Samuel Frappier is fortunate he wasn’t killed by his own bad decisions, and he knows it. “I imagine people saying I’m stupid, and they’re right,” the nineteen-year-old Canadian told a reporter after being rescued yesterday from Long’s Peak after getting stranded on a ledge (approximate elevation: 13,000) the day before…
Alan Prendergast’s recent post about convicted murderer Thomas Silverstein and a ruling that thirty years in solitary confinement doesn’t constitute cruel and unusual punishment spurred plenty of comments on both sides of the issue. The following take is offered by someone who doesn’t view Silverstein sympathetically…
Denver blogs have got the beat. At our Backbeat blog, Kiernan Maletsky shares the complete schedule for Elway’s Backyard concert series. Big Media’s Jason Salzman argues that double-speak is becoming a required component for reporting about senatorial hopeful Cory Gardner. In contrast, Colorado Peak Politics thinks John Hickenlooper’s “failed leadership…
Last August, we told you about the arrest of Matthew Burnett after a friend of his turned up dead. The initial speculation was that he’d killed the man after catching him with his wife. Now, Burnett has been sentenced in the slaying, as well as for possessing a slew of…
Yesterday morning, we told you that rescue operations had resumed in the search for Danny Nichols, Clancy Nichols and Wes Hawkins, who were apparently swept away in a massive Western Slope mudslide over the weekend. Now, however, the effort, led by the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, has been suspended because…
As you can tell by this photo, Gary Lee’s Motor Club & Grub boasts a rather large bar — which should indicate the sort of intoxicant in which the venue specializes. Nonetheless, Israel Perez, who’s racked up 48 charges, nineteen of them felonies, since 1993, allegedly chose this location to…
On May 17, 2009, The Latest Word launched the Mile High Murder archive. MHM recently marked its fifth anniversary — and while the homicide numbers are lower than they were last year, the total is nothing to celebrate. In year four of the archive, which encompassed the Aurora theater shooting,…
In the months since limited marijuana use and possession became legal for adults 21 and over, we’ve been seeking out statistics related to driving under the influence of marijuana in the hope of determining how the number of offenses compares to alcohol-related DUIs. Earlier this month, for instance, we revealed…
Update: Yesterday, we reported about Troubleshooter Tom Martino pleading guilty to disturbing the peace for a domestic incident involving his wife, Holly, last December; see our previous coverage below. After the piece was published, Martino conducted a wide-ranging interview with Westword, going into more detail than ever before about the…
Early Saturday morning, a spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says two gunmen invaded a home and kidnapped three people — a married couple and a male roommate. A subsequent car chase ended with a crash in Denver. At this writing, the suspects haven’t been captured or identified, and…
Readers continue to react to Melanie Asmar’s post about Chipotle asking customers not to bring guns to its restaurants and a Comment of the Day from a Second Amendment supporter who says members of Open Carry Texas who posed with huge gats at one outlet made responsible gun owners look…
Denver blog posts are always game for something new. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun writes about Park Burger’s veggie burger, which one reader says tastes so much like the real thing he almost thought he’d been brought the wrong thing by mistake. At Mile High Mamas, Vicki Heath…
Since December 2012, our Melanie Asmar has been reporting about efforts by attorneys representing accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes aimed at compelling Fox News reporter Jana Winter to reveal her sources regarding a story about a notebook Holmes allegedly sent to psychiatrist Lynne Fenton. Winter cited law-enforcement sources as…
KREX-TV in Grand Junction, for which I interned many, many years ago, takes a highly unusual approach to its latest booking-photos roundup. The station doesn’t identify anyone or reveal why they were made to pose for a mug shot — which inspires the viewer to use his imagination. Here are…
At this hour, search crews are returning to the scene of a massive mudslide in western Colorado, near the community of Collbran. They’re looking for Clancy Nichols, 51, his son Danny, 24, and Wes Hawkins, 46, who were checking out reports of a smaller slide when they went missing. The…
William Breathes’s post about rising medical marijuana patient numbers considered the question of whether the upward trend was being driven in part by high taxes on recreational pot. The answer from plenty of our readers was a resounding “yes.” Take this post from a self-described “old reefer man.”…
Denver blog posts have always wondered how soon is now. At our Backbeat blog, Josiah M. Hesse recaps this week’s long awaited Morrissey show, including the moment when an overzealous fan tackled him. Colorado Peak Politics celebrates Denver making the final four as possible settings for the 2016 Republican National…
Update below: Back in January, as part of a post about a marijuana tour hosted by O.penVAPE, a Denver-based firm whose vape pens and other products have been acclaimed by cannasseurs across the planet, we published the photo above, in which company chief revenue officer Todd Mitchem can be seen…
Eight tornadoes may have touched down in Denver a few hours earlier, but that didn’t mean the Denver Cruiser Ride was off. Participants eagerly hit the streets for the second session of the year — but instead of looking like 2014, many cyclists were duded up and ready for 1894…
A few months back, we shared our twenty favorite posts from the Colorado Memes Facebook page. But there’s also a very active Colorado Springs Memes Facebook page — one that’s earned more than 38,000 likes at this writing. And deservedly so, since the items shared are consistently funny in a…
Safety T.J. Ward, a high-profile free-agent recently signed by the Broncos, is wanted for misdemeanor assault in relation to a reported May 9 incident at PT’s Showclub, a strip joint. (See correction below.) And for those keeping track at home: No, he hasn’t played a single down for the Broncos…
Another day, another round of crazy storms, tornado alerts, street flooding and more. Thankfully, there were no reports of injuries as a result of yesterday’s meteorological phenomena — but lots of photographic possibilities shared on Twitter. Look below to see twenty of the most striking images we found…
