New regulations for medical and recreational marijuana businesses will go into effect today. Renewal fees for medical marijuana licenses have decreased, and how retail marijuana grow facilities are categorized has changed to be more specific; plant numbers are broken into smaller unit sizes. Overall, it’s now more expensive to set…
Caleb Bonham didn’t need a video he shot of a violent pipe attack on the 16th Street Mall to go viral in order to become fifteen-minutes-of-famous. He’s already quite prominent thanks to D/CO Consulting, a firm he co-founded, which advises Fortune 500 companies and U.S. Senators, among others. And he…
In the weeks following the controversial March 8 and 9 street sweeps that dismantled homeless encampments along Park Avenue West, Westword learned via Colorado Open Records Act requests that the city had spent months preparing a revised “public encumbrance removal procedure” that dictated how the city would confiscate, and then…
“Anyone know what happened at Franklin and 35th?” asked a member of a page devoted to Denver’s Cole neighborhood this past weekend. “Crime scene tape….” “They shot up the house across the street from us, I was outside when it happened,” another member reported. “Police are waiting for the crime…
This past Sunday, visitors to La Raza Park in the north Denver neighborhood of Sunnyside were met with an unusual sight: a wall of “Fix ’N’ Flip” and real-estate investment signs surrounded by placards that proclaimed, “Warning! Gentrification in process.” The installation, which was set up on one side of…
“This is against everything our nation stands for.” That’s how Pastor Lawson Perdue sees the announcement that he can no longer use the word “Jesus” on bus benches promoting his church, the Charis Christian Center. This edict was made even more surprising because of where it took place — in Colorado…
As you travel around Denver trying new dispensaries and the strains they stock, you can’t help noticing some inconsistencies in strain characteristics. One shop’s Golden Goat will smell of sweet citrus and soil (as it should), another’s will smell like hay soaked in a musty fart. Then again, while a…
Boulder is under attack — from television producers eager to mark the passage of two decades since the murder of JonBenét Ramsey. And while the number of TV types who have reached out thus far is fairly modest, officials anticipate more, and are in the midst of developing a strategy about how…
Several victims have been transported to area hospitals after shots were fired at 15th and Wynkoop streets around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday. Streets are closed, and the area of 15th and Wynkoop is an active crime scene. Police are asking that people avoid the area. We’ll have more updates as they…
Dear Stoner: I really want to try my hand at growing my own, but I live across the street from an elementary school. What am I supposed to? Jamey Dear Jamey: Once cultivating marijuana became legal under the Colorado Constitution in 2012, you’ve been allowed to grow marijuana in your…
Colorado is a purple state, but it was looking mighty black and blue two months ago after a pummeling by Donald Trump, who charged that this state’s political system was “crooked” and “rigged” on talk shows and in tweets — the last a form of communication ideally suited to the…
“My name is Darryl Glenn, and I’m an unapologetic Christian-Constitutional-conservative-pro-life-Second-Amendment loving American.” That’s how Glenn, an El Paso County Commissioner, introduced himself at this year’s Colorado Republican Convention — and as you’ll see in a video on view below, the crowd went wild. This reaction carried over to yesterday’s primary,…
On numerous occasions over the years, we’ve posted about the most dangerous intersections in Denver — but typically, our data was compiled from previously published sources. This time around, we reached out to the Denver Police Department and asked Mary Dulacki and her team in the records unit to pull together…
Among the most famous quotes in sports is a line from boxer Mike Tyson: “Everybody has a plan ’til they get punched in the mouth.” This philosophy is at the heart of a just-filed lawsuit in the July 2014 death of Ryan Ronquillo, an alleged car thief who was killed by…
Denver City Councilman Albus Brooks went to his Facebook page to share some life-changing news. A month ago, the District 9 representative was running the Bolder Boulder when he noticed stiffness in a muscle near his pelvis. A few meetings with doctors later, he found out he had a rare…
After a four-day trip to Colorado earlier this month that took him through Boulder, Golden, and Denver, New Jersey State Senator Nicholas Scutari, a Democrat from Union, examined the effects of legalizing recreational marijuana. He concluded similar legislation could benefit New Jersey. His trip included visits to dispensaries and meetings…
After a series of highly publicized acts of violence on the 16th Street Mall, including a recent stabbing and a video of a man being assaulted, the Denver Police Department, Downtown Denver Partnership and the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District have unveiled their year-in-the-making plan to maintain order at the city’s No…
Last week, as we reported, the Denver Post announced the names of twenty employees who’d accepted buyout offers, including prominent personalities such as longtime TV columnist Joanne Ostrow and editorial page editor Vince Carroll. This number fell short of the Post’s buyout goal of 26 members of the newsroom, and observers…
Lynette Lindsey-Burton’s son, Devonne Burton, was among three people killed in a North Park Hill triple homicide on June 3 — an incident Denver police say took place as a result of a robbery gone wrong. Former CU Buffs football player Chadd Evans, Deashaun Turrentine and Dejuan Jones have been arrested…
In announcing the arrest of Chadd Evans (spelled “Chad Evans” in the press release) for a triple killing in North Park Hill, the Denver Police Department stated that “a booking photo of the suspect is not being released at this time as additional photo lineups are needed. “Denver Police ask…
How important is pot to Colorado tourism? “It is the elephant in the room,” said Cathy Ritter, the new state tourism head who moved here from Illinois, shortly after she started in January. “Everyone does want to know about the impact of marijuana in Colorado.” Author Mindy Sink wrote her first…
While some of this state’s Republicans have been dropping out of their party, it hasn’t been easy to be a registered Democrat in the days leaving up to the June 28 primary, either. The race to replace term-limited Mitch Morrissey as Denver District Attorney has become increasingly ugly, with endless…
