PeaceJam Revs Up Its Billion Acts for Peace Campaign
The international success story got its start in Denver.
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Broncos Quarterback Case Keenum Chronicles His Roller-Coaster Career in New Memoir
Today, September 4, Keenum joins a small group of professional football players that have published books with the release of Playing for More.
Five Colorado Border Towns Embracing Dispensaries
Most Colorado cities and counties still ban the sale of legal cannabis, and border towns are a prime example of that hesitancy.
Ask a Stoner: Why Don’t Dispensaries Accept Vertical IDs?
This is a store policy, not a law, but that policy is becoming more common.
What Happened Before George Roloff’s Daring Escape and Recapture
Yesterday, September 3, George Roloff and fellow inmate Luke Tanner escaped from the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility in Cañon City, prompting a statewide alert. But Tanner was soon recaptured, followed a short time later by Roloff, who’d earned a sentence of more than 150 years for a bizarre crime spree he said was prompted in part by a fear of witchcraft.
Going to the DMV in Colorado Just Got Worse
It’s not often that you can confirm the accuracy of a news story in real time. But that’s what happened during recent days in regard to a report about delays at Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles offices in regard to the issuing of permanent license plates.
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Denver One-Bedroom Rent Up Most of 25 Priciest U.S. Cities in Past Year
The percentage increase of one-bedroom rent in Denver is greater on a year-to-year basis than in the U.S. of A.’s 25 priciest markets.
Op Ed: Do You Want to Build a Better Shrimp This Election?
Think before you vote this election.
Reader: The Feds Will Want to Get Their Greedy Paws on Weed Cash
Is the White House really waging a secret war on pot?
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Op Ed: Keep the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge Closed
Thomas Jefferson said in the Declaration of Independence that our government derives its power “from the consent of the governed.” The governed did not consent to Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge opening to the public, which Fish and Wildlife Service says will happen on September 15.
Op Ed: Your Article Was an Insult to All Legitimate Cannabis Patients
One of Colorado’s first official medical marijuana card-holders responds to reader comments about MMJ.
Reader: Chicago Would Never Build the Same Sh*t That’s Being Built in Denver
As Denver’s housing market gets more expensive, sellers seem to think buyers will buy less for more. Case in point: We found some pretty despicable properties on sale for $250,000, which would afford a perfectly lovely home in less insane markets.
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Jury Finds Deputy Who Paralyzed Cody Cox Was Justified: Here’s Why
More than four years after Clear Creek County Deputy Don Wilson shot Cody Cox in the neck after a car chase on Interstate 70 near Georgetown, leaving him paralyzed, a jury has found that his actions were justified.
Joe Neguse on His Parents’ Refugee Story and Making History in Congress
Joe Neguse is in a tricky position. As the Democratic nominee for Congress in the 2nd District, which includes Boulder and is currently represented by gubernatorial hopeful Jared Polis, pretty much the only way he can lose is if a bizarrely specific virus kills every progressive voter before November.
Why It’s So Hard to Figure Out the Real Dangers of Stoned Driving
Recent Colorado Department of Transportation figures show that stoned driving fatalities went down from 2016 to 2017 for those over the legal intoxication limit but up in fatal crashes involving drivers who tested positive for any marijuana in their system, whether above the line or under it. Such mixed results are typical according to a new report, which acknowledges that getting firm answers about the risks involved with driving high remains an enormous challenge.
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Mr. MED, Jim Burack, on Legal Marijuana Enforcement in Colorado
Westword interviewed one of the state’s most powerful marijuana officials to learn about his job and opinions on commercializing the plant.
Northside Family Feels Duped in Forced Sale of Home for National Western Expansion
David Torres thought it was all over. Then, last week, his brother spotted a placard nailed to the home his family was forced to sell to the National Western Center.
Michael Bennet “Deeply Concerned” About White House Anti-Pot Committee
“By cherry-picking data to support pre-ordained and misinformed conclusions on marijuana, the Trump Administration has further eroded any credibility it had on this issue,” Bennet writes in the letter to Carroll.
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24-Hour Hotline to Report ICE Raids in Colorado Extends to Wyoming
Immigrant-rights organizations in Colorado and Wyoming have joined forces to create a 24-hour, interstate hotline to report ICE raids.
Greg Lopez: A Non-Millionaire Can Still Become Colorado Governor
Former Parker mayor Lopez finished behind Colorado GOP gubernatorial nominee Walker Stapleton and entrepreneur Victor Mitchell, both of whom had being war chests and dipped into them with abandon. But he still feels that “you don’t need a lot of money. You just have to have the right candidate with the right message and the right ability — the ability to connect and make people understand that you’re there not for yourself, but to help the state and make things better.”
Blagg Juror Says His Company Punished Him for Serving on Panel
A juror in the Michael Blagg murder trial last spring has filed a lawsuit against his employer, claiming that his supervisors pressured him to find a way to duck jury service — and retaliated against him after he spent six weeks on the panel that found Blagg guilty of killing his wife.
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CSU Off the Hook in Dr. Christina Boucher’s Ogling Lawsuit
Dr. Christina Boucher’s ogling lawsuit against Colorado State University was superpowered by the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, a project launched in the wake of sexual-harassment horror stories linked to disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein and others. But despite the increased attention being paid to complaints like hers across the country, a jury has ruled against her, finding that CSU’s actions didn’t qualify as improper retaliation.