Denver’s finish among the twenty cities with the fastest-rising rent didn’t surprise a lot of our readers, who sprinkled stories about jaw-slackening increases with plenty of frustration. Here’s a prime example. See also: Photos: Twenty Cities With the Fastest-Rising Rents — and Denver’s Place on the List…

Denver blog posts are often fast and casual. At our Cafe Society blog, Jenn Wohletz enumerates the top five ways Olive Garden needs to get its act together. Colorado Ethics Watch formally requests that the Office of Congressional Ethics investigate Representative Mike Coffman. Predominantly Orange’s Kyle McKinnon discusses three major…

Each week throughout the summer, we’ve been documenting the Denver Cruiser Ride, which has become a Wednesday night tradition in Denver — including tomorrow night, when the scheduled theme is “Pirates, Sea Men & Mermaids.” Why do so many cyclists turn out week after week? To find out, videographer Anthony…

The announcement that the Denver Post is for sale hasn’t brought every new initiative at the paper to a grinding halt. In a memo to staffers yesterday, Post editor Greg Moore and news director Kevin Dale revealed the hiring of former CBS4 anchor Molly Hughes as director of Denver Post…

On Saturday morning, authorities in Boulder found a man’s body beneath some bushes near a shopping center, and while the victim hasn’t been identified yet, he’s thought to have been a transient. Unfortunately, this discovery is becoming practically routine in the city, where five other homeless people have died since…

A Comment of the Day post in which a reader floated his idea for pranking pot-obsessed Nebraska State Troopers was deemed inspired and hilarious by some readers, stupid and doomed by others. But it also prompted another tale of pot profiling of Colorado drivers in other states — in this…

Denver blog posts like it tangy. Our Cafe Society blog counts down the ten best barbecue joints in Denver. The Colorado Independent’s Tessa Cheek on Bob Beauprez’s focus on federal issues in the Colorado gubernatorial campaign. Mile High Mamas’ Amber Johnson on how to survive the dreaded “Mommy Clique.” See…

Last year, we told you about the tragic death of Philadelphia-based executive Natalie Egleston in a skiing accident on Aspen Mountain. No criminal charges were filed against Dr. Virginia Chen, the New York dermatologist who ran into Egleston. But now, Chen is reportedly the target of a lawsuit filed by…

Last year, we told you about a $40,000 jury award to Robert Duran after he was beaten in jail by Deputy Stephen Koehler. Well, Duran still hasn’t gotten the money, and given that he’s homeless, HIV-positive and winter is coming, his attorney, David Lane, is calling for expedited payment. But…

D-Mac and Alfred Williams, afternoon-drive co-hosts on 104.3 The Fan, recently argued that the actions of ex-Bronco Perrish Cox, who was accused (and later acquitted) of rape after impregnating the women who made the claim, were worse than those of Ray Rice, a Baltimore Ravens running back caught on video…

Denver blog posts believe ugly is in the eye of the beholder. At our Show and Tell blog, Michael Paglia shares his choices for the five ugliest sculptures in Denver. Big Media’s Jason Salzman argues that personhood ties run deep in Jeffco GOP campaigns. Denver Infill’s Ryan Dravitz offers an…

Over recent months, there have been rumors aplenty that the Denver Post and other newspaper properties under the Digital First Media banner would soon be put up for sale — a prospect supported by members of the Denver Newspaper Guild, who published an open letter earlier this week that essentially…

Judging by the photos our Marissa Shevins brought back from this week’s Denver Cruiser Ride, we might have had a tough time guessing the theme if we didn’t already know what it was. Some riders followed it pretty closely, others tweaked it in interesting ways and a slew of folks…

Yesterday morning, the body of a male student was discovered at Doherty High School in Colorado Springs. Although foul play is not suspected, administrators immediately made moves to close the campus for the day — but their manner of doing so immediately ratcheted up fears among many parents about danger…

A few months back, we posted about some of the vanity license plates rejected by the State of Colorado — and we hardly exhausted the supply. Officials have turned down literally thousands of requests — some that strike us as relatively close calls, but plenty of others so brazen it’s…