In case you missed it…. At Westword Music, Art Tavana notes that Guns N’ Roses gave Coachella its most epic rock set ever. According to Colorado Pols, the Trumpmageddon protest fizzled. Denver Urbanism’s Ryan Dravitz continues the countdown to the opening of RTD’s A-Line operation…
Last week the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations voted in favor of an amendment to a federal funding bill that would allow Veterans Affairs doctors to discuss and recommend medical marijuana to veterans in states where MMJ is legal. Approved 20-10, the bipartisan Veterans Equal Access Amendment to the 2017…
Although not quite as popular as the 4/20 concerts and rallies this week, a Denver City Council committee could begin this month’s biggest change in Denver’s marijuana industry today when it votes on the city’s long-discussed proposal to set a limit on retail marijuana businesses. The bill’s sponsor, Councilwoman Robin Kniech,…
On the day after Christmas in 2011, as we reported, father-of-five Youn Malual was murdered in an incident that shattered the local Sudanese community. More than four years later, Brandon Jackson — the first of five men thought to have been responsible for the slaying — has been found guilty…
At this writing, we’re ten days away from the April 28 start of the 2016 NFL draft, and the Denver Broncos’ quarterback situation remains unresolved. With Peyton Manning’s retirement and the mutiny of Brock Osweiler, who signed a big-money deal with the Houston Texans, the most senior signal-caller on the…
We recently re-shared a 2013 post highlighting Denver’s five most walkable neighborhoods. Afterward, we checked Walkscore.com, our source for the information, to see if any of the site’s rankings had changed — and they had. In the nearly three years since the original item’s publication, two new neighborhoods entered the…
Put your Gatorade on ice and throw those eyedrops in the trash: 4/20 is almost here. Unfortunately for you chumps with day jobs, the high holiday doesn’t officially start until Wednesday – but you’re also the crowd that actually has money to spend, so there’s plenty of cannabis action to…
A lot of frustration was generated by our post about a bill that would require schools to allow authorized patients access to medical marijuana. One big reason was the story of Addelyn Patrick, a three-year-old with epilepsy. Even though MMJ has proven to be the most effective treatment for her…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Music, Jon Solomon reports that the Monkey Barrel is closing its Platte Street location, but it will open in a new spot this summer — hopefully in a place with room for iconic murals like the ones seen above. Coyote Gulch shares a Kim…
Just what did Colorado taxpayers get out of the Justice Review Project, a four-year program that required state prosecutors to review more than 5,000 criminal cases, in search of possible wrongful convictions? The result was one exoneration through DNA testing — the only case in which DNA was tested at…
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on The Colorado Independent, whose Susan Greene has written definitive work about the case of Clarence Moses-EL; he served 28 years in prison for a 1987 rape case to which another man has confessed before the convictions were lifted and he was granted a new trial last…
When Tyler Hamilton worked as a security guard at Coronado High School in Colorado Springs, he reportedly answered to the nickname “Tiny.” But there’s nothing tiny about his schmuckiness. It’s absolutely king-sized — which is why he’s the ideal pick as our latest Schmuck of the Week. Hamilton, 28, has…
We’ve been reporting about the murder of Pam Candelario in Walsenburg, a small community in southeastern Colorado. Her husband, Ralph Candelario, was charged with the crime despite an elaborate tale in which he claimed that intruders had broken into the couple’s home, killed Pam and roughed him up before he could…
The Colorado Department of Transportation has just released its 2016 Problem Identification Report. And unfortunately, there are problems aplenty. The statistics are from 2014 — the most recent year for which data is final. And during that span, the number of fatal crashes rose substantially from the year before, as…
Just about the time even longtime Denver-area residents had just about convinced ourselves that warm weather was here to stay, a new Spring storm is on the horizon. And, of course, it’s a baffling one. Forecasters don’t seem to know whether it’ll produce rain, sleet or a snowpocalypse, or what…
It was one of the most shocking and brutal allegations of early 2015. And now, Joseph Romero, the man at whom the finger was pointed, has admitted it was true. Romero has admitted guilt in the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend, Phenia Martinez, when she was eight months pregnant. The acknowledgment…
Denver Public Schools is in damage control mode in the wake of revelations that newly appointed board member MiDian Holmes has a past conviction for child abuse. Making the case even more interesting are reports that board members knew about this aspect of Holmes’s past before appointing her. DPS certainly seems…
Just like foodies and beer geeks, pot connoisseurs often compare notes on certain shops and strains that they come across. With hundreds of dispensaries in metro Denver, it helps us figure out which shops to watch for — and which ones to watch out for. While I’ve received many suggestions…
Chris Walker’s latest post about Denver’s homeless sweep in March features documents that show the City of Denver questioning its own protocol. The report prompted one reader who says he used to be homeless to take a controversial position on the issue. Among those who responded was a commenter who rejected…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Arts, Bree Davies argues that we should just say no to RiNo and other inaccurate Denver neighborhood names. The provocative headline on Sam Schanfarber’s latest story for the Colorado Independent: “Aurora’s heavily white police force is firing at blacks.” Denver Stiffs’ Zach Mikash on the…
Denver might be the new weed capital of the world — with hundreds of dispensaries, plenty of smoke shops and pro-ganja culture — but there’s one thing missing from the Mile High City: places where consumers can enjoy marijuana. Anna Zhuravlev has a solution for that, thanks to zoning regulations…
Last month, we told you about the death of Sammy Pickel, who died a couple of days after being put in a chokehold by a bouncer at Lodo’s Bar & Grill in Westminster. Then, last week, we noted that 17th Judicial District DA Dave Young had decided against criminal charges…
