Our recent post spotlighting CU Boulder Confessions is practically PG compared to the items we found on Colorado HS Confess, a Twitter feed on which sex, drugs and questionable behavior definitely don’t have an age limit. Below, find twenty tweets sure to freak out parents of students attending Colorado high…
This past April, we told you about I, Too, Am CU, a powerful tumblr and Facebook campaign that features photos of students from underrepresented groups posing with signs to both highlight and undermine the most prevalent stereotypes they confront on a daily basis. Since then, the messages have been amplified…
Is posting a humiliating Facebook video okay if it’s done by a mom trying to get her allegedly truant daughter to stay in school? That’s the question posed by a clip shared by Jeannie Crutchfield, a mom in Casper, Wyoming, that shows her trailing daughter Rickilee Durrant through her high…
In our coverage of the controversy over a proposed Jefferson County Schools history curriculum committee tasked with emphasizing patriotism and downplaying civil disorder, we shared school board member Julie Williams’s press release citing the Texas State Board of Education’s actions along similar lines. This suggestion didn’t thrill a number of…
Denver blog posts are all about socializing. At our Show and Tell blog, Bree Davies tells the origin story of Ello, a new social network created right here in Colorado. Big Media: “Gardner cites nonexistent entity as backer of his contraception proposal.” Colorado Peak Politics charges Senator Mark Udall with…
Donna Gregory is just eighteen, but she’s already being called a mastermind, albeit of a crime that injured her own grandfather. Continue for details about the home invasion that led to Gregory’s arrest, as well as pending charges against her and three older cohorts who are said to be members…
Macyo January was four months shy of eighteen when he allegedly murdered David Dunlap and Whitney Butler; she’d recently married the Fort Carson soldier and was pregnant. Prosecutors ultimately decided to try January as an adult for the shocking crime — and now a jury has found him guilty on…
Is Denver Nuggets super-mascot Rocky a Republican? Signs point to “yes.” On Monday, @ColoGOP tweeted a photo of Rocky at an event for the Grand Old Party. Only problem: Ken Solomon, the man inside the Rocky suit, didn’t get an okay from his bosses about the gig — and afterward,…
For the majority of 2014, Michael Floorwax, veteran morning-show host on 103.5 The Fox, has been off the air for reasons that were never specified. Now, Floorwax has released a statement that was read to listeners by longtime partner Rick Lewis moments ago. In it, he reveals that he’s fighting…
Last week, we highlighted the top 25 Denver Public Schools as judged by the district’s School Performance Framework, which gathers data to determine the effectiveness of schools at every level of the DPS system. Today, we look at the flip side — the ten schools currently considered the furthest from…
Last week, we told you about 105.9 Alice afternoon-drive personality Slacker passing out on the air during a September 25 broadcast. The incident was serious enough to keep him away from the Slacker & Steve show Friday and Monday. But he returned to the fold yesterday, seemingly no worse for…
Once upon a time, most gubernatorial candidates shied away from the mention of marijuana unless they were pledging to crack down on it. But now, Glendale Mayor Mike Dunafon and medical marijuana advocate Anne Armstrong are putting pot front and center in their campaigns for the top office in Colorado…
Recent data suggests that more medical marijuana patients are dropping off the state registry. One reader wasn’t surprised, since he considers the MMJ system to be bullshit, albeit a necessary step toward broader legalization. In response, we heard from someone with another possible reason why red cards aren’t being renewed…
Denver blog posts are against keeping anyone inside a pumpkin shell. At our Cafe Society blog, Jenn Wohletz highlights five of the best — and worst — pumpkin-spice foods of the season. This pumpkin-cheesecake ice cream inspired the headline above. Colorado Pols: “Jeffco Schools Superintendent Threatens Teachers Over Latest Protest.”…
Update: Last week, we told you about an alleged attack on a Boulder woman by a man who presented himself as a door-to-door solicitor; see our previous coverage below. Now, Derick Tappe, who says he’s part of a magazine-sales crew, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted sexual assault and…
Hard to believe, but it was around this time just three years ago that Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow’s chosen way of celebrating a touchdown — lowering himself to one knee in prayer — became a national phenomenon dubbed Tebowing. Today, Tebow is long gone from Denver and on-the-field play…
Every once in a while, a mug shot appears that obtains instant-classic status — and that’s certainly the case with the booking photo of Michael Whitington, who allegedly robbed a bank on the 16th Street Mall last week, then tried to make his getaway via (wait for it) light rail…
Forbes has just released its annual list of the 400 richest people in America, and five Coloradans made the cut. Who are they and where did they land on Forbes’ roster? Count them down below, complete with photos and excerpts from Forbes data and text. For the original post, click…
Just last month, Platinum 84, a Federal Heights strip club, made headlines due to a high-profile shooting that injured two people. Now, the venue’s back in the news for another crime: an attack that caused a police officer to be hospitalized. We’ve got the details on the latest incident, as…
We recently told you about a poll suggesting a majority of Coloradans were unhappy with marijuana legalization — findings embraced by anti-pot activists who’d ignored previous surveys showing the opposite. Now, cannabis critics like these are working to prevent legalization from spreading to other states — and a document called…
In a recent post, William Breathes speculated that as many as 19,000 patients may have dropped off the state medical marijuana registry from January to July of this year. This figure was analyzed, critiqued and debated by our readers, with this one suggesting that the registry concept may be outdated…
Denver blog posts are eager to help. At our Backbeat blog, Kiernan Maletsky writes about how Denver’s rave community is helping Bianca, a teen hospitalized for taking molly. Bianca’s GoFundMe page features updates that say she’s making progress: Click here for more information. Mile High Report: “Everything we know” about…
