While considering what I wanted to share with others while the turkey and mashed potatoes get cold, I couldn’t help but think of what I’m most thankful for since Colorado voted to legalize cannabis. Sure, things could always be better, but my connection with the plant has never been stronger…
For the last four Thanksgivings, my husband and I hosted Thanksgiving dinners at our home in Vienna, where I was serving as the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. We invited a group of ambassadors and their spouses. The dinner was not formal: We made invitations with handprint turkeys.
The Denver Post is touting its Thanksgiving Day paper as the largest of the year, and subscribers who don’t opt out of receiving a copy will be charged an extra $4 for the privilege. Problem is, the phone number for informing the powers that be that you’d rather skip the edition, and the additional fee, doesn’t actually seem to be working, as the experiences of a former Post employee and the ten minutes I just spent on a useless line both indicate.
Regular tokers tend to unintentionally neglect their paraphernalia cleaning duties, which, over time, can omit tasting notes.
Forget getting to the airport by the A-Line; because of an accident at Colorado Boulevard, passengers are being transported by bus. And don’t worry about that traffic jam on I-270…because even once you arrive at Denver International Airport, you won’t be going anywhere fast. There’s a problem with the trains,…
Black Friday bargains don’t typically include discounts on real estate in Colorado or anywhere else. But one company is making just such an offer from Thanksgiving afternoon through Cyber Monday in Denver, where the head of the firm predicts costs will remain high for the foreseeable future.
Any disciplined pothead or novice user with low tolerances would appreciate Maui Strawberry, a functional sativa that rarely goes above 15 percent THC.
Actor David Cassidy, who’s best known for portraying heartthrob Keith Partridge on the 1970s sitcom The Partridge Family, died on November 21, just shy of nine months after revealing that he was battling dementia. Among those shaken by the news is Shaun Partridge, co-founder of the Partridge Family Temple, a highly unusual, Denver-born religious organization that worships Cassidy as the human incarnation of a god, as we described in a 1995 Westword feature article. Shaun is choosing to focus on celebrating Cassidy’s life as well as mourning his death, as is clear from a eulogy he wrote to the former teen idol.
Colorado’s Brock Franklin has been ordered to serve 472 years in prison for heading a violent child sex ring. The punishment is believed to be the longest-ever sentence for a sex trafficker in U.S. history.
At the outbreak of World War II, America had no idea how to run a camp for prisoners of war. The troops in Trinidad, guarding thousands of elite Nazi officers, figured it out as they went along.
In mid-November, Denver International Airport announced a contest to find replacements for train announcers Adele Arakawa and Alan Roach. Just one problem: Unlike Arakawa, who retired this summer, Roach still lives in Denver, despite his high-profile gig as announcer of the Minnesota Vikings.
Released November 13, The Taxman, a three-episode series, deftly and entertainingly explores how larger-than-life Colorado politician Douglas Bruce led a crusade that resulted in one of the most remarkable — and controversial — tax laws in the United States: Colorado’s “Taxpayer Bill of Rights,” better known as TABOR.
Representative Diana DeGette has revealed a past episode of sexual harassment against her, detailing an unwanted physical advance in an elevator by ex-San Diego Mayor Bob Filner when he was a Congressman. This disclosure, made in a November 20 interview on view below, makes DeGette the highest profile Colorado politician to go public with disgusting tales of unwanted contact and more since early October, when shocking tales about allegedly criminal behavior by disgraced Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein unleashed a slew of accusations against powerful men, including retired Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning.
A request for a temporary injunction against the City of Denver for banning organizers of the Denver 420 Rally from staging the event for at least three years over alleged violations at the gathering earlier this year could be filed as early as today. The rally’s attorney, Rob Corry, says the document will make the argument that any marijuana-related event held on April 20 would violate the current crew’s trademark and intellectual property.
Trimming is one of the final steps in yielding a successful harvest, and proper technique and equipment is critical to the process.
On November 20, Kenneth Banks pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Fallon Graham, a mother of two shot down outside Aurora’s Montview Bar & Grill two years to the day earlier. He did the same late last month in regard to two Denver murders, including the slaying of D’Andre Mayfield in a drive-by shooting. All three crimes took place during the same three-day period in 2015, and each is said to have been gang-related. Indeed, the prosecutor who effectively handed Banks the third of three life sentences without the possibility of parole says he opened fire on Graham because her companion had chosen to wear the wrong color shoes.
Bill Franke, the head of the investment firm that owns Denver-based Frontier Airlines, has compared the average passenger to a “teenage spoiled brat” despite the carrier’s recent history of terrible customer service rankings, a well-publicized public spat with 9News anchor Kyle Clark and an entire website devoted to Frontier horror stories.
Need MMJ while on probation in Colorado? Tell it to the judge.
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has issued an $8.9 million civil penalty assessment notice against Rasier LLC, the parent company of Uber. Why? The PUC maintains that Uber has allowed “individuals with disqualifying criminal or motor vehicle offenses, or without valid licenses, to drive for the company” in the state.
Denver Environmental Health has banned the sale of kratom for human consumption. The decision follows a public health advisory warning individuals not to consume kratom, a popular herbal substance of Southeast Asian origin that’s become more widely available in Colorado over the past few months, issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on November 14. Prior to this alert, reports circulated about more than a dozen deaths associated with, although perhaps not directly attributable to, use of the substance, which is known for its euphoric and pain-relieving effects.
Family members of Alfredo Chavez, 17, fatally shot outside an Adams County grow house last year, are far from satisfied with the official investigation into this death.
In today’s highly partisan political landscape, crossover votes are becoming less and less common. But one Colorado congressman has successfully navigated political polarization and redistricting to successive victories, despite representing a district that typically favors a party different from his own at the presidential level.
