The pot entrepreneur and activist was the first black woman to open a dispensary in Colorado, and was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the 2017 Cannabis Business Awards for her role in the commercial rise of the plant.
Purposity is a nationwide tech company that connects users to individual stories and tangible “needs” that can be fulfilled within minutes by purchasing requested items off Amazon.
On August 10, an organization called FASTER Colorado is sponsoring a three-day class to instruct teachers, administrators and other school personnel interested in carrying a gun on the job how to stop an active shooter. The idea of armed teachers in classrooms remains controversial, but FASTER Colorado executive director Laura Carno sees the concept as common sense, pure and simple.
9News’ TaRhonda Thomas has been the most prominent African-American personality on Denver TV news over the past several years, and her departure will leave the Mile High City with no African-American anchors at present and just three black reporters at four stations, all of whom currently have significantly smaller on-air roles than she did.
Marijuana-related crime, impaired driving, tax revenue, social consumption and youth use have all been hot topics since retail legalization began in 2014.
This morning, the Tribune Media Company announced that it has terminated its merger agreement with Sinclair Broadcast Group and filed a lawsuit against the latter firm for breach of contract. The collapse of the deal means that Denver’s KWGN, a Tribune property popularly known as Channel 2, won’t fall under the Sinclair umbrella, where insiders feared it would become a right-wing screed machine.
Four marijuana plants have cost a couple in Wash Park $30,000 in legal fees, jail time, a three-year lien on their home and emotional scars that won’t soon go away.
At first, the Denver Police Department inquiry into the passing of seven-year-old Montbello resident Jordan Vong was termed a “death investigation.” But now, the DPD is revealing that a sixteen-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder.
On Friday, August 10, a news conference has been scheduled to discuss new developments in one of the metro area’s most tragic homicide cases: the 1984 hammer murders of parents Bruce and Debra Bennett and seven-year-old daughter Melissa, as well as horrific injuries sustained by the Bennetts’ three-year-old, Vanessa, who survived.
A strain that’s simply low in THC is much harder to find than high-CBD cannabis.
CU Boulder student Daniel Tuttle wanted to stop clicking on useless articles, so he created the Facebook group Stop Clickbait, which now enjoys 200,000 enthusiastic followers.
The meal will finish off by focusing on floral and fruity terpenes like myrcene (mangos) and linalool (citrus and rosewood).
Despite arriving in Colorado with just the bare necessities, this Syrian refugee family lucked out with help from a nonprofit and a sympathetic landlord.
Late August 7, Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen confirmed that the body of seven-year-old Jordan Vong had been found.
Tonight, August 8, Boulder County Democratic Socialists of America members are sponsoring “What Is Socialism?,” an event intended to teach folks in the community what socialism means, as well as to offer a vision of what a socialist Boulder County might look like.
Last month, metro Denver rent prices hit new heights, with no end in sight. So it’s a pleasant surprise that the latest data shows a moderating of rates across the Mile High City and its closest neighbors. Indeed, the costs in several places are actually lower now than they were at this time last year, making them relative bargains by comparison with the communities nearest them.
Already a big presence in Oregon and Washington dispensaries, Grape Skunk has recently become easier to find in Denver.
There is a growing movement in Colorado and other parts of the United States to establish public banks that are owned and operated by local governments, offering a financial alternative to large, powerful Wall Street banks.
Households receiving assistance under SNAP can now visit the Denver Botanic Gardens and other cultural attractions for just one dollar.
Baseball holds its all-star game with less than half of the season left, so why can’t we?
The future of fracking in Colorado could come down to the fate of a lawsuit and the November election.
The office of Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, who earlier this year was accused of sexual harassment by a Denver police detective who’d worked for him, dodged an investigation by the Denver City Council for his behavior even though it appeared to violate city rules. Now, new policies put forward by Hancock’s office say that he will face a non-Council third-party inquiry, but only if he sexually harasses in the future.
