Yesterday was Guy Fawkes Day, and to mark the occasion, people across the globe took to the streets to take part in what was dubbed the Million Mask March. In Denver, protesters, many of them wearing Fawkes masks, rallied downtown — but when they marched on the City & County…
Last night, sexually violent predator Gregory Buerge was arrested mere hours after the Lakewood Police Department put out an alert revealing that his whereabouts were unknown. In the opinion of Detective Ryan McKone, LPD spokesman, Buerge didn’t go off the radar due to an oversight. “It appears to us that…
It’s been a year since we gathered the twenty most memorable Denver graffiti and street art photos on Istagram. And a lot of paint has been used since then, as is clear from an eye-popping video boldly entitled “Denver’s Best Graffiti Street Art.” Do the images deserve this title? We…
In February, shortly before the Colorado Rockies’ season got underway, first baseman Todd Helton was busted for drunk driving. Helton wound up retiring at the end of the mediocre campaign, and now, Rockies co-owner Charlie Monfort has been taken into custody on suspicion of the same crime. Monfort and his…
Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest — including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Today he previews the festival, which runs November 6-17, and talks about…
Yesterday, voters in five of eleven counties considering the question of whether they should secede from Colorado to create a 51st state answered “yes.” The odds of this actually happening are microscopic, since Colorado’s legislature or voters and the U.S. Congress would have to sign off. But the spirit of…
Votes are still being counted, but the suspense when it comes to the two biggest measures on ballots statewide is over — if there was ever any at all. The Denver Post has made the call on Proposition AA, the marijuana tax measure, and Amendment 66, an education proposal, with…
Colorado’s Proposition AA, a marijuana-taxation measure, isn’t the only high-profile pot issue being considered this election day. For instance, Portland, Maine residents will weigh in on Question 1, which removes penalties for possession of up to two and a half ounces of weed. If the proposal is approved, Portland will…
Denver blog posts are anti-hazing. Mile High Report’s Kyle Montgomery quotes Broncos players saying the Richie Incognito situation couldn’t happen in Denver. Denver Infill’s Ken Schroeppel: Museum Center + The Art Hotel update number one. Denver Frank shares a clip entitled “I told my kids I ate all their Halloween…
A lot of those who commented on our post about an alleged Boulder road rage incident, during which a driver is accused of running over a woman’s foot for walking on a closed road, focused on the car in question: the ubiquitous Subaru. Here’s one of several hilarious takes on…
It was one of the most shocking crimes in Loveland this past summer — a July triple stabbing in which forty-year-old Stephanie Rose Smith died. The case seemed to make little progress over the months that followed, even though it seemed clear the authorities knew the identifies of the other…
Grover Norquist, the founder of Americans for Tax Reform, is among the most powerful figures in conservative politics thanks to his “Taxpayer Protection Pledge” — a promise to oppose tax-rate hikes for individuals or businesses that 41 U.S. Senators and 238 U.S. Representatives have signed. In recent weeks, Norquist made…
What are the best places in Colorado to find a job? The folks at the Nerd Wallet website have just released a list that attempts to answer that question, and surprisingly enough, several cities that almost always wind up on such rosters — including Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs –…
Animals do the darnedest things, and in some cases (like the incident of the bear seen pushing a dumpster that’s become a popular GIF) in happens on camera. That’s true of an elk who got trapped on a trampoline in Evergreen, where Greg Chase and his wife caught the scene…
The 1999 Columbine shootings continue to cast a long shadow over schools nationwide, but especially in the Denver area. Case in point: The national media immediately perked up at news overnight that two juveniles with long guns had apparently broken into not one but two local schools and were involved…
Tomorrow is election day, and among the most contentious issues is Proposition AA, which would establish tax rates for recreational marijuana sales. Prop AA opponents say a special sales tax of at least 10 percent, in addition to a 15 percent excise tax (not to mention other state and local…
Denver blog posts have a point. Colorado Pols shares a hilarious video of gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo giving supporters of recall-target Senator Evie Hudak the finger. Denver PR Blog shares a great moment in photojournalism. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein has some tough takes following the Nuggets 0-2 start to the…
Some fiery back and forths popped up on our post spotlighting data cited by proponents of marijuana tax measure Proposition AA suggesting that the measure should pass easily. Among the arguments against Prop AA is this one, which sees the measure as contradicting Amendment 64…
The flooding in Boulder County may not be dominating newscasts the way it did back in September, but plenty of people in the area are still in recovery mode — and many of them are plenty stressed, as illustrated by a recent incident on a road still accessible only to…
Are Colorado sports personalities literally falling apart? Certainly seems that way. On Friday night, Nuggets supermascot Rocky passed out while being lowered to the Pepsi Center floor. Then, on Sunday, longtime John Elway backup Gary Kubiak, who went on to become a Denver assistant coach before being hired to helm…
Last month, when we shared our choices for the top ten “You know you’re NOT from Colorado when” punchlines, we asked folks on Facebook for there favorite ways to complete this line. To put it mildly, Matt Morava stepped up, submitting an entire list of his own — one that…
The arrest of Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov for allegedly beating girlfriend Evgeniya Vavrinyuk is a story that naturally falls into both the news and sports categories. As such, it’s also been a major topic on sports-talk radio — and on Friday, ESPN Denver and 104.3/The Fan took vastly different…
