Commerce City

Phish Dick's Sporting Goods Park August 30 - September 1, three nights, Labor Day weekend

Phish is at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Labor Day weekend for the third consecutive year. Tickets ($49.75-$60) for the shows go on sale March 30 at 10 a.m. via TicketHorse, or in person at TicketHorse kiosks at Dick's Sporting Goods stores and the box offices at the Pepsi Center and 1STBANK Center ... More >>

Robert Price in court: Dog-kill cop's charges not fueled by public pressure, DA's office says

In November, Commerce City Police Officer Robert Price shot and killed Chloe, a mixed breed dog, in an incident caught on video. After Price was charged with animal cruelty, a police group suggested that the accusations were fueled by a lynch-mob mentality. As Price made his first court appearance y ... More >>

Police group: Commerce City cop charged in dog shooting is victim of lynch mob mentality

Reports of an Adams County deputy killing a dog after responding to the wrong address undoubtedly caused a case of déjà vu for locals, since it followed a dog shooting by a Commerce City cop that was captured on video in November; see it below. That officer was subsequently charged with animal cru ... More >>

Suspect accused of killing 14-year-old also facing sexual assault charges

Update: Adams County District Attorney Don Quick announced this afternoon that Ezequiel Padilla-Villalobos, the 24-year-old who called 911 over the weekend, admitting he had killed a 14-year-old girl, is also facing sexual assault charges. As expected, he's facing first-degree murder charges, too, a ... More >>

Commerce City Police dog shooting: Owner devastated, confused by pit bull label

Update: When Gary Branson planned a trip out of town over Thanksgiving, his cousin offered to watch his beloved dog, Chloe, until his return. In the interim, though, tragedy struck: Chloe slipped out of the house and was killed by a Commerce City police officer in an incident caught on video. Branso ... More >>

Commerce City police "puppy profiling" by calling dog shot by officer a pit bull?

Update: Yesterday, we reported that Animal Law Center attorney Jennifer Edwards' services had been retained in the case of Chloe, a dog shot and killed by a Commerce City police officer during an incident caught on video; get details in our previous coverage below. Edwards provides additional detail ... More >>

Taco Bell unveils new design in Commerce City: Way to glow!

I woke up yesterday and immediately thought to myself that what Taco Bell needs most right now are Cool Ranch Doritos Locos tacos, as well as new store designs that include glowing, purple LED lighting on the outside paneling. The much-anticipated taco upgrade is still in the works, but that new T ... More >>

Joe Sandoval, city council candidate, when stopped for DUI: "Don't you know who I am?"

Former cop and current state investigator Joe Sandoval is still a candidate for city council in Commerce City, according to the city clerk's office. But if he stays in the race, he'll have some uncomfortable questions to answer about being busted for driving under the influence -- and the way a poli ... More >>

Gruesome fight in parking lot at Phish show captured on video, inspires Facebook outrage

Still from YouTube clip uploaded by digiprez77 There's a gruesome video making the rounds on Facebook right now. Seriously. It's gruesome. If you haven't seen it yet, in fact, you may want to wait until your lunch digests before having a look -- or avoid it altogether if you're even the slightest bi ... More >>

Commerce City buys Mile High Greyhound Park: There goes Rusty!

​Commerce City is no longer going to the dogs. A few years ago, the industry-heavy town north of Denver thought it was in such need of a new image that it considered changing its name. Instead, it's now aggressively working on a physical makeover -- and has just purchased the former Mile High ... More >>

Commerce City is tough on its food trucks

Potential food-truck customers in Commerce City.​While food trucks are on a roll in Denver, Commerce City has been putting the brakes on the business. A few years ago, when construction in Commerce City was picking up, especially on the north end of town, there was a related rise in complain ... More >>

88 Drive-In Theatre is open for business, all is right with the world

​Hot damn, winter is over. It's not the grass shoots sprouting up on lawns, the smell of barbecue in the air, or even the yellow tickets we're finding on our windshields because street sweeping has started up again and we all forgot to move our cars. It's the fact that the 88 Drive-In Theatre ... More >>

Government shutdown threat nixes Commerce City fishing event: 400 kids, families affected

Sorry, Junior.​At this writing, the possibility of a federal government shutdown at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow still looms. But even if a deal is made before the deadline, the mere threat has already led to the postponement of a free Commerce City family fishing event attended annually by more than ... More >>

Ashes of Ruin, January 8 at Cervantes' Other Side

Commerce City is dead end for dueling decorations: Kenny Be's Yard Arteology

click image to enlarge​ The photograph above features a decorative dead end in the Reunion subdivision of Commerce City. The center of the picture looks out into the future of planned suburban expansion. Until then, the nearly identical homes face off in a duel of nearly identical holiday deco ... More >>

Commerce City approves an incentive package to grow a King Soopers

​Food deserts -- that's what areas without grocery stores are called. And Commerce City is ready to provide some irrigation for the desert area around Reunion, a planned community whose plan has so far lacked a supermarket. The result? About 16,000 people in the northern range of Commerce Ci ... More >>

Commerce City voted down a name change: Will Victory Crossing be victorious?

Commerce City.​A campaign to change the name of Commerce City fell flat back in 2007. Will the current back-to-the-future attempt to rebrand the town's 917-acre Prairie Gateway -- home of the Commerce City Civic Center as well as Dick's Sporting Goods Park -- as Victory Crossing even the scor ... More >>

Win tickets to this weekend's Mile High Music Festival!

​Update: We have a winner. Congratulations to Melissa Taylor! She and a guest will be our guests at Mile High Music Festival this weekend. Check the blog later today. While we don't have any more tickets to the fest itself, we will have plenty of tickets up for grabs to the preparty on Friday ... More >>

Roofers not waiting to cash in on high wind in Commerce City

A Flickr photoIt's hammer time!​DIA wasn't the only place that experienced high winds and hail yesterday. Commerce City also got pounded, to the apparent delight of every roofer within a hundred miles. A resident of the Reunion neighborhood who shall remain nameless (because he doesn't want t ... More >>

Commerce City fight: Editor takes on town over strange deal involving city manager's house

Kathy McIntyre believes she's found some muck -- and she's determined to rake it. The editor of Gateway News, she has devoted considerable resources to an investigation of a housing deal given to Jerry Flannery, city manager for Commerce City. As McIntyre writes in her summary of the story, entitl ... More >>

Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: Youth coaches changing the game of footbrawl

Recent news accounts from Eaton, Commerce City and Aurora, demonstrate that social behaviors and youth coaching practices are changing, and all will have a profound impact on the evolution of youth football... ​ #1. For starters, the customary coin toss, used to determine which team will kic ... More >>

While India.Arie rocked the Mile High Music Fest, her brother nearly rocked the big house

Gone to Potter

Celebrate the opening of the sixth Harry Potter movie in Commerce City.

A video Commerce City won't be using to improve its image

In hopes of revamping its image as an industrial hellhole, Commerce City has hired an economic development consultancy to recast the berg as a diverse, forward-thinking municipality. The $80,000 the city is paying Texas-based AngelouEconomics should buy plenty of dreamy PowerPoint presentations. ... More >>

Pickles, pick-up trucks and double features: The joys of the 88 Drive-In

The 88 Drive-In Theatre For me, there are certain experiences that remind me inexorably of this time of year -- madeleines of spring and summertime, if you will. The smell of sunscreen, for example, and the song of the ice-cream truck echoing through the neighborhood. Over the past couple of years, ... More >>

The Pirate Signal premiers new video for "Hood Hop"

If you haven't downloaded the Pirate Signal mixtape, Of Gods and Gangsters, Vol. 1, yet, then you are truly missing out. We recently gave it a Best of Denver nod, which should tell you all you need to know. If you still need some convincing, though, you won't after watching this video that Yonnas ... More >>

Dave Matthews Band releasing set from Mile High Music Festival

Voting heavenly at Nativity Lutheran Church

Kicking It

Shafted Like Beckham

It’s payback time for Posh and Becks.

Celtic F.C. vs. MLS All-Stars

Kink in the System

Commerce City is taking the Enclave BDSM club all the way to the Supreme Court.

Legally Binding

The Enclave gave Commerce City quite a beating in court.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of April 12, 2007

No Pain, No Gain

The Enclave has Commerce City fit to be tied.

The Ugly Truth

Pluck You

Hmm. Would you rather live in Commerce City or KentuckyFriedCruelty.com?

Macbeth

Starz FilmCenter

Best Chips and Salsa

Bamboo Hut

Letters to the Editor

From the week of April 1, 2004

Cruisin' for a Bustin'

For Adams County deputies, making sex arrests was a walk in the park.

Best Missing Link

Sand Creek Regional Greenway

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 7, 2002

Funky Town

Even though the EPA says Denver's air is getting cleaner, the odor lingers on.

Iced Out

The Denver Curling Club searches for respect after five years without a home.

Toxic Wait

Some residents say the Rocky Mountain Arsenal still isn't clean enough to polish Commerce City's image.

Fightin' Words

Two small-town newspapers find themselves in an economic war with municipal officials.

Letters

Look Out, Sin City!

Captain Mary Wamsley is her name. Commerce City vice is her game.

Rush to Judgment

Commerce City lets a private company issue speeding tickets--and causes a pileup.