankings for just about everything in Denver. Including the best bars to meet older women. The list, based, as is everything on the site, on user votes and commentary, is dominated by night spots, although one entry among the top ten is better known as an eatery. Or…
Yesterday, we told you about the death of Sammy Pickel, who passed away after an altercation with bouncers at Lodo’s Bar & Grill in Westminster. Pickel’s girlfriend says Pickel was unfairly targeted, then placed in a chokehold that left him unconscious — and he never recovered. Now, a video has…
By this point in the 2016 presidential campaign, plenty of observers thought Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders would have raised the white flag, allowing ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to march unobstructed to the Democratic nomination. Instead, he remains a viable candidate, with some prognosticators crediting his position on marijuana for…
A recent Comment of the Day was prompted by our report about the High Times U.S. Cannabis Cup’s move to California following complaints over last year’s event at the Denver Mart. In it, a reader argued that Denver needs to get its head out of its ass about public pot consumption. This…
Denver blog posts have a wide variety of flavors. At Westword Food & Drink, Mark Antonation offers an inside look at Cuba Bakery & Cafe, which he says brings a touch of Miami to Denver. Mile High Report’s Laurie Lattimore-Volkmann writes that Mark Sanchez is ready to compete for the Broncos’ starting…
Moments ago, Greg Moore, editor of the Denver Post, since 2002, told staffers at a newsroom meeting that he has resigned. Sources tell us that he will remain on the payroll until April 1, but his last official day at the paper’s headquarters building will be this Friday, March 18…
