Rogue Hiker: Rick Bergles of Colorado Springs isn't happy about the piles of dead trees the Colorado Springs Parks Department is using to block people from hiking old trails, which he's waging a battle to reclaim. His reward? A citation from park officials (Gazette [2]).

Sight Seeing: Keep an eye out for actors Malcolm McDowell, Dean Cain, and Natalie Distler. They'll be in Boulder sometime soon for the filming The Mind's Eye, a sci-fi thriller by local Black Wing Digital Productions (Denver Post [3]).

Great Party, Bro: Sure, house parties can get out of hand, but one Greeley gathering took an eerie turn after a man allegedly beat his houseguests with brass knuckles, threatened them with a Samurai sword, and held them against their will. Now, the man's wife has been arrested, accused of aiding her husband (Tribune [4]).

Dish's Changing Orbits: Dish Network co-founder Charlie Ergen is relinquishing his post as CEO and president in order to focus on his duties as the expanding, Douglas County–based company's chairman (Post [5]). His replacement, Joe Clayton, talks with the Denver Business Journal [6] about major changes in the satellite industry.

Rockies Rebound: The Colorado Rockies had lost their fifth-straight series before heading into yesterday's game against the division-leading San Francisco Giants, but they rebounded big last night, pounding Tim Lincecum and taking the game 7-4 (Associated Press [7]).

Vanessa Martinez contributed to this roundup.