The bloodshed continues near Martin Luther King Boulevard. Last month, one of three gang-related homicides on the same weekend took place near Pontiac and MLK Boulevard. Saturday night brought another killing, this one on Franklin between Martin Luther King Boulevard and Bruce Randolph. At this writing, no arrests have been made…
As you know, we love Denver and regularly celebrate the neighborhoods that make up the city. Now, however, one of those neighborhoods has been singled out as among the ten most beautiful neighborhoods in the country. Thrillist is the site behind the latest rankings. Below, find the photo-illustrated top ten,…
One of our most popular posts of 2014 was our collection of the most twisted posts on the Denver Dance Memes Facebook page. Fortunately, there are more where more where they came from. Our latest Denver Dance Memes gallery is just as crazy. But be warned: At least one of…
Back in February, we collected videos from major news organizations such as CBS and the New York Times to demonstrate that the national media is still hooked on Colorado pot. More evidence will arrive this weekend, when CNN will debut High Profits. The new reality-TV series focuses on the pair behind…
This week, the White House spoke out in favor of banning gay conversion therapy for those under the age of eighteen. On the same day this statement surfaced, however, three Republican state senators combined to kill a Colorado bill that would have done the same thing here. Plenty of folks…
Denver blog posts leave a mark. At our Arts blog, Nathalia Vélez shares her picks for the ten best tattoo shop names in Denver. For those of you (unlike yours truly) who didn’t see the Rockies blow a ninth-inning lead to the Cubs yesterday, Purple Row’s Jay Milnes will make you…
In December 2013, Araphaoe High School student Claire Davis died days after she was shot by another student, Karl Pierson. Davis’s name isn’t mentioned in Senate Bill 15-213, a measure expected to be heard by a Colorado state Senate committee today. However, she was the inspiration behind the legislation, which would…
In December 2013, we told you about the arrest of Kenneth Mackey for homicide in an incident that left two men dead. The location? An area that recently gained attention for being arguably Aurora’s most dangerous block. Turns out the crime also had a link to the police shooting of Sharod…
The Colorado Springs Confessions Facebook page is, in a word, crazy. Granted, we can’t vouch for the authenticity of each and every posted item. But the tales definitely run the gamut, encompassing the bizarre, the disgusting, the hilarious, the random and the inexplicable, sometimes all at once. We’d planned to…
Gunsmoke Guns owner Rich Wyatt was once a high-profile reality-TV star who rubbed shoulders with presidents and celebrities. Now, just over two years after his Discovery Channel program American Guns was cancelled, Wyatt has been arrested on theft charges following at least the second IRS raid on his Wheat Ridge-based business…
Our post about a bill that would require dispensaries to post warnings to pregnant women about the dangers of smoking marijuana while pregnant riled up a lot of readers. Many noted that data about possible linkage between pot smoking while pregnant and the risks to the unborn child is far from…
Denver blog posts are completely in favor of gainful employment. Going viral again on our Music blog — a vintage Nick Lucchesi post listing the ten best songs about quitting your job. A memorable Colorado Pols headline reads, “James ‘SpongeDob’ Dobson: Gay Marriage Could Start Civil War.” Denver PR Blog…
Supporters of progressive marijuana policies who thought opponents would quickly raise the white flag after limited cannabis sales became law in Colorado seriously underestimated their persistence. The Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (RMHIDTA) is a case in point. The organization, operated under the supervision of director Tom Gorman,…
In January, seventeen-year-old Jessie Hernandez was killed by police while she was behind the wheel of a stolen car. Are those upset by this act displaying their anger by stealing more cars? That’s the assertion of the Westminster Police Department, whose spokesman says evidence exists to suggest that a big bump in…
Earlier this year, we shared information about declassified UFO sightings in Colorado as shared by TheBlackVault.com. But which Coloradans are most likely to see such unidentified flying objects? That’s among the latest questions the folks at FindTheBest.com set out to answer. The site has come up with a list of the…
Last November, we told you about the arrest of Tom Fallis, a former police officer who was accused of killing his wife, Ashley Fallis, then making the crime seem as if it had actually been a suicide following an argument about marijuana smoking. Now, Ashley’s parents, Joel Raguindin and Jenna…
Reasonable people can disagree about the marijuana laws in Texas, which are among the toughest in the nation. But something positive for a Denver woman came out of Ojeda’s pot conviction in the state. An Ojeda DNA sample matched one from a rape and shooting that took place in 1997,…
Kristin Pazulski’s recent post about the Right to Rest Act, which would codify the right of the homeless to sleep, sit and lie down, among other things, stirred passions among our readers. Many of those who responded were unhappily surprised that such basic issues remain in question. Others expressed frustration…
Denver blog posts have the DVR set for Sunday evening…. At our Arts blog, Inkoo Kang previews season five of Game of Thrones, in which women warriors take over Westeros. Coyote Gulch rounds up the latest snowpack/runoff news. Colorado Peak Politics isn’t wild about fractivists protesting by selfie. Send your…
We frequently hear admonitions against texting while driving. But texting while Segwaying — and allegedly running a red light while doing so? The latter may not seem as intrinsically dangerous, but it’s certainly proven embarrassing for the thus-far unidentified Denver parking officer in question, as well as the Denver official…
On the same day that President Barack Obama issued a public statement calling for an end to gay conversion therapy — the widely debunked approach to psychologically stripping people of their homosexual tendencies — a bill to ban the practice in Colorado for those under age eighteen died in a state Senate…
Is Denver’s Jan Bonito a makeup wizard or a shape shifter? Judging by the videos from his Instagram page on view below, he’s both. Bonito’s been getting attention for a video in which he transforms himself into a dead ringer for, of all people, boxer Manny Pacquiao’s mom. But he’s got…
