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The Final Chapter in a Teen’s Murder Over a Cricket Cell Phone

By Michael RobertsOctober 11, 2017

Just over two years ago, we told you the shocking story of Desmond Smith, a fourteen year old allegedly murdered over a Cricket cellphone. More than two years later, three men have been sentenced in the case, which began with a particularly senseless act of violence and escalated into family drama in which a son agreed to testify against the father whose crime involved covering up for him and his uncle.

Pot Turning Colorado to Sh*t, Says Law Group’s Latest Anti-Weed Screed

By Michael RobertsOctober 11, 2017

The Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, a federally funded law-enforcement group with an admitted anti-marijuana bias, has published the fifth volume in a series of reports about the impact of cannabis legalization on Colorado. Predictably, the new analysis, accessible below, is crammed with shocking statistics, and while many of the claims, including ones pertaining to an alleged spike in youth marijuana use in the state, aren’t supported by other, more reliable studies, expect them to be touted by the roll-back-the-pot-legalization-clock crowd anyway.

The Ten-Month Fight to Stop Aurora From Killing This Dog

By Michael RobertsOctober 11, 2017

An Aurora family has spent most of 2017 trying to prevent city representatives from killing Bandit, a two-year-old dog deemed a hazard after what Animal Law Center attorney Jennifer Edwards describes as a minor bite suffered by a Federal Express deliveryman. But while a lawsuit filed by the owners and accessible below has put their pet’s euthanization on hold, the matter remains in limbo, and Edwards says the effect on Bandit has been devastating.

Two 13-Year-Olds Allegedly Had “Kill List” for Their Middle School

By Michael RobertsOctober 10, 2017

News that two thirteen-year-olds who allegedly compiled a “kill list” related to their middle school have been arrested in Colorado Springs hardly qualifies as shocking at this point. In the more than eighteen years since the April 1999 attack at Columbine High School, folks in the state have seen far too many instances of young students being arrested for alleged school threats and violent plots, as documented below.

Best Metro Denver Apartments for Under $1,200

By Michael RobertsOctober 10, 2017

Last month, as we’ve reported, rent prices in Denver finally started heading down after years of increases that contributed to the difficult many had making a living in Denver despite the strong economy. As a result, there are finally some good rent deals in the metro area, as exemplified by the available spaces below.

Colorado State University Leading the Way in Veterinary CBD Treatment

By David DeanOctober 9, 2017

Dr. Stephanie McGrath specializes in neurology, leading Colorado State University’s study on the efficacy of cannabidiol (CBD) for the treatment of epilepsy and osteoarthritis in dogs. A leading advocate for testing and researching CBD in the veterinary field, Dr. McGrath spoke about veterinary CBD trials and the science involved. Even getting to the point of actual clinical trials is an uphill battle, especially when cannabis is involved.

Claim: Denver Is Meaner on Days the Broncos Play

By Michael RobertsOctober 9, 2017

Thanks to a scheduled bye, your Denver Broncos didn’t play a game this weekend, and based on a telling conversation I overheard while eavesdropping yesterday morning, October 8, as reporters are wont to do, the Mile High City was nicer as a result.

Dan Hohs, Man Saved by Endurance Sports, Dies From Rattlesnake Bite

By Michael RobertsOctober 9, 2017

Dan Hohs, a well-known triathlete from Steamboat Springs who wrote movingly about how endurance sports saved his life, died after a rattlesnake bite in Golden on Saturday, October 7. His death saddened many his friends and loved ones, who poured out their grief on social media, and speaks to the dangers associated with an uncommonly late rattlesnake season.

Blown Forecasts and the Revenge of the Farting Weatherman

By Michael RobertsOctober 9, 2017

The National Weather Service forecast for metro Denver in the early hours of October 9 called for heavy snow that might not stick to the roadways became of warm pavement temperatures but could potentially snap limbs from trees. What we’ve gotten instead in most city locations is cold rain and a little bit of sleet. In other words, a classic blown forecast of the sort former Denver weatherman Chris Dunn defended to us when he said the biggest misconception about people of his profession is “the idea that, ‘Oh, you guys are always wrong’ and ‘If I had a job where I was always wrong and still got to keep my job, it’d be the greatest job in the world.'” Which makes it only appropriate that he recently became Internet-famous for apparently blowing a fart on the air.

Denver-based App Rolls Out Gene-Testing Kit for Parents

By Grant StringerOctober 6, 2017

It’s a question that most parents ponder at some point: What will your children look like? Will they be athletic, lactose intolerant? Denver-based HumanCode may hold the answers. Its BABYglimpse is a new app parents can use to determine basic traits like the color of a baby’s skin, eyes and hair, and even more complex behavioral traits — like whether a kid will be prone to problem-solving or act more confrontational.