Denver blog posts listen. At our Show and Tell blog, Juliet Wittman talks to actor/lawyer Carjardo Lindsey about a police interaction that called to mind the continuing racial issues in Ferguson, Missouri and beyond. South Stands Denver’s John Reidy gets serious about fake football. Coyote Gulch on a report showing…
The Twitter hashtag #ThrowbackThursday has become a favorite for a very good reason: With all the lousy news taking place now, it’s reassuring and entertaining to turn back the clock once a week. Plenty of Denver tweeters agree, regularly sharing #ThrowbackThursday posts featuring fascinating, charming or funny photos from the…
Earlier today, we told you about the arrest of Mark Beluscak, who’s at least the eighth Denver police officer to get into trouble in 2014 alone. As for Joseph Ellsworth, he’s an ex-Denver Cop — very ex, since he hasn’t been on the force since the 1990s. Since then, he’s…
In June, we told you about a lawsuit filed by attorney Rob Corry on behalf of a group called No Over Taxation. It contends that special taxes placed on marijuana sales are illegal and unconstitutional; see the complaint and more documents below. Tomorrow, a hearing in the case is scheduled,…
Plenty of folks in these parts continue to complain about the rough economy — but according to MSN Money, such gripes have reached their expiration date. The site has just ranked the fifty state economies from worst to first, and Colorado is solidly ensconced in the top ten. But where…
As we’ve reported, at least seven Denver police officers have gotten into trouble in 2014, with offenses ranging from departmental violations (like keeping 600 nude photos on a work cell phone) to alleged assaults, prostitute-solicitation and more; see our previous coverage below. Now there’s an eighth case: Officer Mark Beluscak…
Yesterday, we told you about Dylan Schuetz, a gymnast who miraculously survived a 100-foot fall from Saint Mary’s Glacier, albeit with gruesome injuries to his legs. Dylan Jarsma, a 22-year-old from Kalamazoo, Michigan, wasn’t as fortunate. Authorities say he died near North Clear Creek Falls after losing his footing while…
Of course, people don’t have to be from New York to peruse the New York Times. But Patricia Calhoun’s post about a Times column focusing on Colorado — and reader comments declaring that, among other things, pot legalization is boring — inspired plenty of Colorado v. New York debates among…
Denver blog posts love taking new places out for a spin. At our Backbeat blog, Mark Masters introduces us to Chain Reaction, a new record store (!) in Lakewood. Big Media’s Jason Salzman introduces us to the Republican rep who thinks John Hickenlooper treats us like “his abused spouse.” Denver…
Being in spectacular physical condition didn’t stop something very bad from happening to 21-year-old Dylan Schuetz. But his background as an athlete — and, specifically, a gymnast — prevented it from being even worse. Last week, Schuetz — an avid and adventurous rock climber whose friends also take part in…
The vicious cheap shot Vancouver Canuck Todd Bertuzzi put on Colorado Avalanche rookie Steve Moore back in 2004 wasn’t just one of the most brutal happenings in an NHL game ever. It was also a crime: Bertuzzi eventually pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm and was given a year’s…
Around 2 a.m. this morning, Joshua Hoppe, 32, was arrested in east Denver on suspicion of murder. Last week, Hoppe allegedly killed 55-year-old James Barnes, who witnesses say had been threatening him with a machete. Photos, videos and details below. See also: Nancy Jo Arias After Killing Husband: “I’m One…
Over the years, we’ve intermittently highlighted unsolved Colorado homicides listed on the Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons website — including the rape and murder of Jacqueline Gallegos, whose alleged killer, Andre Jackson, was just convicted. Unfortunately, however, there’s no shortage of people who have not yet been punished…
People take plenty of weird things with them when they travel — and now you can own some of it. Beginning this morning at 8 a.m., City Surplus Warehouse, at 671 South Jason Street, registration begins for an auction of DIA lost and found items, plus unclaimed, lost or stolen…
Imagine awaking in the middle of the night to find an intruder laying his hands on you very much without your knowledge or permission. That’s what happened to a Denver woman yesterday morning at just about this time. Continue for the where, the when, the full-size suspect sketch and how…
Earlier this year, a University of Colorado Denver study showed that medical marijuana stores had little impact on areas — no more so than coffee shops, the researchers found. But there’s apparently a lingering perception among the more affluent Not In My Backyard crowd that dispensaries don’t make good neighbors,…
Denver blog posts are all about modernity, but…. At our Cafe Society blog, Jenn Wohletz examines five disturbing new pieces of food-service technology, including a cake-decorating bot. Colorado Peak Politics asks: Would Hickenlooper let James Holmes live? Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein asks: Will the Nuggets’ Kenneth Faried make it to…
A proposal to transform a shuttered women’s prison into a marijuana grow was embraced by many of our readers — particularly those who recall the days when smoking a joint could get someone tossed into a cell lickety-split. Here’s an example. See also: Marijuana: Ex-Bronco Supports Plan to Turn Women’s…
In February, Lisa Marie Lesyshen pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the killing of her nine-year-old son Asher — an act that was followed by a suicide bid that left her paralyzed. Now, however, she’s reversed course, admitting to second-degree murder in an arrangement that netted her a…
Purge: Anarchy, the sequel to the surprise horror hit from last year, arrived in theaters last month, and at this point, it’s pretty much run its course. But rumors of a real-life Colorado Purge beginning at 6:30 p.m. on September 6 — during which, presumably, laws would be suspended for…
Forbes has just released its list of the top colleges in America — a roster that includes 650 institutions. And while thirteen Colorado colleges are included, none of them made the top ten…or the top twenty…or the top thirty. Below, see our photo-illustrated countdown of the Colorado finishers, complete with…
“You’ve destroyed my family,” Leah Dyer told members of the media at the 8th Judicial District courthouse in Fort Collins yesterday. But prosecutors believe Dyer and her husband, Douglas, did a pretty good job of that all by themselves. The Dyers are accused of neglecting their daughter, who, when she…
