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Where in Colorado You’re Most Likely to Die on Road, Be Killed by Drunk Driver
According to new data released by the Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado traffic fatalities are up 29 percent since 2014, with casualties last year reaching their highest total since 2004. In addition, CDOT has shared data about the counties and cities in the state with the most traffic deaths overall and separate statistics about the incidents that involved an impaired driver. Many but not all of the places with the worst figures can be traced to the Denver metro area.
Kratom Raid: Myxed Up Protests Order to Destroy Product Under Denver Ban
Hours after Denver Environmental Health announced a ban on the sale of kratom for human consumption in the city late last yeaer, DEH representatives allegedly stormed into a local business selling the herbal substance, which has gained popularity for its pain-relieving effects, and ordered stock valued in the thousands of dollars to be destroyed on the spot. A lawyer for the shop managed to stop that from happening, and he’s now preparing for a February 8 appeal hearing over what went down.
Ask a Stoner: What Are Some Good Strains for Pain?
There is a consistent factor in any sort of cannabis product that helps extreme pain: potency.
General Assembly Offers Lessons in Being Decent, aka Harassment Prevention Training
After this last round of legislators gone wild in Colorado — four politicians have been accused of sexual harassment in two months — lawyers have descended on the Capitol to teach handsy politicians how to maneuver the murky waters of a mixed-gender professional workplace.
Deadline for Free Equifax Credit Freeze Extended to June
Since the Equifax data breach, where more than 143 million Americans had their personal data hacked, consumers have been urged to freeze their credit to ensure that their identities were protected. Now, the deadline for free credit freezes are up. Here’s what you need to know.
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Stop Probation Offices From Colluding With ICE, Lawmakers Tell State Supreme Court
On Tuesday, January 30, the Colorado Democratic Latino Caucus sent a letter to the Chief Justice of Colorado’s Supreme Court, Nancy Rice, demanding that all state-run probation offices cease voluntary assistance with federal immigration enforcement.
Tom Tancredo on Leaving Guv’s Race, Being Called a C*cksucker
On January 30, Tom Tancredo announced that he was dropping out of the 2018 Colorado governor’s race, and in talking about his reasons for doing so, he speaks in the sort of unfiltered manner that is incredibly rare for any politician, no matter his ideological beliefs. Take these comments about the angry mood among some members of the electorate as epitomized by Internet trolls.
Why Corey “Save Your Heart” Clemons Was Shot Dead in Front of His Mom
Mere months after getting a tattoo on the left side of his chest that read, “Save Your Heart for Someone Who Leaves You Breathless,” Corey Clemons’s heart stopped. In the immediate aftermath of his fatal shooting in Aurora two years ago, few details were released, and that remained the case even after Lloyd Rickey Henderson was arrested and charged with the crime days later. But now, in the wake of Henderson’s conviction and sentencing, we know that the gunman felled Clemons in front of his mother after using a bullet to intervene in a clash between her son and her live-in boyfriend that both parties would have otherwise survived.
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Why Colorado Tokers Love Opium
Opium cannabis provides heavy pain and stress relief without instantly making you comatose, giving users a solid hour or so of visual and cerebral effects before pulling them down a hole of blissful fatigue.
Alleged Groper David Mueller Talks Lard, Not Taylor Swift, on New Station
At this writing, former Denver disc jockey David Mueller, who singer Taylor Swift said “grabbed my bare ass” at a Pepsi Center concert in 2013, is on the air at his new station, KIX 92.7 in Greenwood, Mississippi, and trying his damnedest to dodge controversy. During the portions of the broadcast we heard, Mueller, referring to himself simply as Jackson (and not Stonewall Jackson, as has been widely reported), studiously avoided any mention of the angry pop star looming over his career while hosting one of the most awkward and boring shows in the history of radio.
Tom Tancredo Reportedly Dropping Out of Governor’s Race
The 2018 race for governor of Colorado just got a lot less interesting. Tom Tancredo has reportedly dropped out of the contest, citing an inability to raise enough money for him to be competitive.
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Could Amazon Be Trolling Denver With HQ2? New York Times Suggests So
Just as Amazon compiles data about consumers’ searches and web activities to push product recommendations, the company is obtaining a shocking amount of economic, demographic and infrastructure data from the cities bidding for HQ2.
How Many Towns in Colorado Allow Marijuana Sales?
Amendment 64, the initiative that legalized retail marijuana, allows cities to decide whether to ban or allow marijuana businesses, and if so, which type of businesses.
Federal Regulators Want to Ban Zen Magnets, but Shihan Qu Battles On
The Consumer Product Safety Commission wants to ban Zen magnets, but owner Shihan Qu has powerful forces on his side.
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Harold Mortis Sentenced for Rapper Murder That Doomed Cold Crush
Harold Mortis has been sentenced to forty years in prison for the 2016 murder of Tyrone Adair Jr., a performer better known to local music lovers as BossMan Goodie. But Mortis’s senseless act also played a major part in the death of Cold Crush, the hip-hop club where the slaying took place, even though the nightspot didn’t close for good until nearly a year later.
Ten Denver Neighborhoods With the Fastest Falling Rent
We recently shared information with you about the ten Denver neighborhoods where rent prices rose the fastest in 2017. Now, we offer the other side of the coin — the ten neighborhoods in Denver proper where rent fell by the largest percentage.
Ask a Stoner: Is Smoking Pot Ruining My Game?
The highs given off by cannabis strains vary considerably; certain sativas might make you make anxious and uncomfortable in crowded places, while some indicas can wipe your mind of all wit and put you on an endless yawning spree.
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Abel Palmer Made Small Mistake and Was Buried in Entire Season’s Snowpack
According to a just released final report from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), 27-year-old Durango resident Abel Palmer did almost everything right on January 21, when he and a companion chose to partake in some backcountry skiing between Red Mountain Pass and the Town of Silverton, in an area known to locals as Sam’s Trees. But one small mistake, during which he accidentally entered an area he hadn’t planned to enter, led to him becoming the first person in Colorado to die in an avalanche during 2018.
Yes, Denver Buses the Homeless to Other Parts of the U.S., but It’s Not Nefarious
It turns out that, yes, Denver does have a busing program for its homeless, but it’s not robust or conspiratorial.
Microdosing With Cannabis to Help Your Spirituality
Becca Williams provides the cannabis, always CBD-dominant and usually in flower form, but there’s no requirement to smoke.
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Eric Ashby Finally ID’d as Rafter Who Died Looking for Forrest Fenn Treasure
On June 28, 2017, Eric Ashby went missing in the Arkansas River while reportedly searching for a $2 million treasure hidden by New Mexico author Forrest Fenn. Four weeks or so afterward, human remains were found on the river in Fremont County, and just shy of six months later, they’ve finally been identified as Ashby. He is now officially the third person from Colorado to perish while looking for this prize during a period of about a year and a half.