Seth Beckton was almost to the top of the Loge Peak chairlift at Aspen Highlands on Sunday when he says that a comment he made to the skier sitting next to him caused the stranger to throw him off the chair. Beckton was uninjured after he fell into a pile…
Denver Public Schools has come to a decision regarding East High student Elhadji Samba Dioum following closed-doors expulsion hearings last week. Dioum’s future in the school system had been uncertain since he was at the center of a lockdown that occurred on East High’s campus on December 3. Today it…
Beginning Wednesday and running through Monday, January 4, “The heat is on,” as the Colorado Department of Transportation steps up its DUI enforcement program that bears that name. As the twelfth and final DUI enforcement period of 2015, CDOT is teaming up with 74 Colorado State Patrolmen and local law enforcement…
Earlier this week, I published an essay about moving to Denver from Los Angeles in my four-cylinder Kia Rio, and how I adapted to a new life as a transplant. My first year in Denver was filled with important lessons and discoveries, but I still have a way to go before…
Frequent visitors to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science may have noticed something different about the facility’s entrance area this holiday season. Since the beginning of December, the museum no longer has any signs posted that ban handguns on its premises. That’s because early this month, the museum’s Board…
The drive from Los Angeles wasn’t going as smoothly as planned. I had already blown out one tire somewhere in the deserts of Nevada by the time I reached the final approach to the Eisenhower Tunnel on I-70. “C’mon car,” I said aloud, “Don’t quit now! You can do it!”…
On a typical weekday, Roy Dockery can be found inside a wide, one-story brick building in a northeast Denver industrial park. The corporate setup appears to be modeled after an advertisement in an office-supply catalogue, with high-walled cubicles forming a maze across the center floor and a few closed-door offices…
It was less than ten degrees and snowing when Denver police officers began rousing people from their tents and lean-to shelters near the Samaritan House at Park Avenue and Lawrence Street around 6 a.m. last Tuesday, remembers Peter, a homeless man. In the midst of the storm, the police told…
There were tears in the courtroom this afternoon when friends, family members and supporters of East High School student Elhadji Samba Dioum heard Denver County Court Judge Jonny C. Barajas announce that Dioum’s bail would be reduced from its original $100,000 to $5,000. Dioum’s lawyer, Gary Lozow, said that his…
It’s not uncommon for hundreds of Colorado College students to read or submit posts on Yik Yak during an average weeknight. The app, which allows users to post, or “yak,” anonymous text and picture messages that become visible to anyone with the Yik Yak app within a five-mile radius, is…
Over the span of four studio albums, U.K.-based rock band Foals have gone from small-scene indie favorites to an international festival headliner. The group’s latest album, What Went Down, debuted in August this year at #3 on the UK Albums Chart and #58 on the Billboard 200, making it their…
The animated TV series South Park has poked fun at many real things in Colorado over its nineteen seasons. Who can forget the Casa Bonita episode, or the show’s recent “SoDoSoPa” jab at Denver gentrification? Because the fictional show is set in Colorado, South Park has been an entertaining, and…
Time is running out for anyone interested in joining the largest-ever class of recruits for Denver Deputy Sheriff positions; applications close at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. By early this week, more than 1,000 people had applied for 100 open positions – an unprecedented number of potential recruits, with whom the Denver…
The attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya is probably something Hillary Clinton hopes to avoid talking about today as she passes through Denver to organize local campaign supporters. The presidential hopeful has tried to move beyond the controversial topic since participating in congressional hearings about Benghazi last month…
“Toki smiles mischievously, drops dirty beat on unsuspecting crowd,” is what I find scribbled at the bottom of my notepad after TOKiMONSTA’s Thursday show at the Bluebird Theater. That’s as good a way as any of summarizing what happened when the L.A. beat producer came through Denver to promote her…
In this week’s cover story, “Rhymes to Die For,” we gave you the story of Rachel Aboytes, a local rap artist who performed under the stage name La Baby Smiley. In March of this year, Aboytes was murdered in a drive-by shooting in east Denver. Since then, her fame has…
Rachel Aboytes was a relatively obscure rap musician in life. She had performed a few gigs around Denver and was known primarily for having appeared in the music video for “Southsiders,”a Spanglish rap about gang life, that has received a couple million views online. But Rachel, who went by the…
With more new music being released today than ever before, people seeking to expand their music libraries can get overwhelmed. The sheer amount of content available on the internet is staggering — iTunes alone offers over 43 million songs! (Assuming that each of those songs averages four minutes, it would…
“The Heat Is On” this weekend in counties across the state, as the Colorado Department of Transportation gears up its DUI enforcement program. Because Halloween this year falls on a Saturday, this weekend is one of the “Heat Is On” program’s twelve enforcement periods of 2015, meaning that CDOT has provided…
“Ben Carson looks high as hell.” “I bet Jeb would give me a warm kiss.” “Ugh! Carly Fiorina’s smile is so fake.” Such was the commentary from University of Colorado Boulder students as they watched last night’s GOP presidential debate in their student center, where hundreds packed the Glenn Miller…
With Halloween just days away, there’s no time like the present to make sure your costume is planned and ready. But in case you’re still searching for last-minute costume ideas, there was plenty of inspiration to be found among protesters outside of yesterday’s GOP presidential debate in Boulder. Throughout the…
If you didn’t score a ticket to tonight’s Republican presidential debate, you’re in good company: CNBC is only allowing 1,000 of the 11,000 seats at the University of Colorado’s Coors Events Center to be filled. But if you’re in Boulder, there will be plenty of action outside the arena. Here’s our…
