Fifty years on, A River still Runs Through It | Vince Bzdek
By Vince Bzdek Fifty years ago this month, a 72-year-old first-time novelist published what may be the best-written, truest book about the West ever penned. If there is one novel every Westerner should read, I’d say “A River Runs Through It” by Norman Maclean might be it. It was shunned by all the East Coast […]
Guards bang on restroom doors at Englewood Library
A patron of the Englewood Library told the City Council April 20 that guards routinely come into the restrooms there and bang on stall doors, startling people who are having a private moment.
Thornton police investigating homicide after body found during welfare check
Thornton police are investigating a homicide after a body was found during a welfare check. Police said officers responded at about 10:30 a.m. Friday to a residence in the 1900 block of West 101st Avenue to check on the wellbeing of a woman who had not been seen or heard from for several days. Upon […]
LoDo Ice Cream Dream Melts As Denver DDA Pulls Plug
The Museum of Ice Cream will not be scooping into Lower Downtown anytime soon. Denver's Downtown Development Authority has rejected a request to help finance the pastel-pink, Instagram-ready attraction, shutting down a plan to convert two long-empty Market Street storefronts and leaving the sugary proposal out in the cold. Developers...
Boulder firebombing suspect’s family rearrested by ICE in Denver after judge ordered their release
The family of the Boulder firebombing suspect was back in federal custody Saturday, two days after a judge halted their deportation and ordered their release after nearly 10 months in a Texas detention center. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents rearrested Hayam El Gamal and her five children Saturday morning, according...
Denver police officer shoots suspect early Saturday
A Denver Police Department officer shot a person who fired at officers at an apartment complex early Saturday. The shooting happened just before 2 a.m. in the 4300 block of South Quebec Street. Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said at a news briefing that officers were called on reports of an armed confrontation, which he […]
Body camera footage shows Aurora City Councilmember’s DUI arrest
Aurora City Councilmember Rob Andrews, who was elected in November, was arrested on Jan. 17 on suspicion of DUI. When he was arrested, a breathalyzer test showed Andrews’ breath alcohol content as 0.252 grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath, more than three times the legal driving limit, police said.
REI workers threaten boycott of flagship store along Platte
Outdoor gear retailer REI, supplying hikers, backpackers and cyclists in Colorado since 1983 and a prominent contributor to conservation and land protection causes, is under threat of a union-backed boycott of its upcoming May anniversary sale. On April 18, union supporters spread a 25-foot banner in front of REI’s Colorado flagship store on the South […]
27 Years After Surviving the Columbine Shooting, Woman Unpacks Her ‘Time Capsule’ Backpack from...
Cindy Maudsley was just 15 when two students opened fire at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999
Cold front brings cooler temps, weekend rain chances
Expect clouds and cooler highs in the 50s and 60s Saturday, with spotty rain. Rain chances rise Sunday, with possible thunderstorms.
