Earlier this month, when we shared a list of Colorado’s best high schools according to ColoradoSchoolGrades.com, we noted that the site dished out plenty of high marks. Five of the top ten schools tied for the top spot. This trend is even more explicit when it comes to the ColoradoSchoolGrades.com…
Most people in Denver enjoyed a peaceful Easter. But 66-year-old Larry Roberts isn’t most people. Roberts (no relation) was arrested Sunday on suspicion that he’d killed a man in Five Points late the previous evening. Continue for photos, video and details about what went down. First official word about the…
Our post about a new effort to push for more public restrooms in central Denver — and a human-waste map that shows the scope of the problem — got a lot of people talking. Some respondents took a serious approach to what they see as a need for more facilities…
Denver blog posts are fine with expanding beyond three meals a day. At our Food & Restaurants blog, Lauren Monitz counts the ten hippest Easter brunches in Denver and nearby areas. Colorado Peak Politics thinks the far left is eating its own, with Jared Polis becoming the latest victim. Big…
Corrections deputy Isaac Nail has been a member of the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office for nearly twenty years, having started with the organization in November 1995. But a recent release from the sheriff’s office isn’t about his many years of service. Instead, it deals with a hit-and-run accident for which…
Last week, we told you that State Representative Gordon Klingenschmitt, a notable abortion foe (and virulent homophobe), had politicized the attack on Michelle Wilkins, whose baby was cut from her womb, during one of his regular YouTube programs. Afterward, the outrage against Klingenschmitt escalated, and his attempts to dial it…
Greenpeace is known for going after whalers, toxic-waste dumpers and other entities that it sees as hindering its goal to “ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity.” But its latest target isn’t a greedy polluter or ecology-despoiler. It’s the City of Fort Collins. The organization…
Which Denver neighborhoods have the most hipsters? The folks at FindTheBest.com tried to discover the answer based on the following criteria: number of cafes, yoga studios, people with bachelor’s degrees, and residents between the ages of twenty and 34. What follows is a photo-illustrated list of the twelve Denver neighborhoods with the…
No denying it: This photo of Sydney Spies is too sexy for a high school yearbook — the type of publication whose rejection of a less revealing shot on the grounds that it was too sexy catapulted her to brief national fame just over three years ago. Now, Sydney and…
On Friday, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office shared its official response to a complaint filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by Nebraska and Oklahoma over Colorado’s marijuana laws. But while the AG’s office asks the Supremes to reject the arguments of these states, a Coffman statement released in conjunction with…
Word that Dynel Lane wouldn’t be charged with murder after the death of a baby she allegedly cut from Michelle Wilkins’s womb unleashed a torrent of commentary. Most readers ranged from feeling unhappy with the decision to very, very unhappy with the decision. The following reader’s response is emblematic of many others…
Denver blog posts are all about beauty. At our Music blog, Jon Solomon explains why Beauty Bar is closing after a final shindig on April 4. Purple Row’s Ryan Schoppe details a spring-training double-defeat of the Arizona Diamondbacks at the hands of your Colorado Rockies. At The Colorado Independent, Nancy…
We’ve covered plenty of road-rage incidents over the years, some of them quite unusual. One example: The case of Steven Paula, who was arrested for punching out another motorist after his daughter allegedly shared a video of him doing it on Snapchat. But an incident on Saturday offers a new…
We’ve been keeping you up to date on the latest developments involving Michelle Wilkins, who was seven-months pregnant when her unborn baby was cut from her womb, allegedly by Dynel Lane, for whom charges are still pending. Most of the news has been grim — but at last, we have…
Yelp has become an indispensable online resource — and an entertaining one, too, since users have such widely varied opinions. For proof, look no further than the Yelp-generated roster of weird attractions in Denver. Some of the items in the top ten are indeed weird — but plenty of them…
Dennis Ryerson lives near 24th and Broadway, a vibrant and lively part of Denver that he’s grown to love. But there are some drawbacks. “In my neighborhood, people use the back door to the building I live in to defecate and urinate,” he says. “And women will just squat between…
Stabbings in Longmont have become frighteningly commonplace of late. Two men in the Denver area are being sought at this writing for the latest incident, which took place on the evening of Wednesday, March 25. The attack was at least the fourth stabbing in Longmont in less than two weeks…
Hundreds of people have weighed in so far on our post about a bill proposing $25,000 monthly fines against schools that refuse to eliminate Native American mascots deemed offensive. Opinions vary widely in the comment section, with some of those who responded backing the proposal and others denigrating it. This…
Denver blog posts take on all comers. At our Arts blog, Bree Davies argues that the Highland versus Northside debate is all about gentrification. At Big Media, Jason Salzman conducts an exit interview with Eli Stokols, who’s leaving Fox31 for Politico. Denver Frank features a video projecting change in Colorado…
This week, a U.S. District jury awarded $2.2 million in damages in the case of a special-needs child who attended Bessemer Academy in Pueblo as a kindergartner. The complaint is based on the staff’s decision to keep the child, then a kindergartner, in what’s referred to in court papers as…
After Colorado voters approved 2012’s Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational marijuana sales, comedians nationwide began making pot jokes about the state. And they haven’t stopped. As evidence, we offer gags accessible at TeamCoco.com, the official website of Conan O’Brien. The site’s joke archive is searchable, and when we typed…
The 32 people indicted in what the Colorado Attorney General’s Office has dubbed Operation #GoldenGofer (and yes, the hashtag is something the AG office has requested that the media use in reference to the case) hardly look like a group of criminals. Indeed, the collection of photos on view below…
