Tag: Black Forest
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“Get over it”: 32-year sentence for man that killed two after stealing bus in Colorado
A man who in 2020 stole a nursing home bus in Aurora and crashed it into oncoming traffic in Black Forest, killing two people, told victims’ family members to “get over it” Friday before he was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison. Daihauonzadre Brooks-Jones, 21, pleaded guilty in an agreement with prosecutors to…
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‘Get over it,’ man said before being sentenced to prison in Black Forest traffic killings
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man who in 2020 stole a nursing home bus in Aurora and crashed it into oncoming traffic in Black Forest, killing two people, told victims’ family members to “get over it” Friday before he was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison. Daihauonzadre…
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Marlboro Man’s $8 million home on the market in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Marlboro Man’s $8 million home on the edge of Black Forest is up for grabs. Bob Norris, the nonsmoker who portrayed the archetypal cowboy in Marlboro cigarette ads in the 1950s and ’60s, found his ideal location north of Colorado Springs in 1961. It…
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Things to do this weekend in Denver and beyond
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FRIDAY-SATURDAY It’s time for the annual celebration in the forest that fell victim to Covid last year in the tree-filled area that survived a devastating 2013 wildfire. It’s the Black Forest Festival Weekend. Kicking off…
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Through Colorado native’s hands, dying art of saddle making lives on
The city expansion halts at the edge of Black Forest, and here at the end of a dirt road, a barn sits between the tall pines. Through the front doors, an old tune faintly plays from an old radio — the Sons of the Pioneers. “Deep in my heart is a song, here on the…
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LIFE | The Art of Saddle Making
Bob Brenner owns Pikes Peak Saddlery and has been restoring and making custom saddles since the 1970s. (Video by Skyler Ballard)