Forget sci-fi movies: For a real surreal experience, look no further than Golden. Colorado’s first capital is now the capital of the green movement and home to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, which is celebrating its fortieth anniversary in July. NREL, which started out as the Solar Energy Research Institute…
Just over a year after the work started, the $1 million first phase of the restoration of Sullivan Gateway at City Park is wrapping up. The first phase of the restoration included refurbishing both the east and west lion-head fountains to include new mechanical and electrical work for operation and…
The Colorado Springs Police Department denies that Ryan and Benjamin Brown were racially profiled during an aggressive arrest captured on video even though the City of Colorado Springs has agreed to pay $212,000 and alter some policies in order to settle the case. The CSPD also accuses the ACLU of Colorado, which represented the Browns, of inaccuracy and more over the way it’s portrayed the matter. But the ACLU isn’t backing down.
How are you feeling today? Good? Great. Since 4/20 has already become a Colorado holiday, we’d like to suggest a secondary holiday on April 21. It would be like Black Friday, but without the shopping and stress. A day a day to relax with some CBD.
Former Sterling mail carrier Tayson Hidalgo, 23, has been sentenced for going postal in his own special way. The only violence he did was to some of the approximately 26,000 items he didn’t bring to people to whom they were addressed.
Banking has been a notorious pitfall for marijuana business owners. Even in Colorado, the first state to sell recreational marijuana legally, banks still refuse to work with dispensaries, growers and any other industry ventures for fear of federal scrutiny. The majority of Colorado’s marijuana economy is all cash-based, which comes with a variety of safety concerns for customers and gray area for business owners and tax officials. As a result, Littleton-based CanPay is becoming a popular solution.
For the second consecutive year, the vibe of the Denver 4/20 Rally at Civic Center Park was harshed by Mother Nature. The weather for the bash held yesterday, April 20, was far better than in 2016, when a snowstorm forced a postponement until May 21. But an afternoon rain that ranged from drizzly to steady increased the misery of those who had to stand in line for an hour or more in some cases in order to gain entry to the festival grounds, which were protected by a fence that attendees eventually broke down in the minutes before the annual 4:20 p.m. countdown.
For the second year in a row, the 420 Rally at Civic Center Park was a bummer. With a passionate crowd of thousands still out in the rain, the organization and the entire event didn’t do this huge, cannabis-loving crowd justice.
Want to grow weed with Wiz Khalifa? Now you can… at least virtually. The rapper is launching a mobile app on 4/20 called “Wiz Khalifa’s Weed Farm.”
To mark 4/20, the Denver Police Department has tweeted a GIF featuring happily grooving cops and the slogan, “Have a safe and happy 4/20, Denver!” But the message that accompanies the images makes it clear that if people don’t consume responsibly, “we’ll bust u guys.”
Whether you’re hitting up the 420 Rally, 420 on the Block, or any of the other numerous events downtown, there are some great spots to visit when you get the munchies.
On Wednesday, state lawmakers on the House Local Government committee heard from over sixty people who testified in favor of the Right to Rest Act, which would have banned law enforcement agencies and municipalities across Colorado from “criminalizing” homelessness by issuing citations or arresting anyone who rests, sleeps and eats in…
Bill O’Reilly, who has separated from Fox News in the wake of big money sexual-harassment settlements, loved his late-1970s time at Denver’s KMGH-TV. As we reported yesterday, he once wrote that “working this gig was the most fun I’ve ever had in my life.” But according to a former co-worker in Denver, O’Reilly was widely disliked at the station due to behavior that could be rude, egomaniacal and underhanded, and on multiple occasions he was pranked by colleagues who left aromatic food to rot in his desk.
Butane is illegal, but as our Stoner reports, there are other ways to make hash at home.
A new study on marijuana use and attitudes toward legalization was released earlier this week — just in time for 4/20. The Marist Poll Weed & the American Family survey, funded by Yahoo News,found that more than half of the adults in America have tried marijuana at least once in their lives; nearly 55 million people in this country currently use marijuana.
Attorneys and family members of Michael Lee Marshall, who died in Denver jail circa November 2015, call discipline imposed on two deputies and a supervisor over the incident incredibly insufficient. And indeed, previous suspensions of Denver law enforcers in cases that didn’t lead to death, including actions involving a sexually explicit text, flashing a badge to get faster restaurant service and more, were as long or longer than those handed out in regard to Marshall’s passing.
Time magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world was just announced, and it includes someone in Denver who has been making international headlines lately: Jeanette Vizguerra. Vizguerra is a well-known activist and undocumented mother of four who has taken sanctuary at the First Unitarian Society in…
The secret mandatory ingredient in the first Colroado Grow-Off was Race Fuel OG (also known as Race Fuel), a mix of High Octane OG and Face Off OG, two OG-heavy strains with names that leave little to the imagination.
Attorney Matthew Buck has filed a lawsuit in what he calls “the largest fraud case in the history of Colorado’s marijuana industry.” This contention is rejected by Scott Pack, the entrepreneur at the center of it.
Mason Jar is the “high society” organizer of the most coveted cannabis pairing dinners around; on 4/20, founder Kendal Norris will bring an event to Denve for the first time, working with Lola chef/owner Jamey Fader.
Citing confidential sources, New York magazine is reporting that Fox News has decided to part company with personality Bill O’Reilly in the wake of revelations that the network has paid $13 million in settlement money to five women who accused him of sexual harassment. Upon leaving Fox News, O’Reilly may want to consider a return to Denver.
This month, an environmental group called Colorado Moms Know Best (no, seriously) and the Girl Scouts teamed up to school the State Legislature and lieutenant governor on climate change challenges facing the 21st century. For doing this, they got not only a little experience in talking with our state’s elected officials — but also earned a new Climate Change patch.
