The media barrage about the murder of JonBenét Ramsey is nowhere close to being over, as witnessed by The Killing of JonBenét: Her Father Speaks, an A&E documentary broadcast last night, in which John Ramsey, the father of the six-year-old Boulder girl murdered on Christmas Day, 1996, blasted a CBS series in which a…
Between our close proximity to the mountains, low unemployment rate and do-whatever-you-want attitude, it’s easy to see why so many people are moving to Denver. But someone has to pay the price for all of our growth. Continue reading for ten recent Westword stories covering of homeless issues, from encampment…
Teague Bohlen has been traveling around metro Denver, determining what makes people in certain suburbs and neighborhoods really, really mad. His journey recently led him to bucolic Highlands Ranch, where he found a few things that break that outwardly placid demeanor — “which I hear you’re required to adopt by…
The Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) is updating Colorado laws regarding cannabis. Starting October 1, there is one major change that affects customers and another that affects product manufactures. After conducting a few studies, MED determined the THC levels between flower, edibles and concentrates were so different that regulations had to…
Damian Marley is the first celebrity to lend his name to a recreational dispensary in Colorado, and he couldn’t have found a better spot. Damian Marley’s Stony Hill – by TruCannabis, which opened this month, has great buds, great people and a great view. Whether you’re a local or you’re…
A Denver judge has ruled that the operator of a controversial “medical detox” center is in contempt of court for continuing to refer to herself as a doctor and administer IVs containing her proprietary blend of amino-acid injections, despite an injunction prohibiting her from practicing medicine. But the sanctions imposed…
The 420 Games, an annual 4.2 mile race for marijuana enthusiasts, began two years ago in San Francisco. By year two, attendance had grown by 300 percent, and CEO Jim McAlpine decided to expand the run to seven cities along the West Coast, with plans for further growth. “We’re going fully national,”…
The Denver District Attorney’s Office has formally charged ex-Denver police officer Hubert Martin “Marty” Vanover on counts of possession with the intent to manufacture or distribute marijuana or marijuana concentrate, possession of marijuana or marijuana concentrate, and possession of a controlled substance — reportedly methamphetamine. Vanover has had plenty of…
Sustainability is a 21st century ideal — a quality to which every city should aspire during a period in which concerns about the environment, and the ways we interact with it, continue to increase. With that in mind, Amsterdam-based Arcadis, which describes itself as “the leading global design and consultancy for…
There’s no quick way to get to get to Porcupine. It’s out in the middle of nowhere, but Rob Pyatt has been driving back and forth between there and Boulder just about every month for five years now. It takes about six hours, depending on whether you head straight up…
Aurora’s Mayflower Farms is one of the largest grow operations in the state, and it’s getting even bigger. In November, Mayflower will add an extraction lab for concentrates as well as a kitchen at its facility; in the new year, it will open its own retail store. In February 2015 the new…
A woman’s body was discovered amid a suspicious fire in Strasburg over the weekend. Now, the blaze is being investigated as a homicide — and an arrest warrant has been issued for 58-year-old Andrew Ausmus, As for the victim, she has yet to be positively identified owing to the damage…
The exodus of big-name talent from the Denver Post — a major theme of Alan Prendergast’s current feature article about the Post — continues. And after the departures of longtime sports columnist Woody Paige and sports reporter Troy Renck (the fifth Broncos beat writer to split in four years), it’s the politics team’s turn to…
Back when music was the only mainstream outlet where the public could hear descriptions of marijuana, the words used were usually something along the lines of “sticky,” “da bomb,” “no seeds” and so on. No real details were dropped in there beyond maybe a “sour” or “purple.” So for the…
Conflicts over growth and development issues in Denver have become so pervasive that even some of the city’s most entrenched, sleepiest neighborhoods — places that 2002’s Blueprint Denver designated as “areas of stability” rather than “areas of change” — are starting to feel the heat. Even in stately, don’t-mess-with-success Park Hill,…
This week on his Facebook page, Darryl Glenn, the Republican candidate for Colorado’s U.S. Senate seat, shared the results of a September 23 Gravis poll showing him leading Democratic Senator Michael Bennet by two points. A cause to celebrate? Perhaps — but only if Glenn and his backers ignore a…
Last December, the Colorado Department of Transportation debuted what it dubbed a Peak Period Shoulder Lane — shorthanded as PPSL — constructed along a thirteen-mile stretch of Interstate 70 heading eastbound from Empire to Floyd Hill. The idea was to ease traffic on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays for people returning to Denver…
Just days after we published a three-part series about violence on the 16th Street Mall, including a first-hand account of a violent stabbing that had gotten very little press coverage, Denver officials announced a new safety plan for the mall. The plan, which was scheduled to go into effect this week…
The largest comprehensive study of marijuana users is under way. BDS Analytics is working on the industry’s first scientifically rigorous consumer-research survey about cannabis consumption. Headed by Linda Gilbert, a market research veteran, the team is conducting a nationwide survey of 1,000 people in every state who are deemed demographically representative…
Dear Stoner: I have a drug test in a week and smoked weed ten days ago. I hadn’t smoked for a while before that. Will I be good? Should I be worried? Prickly Dear Prickly: It depends on what method the drug test uses to detect THC. If it’s a…
Last week we published a story that incited a lot of trash talk. We told you the city of Denver plans to phase out dumpsters by 2018, and some of you voiced strong opinions about the dumpster’s alternative: manual trash collection to cart-based trash service. So we condensed your questions and…
Anti-fracking groups were incensed when the Colorado Secretary of State’s office announced that initiatives 75 and 78, a pair of measures they supported, had failed to qualify for the November ballot. Not that Coloradans will have a shortage of choices to make when they either literally or figuratively step into…
