Ethan Wade Surrell, aka Nathan Surrell, has got the feds’ attention in both Wyoming and Colorado. The FBI has just issued a two-state alert for the 24-year old from Wyoming’s Wind River Indian Reservation, where Surrell allegedly assaulted a federal officer. Look below to see full-size photos and more info…
Update below: Thus far, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is sharing only the barest details about a Saturday afternoon shooting on Bayou Gulch Road, other than the fact that both a deputy (originally called about trouble at the Stagecoach in Franktown) and the suspect were shot in an exchange of…
Last week, we told you about a medical marijuana art revolt by ReeferReport.com’s Angela Macdonald, an MMJ patient whose small town, Haxtun, has banned cannabis businesses. The event took place this weekend, and the quotes (one of them by George Washington) Macdonald and helpers painted on a former jail she…
Since last November, when Frontier Airlines jobs began moving to Milwaukee and Indianapolis, locals have feared that the new acquisition of Indy’s Republic Airways Holdings would slowly sever its ties to Denver. It’s good news, then, that Frontier has extended its lease at DIA until 2020. Look below to get…
It’s been a good week to make fun of Dan Maes. But this whole bikes equal communism, let’s take away jobs circus might not have mattered had it not been for his opponent’s colossal stumble in the polls. Scott McInnis, as you will recall, plagiarized a report on water issues…
Three Denver blogs for the weekend. The Colorado Independent has Michael Bennet defending himself from that New York Times investigation. 5280 says 1990 CU title team family seats were hijacked by Georgia fans. Buffaloes, bulldogs, what’s the diff? Purple Row thinks the Rockies should probably start winning some of these…
The most recent news item on the Denver Broncos’ official website is entitled, “Sacking Negativity.” Nothing breeds optimism like chin-up articles from the team 6 days into training camp! But hey — at least they’ll be sacking something this season. Forget the past. Forget how good this team might have…
Angie Zapata would have turned 21 yesterday. She died in July 2008, a little more than two years shy of that milestone, at the hands of a man who claimed he “snapped” when he realized that Zapata, a striking Latina beauty, was biologically male. Angie’s friends and family didn’t want…
News has been spreading this week of Gina, a bomb-sniffing dog at Peterson Air Force Base, who returned from a stint in Iraq a year ago. There, she witnessed gunfights and explosions. When she returned home, Gina was diagnosed with PTSD by a military veteranarian. Obviously, an animal can be…
The story seems straight out of a feel-good Disney movie: A bunch of inner-city kids pick up lacrosse sticks and make it all the way to the state championships – and along the way maybe, just maybe, find a better life. But it’s true and it happened in Denver, thanks…
This is shaping up to be one lively governor’s race, what with GOP hopeful Dan Maes suspecting a UN agenda behind Denver’s bicycle program, promising layoffs of state workers and an unshackling of the energy industry — and claiming to have driven 5,000 miles a month in his campaign. Is…
More than 120 total Public Works employees are competing in the 22nd annual Denver Public Works “Snow Road-eo” competition, testing the safety and driving skills of snow plow operators and loaders…
The bittersweet ache of partial financial disclosure, the hidden truth of lackluster personal success and the yearning to be a leader – these are the touchstones of Republican primary candidate Dan Maes, who came out of nowhere and showed that he could translate the dysfunctional anger of Tea Party political…
Earlier in the week, we brought you news of the University of Colorado’s fall in the pot rankings. But why stop there? The Princeton Review ranks, logically or not , all manner of things: class discussions, race relations, general excellence and, yes, Birkenstock frequency. But what about the more… flavorful…
By now it’s clear what a huge misstep gubernatorial hopeful Dan Maes took in declaring Denver’s Bike Sharing part of a global conspiracy to deprive us of our personal freedoms. For its part, the program is just grateful for the publicity. “It’s shedding Dan Maes in an unfortunate light, which…
Hike to the top of Longs Peak, that is. Presumably he could do without the lightning, though Brandon Baker is recovering nicely at St. Anthony’s. The Minnesota man talked to his hometown Star-Tribune from the hospital and that story fills in some of the details missing from yesterday’s initial reports…
Once a year, the weekly Channel 12 roundtable Colorado Inside Out takes a trip back to the past on a time-machine show, with the panelists (of which I am one) all playing historic figures taking about the events of the day. And not only are these shows big favorites with…
You have to keep your eyes open when walking through Denver’s 16th Street Mall — not just because of the buses buzzing through the pedestrian-heavy area, but because you might end up seeing this guy: Sarah Palin’s biggest fan. His only quotation when spotted on Thursday around 1 p.m.: “Vote…
Herby the Love Judge is leaving the bench. After spending sixteen years as a Denver County Court judge, Herbert Galchinsky is hanging up his black robe in January due to the county’s mandatory-retirement-at-age-72 rule. The court is now accepting applications for his replacement…
Shall we peruse three Denver blog posts? Mile High Report’s John Bena nearly threw up when he heard fans blaming Josh McDaniels for Elvis Dumervil’s devastating injury — but he sees the LenDale White acquisition as low risk-high reward. Colorado Independent’s Taran Volckhausen on Boulder’s split from Xcel. It’s all…
Fresh from chastising leading Colorado Republicans over sins ranging from plagiarism (e.g., Scott McInnis) to knee-jerk reactionary pandering, GOP bad boy Muhammad Ali Hasan is now tweaking conservative noses on a national scale. A recent Huffington Post column by Hasan wades into the heated controversy over building a mosque near…
Yesterday, we told you about the controversy over the Coleadero Rodeo, which is slated to take place at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds on Sunday even though eleven animals were hurt, and two had to be killed, following an event at the same venue on July 18. Now, People for the…
