Why Colorado Tokers Love Blueberry

I’ve always loved fruity-flavored cannabis. Not the citrus-heavy strains like Lemon Skunk or Grapefruit, which are great in their own way — but sweet and decadent strains like Cannalope Kush, Cherry Pie and Strawberry Cough. Everyone enjoys a visit to the candy shop sometimes, and when you get there, you’re going to want to pick up some Blueberry.

Denver Was One of Top Ten Smoggiest Metro Areas in 2015

Denver has cracked the top ten list for smoggiest cities in the United States, according to a report by the Frontier Group and the Environment America Research & Policy Center that was released today, April 11. The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area came in at sixth place on the ominous list, with…

Inside Campaign to Protect National Monuments From Trump, Congress

The Denver-based Center for Western Priorities has launched a national ad campaign aimed at preventing national monuments from being stripped of their protected status by the Trump administration. The threat is exemplified by the efforts of numerous Utah legislators, who are currently lobbying Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to wipe out Bear Ears National Monument — a prospect that recently led Boulder’s Outdoor Retailer Association to announce that its annual Outdoor Retailer shows will pull out of Salt Lake City and seek a new home, perhaps in Colorado.

Work Out With Marijuana! Fit for 420’s Amy Diiullo Tells You How

Amy Diiullo runs the Fit for 420 program in Denver. She’s been playing sports and working out since high school… and she’s been smoking marijuana about that long, as well. She studied exercise science in college, and as she learned the technical aspects of working out and being healthy, she realized that cannabis could help her achieve her fitness goals.

How Dancing With Drunk Woman Led to Young Dad Christopher Bryant’s Murder

Four years after the brutal murder of 22-year-old Christopher Bryant Jr. outside an Aurora sports bar and the serious wounding of his friend, Demetrey Adams, the last of three people charged in the shooting has finally been sentenced. Daeshaun Howard, who is now 22, is the second conspirator to be given life without the possibility of parole for a crime that prosecutors say took place after Bryant danced with a woman who’d been with Howard and company.

Logan Goodwin, Twelve, Is Fifth Skier to Die at Breckenridge This Season

Logan Goodwin, a twelve-year-old from Hermosa Beach, California, died from injuries sustained while skiing at Breckenridge resort on Saturday, April 8. He is the fifth skier to die at Breckenridge during the 2016-2017 ski season and the thirteenth person to perish at a Colorado ski resort during that span. The tragedy makes this season the deadliest in five years.

Attorney Hans Meyer Speaks Up for Denver’s Immigrant Community

Since President Donald Trump took office, attorney Hans Meyer has been at the forefront of multiple Colorado campaigns regarding immigration. He not only documented the presence of ICE agents at the Denver courthouse, but is the lawyer representing Jeanette Vizguerra, a mother of four who took sanctuary in a Denver church to avoid deportation.

Neil Gorsuch Sworn in, Second-Ever Coloradan on U.S. Supreme Court

Neil Gorsuch has just been sworn in as the latest justice on the U.S. Supreme Court at a White House ceremony today, April 10, following a rambling introduction by President Donald Trump, whose many shout-outs included Colorado Senator Cory Gardner. Gorsuch is the second Coloradan to serve on the country’s highest court. The previous Colorado product on the court was the late Byron “Whizzer” White.

Standing Rock and Red Fawn Fallis: What’s Next and How to Stay Involved

Denver has significant ties to Standing Rock and the resistance movement against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Many people, including members of indigenous groups in Denver like the American Indian Movement of Colorado (AIM) and delegations from non-native groups like Black Lives Matter 5280, traveled the hundreds of miles from Colorado to the…

Murder and Pot Edibles: Group Defends Industry After Richard Kirk Sentencing

Richard Kirk has been sentenced to thirty years in prison for murdering his wife, Kristine Kirk, nearly three years ago, shortly after he’d consumed a marijuana edible. During the hearing at which this punishment was formalized, Kirk implied that the pot candy had spurred the killing, saying, “I had no idea how it would affect me…. I’m so sorry that I became the monster that I was supposed to protect them from.” But a major cannabis business organization maintains that legal marijuana actually reduces crime instead of increasing it.

Reader: Airbnb Should Not Be Used for Long-Term Stays

Recent transplants have taken a lot of undeserved grief from earlier transplants who worry that Denver is getting too crowded and expensive. But one newcomer who had problems with a longterm Airbnb room just might deserve criticism, say readers who read her sad story about a musty-smelling Airbnb room she…

Denver Asks ICE to Keep Agents Away From Courthouses and Schools

Emboldened under the Trump administration, agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement have recently encroached into what Denver officials are calling “sensitive locations,” driving fear in the city’s immigrant communities. That includes undercover ICE agents infiltrating Denver’s courts to make arrests — as evidenced in a February video shot by the…