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Fort Collins

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Reader: Should Hewlett fire starter pay millions after Forest Service's North Fork mistake?

    As the Hewlett fire near Fort Collins wound down, we noted that James Weber, who admits to accidentally starting it, may be on the hook for restitution in the $3 million range. One reader questions the fairness of such a charge given that the Colorado Forest Service concedes a prescribed burn sparke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Medical marijuana advocates collecting petitions to overturn Fort Collins ban

    On Valentine's Day, all Fort Collins dispensaries closed as the result of a retail ban passed the previous November. But MMJ patients and industry types aren't meekly accepting this verdict. Following on unsuccessful court challenge, they've banded together to collect signatures for a new proposal t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Reader: Dacono is so known as "Marijuana Town!"

    In a post about a potential medical marijuana retail ban in Dacono, William Breathes riffed on a local councilwoman's concern about the community becoming known as "Marijuana Town" if dispensaries are allowed to remain there. That prompted one reader to defend the councilwoman, sorta, by referencing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Pig-out at Fort Collins Brewery with Mark DeNittis

    Gravity 1020 chef Sean Taylor and special guest Mark DeNittis of Il Mondo Vecchio and Cinque Soldi Salumeria will break down an entire hog, demonstrate how to make sausage with it, pair the meat with beer and serve a family-style dinner at a pig-out extravaganza that starts at 6 p.m tonight. The e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Reader: Fort Collins police shouldn't shove people, but their frustration is understandable

    Our posts about a video showing a Fort Collins Police officer shoving a man in Old Town Square has generated plenty of comments, and not all of them back the person on the other end of the forearm shiver. Here's an example from a Fort Collins business operator.

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Colorado beer calendar: casks, firkins and Leap Day Yeti

    Breckenridge Brewing released its Stranahan's Well Built E.S.B. this week to liquor stores around town, the first of what should be several quarterly releases of this barrel-aged beer. The beer is one of several delicious new brews that have hit shelves in recent days: Others include Deviant Dale's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    American Weed chronicles Colorado MMJ on National Geographic Channel

    Video below.​The Colorado medical and recreational cannabis communities are put under the lens of reality television tonight. Tonight, National Geographic Channel will air the first episode American Weed, the latest weed-themed reality TV show to hit the mainstream. See a preview below.

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Beer calendar: Get hopped up at Denver Beer Co; get Deviant at Highland Tap

    Tomme Arthur, the legendary owner of Port Brewing/The Lost Abbey, is in Fort Collins today to collaborate with New Belgium Brewing Company on an upcoming beer that will be part of its Lips of Faith series. Then, at some point soon, brewers from New Belgium will travel to California to brew a second ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Medical marijuana: Fort Collins dispensaries sue to stop Valentine's Day ban

    By 7 p.m. on Valentine's Day, all medical marijuana centers in Fort Collins must close their doors thanks to a voter-approved ban passed last November. But there may be hope for a renewed romance between the city and dispensaries, as a handful of centers have filed a last-minute lawsuit to stop the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Photos: More than 120 bison thunder into Denver (on trucks) for the Stock Show

    Bison look very docile when you see them from your car. Nine-month-old bison (who only weigh about 550 pounds or so) look cute, even cuddly -- that is, until one of them is racing around a corner at you at forty miles an hour. That's when you check the protective fence in front of you for the tenth ... More >>

  • Music

    January 5, 2012

    Moon Tides plays January 7 at the hi-dive

    Bison look very docile when you see them from your car. Nine-month-old bison (who only weigh about 550 pounds or so) look cute, even cuddly -- that is, until one of them is racing around a corner at you at forty miles an hour. That's when you check the protective fence in front of you for the tenth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Reader: Medical marijuana dispensaries & caregivers shouldn't be arguing about money

    ​Our post about the passage of a measure banning medical marijuana retail operations in Fort Collins has become a forum for a heated cyber-conversation that's touched on dollars and cents as well as sinsemilla. One reader is frustrated by the sniping.

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Medical marijuana retail ban passes in Fort Collins despite union help fighting it

    ​Update: Steve Ackerman, president of the Fort Collins Medical Cannabis Association and owner of the Organic Alternatives dispensary, notes that the final count in a vote to ban MMJ retail operations in his hometown won't be released until noon today. However, he sounds resigned to defeat and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Medical marijuana: Cheesecake Lady not buying into the Union just yet

    ​On October 17, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union announced that it was teaming up to represent employees of the medical marijuana industry in Colorado. Union organizer Mark Belkin said he'd seen overwhelming support for the move, but his enthusiasm now seems to be a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Medical marijuana & unions: Cannabis Business Alliance says it's too soon to organize industry

    ​News that the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 had organized medical marijuana workers turned out to be less sweeping than it first seemed. Only staffers at several Fort Collins dispensaries have joined, with the UFCW's contributions to fighting an MMJ dispensary ban there likely in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Adult Swim Block Party coming to Fort Collins on Thursday, November 10 with Tennis

    Adult Swim Block Party comes to Fort Collins on 11/10​Great news if you've been waiting your whole adult life to attend an Adult Swim Block Party: Here's your chance. The network is planning to rock the block in Fort Collins (specifically, Walnut Street between Linden and Mountain in Old Town) ... More >>

  • Music

    October 13, 2011

    Mosey West

    Vaca Money
    Self-released

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Medical marijuana fundraiser in Denver aims to fight proposed Fort Collins MMC ban, ignorance

    Organic Alternatives​In July, a group called Concerned Fort Collins Citizens petitioned the city to prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries, and their effort was a success. Now, voters will be asked to approve a ban on November 1 -- and to help fight this effort, Citizens For Safer Neighborhoo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Medical marijuana dispensary banned in Windsor now patient resource center

    ​Last November, voters in Windsor outlawed medical marijuana dispensaries -- and as a result, In Harmony Wellness was forced to close this past May. But despite being forbidden to sell cannabis, the business is back as a patient resource center. Today, its owners are staging an open house to r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Tour de Fat raises more than $150,000 for Colorado bike organizations

    Westword photographer Brandon Marshall spotted a penny farthing in City Park at the 2011 Tour de Fat Denver​New Belgium Brewing, the Fort Collins-based brewery with the iconic cruiser bike logo and best known for its Fat Tire Amber Ale, raised more than $90,000 on September 3 for the Overland ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    This Weekend in Stoke: Adrenaline junkies, eat your heart out

    ​Turn out the lights! Director Josh Berman and his Level 1 Productions crew -- local heroes all -- are bringing it tonight at 8 p.m. for the world premiere of After Dark at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, 2637 Welton Street ($15). The twelfth installment in the Level 1 ski porn filmography fea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    All Hands On Deck auction to benefit Ft. Collins' Launch: Community Through Skateboarding

    ​Andy Weiss (former owner of the Market Skateshop in Fort Collins), Alison Alter (an art teacher at Fort Collins High School), and Justin Hocking (co-editor of Life and Limb: Skateboarders Write From the Deep End) called in some favors and brought out some heavy hitters for tonight's All Hands ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Fort Collins group petitions to ban medical marijuana centers

    ​If a group of Fort Collins residents gets its way, patient access to medical marijuana in the northern Colorado college town could be severely limited. The Concerned Fort Collins Citizens (CFCC) filed a petition to ban pot shops on Tuesday, handing in more than 7,500 signatures. If they're de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Best places to do business: Fort Collins places 5th, Denver 9th on Forbes list

    Fort Collins.​Another day, another list on which Colorado finishes in impressive fashion. This time its the Forbes roster of the best places for business, and this square state placed two communities in the top ten: Fort Collins at fifth, Denver at ninth. Here's Forbes' rationale for the stro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    A new Jax Fish House anchors in Fort Collins

    ​"I had nothing to do with it, other than drinking at the bar last Tuesday night," claims Jamey Fader, the culinary director of Big Red F, the Dave Query restaurant group that operates numerous dining dens in Denver and Boulder, including West End Tavern, Lola, Zolo Grill, Happy, Centro and J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Sk8Bit postponed until August

    ​Sk8Bit was supposed to take place this weekend in Ft. Collins, but the event has been cancelled due to a series of unfortunate and mostly unrelated events. Event promoter Marty Kraham notes that he's working to reschedule a date in August at Rollerland with the bulk of the local bands still o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Today: The Great American Meatout

    ​It's never been easier to go vegetarian or vegan, and the annual Great American Meatout (which happens every year on or around March 20) is a fantastic reminder of what we can do for our bodies and for the planet by simply changing our eating habits. Keep reading for a rundown of Meatout even ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Joshua and Devin Scheer: Fort Collins SWAT team gasses them out of house to end standoff

    Big pics below.​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-hour standoff that ended with the deployment of "gas munitions" and charges against Josh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Fort Collins Brewery's newest beer is, uh, black and strapping -- and a part of a growing trend

    Carl Weathers and his more pilsner-looking buddy.​The Fort Collins and Wynkoop brewing companies are the the latest Colorado beer-makers to introduce new black ales, and while the Fort Collins bottle label made me raise a P.C. eyebrow, black ales are definitely becoming more popular. The Incr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Grenade scare second in Colorado in three weeks: What the hell?

    Flickr​Trip over a grenade lately? If not, you're lucky, because they seem to be popping up all over the place lately -- in a park in Colorado Springs on Valentine's Day and now in a vacant home in Fort Collins. Let's hope no one has the dubious idea of using them for Easter eggs. Get details ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Weekend Dance Card: Basic Rhythm, Glo Mega Massive, United Dub Edition, Winterfresh

    ​ Friday night is Basic Rhythm at Sugar House. Just Ben from Whomp Truck headlines the event with other locals, including DJ Matty vs. Just Al, Joshua Red, DJJD, Shapeshifter and Shaggy. Sugar House played host to a few different dance music events recently; this one will be more bass-heavy. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Lissie on her dread-days in Fort Collins and being both indie and major.

    Valerie Phillips​Elisabeth Maurus, who performs under the moniker Lissie, plays tonight at the Bluebird. She had to cancel a show here in October because her voice gave out, but she's eager to return to Colorado. She spent a couple undergraduate years at CSU in Fort Collins. We spoke with her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Silverton Brewing gets a little help from its friends in Fort Collins

    ​Silverton Brewing has hired the Fort Collins Brewing Company to contract-brew and bottle two of its beers so that they can be distributed throughout Colorado. Six-packs of Big Ass Brown and Ice Pick Ale should be available locally in February. The little brewery, which was founded in 2004 by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Hog Wild BBQ closes its Denver outpost

    Go Hog Wild...in Fort Collins​If you go hog wild for Hog Wild BBQ, you're going to need to drive to Fort Collins to get your fix. The shop, at 2103 South Broadway, has closed -- a victim of the City of Denver's plan to widen Evans. Owners Chris and Katie Robinson, who moved to Fort Collins in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 9, 2010

    A First Time for Everything

    Go Hog Wild...in Fort Collins​If you go hog wild for Hog Wild BBQ, you're going to need to drive to Fort Collins to get your fix. The shop, at 2103 South Broadway, has closed -- a victim of the City of Denver's plan to widen Evans. Owners Chris and Katie Robinson, who moved to Fort Collins in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Fort Collins riot: 7 more charged in Old Town's NewWestFest melee, none from CSU

    NewWestFest macing.​The plentiful video footage shot at the Fort Collins riot early on August 22 continues to lead to arrests -- but not of Colorado State University students. Last week, the Fort Collins Police Department announced charges against seven people, only one of whom was a CSU stude ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Fort Collins riot: 7 accused, charges pending on 9 others in post-NewWestFest/Old Town melee

    NewWestFest macing.​On Monday, we shared videos of rioting in Old Town Fort Collins and noted that local police were studying such footage in an attempt to identify participants in the free-for-all. Now, the Fort Collins Police have named seven people (only one a CSU student) they've accused o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Spin includes Candy Claws song as one of fifteen Songs You Must Hear Now!

    ​What a difference a year makes -- well, give or take a few months. While it hasn't quite been a year yet, when it launched its online tour last winter, Candy Claws was still something of an unknown quantity outside of Denver and its home of Fort Collins. And now, with its new album, Hidden La ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Whitewater Ramble's Patrick Sites on the time it's taken to release the band's first studio album

    Darren Mahuron/Summit Studios​ Seven years and more than six-hundred live shows into its career, Whitewater Ramble has completed work on its long awaited studio debut, All Night Drive. It's been quite road getting to this point. The Fort Collins-based act could easily write a book chronicling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Larkburger opens its its fourth location tomorrow in Fort Collins

    ​The Larkburger burger has come a long way since it was first featured on the bar menu of Larkspur Restaurant in Vail. In fact, that burger has proven to be the sandwich that launched a thousand ships. Or at least four.

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Fort Collins sixth best place to live, says Money magaziners -- and they try to prove it

    ​The folks at magazines and websites love to cook up city lists -- rosters proclaiming that a certain burg is the best this, or the worst that. Doing so makes sense, given that people with a connection to those places will click, and the towns themselves will promote the links, garnering even ... More >>

  • Music

    June 17, 2010

    Pep*Squad at the hi-dive

    ​The folks at magazines and websites love to cook up city lists -- rosters proclaiming that a certain burg is the best this, or the worst that. Doing so makes sense, given that people with a connection to those places will click, and the towns themselves will promote the links, garnering even ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Booze, festivals and charity events

    ​Beer release parties, brewery birthdays and Old South Pearl's BrewGrass Festival are where it's at in food this week -- but there's plenty more for teetotalers or those who prefer wine or stronger spirits. Here's a taste of what's ahead: Monday, June 7: Jill's Restaurant, 900 Walnut Street ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Milking free speech: Royal Crest Dairy sues Fort Collins for door-to-door sales ban

    Royal Crest Dairy is having a cow over Fort Collins' ban on door-to-door sales.​Is the door-to-door sale of milk a right protected under the First Amendment? It might sound utterly preposterous, but that's the argument a longtime Colorado milk delivery company is making in a federal lawsuit ag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    FoCoMx as seen through the lens of the Colorado Music Lounge

    Last month, we took a trip up north for the second annual FoCoMx. Our experience was quite different from the one depicted above, namely we ended up spending the bulk of our time on a walking tour of Fort Collins. In our infinite wisdom, we chose to see shows that were a little bit off the grid. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Wake up to a new Snooze in Fort Collins

    ​"Snooze in the Fort, like a pea in the pod, a fit that simply makes our souls sigh. We love the community, the drive, collegiate ways, rivers that flow, beer that reciprocates, environmental leaders, and folks who love great food! A vision for years and a fruition come April 2010!" That's t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Runaway bull in Fort Collins horning in on bad-ass cow's territory

    A fuzzy image of the bull from 9News. Guess the photog didn't want to get too close.​Thunder on the hoof! Again! Today, a runaway bull reportedly wreaked a bovine brand of havoc throughout the morning in Fort Collins before being shot with three tranquilizer darts and led, dazed, into a waiti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    FoCoMX tickets on sale now

    ​Festival season is fast approaching, and the Fort Collins Music Experiment kicks things off locally three weeks from today. FoCoMX debuted last year by featuring most of Northern Colorado's considerable musical talent. This year, they're 50% bigger, which means over 150 bands, which is just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2010

    Mad Greens keeps growing

    ​Denver-based Mad Greens is ready to conquer Fort Collins. On January 12, the company dropped $675,000 on a former Waffle House building at 616 South College Avenue, which will be its second location in that town. Mad Greens opened its first Fort Collins spot at 2120 East Harmony Road a few y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Was medical marijuana the motive for Fort Collins home invasion?

    A Flickr photo"I've got chronic pain! And I can give the same to you!"​Another day, another grabby crime that may (or may not) be related to medical marijuana -- this one a home invasion in Fort Collins that's resulted in the arrest of four subjects who allegedly bound a trio of men and held t ... More >>

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