For the past week-plus, the embattled newspaper industry has been buzzing with chatter about the potential sale of print properties held by Digital First Media, the parent company of the Denver Post. When contacted by Westword, Post CEO Mac Tully declined to comment about the possibility of a Post sale…
Early last year, we introduced those of you not already in the know to Denver Circlejerk, a Reddit forum on which users share items ranging from legitimate questions to bizarre non sequiturs that make often make no sense — probably even to the person who posted them in the first…
We recently told you about the annual Airline Quality Rating study, in which Frontier Airlines got hammered, particularly in the area of customer complaints. Turns out, though, that another carrier — Spirit Airlines, which wasn’t included in the AQR report — has generated more gripes than Frontier according to “The…
Our interview with Senator Linda Newell about her bills to create a definition of a drug-endangered child drew a big response from readers, many of whom continue to see its language as criminalizing cannabis-using parents despite Newell’s reassurances. Here’s the take of a reader who sees the measures as nanny-state…
Denver blog posts believe in moderation — usually. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares a comment from a reader with kind words — situationally speaking, at least — for Viva Burrito. Purple Row’s Jordan Freemyer thinks Walt Weiss has got Michael Cuddyer in the right spot in the…
On May 17, 2012, one day after we marked the three-year anniversary of our Mile High Murder archive, a man robbing a Commerce City jewelry store fatally shot its owner, Bernardo Saenz, and fled, prompting a citywide manhunt and media blitz. Just shy of two years later, Anton Valdez has…
Plenty of teachers are leaving their profession these days, but few make as much noise doing so as Pauline Hawkins. On Monday, the staffer at Colorado Springs’ Liberty High School posted a resignation letter in which she says her reasons for quitting include negative impact from programs like No Child…
This is the 100th day since recreational marijuana sales became legal in Colorado, and to mark the occasion, Michael Elliott of the Marijuana Industry Group has put together eight reasons it’s working, supported by coverage from national and local media outlets. Yes, the items are cherry-picked, and legalization opponents could…
Outsiders may believe that CU-Boulder’s student body is monochromatic and diversity-free. But I, Too, Am CU, an amazing tumblr and Facebook campaign, proves otherwise. Organized in part by members of the African Students’ Association (and inspired by similar efforts at Harvard, Oxford and Iowa), the project is wide-ranging, with students…
Thus far, we don’t know why 21-year-old Taria Wilhite-Moore sports prominent facial wounds in her booking photo or how these injuries may or may not tie-in to the first-degree murder charge on which she was busted. But there are at least two undisputed facts about the case: Eddie Johnson, 25,…
When sharing our recent post about Natalie Carpenter, a Connecticut teen jailed for making threats against schools apparently inspired by the Columbine tragedy, we asked why so many remain obsessed with the shooting nearly fifteen years after it happened. Readers responded with plenty of passionate theories, including this one…
Denver blog posts have the music in them. At our Backbeat blog, Kiernan Maletsky talks about Colorado music with Governor John Hickenlooper, who name-drops Ryan Tedder, the Fray and more. The Colorado Independent’s Tessa Cheek on Equal Pay Day. Denver Egotist spotlights Brian Edward Miller’s work for Every Mountain…
Update: Earlier this morning, we shared an interview with Conley Hoskins, an indicted medical marijuana entrepreneur who decried the shuttering of two dispensaries by a state agency; see our previous coverage below. In the conversation, Hoskins mentions that about fifty employees went unpaid due to the shutdown — and now…
Update: Last week, we told you about the baseball bat beating of Boulder’s Aaron Tuneberg; see our previous coverage below. Now, unfortunately, Tuneberg has died from his injuries. As a result, the charges against Austin Holford, seen here, and Luke Pelham, a pair of eighteen-year-olds previously arrested for the assault,…
Aspen socialites and crime aren’t usually synonymous — but two recent high-profile cases are exceptions. We recently reported about the shocking murder of Nancy Pfister, whose parents founded the Buttermilk ski area. And now, Pamela Phillips, a high roller who called Aspen home as recently as 2008, has been convicted…
Around this time in 2012, we first celebrated the Fuck Yeah Colorado!, one of our favorite tumblrs. And last year, we did so again in order to highlight a slew of new reasons to say, well, “Fuck yeah, Colorado!” No surprise that Fuck Yeah Colorado! has added a fresh batch…
According to the Denver coroner’s office, eight homicides took place in the city during the first quarter of 2014. That pace is slower than in 2013, when there were 22 homicides during the first six months of the year. But that does little to ease the pain for the loved…
Update: It’s déjà vu all over again. Earlier this month, we reported about the reported stabbing of Zachary Meints, a former youth hockey coach who pleaded guilty to Internet sexual exploitation a couple of years back after he was caught sending explicit texts to teen players. See our previous coverage…
As we noted in an article yesterday asking whether Alabama cops think all Colorado drivers look like drug smugglers, we’ve been hearing from lots of folks on the subject of pot profiling. Of course, officers are supposed to have probable cause to justify a traffic stop and a search for…
Denver blog posts are ready for anything. At our Show & Tell blog, Bree Davies shares the top five things transplants need to know about springtime in the Rockies. South Stands Denver’s Colin Daniels finds a reason to be optimistic about the Nuggets’ future. Why Denver PR blog thinks one…
Yesterday, we shared the results of the latest Airline Quality Rating study, and they weren’t kind to Frontier, which tumbled from the top ten and finished dead last when it comes to customer complaints. Some readers were surprised by the low marks, others expected them — and this commenter puts…
There are two ways to look at the Rocky Mountain Safe Street Task Force’s decision to dub a wanted bank robber the “Good Grammar Bandit.” Either he’s proof that our much-criticized education system is doing a better job of turning out literate graduates than is generally acknowledged or evidence of…
