Social media gets plenty of criticism these days — but this means of communication is facilitating heroic deeds. Like the recovery of Willie B’s iPhone. A longtime radio personality for KBPI, Willie lost his phone while in Tampa, Florida. But thanks to Facebook and a Good Samaritan of a fan,…
Dear Stoner: Why doesn’t Colorado have Amsterdam-style cafes? I remember reading about pot clubs trying to come to Denver. Cole Dear Cole: Colorado doesn’t have cafes like the cannabis coffee shops in Amsterdam because of this state’s stance on public consumption. Although it’s legal to smoke pot in private areas…
A recent post outlined the biggest reasons for deadly crashes in Denver. Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System showed that driving under the influence of drugs caused fewer fatal crashes during the period between 2010 and 2014 than did a slew of other factors,…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Food & Drink, Ben Landreth ten places to celebrate Mom on Mother’s Day. Mile High Report’s Tim Lynch notes that USA Today rates the Broncos’ off-season as the worst in the NFL. Colorado Pols: “RedState Gathering Moves Mountains to Denver.”…
Today AdCellerant and Voice Media Group (Westword’s parent company) announce the launch of their programmatic advertising network for businesses in the cannabis industry, an entirely new service that will allow marijuana entrepreneurs to market themselves more effectively on the Internet through programmatic display advertising. AdCellerant will work with Voice Media Group…
In 2014, the U.S. Department of Education ordered institutions not to discriminate against transgendered students and staff members. However, schools were allowed to request an exemption from that ban, typically for religious reasons. Now, the Education Department has released the names of schools that asked to continue policies the feds…
There’s a strange connection between the 2016 murder of a Burlington vet and the case of a body found in a suitcase more than five years earlier.
For years, the achievements of Colorado Rockies hitters have been undervalued. Why? Because of the perception that the thin air of the Mile High City and the dimensions of Coors Field, the Rockies home, offer the team an unfair advantage that leads to inflated statistics. Over the years, Rockies execs…
The folks at Outside magazine love Colorado. One example: Of the 100 best places in America to work list for 2014, 28 of them were here. It’s no surprise, then, that six Colorado places are in the running to be named Outside’s Best Town in America. In this case, however, Outside readers…
We hear all too often about teachers accused of having sex with underage students. Indeed, in 2012, we published a roundup of five teacher-student sex allegations in Colorado, featuring the cases of Alexandra McLean, Courtney Bowles, Oscar Ponce, Zachary Meints and Tera Rawlings. Nonetheless, the actions of Greeley’s Katerina Bardos remain absolutely…
We all know about the dangers of secondhand tobacco smoke. But what about the risks related to secondhand marijuana smoke — especially for young children? A new study that was scheduled to be presented earlier today at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2016 meeting in Baltimore suggests that they’re very real…
We recently shared details about eight Denver development projects, ranging from the big to the really big. The images and interactive graphics we included got one reader thinking about neighborhood building projects that have a different aesthetic than the ones in surrounding areas. She focuses on the Highlands, but her comments…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Music, Adam Perry details the return of music to Boulder’s Folsom Field by way of two giant Dead and Company shows at the venue where the Grateful Dead headlined in 1980. Colorado Pols: “Jack Graham and the GOP’s Trump Dilemma.” Predominantly Orange’s Cameron Parker thinks…
I first saw Denver on a train coming from the East, as so many people had for almost a century at that point. Overnight, the Denver Zephyr (R.I.P.: 1973) had carried my family across the plains from Chicago, and when we’d woken up that morning, we’d spotted the mountains on…
I remember the first time I set foot inside a recreational marijuana dispensary. It was May 2014, and the pot shop was a highly awarded location, the Clinic Colorado. Smoking pot was nothing new to me, but buying weed legally certainly was. And the options! The options gave me a…
The Twitter profile photo of Loveland’s Jason Halla makes it clear that he works out. A lot. How did he build up his muscles to such an impressive degree? He apparently got some assistance from testosterone supplements — products that police say led to a violent turn of events. Jason…
In recent years, there’s been plenty of debate about stoned driving, and how its dangers compare to other factors leading to deadly crashes. Now, a new online tool offers data showing that driving under the influence of drugs is actually among the elements least likely to lead to an automobile-related…
Last week, we told you about the Denver Post’s latest buyout offer, which aims to trim 26 jobs and take the newsroom staff down to just over 100 employees — more than fifty fewer than at this time last year. But if you think the reason for such a move…
Denver Broncos Super Bowl MVP Von Miller’s stint on Dancing With the Stars is over, but not because of farting, a habit that led partner Witney Carson to fine him $100 per explosion. Rather, Miller’s and Carson’s performance to Elvis Presley’s “A Little Less Conversation” — with Von dressed as Elvis…
Gary Nickal claimed that his wife, Molly Nickal, took her own life at their residence while their three kids were at home. But police didn’t believe him. Gary has been arrested on suspicion of murder. At this writing, this charge hasn’t been formalized. However, Gary is due back in court…
Under Colorado retail marijuana rules, state residents and folks who live elsewhere aren’t treated equally. Those with a Colorado ID can buy up to an ounce of cannabis per transaction, while pot tourists are limited to a quarter-ounce. But that would change under a provision in a larger bill that’s…
Plenty of readers made their feelings felt in regard to our post about a new strategy by Oklahoma and Nebraska to kill Colorado’s marijuana laws. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the states’ complaint about Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational cannabis sales in Colorado. However, Oklahoma and Nebraska…
