Beverly England, the married mother of two young children, vanished in the Salida area on June 12, 1980. Since then, her family and the folks behind numerous websites, as well as the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, have sought to solve the mystery of her disappearance. We don’t have all the…
Last week, we told you about the fatal stabbing of a six-year-old boy, subsequently identified as Riley Johnson, and sexual assault of a woman caring for him, allegedly by a man who later turned the knife on himself. The man has now been ID’d as Brandon Johnson — the boy’s dad…
Despite the Broncos’ victory in Super Bowl 50, the reports about Peyton Manning that emerged in recent days — including coverage of a lawsuit that accuses him of pressing his testicles and rectum into a female doctor’s face while in college — has been far less than super. But the…
Sometimes it seems that fares at Denver International Airport will climb as high as the planes that regularly depart from the facility. But now is not one of those times. New figures from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (a branch of the U.S. Treasury Department) reveals the best average fares at…
Chic, which headlines the Paramount Theatre on February 19, has been nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ten times (a record), but has not yet been enshrined — a fact that leaves group leader Nile Rodgers perplexed, to say the least. But in many ways, that doesn’t…
Peyton Manning is a hero in Denver and beyond for his play on the field — he led the Broncos to two Super Bowls in four years, one of which the team won — as well as for the perception that he’s a straight arrow off it. But in recent…
We recently posted about NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s claim that the league’s marijuana ban is “the correct policy.” Goodell’s statement, made just before Super Bowl 50, retreated from previous statements suggesting a willingness to consider altering the NFL’s treatment of the substance, not to mention advocacy by plenty of former…
Denver blog posts know that it’s not easy being great green chile. At Westword Food & Drink, Mark Antonation presents the ten best places for green chile in Denver, 2016 edition. A confession by Mike Olson of Denver Stiffs: “I play with myself.” A provocative Colorado Peak Politics headline reads,…
Ron Howard had an important role in the lead-up to Super Bowl 50, won by your Denver Broncos. But he made his biggest contribution to the contest after the fact — via a video shared here, in which he speaks for a pouting Cam Newton while being gently chided by…
Last October, we told you about a class-action lawsuit filed against LivWell Englightened Health dispensaries based on its alleged use of a pesticide called Eagle 20 “in the first quarter of 2015 and likely for many months, if not years, earlier.” The substance is described in the suit, seen in its…
Rich Wyatt’s reversal of fortune has taken place in slow motion. Five years ago, he was a reality TV star thanks to American Guns, a popular Discovery Channel program that showcased him, his telegenic family and his business, Gunsmoke Guns in Wheat Ridge. But American Guns was canceled in December 2012,…
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Our Matthew Van Deventer recently wrote about potential changes to short-term-rental rules in Denver. Suggestions floated by a Denver city councilwoman include requiring that the owners to live on the properties in question — a change that would likely impact loads of STRs in the Mile High. Readers reacting to…
Denver blog posts have a neighborhood feel. At Westword Arts, Teague Bohlen lists five things that make Five Points residents really, really mad. Denver Infill’s Ryan Dravitz offers a final update on the 250 Columbine project in Cherry Creek. Mile High Mamas’ Amber Johnson details a Boulder mom’s new babysitter app…
Stan Kroenke, owner of the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Avalanche and lots of other stuff, clearly has a thing for ranches. Until recently, he reportedly owned eleven of them in Arizona, Montana, Wyoming and British Columbia. Now, make it a dozen — and number twelve is a whopper. The W.T. Waggoner…
To the victors go the spoils — and for your world champion Denver Broncos, they include making appearances on major talk shows. First, Ellen DeGeneres hosted Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller, who said that he job was to make sure the other guy had a horrible day. Then, last night,…
Back in 2014, we shared Centers for Disease Control figures showing where several major Colorado cities ranked as measured by binge drinking. The results weren’t especially positive — and data from the United Health Foundation’s annual health rankings suggest that the trend has yet to be reversed. There’s plenty of good…
When it comes to a series of incidents that took place in unincorporated Arapahoe County yesterday, tragedy followed tragedy followed tragedy. First, a woman was sexually assaulted at knife-point. Then, law enforcers speaking to the victim belated entered her apartment to find that a six-year-old boy had been stabbed to…
We recently wrote about how rents for apartments in Denver rise and fall depending on the size of their building. But the discussion wasn’t limited to this theme. Indeed, one of the most interesting responses involved the condition of homes for rent — the implication being that the demand for…
Denver blogs know it’s a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll. At Westword Music, Brett Callwood describes how watching AC/DC in concert is like watching It’s a Wonderful Life. Predominantly Orange’s Tylor Walden lists important off-season dates for your Denver Broncos. The Colorado Independent’s Mike…
Congratulations, Justin Carrigan. You’ve got the most forgiving, understanding wife in all of human history. Why? Because she isn’t giving him the heave-ho despite telling a reporter in a video that went viral how he expected to spend $30,000 to see his beloved Denver Broncos play the Carolina Panthers in…
Although Von Miller still hasn’t gotten a car for being Super Bowl 50 MVP — come on, John Elway, pony up! — he did get to meet Ellen DeGeneres, who he called “the only one” who picked the Broncos to beat the Cam Newton’s Carolina Panthers in the big game. Not…
