Reader: “This Isn’t Anywhere Near the Worst Dating City”
From breweries and bars to dispensaries, parks, ski lifts and dating apps, you’d think Denver would be Love City, U.S.A.
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Reader: Saying Weed Attracts the Homeless Is Like Blaming the Mountains
Denver City Council heard from experts, who say there’s no hard data. But readers still debate the issue.
Reader: Denver Wooing the Olympics? No Thank You…Again!
Readers weren’t happy to hear that Denver is again looking at a possible Olympics bid.
Warm Up With These Ten Fireside Indicas
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.
Shame Energy-Inefficient Buildings in Denver With This Map!
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.
Sweet Leaf Raids Cast Shadow Over Pot Industry
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.”
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Denver Exploring Bid for Winter Olympics, Paralympic Winter Games
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.
Hawaii, Texas, Georgia Have Seen More Snow This Season Than Denver
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.
Get Baked on These No-Bake Vegan Cannabliss Balls
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.
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Clarence Moses-EL Sues Denver Over Wrongful 28-Year Imprisonment
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.
Twitter Debate: Do Broncos’ All-Orange Uniforms Look Amazing or Stupid?
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 Slipping as Colorado’s Most Popular Strain
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.
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Bros Don’t Care About Making Denver USA’s Worst Dating City, Host Says
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?”
Legal Pot Sales to Reach $10 Billion in 2017, Report Estimates
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.
School Shooter Bruco Eastwood’s Bid for More Freedoms Yanked at Last Minute
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.
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Sweet Leaf Licenses Suspended After Denver Police Raid Dispensaries
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.
After FCC Net Neutrality Decision, Coffman Takes Case to Congress
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…
Gonorrhea Rates Up 97 Percent in Colorado, Problem Worst in Denver
Local health officials say the rate of gonorrhea in Denver specifically and Colorado in general are rising at alarming rates and describe the need for testing, treatment and prevention efforts in regard to the sexually transmitted disease to be urgent.
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Seven New Names for Stapleton
Residents and neighbors met this week at two facilitated discussions to talk over the possibilities of changing the name of Stapleton, the residential development that replaced the airport of the same name honoring five-term former Denver mayor Benjamin Stapleton…who just happens to have been a member of the Ku Klux…
International Church of Cannabis Hosting Holiday Market Friday
Although the International Church of Cannabis doesn’t practice Christianity, it’s still more than happy to help ring in Christmas. The Elevationist church will host a pop-up holiday market Friday, December 14.
45-55 Medical Aid in Dying Requests in End of Life Options Act’s First Year
On December 16, 2016, the End of Life Options Act, passed by Colorado voters during the previous month’s election, took effect. Two days shy of a year later, Compassion & Choices, the group that led the campaign for the measure, originally known as Proposition 106, estimates that 45-55 terminally ill adults requested prescriptions for medical aid in dying.
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Inside Colorado’s Most Ambitious New Glamping Project
In recent years, glamping, a term for so-called “glamour camping,” has become a thing in places such as Colorado, with the website GlampingHub.com currently linking to more than 1,000 Airbnb-type listings for luxurious cabins and the like in the state. This week, however, a proposal for a full-scale glamping facility, complete with modified tents outfitted like motel rooms, is expected to win approval in the Silverton area, with a debut possible as soon as next year.