What are the most family-friendly communities in Colorado? ApartmentList.com came up with a metric (explained in detail below) that factored in safety, housing costs, the quality of local schools and child-friendliness to determine the places that suit families best. Sorry, Denver: You didn’t land in the top ten, winding up at…
Kale O’Donnell has been arrested on suspicion of causing approximately $13,000 in damage by scrawling graffiti across Colorado Springs. Suspected number of tags: 245. But arguably more interesting than the case itself is the manner in which O’Donnell was caught — a social-media-heavy investigation that allegedly revealed him to be…
As we’ve reported, the Denver Police Department cited or jailed 243 people during 4/20 weekend — a number significantly higher than the one racked up the previous year. In addition, DPD officers conducted undercover raids at two pot clubs. Things were much, much quieter in Colorado Springs, where a grand total of…
In a recent Denver Blogs post, we featured a Bree Davies item about navigating the Sixth Avenue death trap and other Denver traffic hazards. The topic definitely struck a chord. Plenty of commenters weighed in with their picks for the most problematic areas in the metro area right now. As…
Denver blog posts are all about independence. At our Arts blog, Jenn Wohletz’s vintage list of five big reasons why you should move out of your parents house has gone viral again. Click to find out why. The Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic on Steve Fenberg’s climate-change candidacy for the Colorado Senate…
At this writing, the death toll from a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25 is estimated at 3,800, and observers fear it will continue to grow. Among those confirmed dead is Tom Taplin, 61, a filmmaker and photographer from Evergreen who was at a base camp on…
This week, we’ve been posting about an April 11 homicide on the 1600 block of Bruce Randolph Avenue — an incident that cost the life of Abdul Muhammad, 61. In a tragic coincidence, Muhammad is the second person with his name to be slain in Denver since January. That month, 22-year-old Abdul…
Earlier this year, we shared a post highlighting the ten most famous CU Boulder attendees according to the Ranker website. We didn’t know everyone on the CU Boulder list, despite the “most famous” designation. That’s true for the Ranker list of the most famous Colorado State University attendees, too. But…
CU Boulder student Berry Allen, a twenty-year-old known to his friends as Tyler, reportedly sent a text last Thursday, April 16, that read in part, ““Oh, I’m alright, spent one night with a friend and one all nighter at library.” Since then, no one has heard from him — and…
In a recent Comment of the Day, prompted by a report that Denver houses are selling for well over list owing to the red-hot market in these parts, a reader acknowledged paying $7,000 over the asking price for a condo that’s gained $25,000 more in value in mere months. The observation prompted…
Denver blogs try not to have a regional bias, but it’s hard…. At our Arts blog, Lauren Archuleta offers a Colorado girl’s response to the ten reasons Colorado girls are way better than California girls. Denver Egotist highlights the 1Kick Canned Mule product launch via Denver’s Think to Make. Catherine…
In William Breathes’s account of the 4/20 rally at Denver’s Lincoln Park on Monday, he noted that the gathering was more about pot than talk, since most of the serious points delivered by speakers were ignored in favor of stoner celebrations. Now, videographer Kevin J. Beaty has captured that dynamic…
So…you’re being arrested and you’ve got something with you that would make a bad situation worse. Where’s the absolute last place you should try to hide it? Ten points for Gryffindor if you answered, “A police car.” And fifty more if you guessed that’s exactly what authorities say Ryah Hollandsworth…
Last September, the Denver Post was officially put on sale. Since then, rumors aplenty have circulated about an impending purchase. And even though the status quo remains in place at this writing, plenty of staffers have been getting out while the getting is good. The latest: Mike Klis, the paper’s lead…
The Zillow.com list of the most expensive streets in America tends to concentrate on communities in a handful of states. For instance, the top ten includes multiple appearances by places in California, Florida and Connecticut. But there’s also a Colorado entry, in a mountain community — and probably not the…
WikiSexGuide.com describes itself as “the world’s largest sex travel site, enabling travelers to plan and book the perfect trip.” Among its features: user reviews and ratings of “adult places.” The site’s page for Denver has some listings that aren’t particularly up to date. Note that its section on swingers clubs still…
Yesterday, the Fort Collins Police Department announced that it was investigating an incident in which nineteen-year-old Austin Essig leaped from the window of his third-story apartment. Essig reportedly shattered his hip and fractured his wrist in the fall. Why are the cops looking into the story? They won’t go into detail…
Our post noting that the 243 citations or jailings over 4/20 weekend in Denver were much higher than during the same period in 2014 found many readers supporting the police’s action. Many compared the rules against public consumption of marijuana to open-container laws in place for alcohol. As for the following…
Denver blog posts would like a sarsaparilla, barkeep. At our Music blog, Bree Davies explains why she stopped drinking at shows. Colorado Pols says that Jon Caldara wants to lead a Douglas County-style takeover of the Jeffco schools. Coyote Gulch shares reports showing that the snowpack is still low in Colorado…
In the wake of controversial comments by Representative Gordon Klingenschmitt that appeared to politicize the womb-cutting attack on Michelle Wilkins in Longmont, at least one group, ProgressNow Colorado, called for him to resign. The organization is getting something close to its wish in one way, but definitely not when it…
A bill that would require dispensaries to post signs warning women not to smoke marijuana when they’re pregnant won preliminary approval from the Colorado House yesterday. The measure, House Bill 15-1298, appears below in its entirety. We’ve also included a Colorado Public Health and Environment report from earlier this year…
Eighteen-year-old Edgar Vargas set out last week to drive to Colorado for a friend’s prom. He never arrived, and now, his family is desperate to learn his whereabouts. Vargas’s Facebook page lists his residence as El Paso, Texas, and that was the starting point of his trip to Grand Junction…
