The Colorado Village Collaborative has established a construction timeline in its partnership with St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church to build another tiny home village on the church’s campus near downtown – at Glenarm Place and 20th Avenue.
In “What Can Happen If You’re Black, Wear a Hoodie and Buy a Muffin in Aurora,” published in September, we told you about an American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado lawsuit filed on behalf of Omar Hassan, a man of Ethiopian descent who became an alleged victim of racial profiling when police ordered him to leave an Aurora coffee shop, apparently because of his appearance alone. Now, the ACLU is suing two different Aurora police officers for roughing up Dwight Crews, another African American, after he alerted to his pet cat slipping out his front door. And while the stories are separate, ACLU of Colorado legal director Mark Silverstein sees unfortunate similarities.
Each year around this time since 2010, we’ve spotlighted the top White Elephant gifts as chosen by the folks at ARC Thrift Stores. And this year, the five selections, pictured below, contain a twist for yours truly. Turns out I already own an item just like the number one choice and consider it to be a treasure than transcends the White Elephant concept.
As we’ve reported, 2017 has been among the worst-ever years for climbing deaths in Colorado, with at least ten casualties on fourteeners in the state, and plenty of tragedies at other natural wonders, including the passing of Henry Gholz in Rocky Mountain National Park during late September. Now, another climbing fatality has occurred just weeks before year’s end in Fremont County, with the victim identified as Andrew Biebuyck, a Virginia geologist.
Colorado’s ability to process hemp is limited, because it doesn’t have a decorticator, a machine that separates hemp’s stringy outer layer from its woody core, known as the hurd.
From breweries and bars to dispensaries, parks, ski lifts and dating apps, you’d think Denver would be Love City, U.S.A.
Denver City Council heard from experts, who say there’s no hard data. But readers still debate the issue.
Readers weren’t happy to hear that Denver is again looking at a possible Olympics bid.
Because of the body high and relaxing effects they tend to give, indicas and indica-leaning hybrids are your best choice for warming up after a few hours in cold.
It’s like Google Maps, except you can zoom in on individual buildings and check their Energy Star scores, which reflect a structure’s energy efficiency on a 1-100 scale.
According to a DPD announcement, the raids were conducted because Sweet Leaf stores were allegedly selling unlawful amounts of cannabis to customers, a term known as “looping.”
Mayor Michael Hancock, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and other officials and business leaders in Denver have formed a committee to explore the possibility of bidding to host a future Winter Olympics or Paralympic Winter Games in the city that famously rejected the 1976 Winter Olympics as part of a citizens revolt detailed in a recent Westword feature article.
Where’s the snow? It’s been a rough start to the winter here in Denver. So rough, in fact, that we’ve seen less snow than some places that sometimes don’t see any snow in a winter.
These vegan cannablis balls only require a food processor and refrigerator to make, and they’re a tastier option than that fruitcake collecting dust on your kitchen counter.
In 2016, as we reported, a jury acquitted Clarence Moses-EL of a 1987 rape for which he spent nearly three decades in prison. This verdict followed then-Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey’s decision to retry Moses-EL for the crime even after a judge had vacated his conviction the previous year in the wake of a confession by another man, LC Jackson. Now, Moses-EL is suing Morrissey, as well as the City and County of Denver and a slew of additional defendants, in federal court.
With the Denver Broncos’ 2017-2018 season a lost cause, not to mention an embarrassment to everyone concerned, interest in the team’s Thursday Night Football match-up against the woeful Indianapolis Colts was at who-gives-a-damn level. As evidence, note that the most passionate debate on Twitter following Denver’s 25-13 victory was whether the all-orange uniforms worn by Von Miller and company were incredible or idiotic.
Blue Dream became the top-selling strain in Colorado dispensaries in February 2014, and it kept that title for over 39 months.But its favored status is slipping.
Last month, The Great Love Debate, which describes itself as “a nationally touring series of live Town Hall-style forums on love, dating and relationships,” declared Denver to be the worst city in America for dating. On December 13, the Debate returned to Denver for the first time since the news broke, and host Brian Howie says most bros at the sold-out Denver Improv show didn’t seem ashamed of this dubious achievement. According to him, their typical reaction was “Yeah, so?”
The legal-marijuana industry in the United States is projected to reach nearly $10 billion in sales in 2017, a 33 percent rise over 2016, according to Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics. While much of that growth can be attributed to a new retail market in Nevada and more states legalizing medical marijuana, Colorado is still the biggest player in the industry.
This morning, December 15, a hearing in Jefferson County court was scheduled to determine if Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity for shooting and injuring two Deer Creek Middle School students seven years ago, would be allowed to leave the grounds of the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo, his current residence, without supervision. But at the last minute, the session was canceled, and there’s no indication when or if it will be rescheduled.
Sweet Leaf, one of Colorado’s largest cannabis businesses, closed multiple locations across the Denver metro area after the Denver Police Department issued both search and arrest warrants on Thursday, December 14, according to the DPD and the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses.
Within an hour of the Federal Communications Commission voting to rescind rules protecting net neutrality on December 14, Colorado Congressman Mike Coffman took to Twitter to voice his disappointment and announce that he’ll be introducing his own bill pertaining to net neutrality in Congress, where the “conversation belongs.” Net neutrality…
