Update: An arrest has been made in the weekend shooting of Loveland Police Officer Garret Osilka; see our previous coverage below. Cody Powell, 23, who’d been identified as a person of interest in the case, phoned the authorities from a Loveland Walmart and offered to turn himself in. He’s now…
Throughout the past several months, we’ve been keeping you up to date on the startling number of fatal avalanches that have taken place this season in Colorado and throughout the west. At last count, there have been nineteen avalanche deaths this season in the U.S., with seven in Colorado –…
Our collection of photos from a weekend crash on I-25 — one that involved 104 vehicles and led to one fatality and thirty injuries — spurred a wide variety of responses. Here’s one of the most thoughtful — a post about the dangers of taking driving in inclement weather for…
Denver blog posts are signing in. At our Show & Tell blog, Bree Davies offers advice about dismantling sexist culture one irrelevant strip-club sign at a time. Colorado Peak Politics on the official (at last) entry into the race for governor of Bob Beauprez. Denver Egotist on the local connection…
Yesterday, we told you about the decision by administrators at CU-Boulder to close the campus on 4/20 for the third consecutive year; see our previous coverage below. Presumably, there won’t be much going on in the buildings near Norlin Quad (longtime ground zero of 4/20 at CU) on the date,…
Update: Last week, we told you about the homicide arrest of Aaron Little — and then, a day or so later, Little’s release when an autopsy suggested the victim may have died from natural causes. (See our previous coverage below.) In our post, we wondered if the Denver Police Department…
Last month, we shared a letter sent by Rob Corry, attorney for the 4/20 rally at Civic Center Park, to Mayor Michael Hancock and Denver City Council. The gist: While public pot smoking is nixed by Amendment 64, the measure allows it at home — and since Civic Center Park…
Last year, CardHub.com declared Denver to be the best city in which to start a small business. Now, NerdWallet.com has taken a different angle, assembling a roster of the communities friendliest to female entrepreneurs — and once again, Denver made the cut. Continue to count down the complete top ten,…
Stephvon Atencio’s red eyes in his booking photo suggests that he’d been crying some time before the image was snapped. Presumably, those close to an elderly Lakewood man were shedding tears, too, but for a very different reason. The man was found dead in a trailer on Saturday — after…
In early January, shortly after the launch of legal recreational marijuana sales in Colorado, we posted about several pot satires that were mistaken for actual news, including one claiming that weed overdoses killed 37 people on day one of retail operations here. Michael Pristoop was among those fooled, and he…
Last week, we shared a video of Leo’s Smoke Shack in Breckenridge being blown up by ski area and U.S. Forest Service reps shortly after it was featured on Inside Edition. The clip didn’t please many of our readers, who questioned whether the action would enhance safety. This post highlights…
Denver blog posts sometimes get blue. At our Show & Tell blog, Kyle Harris highlights the seven worst movies of 2013. No, Smurfs 2 doesn’t take the prize — and at least two Oscar nominees are included. The Denver PR Blog reveals who had the worst Olympics. The Ralphie Report’s…
Hard to believe, but it’s been a year (actually a little more) since the last time we paid tribute to the best Texts From Last Night out of the 303 area code. Sorry we’re late! But that just meant there were that many more weird, hilarious, embarrassing, astonishing texts from…
On Saturday morning, Cafe Society writer Lori Midson was at the Whole Foods in Washington Park when a sudden blast of winter turned a nearby section of Interstate 25 into crash zone of epic proportions. A total of 104 vehicles were reportedly caught in the resulting chain reaction, with one…
Yesterday, we noted that Leo’s Smoke Shack, a Breckenridge institution at the center of a hysterical Inside Edition report, had been destroyed as part of a new war on smoke shacks. Many of our readers were unhappy about the turn of events, including this one…
Denver blog posts are tough judges. Show & Tell’s Byron Graham talks to Sexpot Comedy’s Nikki Glaser about new mattresses and the Weirdo Olympics. Colorado Pols on Cory Gardner, “the devil you’ll soon know,” plus all those Bob Beauprez gubernatorial rumors. Denver Frank: This week in unnecessary censorship…
Even as Denver police released suspect Aaron Little in an apparent homicide case that quickly fell apart, more information was emerging about what seems to be a less debatable incident. Investigators with the Aurora Police Department are focusing on the death of a man whose body was found on a…
Update: Earlier this week, we told you about the nationwide search for convicted child rapist Eric Hartwell, who’d escaped from a Denver-area facility after cutting off his ankle monitor. Earlier today, however, Hartwell was captured — but not before he put a lot of distance between himself and Colorado. He…
Should Medicaid payments for circumcision be cut off in Colorado? That’s the argument of The Whole Network, a national organization that’s encouraging its members to contact Colorado legislators who might be thinking about reinstating such funding. A network spokeswoman says the fight has taken place behind the scenes at the…
Update:Yesterday, when reporting about the bust of Aaron Little for second-degree homicide (see our previous coverage below), we noted the relative dearth of details about the incident, which took place on the 1500 block of Humboldt Street. Now, we’ve got more information, and it’s sure to raise more questions about…
When we shared William Breathes’s post about John Hickenlooper warning fellow governors to be cautious about legalizing marijuana, we asked readers why they thought Hick was so reluctant to embrace this new industry despite all the tax revenue it’s generating. We received a slew of interesting responses, including this one…
Denver blog posts avoid the chopping block. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares a reader’s take on the choice between being a model and serving grub at Twin Peaks. Colorado Peak Politics on Amy Stephens’s Senate race exit. Denver Egotist on the “Greatest Drum vs. Cowbell Showdown The…
