Drug Free America Believes Legal Weed Exploits the Opioid Epidemic
One of legal marijuana’s growing justifications is a potential to combat America’s opioid crisis, but anti-pot groups are claiming just the opposite.
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Unique Hemp Treatment Facility Taking Form in Parachute
The Colorado Hemp Institute hopes to be one of the country’s first nutraceutical and medical hemp research and treatment facilities.
Report Offers No Clues Into What Caused Explosion at Oil Well Near Windsor
Extraction Oil & Gas was the operator of the Windsor drilling site when it went up in flames on December 22. More than two months later, the company still doesn’t know exactly what happened that night, according to its preliminary report.
CSU Student Arrested at Anti-Fracking Protest in Greeley
A 23-year-old CSU student was arrested on two charges today at a proposed drilling site next door to Bella Romero Academy for protesting the fracking activity and what he called “environmental racism.” Now, he’s facing his first court hearing on March 9, and he will be in police custody until he can post bail.
Civic Center 420 Festival Lineup Announced; No Smoking or Politics Planned
There’s a new 4/20 event at Civic Center Park this year, and it’s bringing along some big names with it.
Recalling Star Denver Sportscaster Gary Cruz, Who Tried to Kick Cancer’s Ass
Gary Cruz, a popular Denver sportscaster during a reported seventeen-year run that included parts of three decades, has died of cancer in Arizona at age 68. And while he’s been off the Mile High City airwaves for more than a generation, he remains well remembered among many local viewers.
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Why Gunsmoke Guns’ Rich Wyatt, Ex-Reality TV Star, Got 78 Months in Prison
Rich Wyatt, the star of American Guns, a once-popular Discovery Channel program that showcased him, his telegenic family, including wife Renee and kids Paige and Kurt, and his business, Wheat Ridge’s Gunsmoke Guns, has been sentenced to 78 months, or six-and-a-half years, in prison for conspiring to deal firearms without a license and multiple tax charges. The verdict, which comes nearly a year after he was found guilty of these offenses, represents the ultimate comedown for a once-prominent TV personality who rubbed shoulders with celebrities such as rock star Ted Nugent and even a former President of the United States, George W. Bush.
First Breckenridge Skier Death This Season, Tenth in Past Three
A thus-far-unidentified male skier died at Breckenridge ski area yesterday, March 8. He is the first fatality at Breckenridge during the 2017-2018 season but the tenth since 2015-2016. In addition, the skier is the third person to lose his life on or near Breckenridge’s Peak 8 during that span.
Sheriff Department Releases Stats on Jail Assaults, Complete With Bodily Fluids
New DPS head Troy Riggs promised a new era of transparency during a meeting with journalists on Thursday, March 8, and had Sheriff Firman provide jail assault stats to prove his point.
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Denver Officials Tell Pot Industry How to Get Up to Code
Operating a legal cannabis business comes with a unique allure, but it also comes with a lot of obstacles and head-scratching.
Seven Ways to Improve Caucus Turnout
The voters of Colorado got together Tuesday night to start the process of electing the state’s next governor — or at least some voters did. Back in 2016, energized by what they thought was going to be a banner year for Democrats in America’s highest office (surprise!), caucus attendance numbers were some of the highest ever — which meant that about 13 percent of active voters participated. That’s a pretty low number to label high.
Erik Soliván, Former Head of Denver’s Housing Office, on His Resignation, Future
Last week was Erik Soliván’s last as a City of Denver employee. On Wednesday, March 7, he sat down with Westword to talk about his future.
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Claude Wilkerson: Just 6 Years for Ex-Death Row Inmate’s Awful Abuse Case
In early 2016, we told you about the Western Slope arrest of former Texas death-row resident Claude Wilkerson for allegedly keeping a woman chained to his bed and repeatedly raping her. Just over two years later, Wilkerson has agreed to a plea deal in the case, and it’s a sweet one. He’s admitted guilt to a pair of lesser charges, for which he’ll serve just six years behind bars and three on probation — an astonishingly brief sentence given the initial description of his crimes.
How Power Elite Kept Michael Hancock Out of Prostitution Ring Scandal
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s apology for sending inappropriate texts to Denver police officer Leslie Branch-Wise in 2011 and 2012, when she was on his security detail, has sparked renewed interest in reports from that same period of him having been a client of the Denver Players/Denver Sugar prostitution ring. How did Hancock skate out of trouble back then? A recording of a conversation between Scottie Ewing, the enterprise’s central figure, and the Denver Post’s Chuck Plunkett, now the paper’s editorial page editor, demonstrates how Denver’s power elite managed to prevent Hancock, the mayor-elect at the time, from being brought down by the scandal. And you can bet similar dynamics are at play today in regard to the Branch-Wise matter.
Sam Failla: The Mysterious Eleven Hours Before Vail Ski Instructor’s Tragic Death
On February 6, as we’ve reported, 24-year-old Sam Failla was declared dead just outside Vail ski area, where he worked as an instructor. Today, the circumstances of Sam’s tragic passing, and particularly the eleven hours or so that elapsed between an exhausted companion’s first 911 call and the discovery of Failla’s body in a stream only about a mile from the base of a major ski lift, remain mysterious. And while the investigation is ongoing, John Failla, Sam’s father, believes multiple opportunities to save his son’s life were missed.
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Ask a Stoner: Can I Take Cannabis Clones Out of Colorado?
Seeds are harder to cultivate and don’t always produce a female plant, but they’re much easier to ship or travel with.
One Dead in Massive Blaze in Uptown
A hundred firefighters battled a three-alarm fire at a construction site at 1899 North Emerson Street in City Park that broke out Wednesday afternoon.
Which Colorado Counties Allow Cannabis Sales?
Cannabis possession is allowed all across Colorado, but every town and county is allowed to decide whether or not to allow pot businesses within their jurisdictions.
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Former Denver City Councilwoman: Mayor Hancock’s Apology Was a “Cop Out”
Former Denver City Council rep Susan Shepherd calls Mayor Hancock’s apology to Detective Leslie Branch-Wise a cop out.
RTD Isn’t Raising Fares to Pay for Proposed Low-income Passes. At Least Not Yet.
After several media outlets declared fare increases last week, RTD has been on the offensive to clear up what it says has been a misunderstanding.
Colorado Caucus Results 2018: Cary Kennedy Is the Big Democratic Winner
Results from the 2018 Colorado caucus are nearly complete, and while state Republicans aren’t releasing details about the vote, Democratic attendees have given gubernatorial candidate Cary Kennedy a big victory. At this writing, she has 50 percent of the vote, more than all of her competitors combined.
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Free Pot Case Lawyer: Attorney General Coffman Not Licensed Under Her Name
Last July, as we’ve reported, Joseph Hopper and twelve others associated with Hoppz’ Cropz stores in Colorado Springs were indicted for alleged illegal distribution of marijuana (nearly 200 pounds’ worth) in a variation on the sort of “free” pot giveaway schemes that date back to the days before and just after the launch of legal recreational cannabis sales in the state. Now, Rob Corry, Hopper’s attorney, has filed a motion to dismiss the charges based on a technicality — specifically that Colorado Attorney General Cynthia H. Coffman isn’t licensed to practice law in the state under the name listed in the document. And he’s right.