Earlier this week, we shared a Washington Post item that found this year’s legalization of recreational marijuana sales has not led to more traffic fatalities. But a new report from the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area suggests that stoned driving remains a big problem that’s getting bigger, with…
Last month, actor Kelsey Grammer made international headlines when he said he forgave Freddie Glenn, the killer of his sister, during testimony at a parole hearing. Grammer spoke about these remarks for the first time in an unusual setting: an appearance on Access Hollywood to hype Partners, a new FX…
Colorado hasn’t been immune from the economic challenges of recent years — but what communities are doing the best when it comes to shaking off the doldrums? “Cities on the Rise in Colorado,” a post on the website NerdWallet, attempts to answer that question — and many of the communities…
Update: Early Thursday morning, Eray Wilson, a suspect in the Platinum 84 shooting, surrendered to Federal Heights authorities, who are also keeping their eye on two thus-far-unnamed individuals. Our original post follows. A short time ago, in a post about a bicyclist hurt in a drive-by shooting near 31st and…
The late night/early morning violence in Denver this summer shows no signs of ebbing, with multiple life-threatening acts taking place after the sun set yesterday. Among the most shocking: the shooting of a cyclist in an alley near 31st and Stout. Here’s what we know thus far. See also: Early-Morning…
Mike Sukle, the advertising agency pro who worked with Colorado officials to develop a new anti-pot campaign, had a significant challenge on his hands. He wanted to warn teens away from marijuana use without engaging in the sort of hyperbole they’d likely reject. Hence, “Don’t Be a Lab Rat,” which…
Denver blog posts aim to serve. At our Cafe Society blog, Jenn Wohletz counts down five ways restaurants crew employees. Purple Row’s Bryan Kilpatrick on why the Rockies’ Brett Anderson is done for the season. The Colorado Independent’s Mike Littwin: “We’re bombing, again. What could go wrong?” See also: A…
We received a big response to Thomas Mitchell’s report about a class-action lawsuit filed by Jordan Coombs, who says he was sickened after consuming a pot edible at the Denver County Fair that wasn’t supposed to contain any THC. Plenty of readers had questions about the stories told by Coombs…
Christipher Baker has been sentenced to serve fourteen years behind bars — which actually sounds modest given the crimes he’s been convicted of committing. Baker pleaded guilty to sexually molesting his own three-year-old daughter and then strangling his best friend, reportedly after an argument over a pizza. Photos, video and…
Last month, we told you about the police killing at a Denver funeral home of Ryan Ronquillo, a suspected car thief who was slated to attend the viewing of a deceased friend. Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey has now released a decision letter — see it below — declaring the…
What’s the difference between “You know you’re from Colorado when…” jokes and those that start “You can be sure you live in Colorado when”? Not a whole heckuva lot — but we just stumbled upon this list using the latter variation and were surprised that many of the gags hadn’t…
A work crew hired to clear trees isn’t the most likely target for violence — but Larimer County Sheriff’s Office reps believe not one but two people employed in this capacity were victims of pistol whippings and fired shots courtesy of Denver’s Justin Pohlmann. Turns out Pohlmann’s had previous brushes…
Long before the JonBenet Ramsey house began its reign as the best known residence in Boulder (for tragic reasons), the home most visitors wanted to drive past was the one at 1619 Pine Street, which appeared in the credit sequence and most episodes of Mork and Mindy, the iconic ’70s/’80s…
Crashes involving alleged stoned driving continue to get a great deal of attention following this year’s start of legal recreational marijuana sales. Note the story of Emily Strock, who reportedly admitted to consuming one bowl of pot and drinking one beer prior to a grisly Colfax and Speer crash but…
When we shared William Breathes’s post about David Lopez’s alleged armed robbery of a marijuana dispensary in Pueblo, we asked why criminals continue to target such shops, which are among the most security-heavy businesses in the state. We collected a slew of theories, with the following one being among the…
Denver blog posts have great city sense. At our Show and Tell blog, Lauren Monitz counters Bree Davies’s love letter to the Denver she used to know with a salute to what’s great about Denver today. Big Media’s Jason Salzman details how the expiration of a Kaiser Family Foundation grant…
Hot on the heels of Peyton Manning’s awkward dancing to “Rocky Top,” which won the Internet via memes, GIFs and Vines, the Quarterback King of All Media is once again showing off his nonexistent skills in another medium: rap. In a sequel of sorts to last year’s DirecTV ad, Peyton…
Last October, we told you about one of the most disturbing child abuse stories in recent memory: the arrest of Wayne Sperling and Lorinda Bailey for abusing and neglecting their four boys, ages two, four, five and six, in a case whose feces-and-flies filled details were absolutely horrifying. Now, Bailey…
The toll the tough economy has taken on American cities is the subject of a new Brookings Institution report. Included is a list of the ten communities showing the largest increase of neighborhoods with 20 percent poverty rates or above from 2000 to 2012 — and unfortunately, one prominent Colorado…
The nation’s television viewers know Clement Park as the stretch of greenery over which hundreds of Columbine High School students fled in the wake of the 1999 attack there. But for residents of the area (including yours truly), Clement today is a center for recreational activity in addition to reflection,…
Those who work the overnight shift at Colfax motels no doubt have some tales to tell — but we hope few of them experience what a Days Inn employee witnessed today. Mere hours ago at this writing, a clerk discovered that the person who stumbled into the lobby at the…
Our post about a list of America’s happiest mid-size cities noted that Boulder didn’t make the cut even though it had landed atop previous rosters for happiest cities of any size. Our commenters responded with a variety of views about the town, including this particularly harsh one. See also: Movoto’s…
