Mike McCarron is facing a methamphetamine charge even though he’s never knowingly possessed or used the substance. Prosecutors in El Paso County are pressing the accusation because they say a small amount of marijuana found in his truck tested positive for meth, even though a follicle analysis shows no trace of it in his system.
Women from all walks of life gathered on June 7 for the Denver launch of Ellementa, a women-centric cannabis discussion group. The organization aims to help pot-curious females navigate a growing, changing marijuana market through monthly meetings, and has plans to expand around the country after starting in Alaska and moving on to Colorado.
Representative Jared Polis’s announcement via Reddit that he’s running for governor of Colorado in 2018 turns the race into what is likely to become the craziest in state history, replete with big names, huge war chests and a major focus on marijuana.
After Sports Authority went bankrupt, the Denver Broncos were officially granted naming rights to Mile High Stadium…which means the team can sell them again, and will probably do so soon, before the next season starts. But fans already know what they want the place to be called.
A recent Tenth Circuit ruling is a victory for two Colorado landowners who’d complained that the smell from a nearby marijuana grow made horse riding on their property less pleasant. But readers think a lot of things smell worse than pot.
Readers had plenty to say about a recent series of stories on how to afford Denver at different salary levels.
The Downtown Denver Post Office, at 951 20th street is holding, a special passport fair this Saturday from 10a.m. to 2p.m., where you can both apply for and renew passports with expedited ease.
The Colorado faction of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation announced on Tuesday, June 7, that it will spend $200,000 on a school choice “Issue Education Effort” in June and July.
The first city-endorsed tiny homes project, Beloved Community Village at 38th and Walnut streets in RiNo, just received a big financial boost that might help push it to the construction finish line. The Barton Institute for Philanthropy and Social Enterprise gave the settlement a grant of $20,000, and committed to another $20,000 in matching funds.
We can understand increased security at government buildings during these challenging times. But while heading into the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Building last week, we discovered that another item had been added to the forbidden list: Sharpies.
Apparently inspired by Spider-Man: Homecoming, which is scheduled to swing into theaters nationwide on July 7, Colorado Springs’ Chad Douthit busted out his best Spidey impression, shortly before being busted himself on allegations that included throwing a TV antenna at a police car. And it didn’t go well.
Politicians who support banking services for legalized marijuana businesses were surprised this week when two lawmakers added an unwelcome amendment to the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017, which will undo much of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
The Colorado doctor behind a proposed ballot initiative to ban the sale of smartphones to children in the state under age thirteen views the devices as harmful to young people in a wide variety of ways, even suggesting a possible link to suicide. And while he concedes that enforcing the edict would be difficult, he sees the measure as a way to start a conversation here and throughout the nation as a whole about the wisdom of putting such a powerful tool in the hands of preteens.
One year ago today, on June 9, 2016, Ryan Wood Moss, a 23-year-old University of Colorado-Colorado Springs student, fell to his death at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. His body was found five days later, and an autopsy showed elevated levels of both alcohol and THC in his bloodstream. However, his mother insists that he was neither drunk nor high at the time of his fatal accident. Rather, she believes that hot temperatures at the park prior to the discovery of his remains produced a false positive for alcohol intoxication, and a nationally recognized medical examiner says she could be right.
Marijuana comes in a smorgasbord of hues. Each nug, hair and leaf is splashed with its own color palette. But appearances can be deceptive.
Governor John Hickenlooper announced on June 7 that he would send a marijuana-related bill to the Colorado Secretary of State to become law without his signature. Why the lack of endorsement? A single word would make it tough to punish manufacturers for some violations.
Editor’s note: How do people survive in Denver, where the cost of living is rising, with no end in sight? We spoke with a few people who make different income amounts about how they make it in the Mile High. Read part one and part two. Noah Lyman, 32 Job: real…
As a service to readers, Westword presents this primer in how to distinguish the enigmatic, embattled energy giant Anadarko from the enigmatic, ominous cult classic Donnie Darko.
Sienna Johnson has pleaded guilty to two charges, one juvenile and one adult, in relation to an alleged Columbine-style plot against Mountain Vista High School circa December 2015. Her sentence is similar to, but slightly longer than, the one meted out against Brooke Higgins, her accused co-conspirator, this past February.
The Denver Post, which announced in May that the paper’s newsroom will be moving out of its iconic Denver address, at 101 West Colfax Avenue, to the newspaper’s printing facility in Adams County, at the intersection of 58th Avenue and Washington Street, has agreed to sublease the space to the City of Denver for use as employee offices. By year’s end, in all likelihood, an area once devoted to keeping the government accountable will be occupied by workers from the government itself.
Want to make your own edibles? Our Stoner tells you how to start.
A court victory by two Colorado landowners who complained that the smell from a nearby marijuana grow made horse riding on their property less pleasant advances a strategy, based on federal racketeering laws, that anti-marijuana forces hope will help them to destroy the marijuana industry here and throughout the country.
