Last December, we published a post headlined HIGH RENT IN DENVER: WHAT $1,000 A MONTH WILL GET YOU. Less than a year later, unfortunately, the piece is out of date. Rent costs have continued rising through 2015, as many of our readers have noted. But the variety of prices is…
Fredy Pedraza Castillo and two other Nebraskans were recently charged with crimes committed in Colorado. They’ve been accused of traveling from their home state to Westminster, where they allegedly pistol whipped and bound victims before stealing a large supply of marijuana. In our post on this topic, we noted that Nebraska…
Denver blog posts are open 24/7. At our Arts blog, Lindsey Bartlett shares her picks for the twelve best murals on Denver restaurants — and her top choice is for an eatery that’s currently closed. Big Media’s Jason Salzman chats with Claire Martin about her 31 years at the Denver Post ,…
To those Colorado Rockies followers who feel that fan pressure is the only way to force this terrible team to improve, I offer my apologies. Why? Because instead of boycotting the Rocks, I went to their game against the Seattle Mariners last night. And even though the squad got crushed…
During the early morning hours, gunshots rang out on Iliff Avenue. Three people were shot, with one said to have suffered a life-threatening wound. The location offered up by the Aurora Police Department corresponds to McDonough’s Irish Pub, a watering hole known for its bargain-priced libations. The address in question…
If you were planning to take part in the Lozilu Denver mud run on August 29, well, you’ll have to find another way of getting dirty. The event, slated to take place at the Broomfield County Commons Park, has been canceled, along with all other Lozilu mud runs around the…
Not all places to park in Denver are created equal. Some collect more in fines than others. A lot more. As evidence, consider data recently collected by 9News about parking fines in Denver, using 2014 figures. Many of the addresses listed generated hundreds of tickets and thousands in fines — and…
Last year, we told you about the search for Colorado Springs’ Bionca Rogers, then 21, after she’d been named in arrest warrant relating to the death of Grant Frazier, 61. Frazier’s body was found in a car in Iowa, the state from which Rogers hailed. Rogers subsequently surrendered to Iowa…
Tara Breed, a 44-year-old Denver resident, died doing what she loved — challenging herself against the natural beauty of Colorado. The Boulder coroner’s office has identified Breed as the woman who died in a fall from Paiute Peak late last month. But even as this news was being made public, her family was…
This Thursday, August 6, Fox News will broadcast the first Republican presidential debate of the 2016 campaign season live from Cleveland, Ohio, and all eyes will be on Donald Trump, who’s galvanized the public and the media with pronouncements about, among other things, illegal immigrants and narcotics. “When Mexico sends…
The responses to our post about how much Denverites need to earn to have an adequate standard of living were fascinating. The data contained in the piece came from a new study from the Economic Policy Institute. E.P.I. used the most recent data available to come up with salary amounts…
Denver blog posts know that dining variety is the spice of life. At our Food & Drink blog, Mark Antonation collects the ten best dishes from a year of Ethniche, our online category specializing in the best ethnic food the Denver area has to offer. Colorado Peak Politics has the…
When prominent people find themselves embroiled in public controversy, they’re frequently advised to keep their comments to a minimum. But Boulder cyclist Tom Danielson and former Lance Armstrong teammate took the opposite tack after being suspended from the Boulder-based Cannondale Garmin squad in the wake of a positive test for…
The Colorado crime stories from July 15 definitely ran the gamut. Included among them are tales of shocking tragedy and bizarre allegations — including the accusations against Jenessa Rosenbach, seen above, who’s accused of trying to kill her online date. Below, we’ve collected twenty of the most memorable images. Be…
To say that we received an enormous response to our post featuring an angry Denver Craigslist post is far from an understatement. The anonymous author’s “Beginner’s Guide for New Coloradans” featured plenty of arguments with which many if not most readers agreed. But his assertion that “real Coloradans…use the ‘N’…
Denver blog posts don’t always yawn in Technicolor — but sometimes it happens…. At our Music blog, Lindsey Bartlett introduces you to Vomitstep, coined by DJ Snails. Colorado Pols on a new friend for Representative Gordon “Dr. Chaps” Klingenschmitt — a twice-convicted sex offender. Predominantly Orange’s Tylor Walden on the…
How rich is Prince Bandar bin-Sultan? Prince Bandar, who served as Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States from 1981 to 2005, just sold what’s reported to be his last Aspen-area property for $5.87 million. But an Aspen Times source suggests that it was never one of the Prince’s residences. Instead, he used the 5,980-square-foot…
FINDINGS and CONCLUSIONS 1. On July 10, 2014, Officer James Medina and Officer Cheryl Smith independently responded to assist DPD Officer Ramone Young with a sick and intoxicated male who had fallen over a chair at the Burger King at 3200 No. Downing St., in Denver, Colorado. Officer Young called…
Over the past few months, we’ve documented Denver’s red-hot housing market and noted that many properties are selling way above list price. But real estate sales in Colorado as a whole are scorching as well. FindTheBest.com has compiled facts and figures about how quickly properties sell after they’re listed, and Colorado…
In Denver, we’ve seen a number of major lawsuit awards in cases during which alleged brutality incidents in jail have been captured on video. A prime example involved Jamal Hunter, who received a $3.25 million settlement for, among other things, being attacked in his cell by two deputies. Now, similarly shocking…
Will Olson was a competitive cyclist from Edwards who was well-known and well-liked by competitors and organizers of Big Mountain Enduro, or BME, events. Such folks were understandably shattered by Olson’s death during a race on Saturday in Crested Butte — so much so that a Sunday competition was canceled…
The comments are still rolling in regarding the Centers for Disease Control’s decision to use the 2014 death of Levy Thamba in a nationwide warning about the risks of cannabis edibles. The Denver coroner’s office listed marijuana intoxication as a contributing factor in the accident that killed Thamba, a college student…
