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Why Keanu Reeves Has Been Blamed for Both Parkland and Columbine
As we’ve noted, reporters and anchors covering the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, have frequently mentioned the disturbing similarity between images from the latest tragic event, during which seventeen people died, and those from the April 20, 1999, attack on Columbine High School in Littleton. But there’s another tie between these tragedies beyond bloodshed and heartache. Politicians and stakeholders desperate to deflect calls for tougher gun laws are once again suggesting that violence in popular culture is more responsible for what happened in Parkland than are easily procured automatic weapons. And as was the case after Columbine, one of the main whipping boys is actor Keanu Reeves.
Leon Christopher, College Ski Champ, ID’d as Skier Who Died at Keystone
The man killed in a fatal accident at Keystone on Sunday, February 25, has been identified as 32-year-old North Carolina resident Leon Harding Christopher III. He’s the third person to die at a Colorado ski area during the 2017-2018 season and the second to lose his life at Keystone, following an accident that took the life of Nathan Enright in December.
Filmmaker Windy Borman Talks Puffragettes and The Women of Weed
In an interview with Westword, Borman talks about “puffragettes,” today’s challenges in the industry and much more.
The 2018 Race Might Be the Last Big Democratic Stand Against Coffman
Mike Coffman is likely facing his toughest electoral challenge since 2011 redistricting. But if he prevails, he will finally firmly solidify himself in his swingy congressional district.
Who Owns an Elected City Official’s Social-Media Pages?
A complaint alleges that Denver City Council President Albus Brooks used city resources via Twitter to promote a campaign fundraiser. But Brooks argues no one but he controls @AlbusBrooksD9.
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Women, Weed and Work Ethic: This Week’s Cannabis Calendar
The cannabis calendar is filling as February moves to March 2018.
Colorado Wins More 2018 Winter Olympics Medals Than 78 Countries
In the first few days after the start of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, we shared a post headlined “Colorado’s Won More 2018 Winter Olympic Medals Than 81 Countries” to celebrate the achievements of the state’s first two medalists, snowboarders Red Gerard and Arielle Gold. In the days that followed, plenty of other athletes from these parts competed in various disciplines, and while critics expressed disappointment with the performance of the U.S. Olympic team overall, Coloradans still managed to collect ten medals, more than 78 of the nations that took part.
Kratom, Marijuana Can Help People Kick Opiates, Addiction Expert Says
After Denver Environmental Health prohibited sales of kratom for human consumption in the wake of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration alert late last year, advocates for the plant-based pain reliever spoke out, with many saying the product had helped them kick addictions to powerful opioids, including heroin. These testimonials are echoed by Roxanne Gullikson, facility director for Portland, Maine’s Greener Pastures Holisticare, a residential treatment center opening next month that will use kratom in combination with marijuana as part of a formal and comprehensive addiction treatment regimen. To her, Denver’s ban is both unjustified and potentially damaging.
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Second Skier Death at Keystone This Season
On the afternoon of Sunday, February 25, a skier died at Keystone, a short time before 47-year-old Gabriel Wright was killed while snowboarding in the backcountry not far from his home in Telluride. The Keystone death is the second this season at the resort, following the fatal accident that took the life of Nathan Enright in December. And the ski area has also been at the center of two other major stories recently shared in this space, involving a controversial negligence ruling and an organ-and-tissue-donation failure after the passing of Jason Taylor, who was killed at Keystone two years ago.
Reader: We Need Better Highways Now!
CDOT is proposing at least one fix to a problem known as “The Gap.” The treacherous eighteen-mile stretch of Interstate 25 between Castle Rock and Monument could be expanded to include a toll lane.
Op Ed: How Social Consumption Lounges Will Improve Our Communities
The president and general counsel for Weedmaps predicts that 2018 will be a big year for the cannabis industry.
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Reader: No One’s Blaming the Guns, They’re Blaming Easy Access
Debates about guns and access to them continues more than a week after the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left seventeen students and staff dead. And in Colorado, home to the most infamous school shooting in modern history, the debates feel especially personal.
Anti-Pot Group Releases Scathing Report Card on Commercial Cannabis
Two conservative organizations are joining forces to burst Colorado’s pot bubble while warning other states of what they believe has been a big mistake.
Bill to Address Pot-Tax Error Signed Into Law
SB 88 zoomed through the Colorado General Assembly in barely over a month and was signed by Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne on Thursday, February 22.
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Sweet Leaf Moving Ahead With New Thornton Store
The dispensary chain’s Thornton location could be open within the next couple months, according to Thornton city officials.
Aurora Mobile Home Park Sues Landlord, Fights Gentrification
Denver Meadows Mobile Home & RV Park residents offered their landlord $20.4 million to buy their community and prevent it from redevelopment. But he refused. Now, residents are suing their landlord for what they allege is retaliation for their years of community organizing to thwart redevelopment. And they’re taking their fight all the way to city hall.
Mothers Against Cory Gardner on Guns: “I’m Terrified”
At 10:30 a.m. today, February 23, members of several Indivisible groups along the urban corridor will be both outside and inside Senator Cory Gardner’s Denver office, at 721 19th Street, to protest what they see as his tone-deafness when it comes to the need for gun legislation of the sort students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida began calling for in the wake of the February 14 shooting there.
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Sheriff: Blaming School Killings on Guns Is Like Blaming Burglaries on Locks
The February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida has sparked numerous threats in Colorado, where student arrests and increased security at various facilities have occurred statewide during recent days, as well as plenty of conversation about whether new gun-control laws are needed. Against this backdrop, Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario has stirred controversy aplenty by way of a Facebook video on view here in which he suggests that blaming weapons for such incidents is flat-out nonsensical.
Jeff Murphy Is 6th to Die Seeking Forrest Fenn’s Treasure, Says Ex-Wife of Victim
A Freedom of Information Act request conducted by Montana’s KULR-TV has revealed that Jeff Murphy, who died from a 500 foot fall in Yellowstone National Park last June, had been searching for a $2 million treasure said to have been hidden by New Mexico author Forrest Fenn. As we’ve reported, three Coloradans previously died in this quest during the past two years, making Murphy the fourth person confirmed to have lost his life during a Fenn treasure hunt. But the ex-wife of one victim from the state believes that two additional people have perished to date for what she’s dubbed a hoax, bringing the total to six.
Denver TV Stations’ Desperate Pitches for Stars in DIA Train Voice Contest
After Denver International Airport announced the ten finalists for its new train voice contest on February 12, 104.3 The Fan host Darren “D-Mac” McKee ripped Fox31 anchor Jeremy Hubbard’s candidacy, and his own exclusion from the competition, resulting in a hilarious Twitter war between the pair. And now, with the February 25 deadline for online voting fast approaching, the campaigns for the various local TV (and radio) personalities have gotten increasingly desperate.
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March in Solidarity With Parkland Shooting Survivors Planned for March 24
The local March for Our Lives is being organized by Tay Anderson, a nineteen-year-old activist who has emerged in recent months as a prominent voice in the Mile High City.