Colorado Cannabis Calendar: Prepare to Ring Out 2017
Nearly four years after recreational sales began, legal cannabis continues to be the gift that keeps on giving. The Cannabis Calendar for December 17 offers plenty of proof.
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Op Ed: Do They Know It’s Christmas?
How one man made a difference to help those experiencing homelessness.
Dreaming of a White Christmas, a Relatively Rare Gift in Denver
You might be surprised to know that Denver usually doesn’t see a white Christmas, but it looks like the Mile High City will enjoy one this year.
If You Have Colorado Plates, Don’t Drive Through Childress, Texas!
Traveling this holiday season? Don’t drive through Childress, Texas, with Colorado plates.
Reader: KBPI’s Switch to Country Proves Rock’s Increasing Lack of Relevance
Radio listeners are loyal to their station, so it’s no surprise that news about 106.7 FM, also known as KBPI, switching from rock to country incensed many of you.
Reader: Greedy People Are Going to Screw Up Legal Pot
A fundraiser on December 23 will help Sweet Leaf employees who are now out of work have a merrier Christmas; a second fundraiser will help cover legal costs. But some colleagues aren’t sympathetic.
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Op Ed: Ending Child and Family Homelessness
Over one-third of homeless persons in the U.S. are children.
Colorado Sovereigns Charged With “Paper Terrorism” Going Down One by One
On December 20, a mistrial was declared in the Nevada Bundy case. One of the self-proclaimed judges who advised the Bundys, Bruce Doucette, is among the eight individuals who were arrested in March in Colorado; he’s sentenced for trial on February 26.
Cannabis Community Holding Fundraisers for Sweet Leaf Employees
Members of Denver’s cannabis community are banding together to hold fundraisers in support of Sweet Leaf employees affected by the company’s swift indefinite shutdown by the Denver Police Department, Marijuana Enforcement Divisions and other enforcement agencies on December 14.
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Audit Sees Room for Improvement in Denver’s Short-Term Rental Program
Short-term rentals are a big business in Denver. But a new audit shows room for improvement in the city’s program.
Ten Strains I’d Like to See in Denver in 2018
Pillars like Afghani, Durban Poison and Sour Diesel always deserve a spot on the shelves, but as with any other indulgence, it’s nice to try some new varieties.
Ten Best Kyle Clark Tweets of 2017
Kyle Clark, host of the 9News’ weeknightly program Next With Kyle Clark, is Denver TV’s current king of social media, as well as our pick for best local media figure to follow on Twitter in the 2017 Best of Denver issue. And our pick was more than justified by Clark tweets over the course of the year. Take a look at our ten favorites below.
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Who’ll Be Watching Colorado Ethics After Colorado Ethics Watch Dies?
In a day and age when ethics in government appears to be in short supply, Colorado Ethics Watch has announced that the organization will be shutting its doors for good at year’s end for budgetary reasons. But CEW director Luis Toro is hopeful that ethics oversight in the state won’t suffer too much as a result.
Congresswoman DeGette Will Push to Reverse Net Neutrality Roll-Back
A Resolution of Disapproval is a legislative procedure used to reverse rulings made by the executive branch.
Colorado Led the Way…Who’ll Join the Legal Pot Club in 2018?
Four states legalized recreational marijuana in the 2016 election, following in the footsteps of Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C. But in the year since, only Nevada made retail pot sales a reality.
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Colorado Public Radio’s Max Wycisk on Stepping Down, What’s Next for CPR
After more than forty years with Colorado Public Radio, the majority of it as the organization’s president, Max Wycisk has announced that he’ll step down as CPR’s boss at the end of June 2018. But he stresses that his move shouldn’t be interpreted as a sign of turmoil within the state’s largest and most powerful public-radio network.
How School Shooter Bruco Eastwood Changed State Law Seven Years Later
As we’ve reported, a December 15 hearing that could have given additional freedoms to Bruco Eastwood, who’s lived at the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo since being found not guilty by reason of insanity for the 2010 shooting at Deer Creek Middle School, was canceled at the last minute. Among those relieved by this turn of events was Eastwood’s prosecutor, Steve Jensen, who channeled his frustration over a judge’s refusal to allow his psychiatric expert to interview the gunman into legislation requiring that court-ordered mental health examinations be recorded on audio and video. Believe it or not, doing so wasn’t mandated until the bill became law nearly seven years after the shooting. Here’s the story of Jensen’s quest and Eastwood’s role in it.
Boulder Entrepreneur Offering Cannabis Scholarship for Students
A Boulder potrepreneur wants to share both his wealth and his interest in cannabis: Matt Kind, host of the podcast CannaInsider, is starting a scholarship fund to encourage students to consider a job in legal pot.
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Ask a Stoner: Should I Mail My Edibles or Fly With Them?
Both are easy – and illegal.
ACLU Investigating Death of Iranian Immigrant at Aurora Detention Facility
The ACLU of Colorado has filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain more information about how a 64-year-old Iranian man, Kamyar Samimi, died while being held at ICE’s detention center in Aurora on December 2.
Top Ten Denver Trends of 2017
Denver has had its share of eras — but every year seems to mark the coming and going of some element of local culture, and 2017 was no different. Sure, we had the restaurants that opened and closed, the sports seasons that are, frankly, better left to the dustbin of history, and news that confused and concerned us and then faded out of our attention span to make room for more news.
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Developers Try — and Fail — to Delay the Green Roof Initiative
The Colorado Real Estate Alliance, whose members includes many businesses that campaigned against I-300, sent Mayor Michael Hancock and Denver City Council a letter on December 5 asking for a six-month stay of implementation of the ordinance.