Sorry, but Denver blog posts can’t also be used as scratching posts. Our Food & Restaurants blog staff reveals that the cat-bite lawsuit has been dropped against the Denver Cat Company. South Stands Denver’s Colin Daniels reports about the end of Mile High Sports radio. Colorado Peak Politics offers a…
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office doesn’t describe a fire started at the Colorado Muslim Society as a hate crime — at least not yet. But the folks at the society certainly do, even though the woman seen in surveillance footage around the time the flames came to life wears what…
With suspected gang-related shootings spiking in Denver and Aurora, officials are doing all they can to prevent the Summer of 2015 from turning into Summer of Violence II. Or Summer of Violence III…or Summer of Violence IV. But an incident that took place on the tail end of Memorial Day Weekend, traditionally…
Jay-Z is known as one of the smartest people in show business. But does he realize water isn’t free? Based on his many years of work for the United Nations in highlighting the global water crisis (multiple videos shared here serve as evidence), the answer to that question is an…
Australia’s Courtney Barnett, who’s opening for the Decemberists and Spoon at Red Rocks on May 27, may have earned more raves during this still young year than any other artists. And she’s done so in a thoroughly unconventional way. Barnett’s new album, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I…
Last week, we told you about the battle being waged by Denver pot club Grassroots Colorado, which has been targeted with prosecution by the City of Denver, as well as eviction the business’ attorney traces to pressure officials have placed on its landlord. In the meantime, however, a pot club…
Last year, Denver found itself on the list of the most expensive cities to buy a house. But how about Colorado as a whole? How does it stack up, home-purchase expense-wise, to other states in the country? Answer: According to data compiled by the folks at FindTheBest.com, it’s in the top…
In recent years, we’ve published several posts featuring Deuel County, Nebraska Sheriff Adam Hayward. Why? Hayward is among the Nebraska badge-wearers most devoted to busting people who bring Colorado marijuana into his state —and he’s a prime target of those who feel Colorado drivers are being profiled when they cross state…
As implied by its headline, our recent post about the ten things Colorado drivers should do but often don’t when it’s raining focused on roadway behavior during inclement weather. But our readers quickly veered into a variety of subjects that didn’t necessarily have anything to do with precipitation. That’s exemplified by…
Denver blog posts are winning raves. The folks at our Music blog collect photos and memories on the occasion of Beta’s seventh anniversary. The Colorado Independent’s Mike Littwin says that Hillary Clinton swims in scandal, but she never drowns. Predominantly Orange’s Sayre Bedinger debunks myths about Broncos draftee Shane Ray…
1. Inmate movement during counts: Inmates are often included in counts at the DCJ, even though they are not currently at the facility. Inmates who are admitted to the hospital, in the community while under the supervision of the sheriff home detention program, or held at other facilities are included on…
Turns out Joey Chestnut is as good at eating burritos as he is at slamming down hot dogs. Chestnut is best known for having won the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest over and over and over again. His 2014 victory marked his eighth straight triumph. But Chestnut is no one-food…
We’re coming up on summer vacation season — which means a lot of us are looking for a place to spend a few days that won’t leave us destitute upon our return. The GoBankingRates.com recently assembled its list of the ten best and worst U.S. vacation cities. And fortunately, Denver made…
Our post about Grassroots Colorado’s Break Room, a pot club, generated a lot of interesting takes. The Break Room is currently fighting prosecution and an eviction notice that the club’s attorney traces to a two-front attack by the City of Denver. But the lawyer is firm that his client did…
Denver blog posts love survival stories. At our Food & Restaurants blog, Patricia Calhoun reveals that El Rancho will reopen as a brewpub. Mile High Report’s Ian Henson has unsettling news about a new Bronco: Antonio Smith is being investigated in a Texas child abuse case. The Colorado Independent’s Tessa…
As pretty much everyone with a working knowledge of broadcast television knows, David Letterman hosted his final Late Show last night, bringing to a close a 33-year run as a yakker for various networks. To mark the occasion, his nightly top ten list, featuring the topic “Things I’ve Always Wanted to…
At this writing, photos of seventeen-year-old Grand Junction resident David Gaines have yet to surface. However, the other images shared her offer an indication of the damage he left behind before being shot and killed by police in Grand Junction yesterday. The situation allegedly began with a fight between Gaines…
Jay Marvin was once one of the biggest names in Denver talk radio thanks to stints at KHOW and AM-760. But in 2009, he suffered a debilitating health crisis that continues to impact his life. He formally retired from radio in September 2010 and the following March, he tried to take his…
Earlier this year, we shared a list of the ten most expensive Denver neighborhoods to rent a two-bedroom apartment. The numbers were based on December 2014 figures assembled by ApartmentList.com. Now, ApartmentList.com has crunched a new set of numbers as part of its renter satisfaction survey, which drew upon the…
A couple in North Carolina has been arrested in Colorado Springs for the death of her eighteen-month-old baby, Violet Sky Cortez. The night before, the mother, twenty-year-old Vanessa Sanchez, had reportedly attended a support group for parents who’d lost a child — and when she was taken into custody, she and…
Yesterday, we posted about ten things Colorado drivers should do but often don’t when it’s raining. The suggestions were based on advice from the Automobile Association of America. But many of our readers’ posts had a real Colorado feel. And, in the case of this comment, a Colorado smell. Nikki…
Denver blog posts are the best of the brunch. At our Food & Restaurants blog, Lauren Monitz shares her choices for the ten best brunches in Denver — the 2015 edition. Colorado Peak Politics thinks Jared Polis’s contest to name a wilderness bill was a political stunt. In contrast, the folks…
