Editor’s note: Melanie Asmar is covering day three of the preliminary hearing into the July 20 Aurora theater shooting allegedly committed by James Holmes. Sergeant Matthew Fyles continued his testimony by displaying photos James Holmes took of himself and the future crime scene…
Editor’s note: Melanie Asmar is covering day two of the preliminary hearing into the July 20 Aurora theater shooting allegedly committed by James Holmes. The latest update is immediately below, followed by previous coverage. Update: The majority of the afternoon session was dominated by a listing of victims by name,…
Editor’s note: Melanie Asmar is covering today’s preliminary hearing into the July 20 Aurora theater shooting allegedly committed by James Holmes. The latest update is immediately below, followed by previous coverage. January 7, 5:28 p.m.: The final portion of the hearing began with testimony by the two forensic pathologists who…
Accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes was in court yesterday for a short hearing to determine whether lawyers were ready to proceed with what will likely be a revealing preliminary hearing next week. (They are; the hearing starts Monday, January 7 at 9 a.m.) After the hearing, we used the…
An important hearing in the case of Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes will start Monday, January 7 at 9 a.m. This morning, prosecutors and Holmes’s defense attorneys told the judge in the case that they’re ready to proceed with the preliminary hearing, which is expected to reveal many more…
Was Kasel Associates Industries, a pet-treat factory in the hip River North neighborhood, harmed by receiving an odor citation after five neighbors called to complain about the smell? No way, say the City of Denver and a neighbor whom factory owner Ray Kasel is now suing for harassment. Their responses…
Update, 4:50 p.m.: We heard from Carol Mrzlikar, one of the neighbors upset over the smoke emitted from Il Vicino’s wood-fired oven. Continue reading for her comments. Should the smoke emitted from a wood-burning pizza oven be considered air pollution? The neighbors of Il Vicino Wood Oven Pizza on South…
All noses are not created equal. Some are too sensitive, others not sensitive enough. And to be a city odor inspector, your nose can be neither. While reporting this week’s cover story, “Raising a Stink,” which tells the tale of a RiNo factory owner who’s suing his neighbors for harassment…
The air smelled like a dead body, the woman said. And she isn’t the only one who thinks so. Over the past eight years, the city has received no fewer than 150 complaints about a fetid odor emanating from a brick factory at 33rd and Walnut streets that makes dog…
One neighbor said the air smelled like a dead body. Another described the odor as akin to the stench of “a lot of dead rodents.” Yet another said he “literally dry heaved into my mouth.” Those are just a few of the complaints made to the city’s 311 helpline about…
Attention, everybody. It is flu season. Know how we can tell? Because during last night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs, Nugget Kenneth Faried — the Manimal, if you will — puked into a towel while sitting on the bench. But that didn’t stop the dude from scoring nineteen points…
Denver Public Schools is expelling and suspending fewer students than in the past, according to a new report by the group Padres y Jovenes Unidos. The number of times students are referred to law enforcement is also decreasing, though the group notes that racial disparities still exist. Black and Latino…
Five months after suffering their own losses, family members associated with deceased victims in the Aurora theater shooting have set up a fund to help Newtown school shooting victims, including Emilie Parker, age six, pictured here. Calling themselves VictimsFirst, the group said the money will go directly to victims’ families…
Ever wonder what happened to Balloon Boy? As explained in this week’s feature, “What’s Up?,” nine-year-old Falcon Heene and his family are now living an hour north of Tampa. Falcon and his two older brothers are in a metal band called the Heene Boyz and their hyperactive father is still…
A Colorado pet owner accused of abusing or neglecting his animals will most likely lose those animals — whether he’s guilty or not. That’s what happened to Bill Lee, a mall Santa whose reindeer were seized and whose story we told in our feature “Santa is Grounded.” And the same…
The University of Colorado has released 1,500 e-mails from accused Aurora theater shooter and former student James Holmes’s e-mail accounts. (They didn’t release 1,200 others, deeming them privileged.) Most of the released e-mails are mass messages, though there are a few notes authored by Holmes. CU also released e-mails sent…
Colorado spends about $13 million a year to enforce a 2006 state law that requires local cops to report to federal immigration authorities arrestees who they suspect are undocumented immigrants, according to a report by the Colorado Fiscal Institute. Those reported to the feds spend an average of 22 days…
How did faculty and staff at the University of Colorado, where accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes was a neuroscience student, react the morning of July 20? We’ve put together a timeline of e-mails culled from the 3,800 released this week by CU. The e-mails, which you can read below,…
Today, the University of Colorado released about 3,800 e-mails related to accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes, a neuroscience student at the school who had begun to withdraw more than a month before the July 20 attack. Most of the e-mails we’ve combed through are unremarkable, but some provide a…
Union Station will close on Monday for renovations that include a boutique hotel — part of a multi-million-dollar plan to turn the sleepy train station into a multi-modal hub. But the nostalgic among us have at least one more chance to take a last look: The DenverInfill blog and Union…
Several years ago, the powerful Highlands Mommies put a stop to a policy that would have required private workout groups to pay for permits to operate in Denver parks. But after receiving complaints about the proliferation of such groups, Parks and Rec decided to consider the policy again. It was…
Reindeer are real animals, and the proof is on the menu at Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs, which serves the “smoky, juicy and delicious” deer between two buns for $6.50. In light of the current cover story, “Santa Is Grounded,” which tells the story of a mall Santa named Bill Lee…
