Vail’s Lindsey Vonn has been everywhere lately — flirting with David Letterman, inspiring a bizarre Halloween costume on ESPN’s Pardon The Interruption, even hanging on the sideline of Sunday’s Broncos-Chiefs game with main squeeze Tiger Woods. But now, she’s making the wrong kind of news. When she underwent surgery for…
Each post in our Mile High Murder archive is heartbreaking. But the death of nineteen-month-old Mia McKoy-Phanthavongsa is among the most tragic we’ve ever recounted. The working theory: Mia’s father, Merrick McKoy, age 22, took a self-portrait of the two of them, posted it to Facebook, then killed the beautiful…
We were surprised by the response to our recent Comment of the Day highlighting a reader who thinks DIA’s blue Mustang looks like a veiny penis. Some respondents were offended by the comparison and jumped to the Mustang’s defense, while others seriously considered it. And the following take quite simply…
Denver blog posts are flush with success. Denver Egotist shares a Denver take on how to celebrate World Toilet Day — by saving water. At our Cafe Society blog, Lori Midson shares crazy scenes fromthe Denver Espolon Cocktail Fights. Colorado Pols is glad Roseanne Barr is not president. Wonder how…
Update: Austin Sigg has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of ten-year-old Westminster girl Jessica Ridgeway, and while he’s technically eligible for parole after forty years, he’s been ordered to serve another consecutive sentence of 86 years. The announcement of Sigg’s punishment follows more than a day’s…
Over the years, we’ve documented numerous medical marijuana dispensary robberies, with most taking place after hours and many of them inept — like a 2012 heist that netted a broken scale and $8 from the karma jar. But a recent Longmont dispensary stick-up last week was scarier, featuring two masked…
Last week, we told you about the arrest of Kenneth Ruggieri on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly shooting at a man with whom he’d been involved in a minor traffic accident — and the Lakewood cops’ belief that the victim, Paul Jones, had brought much of the trouble upon…
The Human Rights Campaign has just released an ambitious study entitled the Municipal Equality Index. The goal: to grade cities across the country when it comes to LGBT inclusivity in municipal law. Of the 291 cities analyzed, four were from Colorado: Denver, Boulder, Aurora and Colorado Springs. Of the quartet,…
Here’s evidence that you can find just about anything on Denver Craigslist: There’s actually a forum for haiku. It’s called haiku hotel, and it’s a lively place to visit, since users vary between the deadly serious and those willing to have fun with the form. We gravitated to the latter…
Is this a real gun — meaning one that fires the sort of bullets that are capable of killing someone? The Denver Police Department recently posted this photo and seven others on its Facebook page along with the headline question, “CAN YOU TELL WHICH GUNS ARE REAL AND WHICH ARE…
Jamaica has long been recognized as the globe’s marijuana mecca — a place where a large percentage of the population not only enjoys the plant’s benefits but regards it as a sacrament. So it’s more than a little surprising to discover an editorial in Jamaica’s largest newspaper calling for the…
Readers can be like irony detectors. That’s what happened after Patricia Calhoun posted about Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo called for a GOP civility pledge. A number of readers recalled that Tancredo was recently caught on camera flipping someone off — including this one…
Denver blog posts have a sweet tooth. Our Show and Tell staff show and tell about Comic Con-inspired costumes at the CSO. When it comes to insurance cancellation reports, Colorado Pols says don’t believe the hype. Colorado Peak Politics: Denver’s pot ordinance future is still hazy. When will the smoke…
While introducing a screening at the 36th Starz Denver Film Festival late last week, fest director Britta Erickson asked members of the audience how many people had seen 25 movies by then — and a number of hands went up, with even more rising to confirm other ticket-holders had caught…
It can be a conundrum: What to do when stumbling upon an absolutely perfect Schmuck of the Week candidate long before Friday, when our winners are announced? Put the contest on hold for days or share the schmuckiness early in hopes that someone else will step forward who’s also worthy…
Earlier this month, we shared twenty images from a video entitled “Denver’s Best Street Art” and asked the question, “Do the images deserve this title?” Shortly thereafter, we were contacted by a twenty-year veteran of the Denver street art scene who answered “no” — and then came up with images…
We’ve been reporting about the dreadful death of Jude Murray-Gomez, age five — a crime for which his mother, Shannon Dodson, is in custody on suspicion of first degree murder. On Friday, hours before Jude’s funeral, we had an extended conversation with Juan Gomez, his uncle, and Jillian Gomez, his…
What was one of the biggest themes we found in tweets about the Broncos’ 27-17 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night Football? A lot of people couldn’t stay awake to see the end. Presumably, many of these folks are relocated Coloradans (or Peyton Manning fans) on the…
Patricia Calhoun’s post about Denver International Airport winning a USA Today survey about best airport art prompted a debate among our readers about whether such an honor is deserved. Some people wrote about loving the art, others about hating it — with this commenter taking a middle path in a…
Denver blog posts are snack-sized. At our Cafe Society blog, Isa Jones counts down the ten best Denver places for tater tots. Big Media’s Jason Salzman on giving the Denver Post credit. Colorado Independent’s MIke Littwin on an Obamacare success: getting Republicans to talk about millions of uninsured Americans…
Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest — including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Today, Withey recommends Friday’s Doomsdays, Saturday’s What Is Cinema? and Sunday’s Here…
Eric Brooks’s beard was already a favorite among area connoisseurs: Last month, he won the Work of Art prize from the Boulder Facial Hair Club. But now, his wonderful whiskers are getting national exposure in the Washington Post and NHL TV, as well as local love from the Coloradoan, the…
