In mid-July, our Lindsey Bartlett noted rumors that Denver’s Ben Higgins would be the next star of The Bachelor and offered five reasons why ABC should choose him. And the network did. Higgins has now been officially named to star in the latest edition of the long-running reality show — and while…
Longmont resident Justin Wilson is a big-time IndyCar series driver — a member of the Andretti Autosport team who’s been making his mark on open-car racing for well over a decade. And right now, he’s fighting for his life. Wilson, a native of Sheffield, England, was critically injured during a competition at…
The critics of Colorado’s marijuana laws who tend to get the most attention are those operating in the political realm. An example is Smart Colorado’s Diane Carlson, who’s been leading the push to stamp marijuana edibles with a stop sign. But as a recent article in the Baptist Press demonstrates,…
Our post about the unknown individuals behind the hack of Ashley Madison, a site that promotes extramarital hookups, revealing personal and financial data of users attracted a huge response. Maybe that’s because of the numbers involved: 3.2 million users overall, with approximately 70,000 located in the Denver metro area, according…
Denver blog posts wish good restaurants were forever. At our Food & Drink blog, Mark Antonation catches you up on Denver-area restaurant openings (there are six of them) and closings (two joints that specialized in burgers and dogs). The Colorado Independent’s Mike Littwin: “Denver City Council’s ‘pause’ on Chick-fil-A at DIA…
The Colorado Court of Appeals’ ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case earlier this month continues to be a talking point among pundits nationwide. But their views about the decision, which found that shop owner Jack Phillilps had discriminated against a gay couple, Charlie Craig and David Mullins, by declining to bake a…
It’s been more than a year since we shared a collection of “You Know You’re From Denver When” punchlines. But fortunately, there are an infinite number of ways to answer that question. For our latest batch, we culled responses from a vintage Facebook post on their favorite ways to finish this…
A big part of enjoying a Colorado summer has traditionally involved water, be it from lakes, rivers or streams. This year, however, the state has experienced one water-related tragedy after another. In recent months, we’ve already memorialized five people who lost their lives by drowning. Included among them were Jason McKain…
Denver blog posts find music to be intoxicating. At our Music blog, Melissa Fossum gathers her picks for the ten best songs about hallucinogens, including one by Nicki Minaj. Mile High Report weighs in on the end of Broncos training camp, predictions and more. Colorado Pols on the Animas River…
Talk-show host Glenn Beck has Colorado on the brain. Shortly after announcing his list of the fifteen cities to avoid like the plague, which included Denver, Beck and his buddies on his website, The Blaze, weighed in on the Colorado Court of Appeals ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case. The…
Last year, we highlighted items on a poster offering twenty reasons why Denver sucks and you shouldn’t move here — the idea being to dissuade folks from relocating so those of us already here can enjoy the Mile High City while having a little more elbow room. A hilarious audio…
This past Sunday, a Colorado Department of Transportation worker made a grisly discovery. A woman’s body was found along Interstate 70. Days later, the victim was identified as Maria Maricela Astorga-Chavez, a 32-year-old who’d been reported missing several days earlier. Her death is being investigated as a homicide — and the…
Yesterday, in this space, we noted that a new series of public service announcements from the Colorado Department of Transportation, released under the umbrella term “Hank’s How to Get Hit by a Car,” had stolen the thunder from the State of Colorado’s latest anti-marijuana campaign aimed at those under 21…
The hack of Ashley Madison, a website that promotes extramarital hookups, took place in July. But in recent days, the individuals behind it dumped personal and financial data on millions of users, including as many as 70,000 people in the Denver metro area, as estimated by the company earlier this…
A reader recently argued in this space that it’s a rare day in Denver when you don’t catch drivers doing something stupid. This assertion won plenty of approval, comment-wise. As for who’s responsible for said stupidity, the prime suspects for those who weighed in were non-natives. Here’s a representative take…
Denver blog posts have all sorts of fantasies. At our Arts blog, Susan Froyd shows off the people and costumes of MALCon: Myths and Legends Con 2015. Mile High Mamas’ Amber Johnson asks: “The perfect way to wake sleepy kids up?” Coyote Gulch on the start of the Gold King…
Even the most well-intentioned public-service announcements can go awry. Look no further than last year’s disastrous Don’t Be a Lab Rat anti-pot campaign, which was revealed with great fanfare, then promptly ditched after it either irritated or offended pretty much everyone with eyeballs. The State of Colorado’s new marijuana-is-bad-for-kids effort, labeled “What’s Next?,”…
As we’ve reported, the still-unknown individuals who hacked Ashley Madison, a website that promotes extramarital hookups, dumped personal and financial data on an estimated 3.2 million users. According to an Ashley Madison estimate shared with us earlier this year, that total could include more than 70,000 people in the metro…
Earlier this year, we shared a list of the ten wealthiest Zip Codes in the Denver area — many of which are located in parts of the city that have been well-to-do for many years. But when it comes to the five Colorado counties in which incomes have risen most…
Over the past several days, the Denver Police Department has rounded up four suspects as part of an investigation into an alleged kidnapping and sexual assault. Three of the men — Edgar Barroso, Juvenal Tamayo and Pedro Valdez — were cuffed following a SWAT raid on Friday, August 14. Then,…
In our post about the late Scott Ellis, who died near the end of the Leadville 100 bike race, we noted that he was the second person to perish during a Colorado cycling event in recent weeks. Earlier this month, we noted that Will Olson died in a freak accident…
Denver blog posts are all about planning ahead. At our Food & Drink blog, Jonathan Shikes shares a calendar of amazing events for Great American Beer Festival week 2015. Colorado Pols: Castle Rock fights off United Nations invasion. Mile High Report’s Jon Heath shares the media reaction to Broncos running…
