Dog shooting: Owner of bull mastiff shot after attacking greyhound gets...
Update: As we noted yesterday, no charges were filed in the immediate aftermath of an incident in which a man shot a 140-pound dog after it attacked his greyhound -- and that remains the ca...
View ArticleTop 8 Westboro Baptist Church insults against Colorado
This week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Westboro Baptist Church's right to protest at military funerals, typically by claiming that God killed the soldier in question as punishment f...
View ArticleReader: Tourism official thinks maybe people at casinos should take a break...
Patricia Calhoun's top 7 ways of improving Colorado tourism post mentions ex-guv Bill Ritter and a tourism official who suggested that Colorado is the "new Scotland" because of all the dist...
View ArticleSad pay phone of the week: The pay phones at 11th Avenue and Broadway
Location: The corner of 11th Avenue and Broadway. Number: Unknown. Status: All three operable. Cost: 50 cents for local calls. Photo taken: 2:55 p.m., February 11. ...
View ArticleJohn Reinholdt II gets sixteen year sentence, to pay $2.5 million restitution...
Charles Ponzi may be dead and buried, but his infamous scheme continues to inspire sharpies across the globe -- like, for instance, John Reinholdt II, who was just sentenced to sixteen year...
View ArticleMedical marijuana: Pot possession charges dropped against Ann Marie Miller
We've kept you abreast of developments involving medical marijuana caregiver Ann Marie Miller, who faced a cultivation charge for what she insisted was a legal number of plants -- an offense...
View ArticlePatrick Steven Jackson, who e-mailed threat about explosives on Steamboat...
There are lots of really bad ways to deal with angry feelings toward someone who breaks your heart. You can spread rumors about STDs, flame them on Facebook, burn their pictures in effigy, s...
View ArticleJeff Peckman: A Denver mayor's race profile
With John Hickenlooper having taken office as Colorado's governor, we know Denver will have a new mayor this year, and the race is wide open. To introduce you to the players, we're offering...
View ArticleNFL labor-talks extension: Hope to see Tim Tebow in Broncos uniform, not just...
Three Denver blog posts to tide you over until Monday. Mile High Report's Sayre Bedinger: NFL labor talks have been extended for a week, keeping hope alive that Broncos fans will soon see ...
View ArticleDead Drop Denver: Guerilla tech project allows file sharing by downloading...
The Dead Drop movement/art project is tech-savvy variation on freedom of expression. All around the country, bare-bone USB keys are being affixed to walls, railings and trees so people every...
View Article12-year-old accused of killing parents to become youngest Coloradan tried as...
A petition has been filed in juvenile court regarding a 12-year-old from Burlington suspected of killing his parents, Charles and Marilyn Long, and wounding two siblings. But prosecutor Rob...
View ArticleCarol Boigon: URL thief strikes Denver mayoral hopeful's campaign
Denver mayoral candidate Carol Boigon sent out a press release yesterday afternoon that included an announcement that her campaign had launched a new website at www.boigonmeansbusiness.com....
View ArticleChuck Zukowski: Reserve deputy fired over paranormal investigations
Chuck Zukowski likes to think that his work as an El Paso County reserve deputy sheriff sharpened his skills as an off-duty investigator of cattle mutilations, UFO and Bigfoot sightings and...
View ArticleAlex Bogusky and COMMON: Can the Boulder "consumer revolutionary" change the...
Alex Bogusky was the boy-king of advertising. Then, after moving much of his superstar firm Crispin Porter + Bogusky to Boulder, he retired from the ad world last July, causing shock waves....
View ArticleBedbugs: Top five myths -- and the icky truth
Bedbugs, which are the subject of this week's feature, "Bug Bedlam," are truly creepy. If you need proof, watch these video clips of them sucking human blood, pooping and procreating. But...
View ArticleDenver International Airport trains take an early morning detour (& that's no...
Denver International Airport rolls up the moving sidewalks early. As anyone regularly taking red-eye flights knows, most shops and bars on the concourse close before 10 p.m., and in the term...
View ArticleMatthew Hammerdorfer tribute: Friends, family mourn after teen athlete's...
The shocking death of Fort Collins' Matthew Hammerdorfer, seventeen, after being stricken during a rugby match is echoing nationwide. After all, he's the second teen athlete with an enlarge...
View ArticleCivil Union Act debate begins: Senator Pat Steadman says public is ready for...
Today at 1:30 p.m., the senate judiciary committee and members of the public will begin discussing Senate Bill 172, the Colorado Civil Union Act, co-sponsored by Senator Pat Steadman: Read ...
View ArticleCU Buffs must beat both Iowa State and Kansas State again to reach NCAA Big...
Earlier this season, we declared this year's CU Buffs to be the school's best since Chauncey Billups's glory days after defeating Missouri and Kansas State in quick succession. But will th...
View ArticleJoshua and Devin Scheer: Fort Collins SWAT team gasses them out of house to...
The wee hours of Sunday morning were more active than usual on the 1000 block of Cypress Drive in Fort Collins. A report about one neighbor threatening another with a firearm led to a three...
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