“Many tears were shed tonight….” Those are the first words in an account from photographer Riley Ralmuto about an incident that took place near 9th and Sheridan last night: Denver police officers shot the dog of a wanted teen after cops say he ordered it to attack. Continue for the…
Breckenridge has a well-founded reputation for progressive marijuana policy. The town’s voters decriminalized pot in 2009, years before the passage of Amendment 64. Nonetheless, officials passed a law banning new pot shops from opening on Main Street, and a grandfather clause for the Breckenridge Cannabis Club, which was already located…
Denver blog posts know how to be thrifty. At our Show and Tell blog, Bree Davies counts down Denver’s top ten thrift, resale and vintage stores. Mile High Report’s Laurie Lattimore-Volkmann reminds fans that even though the Broncos dismantled the 49ers 34-0 yesterday, it’s still just preseason. Did Colorado Pols…
While a number of recent reports and surveys have suggested that marijuana legalization hasn’t had a major negative impact on Colorado society, a new report from the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area shares a slew of troubling statistics — including the assertion that pot-impaired driving fatalities increased 100…
A lot’s changed with the USA Pro Challenge bike race since it was announced in August 2010. For one thing, it was initially called the Quiznos Pro Challenge. For another, the two people at center stage for the big unveil were Bill Ritter, who’s no longer Colorado’s governor, and Lance…
Last year, we told you about three arrests in a cold case from one of our periodic posts about unsolved murders: the horrific rape and murder of Jacqueline Gallegos. We also spoke with Gallegos’s son, Anthony, who called for the killers to receive the death penalty. In the end, prosecutors…
Pikes Peak Area Crime Stoppers updates its most wanted list on a weekly basis. The technique seems to be working: A recent visit to the site showed six recent arrests. But that still leaves 28 men and women on the roster for July and August — so far. The good…
A women’s correctional facility in Brush closed in 2010. But it could reopen soon — as a retail marijuana grow, shorthanded by the media as a “pot factory.” Problem: Brush currently has a moratorium on marijuana businesses. But the city council could lift that ban after a town hall meeting…
The Montbello Recreation Center isn’t frequently a hot Twitter subject — but that changed last night. Among the tweets on the topic was this one: “WTF…. Someone got stabbed at the Montbello rec? Wow.” Also tweeting on the topic was the Denver Police Department, which shared details of a crime…
A recent Comment of the Day prompted by Jordan Coombs’s lawsuit, filed after he says he was sickened by a pot edible at the Denver County Fair, suggested that the assorted illnesses mentioned in the post could have arisen as a result of a placebo effect. After its appearance, we…
Denver blog posts are inventive, too. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun counts down her picks for the five best dishes invented in Denver. Denver Stiffs’ Jeffrey Morton wonders: Can the Nuggets’ JaVale McGee get serious this season? Denver Frank shares the Star Wars x Friday Mashup, parts one…
It’s not unusual for Denver Cruisers to look good — but for this week’s ride, Dungeons & Drag Queens, participants looked good in very different ways. See what we mean by checking out photos of the fun snapped by Marissa Shevins. See also: Photos: “S” Stands for “Sexy” and a…
We got a wide range of responses to our post about “Don’t Be a Lab Rat,” a new anti-pot campaign aimed at teens and featuring giant rat-cage installations to be placed at various locations around the city. This reader saw the cages in a way that presumably the folks behind…
Denver blogs aren’t afraid to let the fur fly. At our Show and Tell blog, Susan Froyd shares photos of animal attractions at the Rocky Mountain FurCon. Colorado Pols shares a video that appears to show senatorial hopeful Cory Gardner committing to legislation banning abortion. The Redheaded Slut: “My Assault…
We’ve been reporting about recent comments by actor Kelsey Grammer regarding the unsuccessful parole bid of Freddie Glenn, who brutally murdered Grammer’s sister Karen in Colorado Springs circa 1975. Grammer has stressed that he continues to feel the weight of this tragedy every day — and the homicide also had…
Update: Last week, we told you about a shooting at the Boogie Down Bar & Grill; see our previous coverage below. No suspect information was available in the immediate aftermath of the gunplay. But yesterday, the Denver Police Department released the name of a suspect: Christopher Uvalle, age 22. Here’s…
The world continues to mourn the tragic death of Robin Williams, as well as to recall and celebrate his comedic gifts, which burst fully formed onto the entertainment scene thanks to his breakout sitcom, Mork and Mindy. But while the show was set in Boulder, Williams’s alien from the planet…
Judging by her account in an arrest affidavit, Nancy Jo Arias had every reason to be angry at her husband, Phil Lobato. After all, he allegedly reacted to accusations that he’d cheated on his longtime spouse by hitting her in the face. But she’s the one facing a first-degree murder…
Members of the Littleton Police Department have been on the scene of a homicide near the intersection of Broadway and Arapahoe throughout last night and the wee hours of this morning. Meanwhile, the search for a suspect is ongoing in a crime that doesn’t appear to be a random act…
According to the Brookings Institution, Colorado Springs topped the list of ten cities with the greatest growth in poor neighborhoods — an unhappy distinction to be sure, and one that plenty of our readers equated to the community’s fiscal conservatism, among other factors. Here are three examples. See also: Ten…
Denver blog posts believe in keeping things fresh. At our Show and Tell blog, Bree Davies offers the skinny on FashioNation’s move from East 13th (after almost thirty years) to a new space on South Broadway. Denver Egotist: The #IceBucketChallenge hits Denver agencies. Predominantly Orange’s Khalid Alshami wonders who will…
It’s never a good idea for you to make profanity-filled death threats to anyone — and particularly to the woman who was your spouse for three decades. But even stupider is doing so when the victim is in the district attorney’s office making a complaint against you. Because one of…
