Last week, in the context of a roundup about deaths and accidents on Colorado waterways (among them was Steven Kelly, who posted a Facebook video just before a fatal tubing trip), we told you about the search for Joseph Goodwin, known to his friends as Joey, who vanished while recreating…
Thomas Mitchell recently wrote about an MSU Denver study looking into the impact of marijuana legalization. The report’s authors found that both crime and homelessness appear to have gone up in Denver since recreational sales launched, although linkage to cannabis proves elusive — and a city representative suggests that the crime…
Denver blog posts are ready to commune with nature. At our Arts blog, Mary Willson shares her picks for ten great summer hikes along the Front Range. Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons weighs in on the defensive emphasis of new Nuggets first-round draft pick Emmanuel Mudiay. You can tell what the…
When the office of Denver Clerk Debra Johnson came up with the idea of a monthly event dubbed Free Wedding Wednesdays, the folks there had no idea the first one would correspond with same-sex marriage becoming legal in Colorado owing to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to punt on the…
Last August, Denver mayor Michael Hancock and Denver Police Chief Robert White appeared on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show to tout the use of body cameras. Now, an incident in Trinidad provides a particularly vivid reason why municipalities should welcome body cameras, rather than opposing them. The body-camera video from the…
Dog lovers in Denver are always looking for dog parks at which their prized pooches can run free and socialize with other creatures for whom butt-sniffing is as polite as can be. Fortunately, the Mile High City has plenty of options, as this City of Denver map proves. But which are…
Nuggets guard Ty Lawson likes to document his life. For instance, his YouTube account offers fans an inside look at his day-to-day activities, including his fondness for the Lyft ridesharing service — a clip that became more than a little embarrassing when he was busted for another DUI earlier this year…
A recent Comment of the Day in which a reader rejected the idea that people can vape without anyone noticing prompted a slew of memorable responses. But one definitely caught us by surprise. In it, the author addresses the subject of public pot smoking and its impact on people who have…
Denver blogs are the cat’s meow. At our Arts blog, Susan Froyd explains that the Denver County Fair has nixed a return of a pot pavilion, which spawned a lawsuit after several people got sick from eating pot edibles, in favor of an exhibit featuring cats. The Colorado Independent’s Tessa…
Today brings word that Dustin Diamond, the actor who will forever be known as Screech from Saved by the Bell, will serve four months in jail for a barroom stabbing in Wisconsin. This news, and the fact that the incident took place in Wisconsin, calls to mind Diamond’s bad behavior in…
Three Colorado women have won the Miss America pageant: Sharon Ritchie in 1956, Marilyn Van Derbur in 1958 and Rebecca Ann King in 1974. However, no one from the state has been named Miss USA, even though the competition has been held since 1952. Could Talyah Polee break the streak a…
There’s no off-season in the NFL anymore. As evidence, note that arguably the biggest sports story in America yesterday was about something that didn’t happen — a trade of Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning to the Houston Texans. Among those weighing in on this hypothetical was ESPN radio host and TV…
In January 2014, we shared a pot entitled “The ABCs of Denver’s Unregistered Sex Offenders,” which offered an overview of the issue in the city. Since there were more than 100 unregistered sex offenders on Denver’s most wanted list, we featured a representative sample: one from each letter of the…
Anthony Martinez looks mighty benign in the Facebook photo above. But investigators with the Colorado Springs Police Department, as well as law enforcers in at least six other states, fear he’s anything but. Martinez, 25, has been arrested on suspicion of what the CSPD describes as “an unlawful, sexual relationship…
Once again, a Comment of the Day has birthed a very interesting conversation. This time around, the conversation was prompted by a reader who stressed that drivers should watch out for motorcyclists, but bikers have responsibilities, too. Plenty of replies focused on those crotch-rocket riders who zoom in and out…
Denver blog posts have it covered. At our Music blog, Jessie Schiewe writes, “I wore pasties at EDC and it wasn’t that bad.” The folks at Colorado Peak Politics think the Bernie Sanders attendance numbers are a slap to Hillary. Roundball Mining Company finds Cody Russell playing the NBA draft…
Sex, blackmail and Republican politics make for a potent brew, which explains why a story involving an alleged attempt by Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman (and former Congressman Tom Tancredo) to force Colorado GOP chair Steve House to resign or else face exposure over a supposed affair continues to gather…
Over the past month or so, numerous drivers in northern Colorado have had their windows shattered — and one driver, Cori Romero, was shot in the neck as she motored down Interstate 25 in Larimer County. These incidents remain unsolved — and now, John Jacoby, 48, is dead after having been…
Abigail Cozad had a tough life, owing to a traumatic brain injury suffered as a result of an accident involving a drunk driver when she was just fifteen. Now, Cozad is dead, victim of a homicide. Her body was found in an Adams County motel. Now, the Adams County Sheriff’s…
According to Project Know, an organization that specializes in alcohol and drug rehabilitation and treatment, Colorado has one of the highest DUI arrest rates of any state in the country. And by at least one recent metric, the numbers in Denver are even higher than they are for Colorado as…
Have you seen a black 2006 Toyota Tacoma like the one above, sporting Colorado license plate 966-MFH? If so, call the police in Denver or Aurora and get the hell out of its way, because the driver of the vehicle was allegedly at the center of multiple crimes yesterday, including a…
Police responded when Donna Mount died in April. But there were no criminal charges in the immediate aftermath of her death — only tears. More than two months later, however, a most unlikely suspect — Lee Keyser, 67 — has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in the case. Why?…
