Cowboy Detective Charlie Siringo Helped Tame the Wild West
Charlie Siringo, an operative with the Denver office of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, was at home on the range, where he corraled desperadoes and helped tame the wild West.
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Top Eight Resolutions for the Broncos Next Season
Let’s face it: The Broncos had a tough year, and so did fans. With their first losing season since the McDaniels debacle — a tenure so brief and disastrous that it’s tough to rightly call it an “era,” the 2017 Broncos failed despite a strong roster of both experienced and up-and-coming talent. Was it Vance Joseph? Was it the loss of Wade Phillips? Was it just Elway stumbling?
Readers: Telling People How to Break Laws Is in Very Poor Taste
Plenty of visitors to Colorado will soon be leaving, and many of them will be wondering what to do with this state’s most infamous souvenir: cannabis products.
Reader: Bernie Sanders Was Just Another Puppet
Our man on politics, Chris Bianchi, argues the Mile High is, in fact, still infatuated with the one-time presidential candidate
Reader: If Kratom Is Made Illegal, I Will Be Forced to Live in Pain
Our readers generally agree that kratom is a safe alternative to opioids.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Delivered Mixed Messages About Marijuana in 2017
United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been squatting over state-legalized cannabis industries across the country, pinching out a grumpy loaf of reefer madness every so often.
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First Sweet Leaf Budtenders Appear in Court
Three Sweet Leaf budtenders arrested for alleged illegal cannabis sales saw their first court date in Denver County Court on Friday, December 29, with one of the defendant’s attorney leaving the court feeling optimistic.
Top Ten Resolutions for Transplants in 2018
You’re new to the Mile High City. You have a good job, a place to live, and high hopes for the quality of life that you’ve bought into. There are some things you should know, and we’ve covered a lot of them over the past year, month by month. But in addition to those suggestions of rules that you’d do well to live by, we also have some suggested resolutions for you to make, just to successfully navigate the open seas of the Queen City of the Plains.
Michael Sawaya Has a Deal for You: A Free Ride on New Year’s Eve
For the eleventh straight year, attorney Michael Sawaya has a holiday gift for you: He’ll pay for your ride home on New Year’s Eve. He’ll even pay for Uber and Lyft.
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My Weirdest Marijuana Assignment of 2017
Covering Colorado’s marijuana landscape has brought me to farms, hash factories, schools and much more, but my weirdest journalistic field trip this year started at an empty warehouse off Interstate 25 in south Pueblo.
Seven Things to Know About DIA’s New Welcome Sign
DIA is putting the finishing touches on a new $14.5 million welcome sign that serves as a gateway for newcomers and residents alike. While Denverites have a love-hate relationship with the airport’s previous installations, the kinetic LED sign may help residents turn over a new leaf. Here’s what you should know.
CDOT (and, Generally, Everyone): Don’t Drink and Drive This New Year’s Eve
Nearly 120 law enforcement agencies will be participating in increased enforcement against drunk driving throughout Colorado on New Year’s Eve.
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G Line Cleared for Testing, but What’s Up With the Crossing Attendants?
A judge has allowed testing to resume on the Gold Line, a light rail that will connect Denver and some of its western suburbs. Because of issues at crossing gates on the A Line, which utilizes the same technology, testing on the G Line stopped last July.
Charges Filed Against Ten Sweet Leaf Budtenders
Charges have been filed against ten budtenders arrested during the raids at Sweet Leaf locations across the Denver metro area on December 14.
Don’t Like Mutton Bustin’? You’ll Really Hate Goat Dressing!
While British prudey-pants party poopers continue to push their petition to ban mutton bustin’ at the National Western Stock Show, we’re surprised they don’t have their knickers in a twist over an event that’s a hallmark of gay rodeos around the country: goat dressing.
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Pot-Tax Error Might Not See Quick Legislative Fix in January
Despite lawmakers on both sides of the aisle saying that the marijuana tax issue will be resolved in January, Democrats and Republicans have different ideas of how to fix their political gaffe that left special districts across the state with a multimillion-dollar gaping wound.
State Adopts Emergency Pot Rules for MMJ Research Licenses
The Colorado Department of Revenue has instituted a round of emergency rule changes to the state marijuana code, according to an announcement from the DOR. The changes are effective immediately.
Bernie Bumperstickers: Anti-Trump Unity or Lingering Dem Division?
Drive around Denver and it’d be hard to tell Bernie Sanders lost. His campaign bumper stickers and posters are still on cars and walls around town, nearly two years after the race.
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Ask a Stoner: Can I Deduct Marijuana Purchases From My Taxes?
Because of pot’s status as a Schedule I substance, cannabis purchases cannot be claimed on your federal taxes – but what about state taxes?
Jerry Sonnenberg Crowned Colorado’s Californian of the Year
Who will be Colorado’s 2017 Californian of the Year? That’s not a typo; it’s the latest stunt coming from the Independence Institute, whose president, Jon Caldara, recently penned an essay castigating those who would “change our once liberty-loving state into East California.”
Jared Polis Asks FDA to Lift Public-Health Warning on Kratom
“The beneficial potential, safety, and efficacy of kratom has been discussed, studied, clinically researched and found to be as safe as coffee,” the letter, signed by seventeen lawmakers, states.
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Top Ten Resolutions for Denver in 2018
Here are ten things that the good folks of Colorado can do to make 2018—and all the years that follow—even better.