For their latest ride, the Denver Cruisers took inspiration from the People of Walmart website — and plenty of participants got into the discount spirit. Our Marissa Shevins was on hand to capture all the craziness. Check out a sampling of her shots below…
Update below: Back in March, we told you about a report showing that officer-involved shootings have been on the rise in Denver during recent years — a trend the Office of the Independent Monitor found troubling. The numbers serve as backdrop to separate incidents that took place within hours of…
Thus far, the photo of Shannon Conley seen above — it’s cropped from a larger family snapshot shared by her mother, Ana Conley, on Facebook — is the only image to have surfaced since news broke that the Arvada nineteen-year-old had been arrested for trying to “provide material support and…
In April, we told you about the 22-year sentence for Lucas Piper after he tried to burn down the home of people he’d met at a String Cheese Incident concert. Now, Rachel Lewin, Piper’s girlfriend, has been given a decade-plus jail jolt of her own — and prosecutors say the…
Our last trip to the Boulder Craiglist “Rants and Raves” page, back in October 2013, was plenty weird. But our most recent visit revealed strangeness on a truly impressive scale, with screeds aimed at targets like “Bicyclist Idiot,” “The dick in the BMW” and plenty of other inspirations for posts…
A couple of week’s back, we shared Ranker’s list of the twenty best state songs — and had to admit that even though Colorado’s finished pretty high, it was hardly a standout. Now, Spotify has assembled a roster of each state’s favorite July 4th song, and unfortunately, Colorado’s is among…
Our update about breastfeeding advocate Jeanna Hoch, whose Facebook account was blocked when she posted a new version of a photo supposedly removed by mistake, inspired readers on both sides of this controversial issue. Here’s the take of someone critical of the posted pics…
Denver blog posts would rather be on these Rocks than any other. At our Backbeat blog, Isa Jones shares fifty photos that prove Red Rocks is the most beautiful venue on the planet. Big Media’s Jason Salzman on Bob Beauprez, Obamacare and possible rejection of federal Medicaid funds. South Stands…
Uruguay’s Luis Suarez is better known in these parts for being a biter than a star soccer player — and we have a feeling a thus-far-unnamed suspect currently jailed in Aurora can identify with him. He’s believed to be responsible for a burglary and a robbery (at least), but he’s…
We’ve documented plenty of shocking acts in our Colorado Crimes archive over the years, including a brutal cold-case sex assault arrest from earlier this year that could earn Eddie Simon a life sentence. But few of the allegations we’ve shared over the years have been as disturbing as the ones…
On Monday, we reported about layoffs at Denver Post owner Digital First Media, as well as the firm’s refusal to discuss them — a strategy that grew heavy-handed when a DFM attorney sent media blogger Jim Romenesko a legal threat for posting a graphic from an internal document listing those…
This is Alena Rust with, we think, Edwin Coriano. But this casual pose stands in contrast to their booking photos, snapped after they were arrested on charges related to the sexual trafficking of a woman against her will. Rust’s pic is included in the following roundup of June 2014’s most…
UPDATE: Music fans who couldn’t quite afford Caribou Ranch’s multi-million-dollar price tag got a chance to bid on memorabilia from the legendary studio at an auction at the Denver Design Center. Items went for prices ranging from the hundreds to the hundreds of thousands; a Steinway piano featured on”Don’t Let…
Back in May, our Melanie Asmar told you about Chipotle’s request that customers not bring guns to restaurants in the chain after members of the group Open Carry Texas posed for pics with semi-automatic rifles at one eatery. We have a feeling these dudes would be welcome at Shooters Grill…
Back in May, we told you about Operation Grow4Vets, an organization dedicated to providing free cannabis to veterans who may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Now, founder Roger Martin’s brainchild has gotten its biggest boost yet: a CBS profile on view below. And he hopes the exposure will help…
Denver blog posts never forget the tanning butter. At our Show & Tell blog, Isa Jones shares some cool photos from the Inkmonstr Pool Party. Colorado Pols on Mark Udall’s decision to publicly flaunt ties to President Obama. Mile High Report’s Kyle Montgomery introduces the MHR Hall of Fame…
Press releases don’t typically stir passions. But cannabis activist Wanda James was incensed after receiving a missive from Mayor Michael Hancock (see it below) in which he thanked the Denver City Council for passing his $3.35 million marijuana budget proposal but offered no kudos to the pot industry that generated…
In a recent Comment of the Day post, one reader declared that 65 percent of Coloradans are wack jobs. This declaration inspired plenty of folks to interpret the math in their own way. Here’s one memorable example…
As our recent gallery of the fifteen best face-and-neck-tattoo mug shots proves, alleged criminals and above-the-shoulders ink make a memorable combination. But can tats also be used to create a false identity? Cody JC Dutton, a serial escape artist who’s a wanted man in Colorado, gave this gambit a try…
Today marks six months since recreational marijuana sales began in Colorado, still the only state where such purchases can be made. (The first licensed retail shops in Washington are expected to open on July 7.) By the January 1 launch, eighteen stores had been licensed in Denver, and since then,…
Last month, we told you about Jeanna Hoch, who went public after Facebook suspended her account due to the presence of breastfeeding photos — images the site explicitly allows. Hoch’s page was reinstated after the media circulated her story. But she was temporarily blocked from posting new content again amid…
Over the past couple of weeks, information has emerged about a bizarre series of events in Summit County. At the center of them is Tyrus Vanmatre, a twenty-year-old from Littleton who’s gone from being a hockey standout and aspiring actor/model to an arrestee for allegedly attacking a teenager with a…
