Creep. Perv. Douchebag. If Denver police are right about the man seen here, all of these names and more like them apply. That’s because he’s thought to have taken photos of two young girls under the doors of a bathroom stall at a metro area King Soopers. Get details and…
Our most recent update about licensed marijuana stores in Denver noted that 37 of them have received the city’s blessing thus far. But many others are waiting, and while officials stress that everyone is being treated equally, one reader is feeling frustrated…
Denver blog posts are always plugged in. At our Backbeat blog, Brad Lopez takes on reports that the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ instruments weren’t plugged in during their Super Bowl halftime performance — and he’s not exactly shocked. Big Media’s Jason Salzman on an omission from a Tom Tancredo interview…
What is it with Olympics-caliber skiers from Vail and knee injuries? Mere weeks after Lindsey Vonn announced that a knee injury would prevent her from competing at the Sochi games, whose opening ceremony takes place tomorrow, Heidi Kloser, a moguls skier who was thought to have a good chance for…
Last month, we told you about the arrest of 85-year-old Marshall Smith in a hit-and-run that killed Leanne Hund, who was crossing a street when she was struck. It was the second fatal accident involving a driver over eighty in a matter of days. Smith has now been charged with…
Most Broncos fans we know are trying to forget the Super Bowl massacre by the Seahawks. But Denver mayor Michael Hancock is insisting upon reminding us. Despite the brutality of the loss, the city has produced an official video salute to the team and is encouraging the citizenry to sign…
The Centers for Disease Control recently released statistics that ranked cities by the percentage of residents who drink heavily (defined as men who have more than two drinks daily, and women who consume more than one) and binge drink (men who down more than five drinks at a sitting on…
After publishing “Ten things for winter-driving virgins to know before hitting snowy roads,” we heard from readers about stuff we left out — like making sure your car is ready for winter, as opposed to heading to the interstate on tread-free tires and hoping for the best. Fortunately, the National…
From the beginning, authorities were unclear why Nicolas Ortega, 22, ran across Interstate 225 on Sunday evening — a dash that resulted in his hit-and-run death and the subsequent arrest of the alleged driver, Tashima Littleton. Days later, his family is still searching for answers even as they grapple with…
Our post about the disturbing Heather Jensen case noted that she had sex and smoked marijuana while her two kids were left in an SUV with the heater blasting, raising temps high enough inside that they died. Some readers felt the cannabis mention suggested blame for what happened, while others…
Denver blog posts like the voodoo you do so well. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares the take of a reader who wonders who the hell would wait for an hour to order at Voodoo Doughnuts. Coyote Gulch: What a difference a week makes when it comes to…
Since last summer, we’ve been following the story of Jeffrey Johnston, a veteran Littleton police officer with a lucrative side business. Turns out he was also an ecstasy dealer. Now, Johnston has been given a four-year sentence for his extracurricular activities, which derailed a promising law-enforcement career according to his…
Update:Among the most shocking crimes of last June was the slaying of Angus Gaudin, age seventeen, at a raucous camping party in Nederland. Afterward, nineteen-year-old Spencer Crawford was charged with murder amid reports that he’d been on drugs when he’d stabbed Gaudin to death amid confusion over a machete. In…
We’re all familiar with how quickly small matters can become national controversies these days — and the twists, turns and craziness around a Fort Collins High School spirit week proposal for what was originally called “‘Merica Day” is a case in point. The school initially rejected the idea for a…
It’s our first best-cities list of 2014! And the roster assembled by Sharecare.com — “America’s 10 Best Cities for Fitness 2014” — seems custom-made for Denver. Did the Mile High City kick ass in a way that showed off its taut musculature? Damn right it did, even besting the community…
When Denver’s thermometer hit -15 on December 5, we thought it would stand as the coldest day of the season. But no: At 5:53 a.m., the National Weather Service recorded the official Denver temp at -16. This mark is the second chilliest February low in Denver this century. But how’s…
We’re learning more about Don Pooley, who held a thirteen year old hostage in Arvada yesterday. A parolee with a long criminal history, Pooley appears to have been keenly aware of his own mortality: The profile pic on his Facebook page features a skeleton holding what’s known as the dead…
We’ve received a lot of feedback in regard to our recent post about proposed legislation making it harder to bust a driver for an open marijuana container. But this reader makes it clear that he didn’t sweat the rules before recreational pot was legal, and he’s not overly concerned about…
Denver blog posts know how to open wide. At our Cafe Society blog, Lori Midson offers a first look at Big Daddy Burger Bar — and the massive sandwiches served there. South Stands Denver’s Colin Daniels rips an SB Nation piece branding the Broncos “a bunch of assholes.” Here’s a…
In a booking photo provided to the press by the Eagle County District Attorney’s Office, Emily Anderson looks friendly, charming and benign. But she apparently has another side to her personality — one that came out last year, when she nearly beat her boyfriend to death using a table leg…
As of January 1, when recreational marijuana sales officially began, the City of Denver had licensed eighteen shops. The numbers have grown steadily since then. By our January 21 update, fifteen more shops had gotten the city’s blessing, and in the couple of weeks since then, another four have won…
According to our friends at Gawker, porn viewership during the Super Bowl went way down in Denver and Seattle — but after the Broncos’ brutal loss, the numbers in the Mile High City shot up by 10.8 percent over average. What were fans’ most-viewed flicks? Gawker doesn’t have that info,…
