In our post about the decision not to charge officers in the shooting of Jessie Hernandez, a seventeen-year-old whose death behind the wheel of a stolen car inspired the Denver Police Department to change its policy allowing officers to shoot into moving vehicles, we noted that Denver District Attorney Mitch…
In recent weeks, a number of studies have been released that help explain why housing prices in Colorado are currently so high. One of the latest comes from FindTheBest.com, which set out to track housing prices in American cities today as compared to how much residences cost during the peak…
may 10 How grateful and blessed I feel to be Mom to a family of equines. ELLA, Equine Life Lessons and Artwork combines equine art and experience. While “hanging out with the horses at my ranch, Thunder Heart Haven,” kids can participate in their care, learn to ride if they…
The description of High Valley Farms on the website of Silverpeak Apothecary makes the place sound bucolic and environmentally friendly in the extreme — an idyllic piece of land just outside Basalt, in a gorgeous part of Colorado. But the farm’s neighbors aren’t singing its praises. Instead, they’re complaining about…
The high cost of rent in the Denver metro area is a popular commentary subject for our readers even on items that aren’t specifically about that topic. A case in point was a recent post about the Colorado places with the largest increases in poverty from 1980 to 2010. The…
Denver blog posts are going to work out this summer…really. At our Arts blog, Lauren Archuleta shares her picks for the ten sports groups to get involved with this summer. Denver Urbanism’s Ryan Dravitz tracks FasTracks progress via the overhead catenary system at Denver’s Union Station. At the Colorado Independent,…
The cameras put in place on roadways throughout the state by the Colorado Department of Transportation don’t only stream images of traffic jams and inclement weather. Sometimes they also capture video of potential disasters. Case in point: CDOT cameras were in the right place to see a rockslide that dumped…
Isaiah Hunter wasn’t only sentenced for one horrible crime this week. No, the 24-year-old received punishment for three — incidents so disturbing that they could add up to a life sentence. Assorted arrest documents on view below offer strong arguments for describing Hunter as a serial rapist — an extraordinarily…
As we enter summer-vacation season, a lot of us will be jetting off to far-flung destinations. And thanks to the central location of Denver International Airport, we have a lot of carriers from which to choose. But which of them are likeliest to be on-time — and which definitely aren’t?…
The photo above is a surveillance image taken on Sunday, June 7, at Tampa International Airport. On the right is Charlie Enice Brooks, who’d just traveled from her home in Fort Morgan to Florida for a visit with Joseph Pope, described as her childhood friend and sometime boyfriend. But the reunion…
Our post about Governor John Hickenlooper vetoing a bill pertaining to the elimination of red-light cameras and photo-radar citations attracted plenty of comments. But none was as long and passionate as the one below. The author sent an e-mail with the all-caps subject line “DO NOT PAY” and described in detail…
Denver blog posts have a thing for watching stars under the stars. At our Arts blog, Ben Weismann lists the ten best outdoor film series in metro Denver this summer. A typically lively Colorado Peak Politics headline reads, “SMOKING CRACK: D.C. Enviros Accuse Westerners of Land Grab.” Denver Egotist offers…
As we’ve reported, there have been plenty of police shootings in Colorado of late. Indeed, there was one at 3:20 p.m. yesterday on the 111000 block of Huron Street, when an officer with the Northglenn Police Department shot a man who allegedly had opened fire on cops responding to a…
Last night, California-based Mercy for Animals released a video shot at Cactus Acres Holsteins in Fort Morgan. The clip, on view below, shows Cactus Acres workers beating and even stabbing dairy cows. A number of workers have reportedly been fired over the actions seen in the video, and an investigation by local…
A lot of us are curious about dangerous things, but we stop short of trying them out in order not to do harm to ourselves. But Adam Hirtle is apparently an exception to that rule. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, Hirtle fired a bullet into his own foot…
We keep hearing that the economy has turned around. But not everyone is enjoying better times. The latest analysis from the folks at FindTheBest.com focuses on poverty, and the site’s findings include a rundown of the Colorado counties in which the number of people below the poverty line has risen the…
In capturing Walmart shoplifter Robert Seacat following a twenty-hour standoff, various police agencies severely damaged the home where he holed up. Granted, Seacat fired shots at the officers, and four drug-related warrants were pending against him. But he’d chosen the Greenwood Village-area home at random, and now the residence is…
Denver blog posts are always on the lookout. At our Arts blog, Bree Davies wants to know who owns the views in rapidly developing Denver. Mile High Report’s Jon Heath offers highlights of Peyton Manning’s appearance at the recent Luke Bryan concert. Denver PR Blog’s latest great moments in journalism…
Back in 2012, we told you about a bizarre lawsuit filed against Aspen billionaire William Koch — kin to Charles and David, the conservative powerhouses known collectively as the Koch Brothers — by Kirby Martensen, a disgruntled former employee that accused William of kidnapping. Three years later, a federal judge…
The assertions made against Lynn Young in an arrest affidavit shared here are disturbing enough. They detail injuries suffered by Aaron Young, her seven-week-old baby, including a skull fracture and a broken femur, that prosecutors believe constitute child abuse. But the allegations against Young are even more troubling in light…
Yesterday, ground was broken for the 1144 15th Street building. Hines, the international real-estate firm behind the forty-story, 662,000-square-foot Class A office tower, notes that the completed project will be “the first office building of this height built in nearly three decades, and once completed, will be one of the…
A few months back, we shared with you the top ten CSU attendees as listed by the Ranker website — and among those who made the cut was a porn star, Juli Ashton. Sorry, but no one with that particular profession is on Ranker’s roster of the ten most famous attendees…
