They may have been dressed like paranoid beekeepers, but their foul-mouthed ways earned them a much tougher-sounding nickname: the Trash-Talking Bandits. And they’re wanted for what the FBI believes is among the biggest bank robberies in Colorado history, as well as one with a bizarre aftermath. How so? Apparently, one…
Update: Earlier this week, we told you about a murder outside Aurora’s Smoky Hill Liquor store; see our previous coverage below. The victim has now been identified as Ryan Thompson, 22 — and there’s been an arrest in the case. The suspect in custody is a seventeen year old whose…
Inside Edition’s hysterical report about ski-area smoke shacks — a phenomenon our William Breathes has been covering for years — was quickly followed by the destruction of Leo’s Smoke Shack in Breckenridge, the most elaborate structure featured in the IE piece. Although a ski-area rep who spoke to us about…
Update: How quickly is the Denver recreational marijuana scene changing? On February 4, when we last updated our list of recreational marijuana shops licensed by the city so far, the total was 37 — more than double the eighteen that opened on January 1. And now, just over three weeks…
Update: Yesterday, we talked with KNUS yakker Peter Boyles, who said he’d been contacted by a producer for Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly about appearing on a Wednesday night broadcast about Colorado — but when Boyles said he favored pot legalization, the producer became markedly less enthusiastic and later hung…
Our post spotlighting a Gallup poll that ranked Colorado among the less religious states in the country spurred a fascinating conversation about faith and regional differences in the way it’s practiced. Here’s a post from a reader with experience in a state that landed near the top of the religiosity…
Denver blog posts remain open. At our Cafe Society blog, Lori Midson on CapRock Farm Bar’s upcoming Friday farewell. Colorado Pols: How would you caption this photo of a bow-tie-wearing Jared Polis? South Stands Denver’s Colin Daniels on Jan Vesely getting the Deadspin treatment…
Yesterday, we shared a completely hysterical Inside Edition report about smoke shacks at Colorado ski resorts — a longtime phenomenon that our William Breathes has been writing about in depth for years. Turns out, though, that one of the main settings for the Inside Edition piece — Leo’s Smoke Shack…
Back in October, at a time when plenty of jurisdictions across Colorado were balking at allowing recreational marijuana sales, Pueblo County Commissioner Sal Pace told us that officials in his part of southern Colorado had chosen to embrace the new industry. “As communities turn down this part of Amendment 64,…
Over the years, we’ve intermittently highlighted unsolved Colorado murders listed on the indispensable Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons website. Our most recent offering appeared last September, on the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. For loved ones left behind, however, every day is a day of remembrance…
We recently shared a slide show of images from a Twin Peaks calendar girls meet-and-greet, with stars of the shoot visiting three metro-area locations to promote the restaurant chain’s 2014 Mountain MANual calendar. But judging by the images below, culled from a behind-the-scenes video, the only mountain men around were…
Bionca Rogers’ Facebook page is filled with happy photos co-starring friends, family and an adorable little girl — and Rogers herself seems not to have a care in the world. She does now, however. She’s been named in a first-degree murder warrant pertaining to the death of Grant Frazier, a…
Back in 2012, our William Breathes offered an in-depth tour of smoke shacks — low-key structures at numerous Colorado ski resorts where particularly kind skiers stop to smoke a little pot before getting back to the slopes. Now, Inside Edition has discovered these venerable attractions, but the hilariously hysterical tone…
One of our most liked and shared posts of the past week was William Breathes’s item noting that the clock at under-construction Union Station has been frozen at 4:20. We’ve gotten plenty of amused, and amusing, comments, too. Here’s an example…
Denver blog posts are good enough to eat — figuratively speaking, anyhow. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares a comment from a reader who sees advantages to dining at non-participating eateries during Denver Restaurant Week. Coyote Gulch on an award-winning San Miguel River project. Colorado Pols: Make room…
Last year’s slaying of Douglas Menjivar in Glenwood Springs was followed by lurid reports. Among the claims: Fredy Cabrera, a prominent local businessman, had shot Menjivar for going out with his eighteen-year-old stepdaughter, Leydy Trejo, because he wanted to have more than a fatherly relationship with her. Such rumors appear…
One of the most vigorous legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, is taking place right here. Little Sisters of the Poor, an organization based in Denver and Baltimore, is challenging an Obamacare mandate concerning contraception, and a not-so-brief brief filed yesterday in the United States…
When it comes to the faith, a couple of Colorado cities have represented extremes in recent surveys, with Colorado Springs listed as one of the most saintly and Boulder called one of the least religious. But what about the state as a whole? A new Gallup poll ranks all fifty…
Update: Late last month, we told you about the Highway 93 crash involving Kenneth Hosch, age 83 — an incident that killed Dave Baldwin, a veteran Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office sergeant; see our previous coverage below. Now, after the better part of a month, Hosch has been arrested on suspicion…
In most cases, crashes involving RTD buses take place during busy commuting hours. But that’s not the case with an accident that happened near the intersection of Mississippi and Platte River Drive. A bus struck a passenger vehicle during the wee hours, when traffic is typically very light. And the…
Last week, we told you about the soft launch of Terrapin Care Station, Boulder’s first recreational marijuana store. But days after our post, TCS celebrated its grand opening in style, with a ribbon-cutting courtesy of Boulder City Councilman Macon Cowles, seen here with owner Christopher Woods, and guest appearances by…
Our post about 4/20 rally attorney Rob Corry informing city officials that marijuana smoking would take place at the event despite threats to cite anyone who lights up in public got people talking. Here’s an especially memorable take from someone who appears to dislike the festival and those who attend…
