On October 5, 2012, just shy of one year ago, Jessica Ridgeway, ten, disappeared from her Westminster neighborhood while walking to school. The following week, her “not intact” remains were found in an open space area — and before the month was out, seventeen-year-old Austin Sigg was arrested for the…
In most cases, comments of the day don’t need visual aids to make sense. But the following quip, shared in our preview of the Eric Decker-Jessie James E Network reality show Eric & Jessie: Game On, which featured a series of wedding photos, is much more meaningful when you can…
Denver blog posts are pretty sure. South Stands Denver’s Colin Daniels on former Nuggets coach George Karl’s next job — not coaching, but opining on ESPN. Big Media’s Jason Salzman thinks politicians should be asked about whether they support the latest personhood amendment as we approach the 2014 election. Coyote…
Have you visited Connect for Health Colorado, the state’s insurance exchange, on the first day of shopping for Obamacare? If so, you may have seen an error message like this one. But even when the site slows or glitches, it’s still working better than a lot of federal websites, which…
Late last night, the CU-Boulder Police Department announced that it was investigating a possible armed kidnapping. But this morning, a CUPD spokesman tells us there have been no missing persons reported at the school, or in the City and County of Boulder. Did it really happen? That’s unknown at this…
Shortly after the Denver City Council authorized a $360,000 settlement in an alleged 2009 police brutality incident at the Denver Diner, a judge’s ruling led to the firing of officers Ricky Nixon and Kevin Devine. However, they reportedly plan to appeal the decision — and clues to their possible arguments…
Our crime reporting during the month of September touched on everything from the bust of a new Broncos star to some startling crimes allegedly committed by unlikely people, including Isabella Guzman, seen here. What’s her story? Look below to see the twenty most memorable booking photos of the month, complete…
In September 2006, a gunman took several students hostage at Platte Canyon High School — among them Emily Keyes, who texted “I love you guys” to her family shortly before she was killed. In the years since then, Emily’s Parade, a motorcycle rally and gathering to benefit the I Love…
Marijuana attorney Rob Corry seeks PR for events like free-joint giveaways in Denver and Boulder — part of his campaign against Prop AA, a marijuana taxation measure. Lately, though, he’s also appeared in the news for incidents he’d undoubtedly have preferred to keep on the down-low, including a June arrest…
Last week, we shared analysis from George Mason University’s Mercatus Center about the ten freest American states; Colorado took a significant fall in the annual study, finishing nineteenth. Our readers had plenty of questions about researchers’ attempts to balance personal and economic freedom. Here’s one example…
Denver blog posts cover the spread. Former Denver Post sports columnist turned KOA radio personality Dave Kreiger weighs in on the Broncos for the Colorado Independent, joining ex-Post colleagues Mike Littwin and Susan Greene as a contributor to the website. Colorado Peak Politics asks: When it comes to education, how…
Kenneth Royal Wheeler was apparently under the illusion that he could post anything on Facebook, no matter how objectionable, as long as he was out of the country. Not exactly. A jury in U.S. District Court has found Wheeler guilty in regard to Facebook threats targeting police officers related to…
Attendance was down at yesterday’s Race for the Cure in downtown Denver, with crowd estimates of around 30,000, as opposed to approximately 40,000 in 2012 and 50,000 in 2011. The reason, presumably is continuing fallout from the (since-reversed) decision by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to end its partnership…
Contrary to the impression left by many local and national news broadcasts, not every park on the Front Range was badly damaged by recent flooding. Indeed, some of our favorites either sustained little or limited damage or are already coming back strong. With that in mind, we’ve dipped into our…
Last week, our post previewing Eric & Jessie: Game On, the new E Network reality series featuring Broncos receiver Eric Decker and singer Jessie James was subtitled “Don’t hate them because they’re beautiful.” But that may be tough for some of those who caught last night’s debut. The show was…
The Broncos’ 52-20 destruction of the Philadelphia Eagles at Mile High Stadium yesterday was an appropriate prelude to last night’s final episode of Breaking Bad. Like Walter White, played so memorably by Bryan Cranston, Peyton Manning and his Denver teammates showed vulnerability at times. But in the end, they dispatched…
Denver blog posts can get weird sometimes. Big Media’s Jason Salzman writes about charges that the head of the Colorado GOP has assembled a list of the six people most dangerous to the state Republican Party — including Matt Arnold, seen here. The Colorado Independent bids farewell to Todd Helton…
To mark the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims, we assembled a post focusing on ten unsolved Colorado murders, including the story of Mary Vialpandro, seen here. Among those we heard from afterward was Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons vice president Howard Morton, who puts these crimes…
As reports poured in about loss of life and damage to property as a result of our recent flooding, we also heard about oil spills in a wide variety of locations. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has been charged with tracking the particulars, and in its most recent…
Macyo January was four months shy of turning eighteen when he allegedly murdered a pregnant woman and her husband during a burglary earlier this year. But a judge has ruled that he’ll be treated as if he’d already celebrated his birthday. January will be tried as an adult for the…
How can freedom be quantified? The Mercatus Center at George Mason University has tried to do just that with Freedom in the 50 States, a project that attempts to combine rankings for economic and personal freedom to determine which American states are the freest — and using its metric, whose…
It’s going to be a busy Sunday for Broncos receiver Eric Decker. First, he and his team will take on the Philadelphia Eagles at Mile High Stadium — and then, at 8 p.m. our time, his new reality series, Eric and Jessie: Game On, is slated to bow on the…
