Denver blog posts do the hip shake, babe. Our Cafe Society blog offers up a list of the ten best hipster bars in Denver, summer 2014 edition. Mile High Report’s Kyle Montgomery says the Broncos’ victory of the Seahawks in Thursday’s preseason game is not quite revenge, but it isn’t…
A bizarre story out of Ohio in which a woman burned off her fingerprints to hide her identity has a Colorado connection — one that appears to pertain to Ann Marie Miller, a onetime medical marijuana caregiver charged with assorted crimes who was featured in this space on several occasions…
Three years ago, Shannon Johnson made international headlines after her infant son drowned in the bathtub while she allegedly played a game on Facebook. She was sentenced to ten years behind bars for the tragedy. Did something similar happen in the case of Alexis Duron-Deluna? Fortunately, her baby didn’t die…
This week’s Denver Cruiser Ride theme revolved around the letter “S.” That left a lot of room for creativity, and as usual, the riders took advantage. Check out a sampling of shots from photog Marissa Shevins below. See also: Photos: Denver Cruisers Celebrate Christmas (and Every Other Holiday) in July…
More than 12 percent of Coloradans use illegal drugs every month. That’s among the Colorado-specific findings of a report from the National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. The stats are drawn from 2011 and 2012, which may make them a little behind the curve: As the Washington Post points…
Our post about a toddler who was shot by another child, age five, noted that the nine-year-old who gave the gun to the kid who pulled the trigger told investigators he learned how to ready a weapon from playing Black Ops. We asked folks on Facebook if it was fair…
Denver blog posts have class. At our Backbeat blog, Tom Murphy chats with Thurston Moore, the Sonic Youth legend who’s spent four years’ worth of summers teaching at Boulder’s Naropa Institute. At Denver Stiffs, Nate Timmons notes that the Nuggets’ Kenneth Faried is now officially a finalist for the Team…
Cherry Robertson says fourteen-year-old Niela Coleman was bullying her daughter — a claim Coleman denies. But even if Robertson is right, prosecutors still feel she could have handled the situation better…since she allegedly responded by shooting the girl. Continue for photos, a video, the police report and details about a…
Ricky Thompson, a 49-year-old homeless man, was panhandling in Aurora last year when he was punched so brutally that he eventually succumbed to his injuries. Now, Daniel Rice has been convicted of causing Thompson’s death. Continue for photos and details of this brutal crime. See also: Homelessness Being Criminalized in…
“Moving Ghost Town Tortoises,” a new exhibit at the Aspen Art Museum, hasn’t even launched yet. It’s slated to debut on Saturday amid the unveiling of a new building at the facility. But it’s making national and international headlines thanks to a petition claiming animal abuse as a result of…
If you’re like us, you immediately perk up when you’re watching a movie and you hear a reference to Denver — something that’s happening more and more often these days. So, in the tradition of not one but two 2012 roundups of weird movie references to Colorado, we present ten…
At 7 p.m. tonight, the Broncos kick off their preseason schedule at home with a game against the Seattle Seahawks — the very team that crushed the D-towners in this year’s Super Bowl. And as if that’s not bad enough, yet another rematch is slated for the regular season, on…
Mere hours ago, gunfire erupted near 22nd and Arapahoe, injuring one man. Fortunately, he’s expected to survive — but he wasn’t able to provide much assistance to Denver police when it comes to tracking down the person who shot him. Photos and more details below. See also: Photos: Shooting at…
Our post about an anti-pot legalization ad that many viewers may see as being in favor of pot legalization went viral, with plenty of folks weighing in about it. And while most saw the situation through a humorous lens, this reader isn’t laughing due to fear that the marijuana industry…
Denver blog posts can look backward and forward at the same time. At our Show and Tell blog, Bree Davies writes a love letter to the Denver she used to know. Big Media’s Jason Salzman: “Coffman’s fact-free attack on a judge deserves media scrutiny.” Colorado Peak Politics offers a look…
Jennifer Reali gained a lot more notoriety as the so-called Fatal Attraction killer of her lover’s wife than she has for the gospel singing on self-released albums that she recorded while doing time at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility. Hear a sample of her song stylings below. Now, however, she’s…
UPDATE: The accolades just keep rolling in for Thorpe. After People highlighted Soldier Girls as its book of the week in August, Time named the volume its non-fiction book of the year in December. Plenty of people associate Helen Thorpe with her time as Colorado’s first lady; she and Governor…
Could it be the beginning of the end for Justin Bieber? The diminutive Canuck heartthrob has spent the last year-plus making more idiotic headlines than hits — and now, even Olympic gold medalist and self-confessed superfan Missy Franklin is distancing herself from him. Oh, how times have changed. See also:…
On numerous occasions, Boulder has been named the happiest city in America. So naturally we assumed Boulder would top Movoto’s list of happiest mid-sized cities — a category for which Boulder qualifies. But no: While one Colorado place made the cut, it’s not called Boulder. Which community from this fair…
Update: Earlier this morning, we posted an update about a SWAT team standoff in Keenesburg that ended tragically. Turns out a similar standoff was in the past of another person at the center of a Tuesday post: Adrian Chavez, 22, the accused owner of a gun a five-year-old used to…
Update: Yesterday morning, we told you about two violent deaths following a SWAT team standoff in the small community of Keenesburg; see our previous coverage below. Now, we know the identities of the dead: Shawn Kilker, 42, and his son Keith, fourteen, who Shawn apparently killed in a murder-suicide. Reports…
Five years ago tomorrow, on August 6, 2009, Jason Lauve was acquitted in a high-profile medical marijuana case decided on the cusp of the MMJ boom. Since the conclusion of the landmark trial, Lauve is astonished by everything that’s happened on the Colorado pot scene. But while he’s optimistic about…
