On July 27, the Committee voted to include a budget amendment that prevents the Department of Justice from using any federal money to prevent States from “implementing a law that authorizes the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.”
If you’re vegan, you not only want to avoid animal products, you want to make sure anything you eat is clean and pesticide-free. That means edibles, too. Here are four sites stocked with recipes if you want to make your own.
A settlement has been reached in the case of Grant Neal, a CSU Pueblo student and football player who was suspended for what a witness believed was a non-consensual sexual encounter with a female athletic trainer. But as part of the pact, neither the university nor Neal’s legal representatives will say how the matter was resolved or if any money changed hands.
The owners of a “luxury smoke lounge” have filed suit against Trinidad officials, claiming the city is courting out-of-state tourists with its burgeoning cannabis industry, yet providing them with no legal way to consume their purchases.
This morning, July 27, AM 760, an iHeartMedia station that experienced a major shakeup just over three months ago with the departure of former wide receiver turned broadcaster Ed McCaffrey, as described in our previous coverage, on view below, has undergone a format flip. The outlet’s mix of syndicated programming and local sports coverage has been revamped as Orange & Blue Radio, whose sole focus will be the Denver Broncos.
In a series of morning tweets, President Trump announced the U.S. would no longer allow transgender individuals like Castle Rock’s Emma Shinn to serve in the military.
Pit bulls are banned in eight Colorado cities, with the policy having resulted in thousands of dogs from the breed getting euthanized in Denver alone over the years. But far from being outlawed, a dog named Kara is actually enforcing the law as the only official narcotics-detection pit bull for a state law-enforcement agency, the all-volunteer Colorado Mounted Rangers.
Convicted meth dealer Raymond Cordova has pleaded guilty to desecrating a human body in the tragic case of Kelly Mae Myers, an eighteen-year-old Grand Junction resident. Authorities now believe Myers, who went missing in late 2014, died of an overdose while in the company of Cordova, who cut up her body and stuffed it into a suitcase that was found several months later.
Prices at dispensaries can vary heavily, so how much is too much at the cash register? Our Stoner answers.
On Tuesday, the Colorado Rapid Response Network confirmed five ICE raids throughout Colorado, that occurred on Monday and Tuesday, July 24 and 25.
Buddies Wellness LLC, also known as La Bodega dispensary, has issued a voluntary recall on medical marijuana concentrates effective immediately.
Colorado Common Cause, a Denver-based advocacy group, is shedding light on the political influence that ALEC has had on Colorado lawmakers.
Good news—Frontier Airlines is hiring. And not a moment too soon, it seems, based on the spectacular flame-out of Frontier’s recently departed Head of Corporate Communications Jim Faulkner, who lists “crisis communications” as one of his responsibilities on his LinkedIn profile. One has to wonder if he got a little mixed up as to what that term implies. We do not think that means what you think it means, Mr. Faulkner.Faulkner’s inadvisable attack on 9News’ Kyle Clark—after a clear misinterpretation of a snarky Frontier Airlines story on Clark’s newstastic show Next, ended his career at the airline at least one day early—opening the door for another equally gifted communications expert to grace Denver’s hometown airline. But what are the requirements for the gig? Here are ten suggestions.
Rocker and gun lover Ted Nugent has waded into the 2018 race for Colorado governor, Facebook-posting an endorsement of 18th Judicial District DA George Brauchler, who’s best known nationally for having prosecuted the Aurora theater shooting case. As the Nuge sang on the 1977 hard-rock classic album Cat Scratch Fever, “Wang dang sweet poontang!”
It’s just over a month before the 2017 edition of Denver Go Topless Day, which is scheduled for August 26. But in the run-up to that event, Fort Collins continues to fight a temporary restraining order issued earlier this year against the enforcement of a public-indecency ordinance that includes the words “the breast or breasts of a female,” despite a statement from the ruling judge that he would likely rule against the community on constitutional grounds. This stance exasperates co-plaintiff Brit Hoagland, who continues to follow the case even after leaving FoCo, as well as regular criticism by residents and officials opposed to topless equality.
Thirteen people associated with Hoppz’ Cropz stores in Colorado Springs, including co-owners Joseph Hooper, also known as “Joey Hops,” and Dara Wheatley, nicknamed “Boss Lady,” have been indicted on charges that they illegally distributed nearly 200 pounds of marijuana 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.
The Cough — also known as Colorado Cough and Fort Collins Cough, depending on whom you ask — is a homegrown strain out of Fort Collins, popping up in Colorado State University dorms in the late ’90s and gaining popularity as the medical marijuana industry expanded its footprint after 2008.
The ACLU of Colorado has filed a class-action lawsuit seeking a dramatic change in the Colorado Department of Corrections hepatitis C policy, calling its approach to rationing treatment a violation of constitutional guarantees against cruel and unusual punishment.
On August 21, the moon will cover the sun over a narrow, sixty- to seventy-mile swath across the U.S. for the first time in nearly a century.
Kent Thiry, the CEO of Denver-based kidney dialysis giant DaVita, who was recently satirized in brutal fashion on an episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, has opted out of running for Colorado governor in 2018. But while this development removes one well-heeled potential guv hopeful from the equation, the amount of money expected to be spent by current competitors and those still flirting with candidacy will likely be record-setting.
It only takes one hail storm to see how competitive the roofing wars of Denver get, with companies offering hundreds of dollars in gift cards and rebates to buy a new roof. But one roofer is combining his trade with another Colorado pastime for a higher return, offering customers $500 in weed if they buy a new roof.
Prosecutor George Brauchler, who’s running for Colorado governor in 2018, is using Shawn Geerdes’s conviction for murdering Jason Dosa nearly three years ago as an opportunity to criticize legal pot even though the marijuana grow in which the two partnered was illegal.
