Last month, we reported about the police killing of a “customer” during a prostitution sting in Greeley. Now, Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck has released a letter about the incident in which he details why he feels the shooting of the man, 31-year-old Raymond Garcia, was justified. The document,…
Last week, we noted that VISIT DENVER has just released loads o’ stats related to 2013, the most successful tourism season in the city’s history; visitor spending topped $4 billion for the first time. And indeed, the organization’s list of the ten most popular shopping and entertainment centers for tourists…
Update: Randy Bender’s last Facebook profile photo features him posing alongside a gravestone. Now, however, Bender himself is dead, the victim of a shooting at an extended stay motel about which we reported last week; see our previous coverage below. Police don’t believe Bender was a victim of a random…
Update: On Friday, we offered an early report about a triple shooting at Red Rocks following a concert by Nas, Flying Lotus and Schoolboy Q — a story that was expanded upon on our Backbeat blog. Since then, authorities have confirmed that bullets struck an SUV in which Schoolboy Q…
Singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten’s work just keeps getting better and better. On Are We There, her followup to the rapturously reviewed 2012 album Tramp, she digs deeper than ever before, broadening her creative scope and her musical palette in ways that are simultaneously moving and enthralling. In advance of her…
William Breathes’s post about the concerns of Nebraska law-enforcers about a Colorado pot shop opening near the border revved up conversations on a number of fronts — including the age old rivalry between the two states. His reader adds fuel to the fire…
Denver blog posts can be pretty exotic, too. At our Show & Tell blog, Amber Taufen introduces us to Midnite Martini, the Denver burlesquer who just took the Miss Exotic World crown in Las Vegas. Colorado Pols on the campaign finance complaint that seems to have killed the candidacy of…
Denver’s Jeanna Hoch wasn’t naive when she decided to share a photo of her breastfeeding her baby as her Facebook profile pic. She did so explicitly to make a statement about a society that tends to look at this body part only from an erotic viewpoint as opposed to seeing…
We all know participants in the regular Denver Cruiser Ride can be a little twisted — in the best possible way. But after checking out pics from this week’s spectacle, dubbed “Bubble Wrap, Duct Tape & Cardboard,” the phrase “What the hell?” may occur to you. Although you might substitute…
VISIT DENVER has just finished crunching the tourism numbers for 2013, which proved to be a record-setting year: Visitor spending topped $4 billion for the first time. Where did tourists spend their money? A lot of it went to shopping and entertainment centers. Look below to see the photo-illustrated top…
Editor’s note: Click to see the latest update about the Red Rocks shooting on our Backbeat blog. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, three people were shot following the Nas-Flying Lotus-Schoolboy Q concert at Red Rocks last night — a trio who were found in a vehicle on 6th…
Our post about Governor John Hickenlooper’s recent F-bomb at a meeting with Colorado sheriffs — an incident that was caught on video — garnered a variety of response, with some readers wondering why this was a story and others using it to vent their spleen at Hick. As for the…
Denver blog posts are a grille’s best friend. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares the view of a reader who thinks Denver’s BBQ scene isn’t up to snuff. Colorado Peak Politics’ latest post has a grabby headline: “Nazis, Slavery, Aliens, Oh My.” Purple Row’s Jordan Freemyer on the…
Since the death of Kristine Kirk, who was allegedly murdered by her husband, Richard Kirk, while she was on the phone with a 911 operator, a great deal of attention has been focused on emergency response times in Denver. Now, the Denver auditor’s office has released a report on that…
No denying that Idaho Springs’ Haley Stanfield, twenty, has suffered a terrible loss — the death last month of her fifteen-month-old son, Logan Borchik. But she now stands accused of attempting to turn her grief into vengeance by hiring Logan’s father to kill her current boyfriend, who is said to…
Michael Clapper, 24, made headlines in 2011 after being at the center of Occupy Denver’s eviction from Civic Center Park — a police action that ended in flames, arrests and Tebowing. Now he’s making news of a different, and particularly vile, sort. He’s one of two men arrested and charged…
Like the Denver Broncos football team, which has lost some key players between last season and this one (so long, Champ Bailey), the Broncos cheerleading squad is bidding farewell to eight veterans — and paying tribute on the outfit’s Facebook page. Among those leaving is one member consistently picked among…
Back in March, we posted about the eleven state flags that are supposed to be better than Colorado’s, based on a listing from Ranker. That crowd-sourced website also features a roster of the best state songs, and Colorado does very well. But does it deserve to? And are any of…
Prostitution arrests seldom make headlines — unless the person busted allegedly was taking part in this activity knowing that he or she has HIV/AIDS. Joshua Harker is the latest person accused of this crime, and he’s hardly the first. In recent years, at least two other people have been charged…
Marijuana advocate Mason Tvert’s recent argument in favor of allowing police officers to use marijuana off-duty inspired some humor among our readers, including one who wondered what a policy shift would do to doughnut consumption. Others looked at the subject from a mellower perspective. Here’s an example…
Denver blog posts dress to impress. At our Show & Tell blog, Jamie Swinnerton counts down the five best things about Denver Comic Con — including a welcome focus on diversity. Big Media’s Jason Salzman thinks talk radio does us a service by offering candidates a comfortable place to talk…
Our recent photo post highlighting twenty marijuana edibles that risk copyright lawsuits was inspired by a Hershey Company complaint against TinctureBelle. The suit, on view below, charges the Colorado firm with “the unauthorized use of a number of famous and well-known Hershey trademarks to sell chocolate candy that contains cannabis…
