Environmental groups claim that U.S. Forest Service officials felt politically pressured to aid a Texas billionaire’s plans for a massive resort development on Wolf Creek Pass and made various attempts to conceal or destroy records in order to avoid public scrutiny of the decision process — including one e-mail from…
The forty-foot-high Willie Nelson statue has yet to appear on the edge of Colorado Boulevard — but that could only be a matter of time. Because otherwise, the construction crew is putting the finishing touches on what promises to soon become one of metro Denver’s top tourist attractions: The Smokin’…
This project has moved slower than traffic on I-70 at rush hour — after a thirty-car pileup. On Friday, January 15, the Colorado Department of Transportation released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the I-70 East project, kicking off a thirty-day public review period. According to CDOT, the FEIS…
Last year, a coalition of Denver officials, business representatives and cannabis advocates agreed to work together to create a workable policy that would create a legal way for adults to consume marijuana in a public place in the Mile High City. But more than four months have passed since the effort…
If you’ve been looking for a place to live in these parts lately, you know all about the hot Colorado housing market. Now, one of the biggest online real estate sites has noticed, too. Zillow has just announced its picks for the hottest U.S. housing markets of 2016, and Denver made…
Pastor Dennis Fitzpatrick Jr. isn’t one to make his problems public — but as attacks on Emmaus Lutheran Church and his family escalated, turning the other cheek was no longer an option. In November, he wrote a letter to the community: “To say I’m disappointed regarding my 1 year of…
Back in November, we shared a list of the ten most expensive places to rent a two-bedroom apartment in Colorado according to October figures collected by the folks at ApartmentList.com. In the two months since then, prices have actually started to moderate or even decline in some locations — but not…
Is there any topic that gets Denver residents talking more than growth — and what comes with it? High rents, traffic congestion and, in my neighborhood, renewed parking wars, with an entire block (see above) now closed, and two side roads often off limits, too — or so clogged with…
We first told you about the Fourth Corner Credit Union back in November 2014, with our William Breathes noting that it was “set to open” — possibly as soon as January 1, 2015 — “and even has the backing of Governor John Hickenlooper, who calls it the ‘end of the line’…
As we recently reported, Colorado added 100,986 residents in 2015, landing it in second position among fastest-growing states. The lifestyle and scenery in Colorado are two big reasons why, and marijuana legalization is likely a factor, too. But another influence is the economy — and specifically the job market, which…
Last month, we noted that gun sales were booming in Colorado following mass shootings in Colorado Springs and San Bernardino. According to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System, 42,271 background checks for gun purchases were made in Colorado during November 2015 — a total higher than it’s been in that…
In 2013, Colorado passed a THC driving bill, which established a cannabis intoxication level of 5 nanograms per milliliter of blood. The standard was controversial from the jump, in part because THC tends to react very differently depending upon who consumes it — and the substance lingers in one’s system…
Remember when marijuana was still illegal? We barely do. Westword’s coverage of the Colorado cannabis scene has taken readers through the legislation that first made medical marijuana legal through the early days of unregulated chaos to full legalization and into 2015’s quirky, but ever-maturing industry. Some older issues, like edibles packaging,…
A recent study in states where medical or recreational marijuana is legal shows that most employers haven’t let the social shift in legalization soften their tolerance, or lack thereof, regarding employees who test positive for the substance. Conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management, the survey polled 623 human…
The headline of our post reporting that Colorado marijuana sales topped $100 million in August asked the question, “How long will they keep climbing higher?” We now have the answer to that question. Sales dropped from that peak in September, and again in October, the most recent month for which…
When Wanda James and Scott Durrah shut down their edibles company, Simply Pure, in 2012, the enterprising Denver couple knew that they weren’t saying goodbye forever to the pot industry. And they weren’t saying farewell to the Simply Pure brand, either: Their dispensary of the same name opened for recreational…
Yes, rent can be expensive in Denver. But some places are less expensive than others. The folks at Zumper, our source for a September post that highlighted the ten Denver neighborhoods with the cheapest rent for a one-bedroom apartment, has updated its figures for the Mile High City. And at…
Mass shootings such as the attack in San Bernardino yesterday have led to plenty of public figures, including President Barack Obama, to call for gun-law reforms. But a good many members of the consuming public have reacted to the heartbreaking news very differently. On Black Friday, November 27 — the…
A few weeks back, we shared figures from Coldwell Banker related to the ten most expensive places to buy a house in Colorado. Number 1 on the list? Boulder, where the average price for a single-familiy house was said to be more than $1 million. Unsurprisingly, real estate brokers in…
The folks at Redfin Research Center recently highlighted the most economically integrated neighborhoods in major cities around the country, including Denver. And how does the site define an “economically integrated” neighborhood? One in which homes in a variety of prices ranges attract residents with different income levels — or, as author Eric…
Denver’s quick response to the legalization of recreational marijuana — the adoption of the 2013 Denver Retail Marijuana Code, and the creation of systems to enforce that code — has won plaudits from around the country and attracted hundreds of government officials to a city-sponsored two-day Marijuana Management Symposium earlier this…
The marijuana business is booming in Colorado, with pot sales topping $100 million for the first time in August. But should investors put their money into the cannabis industry? The State of Colorado doesn’t quite say “no,” but it comes close. Colorado’s Division of Securities has issued an “investor alert”…
