Update: The Denver Police Department has just released more information — including a video — about a stabbing that took place outside Mile High Stadium following the Broncos’ loss to the San Diego Chargers last night; look below to see our previous coverage. Of the three original suspects detained in…
Yesterday, Benjamin Gilmore, a former Occupy Fort Collins protester who makes his living as a beekeeper, was sentenced to eight years behind bars for a 2011 fire in Old Town that caused $10 million in damage. At the sentencing hearing, Gilmore repeatedly denied wrongdoing, and he’s got many supporters behind…
With the January 1 kickoff for recreational marijuana sales in Colorado drawing ever nearer, we’re hearing more and more people within the cannabis community complaining about the city’s approach. A common perception is that Denver mayor Michael Hancock’s personal opposition to pot legalization is filtering down to city agencies and…
Want proof that driving a junker can have its advantages? You’ll find it in the following Denver Police Department list of the most stolen cars in the city. Not all of the rides that made the cut are super-pricey and luxurious, but they’re all solid and dependable, with two brands…
Our post yesterday about the arrest of Dione Warren after her toddler son shot himself got people talking in part because Warren is a proud gun owner and Second Amendment advocate. Many readers felt the tragedy resulted from neglect, not the presence of an accessible handgun, including this one…
Denver blog posts geek out regularly. At our Show and Tell blog, Cory Casciato offers a very geeky holiday gift guide, complete with unicorn poop and alien sex toys. Colorado Peak Politics thinks Angela Giron precipitated her recall by going “Denver.” Denver Egotist: Here’s what it’s like to ski in…
This week, Aurora’s Traci Cunningham was formally charged with murder in the death of her adoptive mother, Penelope, in Eagle County. But while there seems little doubt that she pulled the trigger, the circumstances of the case practically guarantee an unusual defense. According to her arrest affidavit, Traci says she…
In a post last month, we told you about a new website called CommunityCam, which planned to use crowd-sourcing techniques to document and map all the security cameras in public areas throughout Denver and other nearby areas. The site’s founder mainly portrayed such surveillance devices as good things — no…
Vehicular homicide allegations don’t get much more bizarre than the one aimed at 21-year-old Jess Plouvier. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office believes Plouvier is responsible for the death of Ian Saj, 33. However, a separate accident involving Saj and two friends preceded the fatal one — and it appears…
The CU Boulder Confessions Facebook page is a font of weirdness all year long, but especially around a holiday, as we found out earlier this year for our post spotlighting the top ten St. Patrick’s Day posts. As evidence, we offer the following examples, which include a rant about poor…
Last week, we shared an excerpt from Ron Burgundy’s grilling of Peyton Manning. Now, just in time for the Broncos’ Thursday night matchup with the Chargers, we bring you the extended cut, in which Burgundy/Will Ferrell, in Anchorman 2 hype overload, gets Manning to confess that he yells random words…
Jade Masters-Ownbey, mom of the little Canon City girl who six-year-old Hunter Yelton was suspended for kissing a few days back, initially said she wouldn’t talk with the media. She thought the international publicity given to the story as a result of Hunter’s behavior being tagged sexual harassment was way…
After the Denver City Council passed an amendment allowing pot smoking on front porches and front lawns, most of the comments that followed were supportive of the move — but not all. Here’s the post from someone whose own bitter experiences with a pot-smoking neighbor has left him at wit’s…
Denver blog posts want to eat, drink and be merry. At our Show & Tel blog, Bree Davies offers five holiday party etiquette tips to prevent Social Jerk Face syndrome. South Stands Denver’s Colin Daniels thinks the Broncos are done if they don’t secure the top playoffs seed in the…
Beginning in October, the Got Insurance? campaign, intended to get uinsured millennials to sign up for health care coverage, has generated controversy. Obamacare critics branded the first batch of images “brosurance,” because one shot featured a keg stand, while the second was dubbed “hosurance” due to references to birth-control access…
Cops on bicycles aren’t always taken as seriously as their brethren in police cruisers, probably because they don’t look as cool pedaling and wearing bike helmets. But they’re every bit as tough as colleagues who travel with the help of four wheels instead of two — and in Aurora, they…
At 10:30 a.m., state officials will unveil the Marijuana Inventory Tracking Solution, or MITS, a system intended to keep tabs pot for sale in Colorado. But while the press is invited to the event, a number of medical marijuana patients coordinated by the Cannabis Therapy Institute have invited themselves –…
Back in October, we told you about the the death of a three year old who apparently shot himself in a Frederick home; see our previous coverage below. Now, around six weeks later, Dione Warren, mother of the boy, Sheine Steine, has been arrested for criminally negligent child abuse resulting…
For each of the past three years, we’ve spotlighted the top ten White Elephant gifts as chosen by the folks at ARC Thrift Stores; click for picks from 2010, 2011 and 2012. This year, however, there’s a twist: ARC has supplemented the choices with a video that should get you…
Update: Yesterday, in our first post about a homicide at the Denver West Inn (see our previous coverage below), Lakewood Police Department spokesman Steve Davis told us that a suspect was in custody, but no arrest had been made. By late afternoon, however, Cody Sewick, 21, had been booked on…
In 2010, California was the U.S. leader when it came to medical marijuana reform — and with that year’s Proposition 19, the state was poised to take the first steps toward broader legalization. But support for the measure faded as election day neared, and after it was voted down, Mason…
After Peyton Manning and the Broncos blew out the Titans in ultra-chilly temperatures on Sunday, we shared tweets from those who felt Denver’s QB proved he can play in the cold. But not of our readers were convinced, with several believing that the New England Patriots and quarterback Tom Brady…
