In a recent post, Chris Walker offered the cold, hard facts behind six myths about homelessness. His top myth: “Legalizing pot has caused more people to be homeless.” Plenty of readers agreed with this conclusion. However, the approval wasn’t universal, as this post indicates. Melanie Barnhart writes: This article is…
Denver blog posts appreciate the art of it. At our Arts blog, Lindsey Bartlett takes you on a visit to one of Puff, Pass & Paint studio’s cannabis-and-pottery classes. Colorado Pols isn’t wild about Tom Tancredo’s gun stamps proposal. Denver Infill’s Ken Schroeppel looks into a new Arapahoe Square project, Renaissance…
Last year, we told you about the federal murder charge against Harold Henthorn, who was accused of killing his wife, Dr. Toni Henthorn, via a 2012 fall at Rocky Mountain National Park that was originally ruled an accident. We also told you about a renewed investigation into the death of…
Joel Sovine says he and Greg Carlson were best friends for years. Yet Sovine admits to shooting Carlson in the face, killing him. Why? Sovine characterizes the slaying as either a terrible accident or an effort by Carlson to have his pal end his life. But he tells this tale…
Etsy is an online shopping site that specializes in the unique and the unusual. That’s certainly the case when it comes to Colorado pride items — like, for example, Colorado Rockies lingerie, which might be the only way the struggling team will get to first base. It’s available for $44.50;…
Zoie Martin-Macko, known on Facebook as Zoie Alexa, died at age 22 under awful circumstances. Her body was found on November 16 in an alley near West Bayaud Street, between South Alcott and South Bryant. Court documents obtained by 7News note that a “caustic liquid substance appeared to have saturated…
Paige Yore’s story says plenty about the way we live today — but its ultimate meaning has yet to be told. On Friday, Yore posted a Facebook message about an experience at a Pueblo Walmart. She says that after an angry customer berated a young employee, the staffer confessed to…
Is Colorado’s experiment with marijuana legalization a success story or an abject failure? Depends on who you ask. Studies from organizations such as the Brookings Institution have praised the state’s roll-out of cannabis-related rules and regulations. But law-enforcement groups such as the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area continue to…
Andrew Kenney’s feature article about Stoner Hill, located near the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River in Commons Park, highlighted the often negative reaction of neighbors to the homeless youths who regularly gather there. But as demonstrated by many of the comments shared on the piece, plenty…
Denver blog posts are as good at looking back as looking forward. At our Food & Drink blog, Mark Antonation lists the bars and restaurants that he’ll miss the most in the wake of their 2015 closures. The Nuggets had to mount a furious comeback to beat the worst team…
As we’ve noted, San Diego Chargers quarterback/cry-baby Philip Rivers didn’t really enjoy Von Miller putting him on his backside so often in yesterday’s Broncos win. But was Rivers upset because he doesn’t enjoy watching Von Miller dabbin’? No, we’re not talking about the top Urban Dictionary definition of dabbing: “To…
Last week, we told you about the fatal police shooting of Phillip Munoz in an incident that wounded SWAT officer John Ruddy. Since then, plenty of disturbing information has surfaced about Munoz. His estranged wife had detailed his abusive past, which apparently was repeated in a subsequent relationship. At the…
Those of you who wish people would stop moving to the Mile High City may have reason to dislike the Instagram page of Visit Denver. But we love the spectacular images of our hometown that pop up regularly on the site — which explains why we’ve created multiple galleries highlighting…
Yesterday’s Broncos-Chargers game, won by Denver 17-3, wasn’t a particularly entertaining contest for the average football fan. At one point, announcer Kevin Harlan actually rhapsodized about how much fun it would have been to call the Panthers-Saints barn-burner (final score: 41-38 Carolina) as opposed to the one to which he’d…
The person seen above is identified by an acquaintance as an eighteen-year-old Quinque. The teen died in a shooting on Saturday night, December 5. Sources who spoke with two different news agencies maintain that the incident was a terrible accident. However, a seventeen-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of second-degree…
A recent Comment of the Day inspired by a post about four young men from Missouri facing a possible seven-year-prison sentence after being caught with a small amount of Colorado marijuana found a reader sharing similar experiences of his own. He described why he can’t go home for two years because he…
Denver blog posts know that getting there is half the battle. At our Food & Drink blog, Gretchen Kurtz explains how Denver’s parking problems are turning destination restaurants into neighborhood spots. A memorable Colorado Peak Politics headline: “Denied! Supreme Court Tells Hick to Pound Sand.” The Colorado Independent’s Mike Littwin:…
Why haven’t you noticed the hoopla over the tenth anniversary of YourHub, an experiment in citizen journalism and content sharing that remains a regular print and online feature of the Denver Post? Because there hasn’t been any. The mere fact that YourHub continues to exist is a surprise given the 2009…
Our roundups of each month’s most memorable mug shots frequently feature unsettling images. But November’s top booking photos may be our most disturbing collection to date. While not every pic here is menacing, plenty of them qualify as flat-out chilling — and not only because they include a man accused…
Early this morning, a double shooting took place outside Montview Bar & Grill in Aurora, near the intersection of Montview Boulevard and Nome Street. The victims were a man and a woman. The latter died as a result of her injuries — and thus far, there’s no information about arrests…
Yes, rent can be expensive in Denver. But some places are less expensive than others. The folks at Zumper, our source for a September post that highlighted the ten Denver neighborhoods with the cheapest rent for a one-bedroom apartment, has updated its figures for the Mile High City. And at…
In a day and age when every police shooting is carefully scrutinized, the Aurora Police Department is going to unusual measures to prove that the killing of a man early yesterday morning was justified. The department staged a press conference, released audio related to the incident and shared an extremely…
