Shotgun Willie’s Ex-Dancers Say Strip Club Ripped Them Off in New Lawsuit

Four former dancers at Shotgun Willie’s have filed a class-action lawsuit against the iconic Denver strip club, alleging that they were ripped off by way of an illegal system that charged them to perform and forced them to help cover other employees’ earnings out of tips they received. The complaint’s charges mirror those outlined in a March lawsuit filed against the company that owns five other exotic-dance venues in the Mile High City, including the Diamond Cabaret.

Johnstown High School Reopens After Trump Piñata Fiasco: “No Credible Threat”

Roosevelt High School in Johnstown will be open for classes today, May 9, following yesterday’s closure. In an announcement from the Weld RE-5J School District, Dr. Martin Foster, the district’s superintendent, writes that local police say a possible threat over a Roosevelt Spanish teacher’s use of a President Donald Trump piñata has been discredited. Apparently, the whole thing was fueled by rumor.

Pot Taxes Brought $35 Million to Colorado Counties in 2016: Which Got Richest?

According to data shared by the Colorado Department of Revenue, 29 counties in Colorado generated nearly $35 million in tax revenues during 2016, not counting the nearly $200 million in tax revenue collected by the state itself. The amounts range from just over $70,000 in one mountain county to more than $14 million in the state’s most populous metro area.

Claim: Christopher Colbruno’s Naked March Led to Denver Sheriff’s Coverup

A new lawsuit claims that the decision by Denver Sheriff Department personnel to march Christopher Colbruno naked into Denver Health violated his basic rights as a human being. The suit is the second to be pressed over the matter, after a filing from a civilian investigator who said he was fired by the DSD, which has been accused of failing to report some complaints about the treatment of inmates, in part because he refused to destroy video of the incident.

TABOR, the Amendment That Won’t Die, Staves Off Doom Again

The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, which requires tax increases to be okayed by popular vote, was approved in 1992, meaning that it’s been in place for nearly a quarter-century and a pain in the neck to legislators for the same amount of time. Six years ago, a coalition of lawmakers and other notables filed suit in federal court to overturn it. But their efforts have been stymied again, this time by a U.S. District Court ruling that says the plaintiffs don’t have standing to have brought the suit in the first place.

The Green Solution Opens New Aurora Dispensary

After a few weeks of delays, The Green Solution has opened another dispensary in Aurora, the first store it’s built from the ground up and the last of the 24 stores currently allowed in that town. It’s also one of the rec locations closest to Denver International Airport, although still twenty miles awya.

Jamaal Edwards’s Mixed Verdict in Double Killing, Claimed Role of Acid

Jamaal Edwards, who was charged with two counts of first degree murder after a double murder in January 2015, has been found guilty of a lesser charge in one of the deaths. In the second slaying, the jury failed to reach a verdict, resulting in a mistrial. A new trial has been ordered in the latter case, which took place amid an ugly incident that Edwards is quoted as summing up with the two-word phrase, “Shit happened.”

Ten Stories About the Rise and Fall of the 16th Street Mall

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Thirty-five years ago, the 16th Street Mall was a shining light in Denver’s tourist scene. Designed by the world-renowned I.M. Pei and Associates, the mall was supposed to be a pedestrian-friendly, well-designed hub of businesses in the heart of the city. But come 2017 and…

KDVR Morning Crew Shows Us How Not to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo

This morning the KDVR morning crew decided to celebrate Cinco de Mayo on air, and anchor Kirk Yuhnke took the fiesta a step further in a pre-show Facebook Live video. The anchors all wore sombreros, or as Yuhnke called them in his video, “three amigos hats” — presumably a reference to…

Jane, a New Online Ordering System for Cannabis, Coming to Denver

A new resource will soon come to Colorado. Santa Cruz, California-based Jane is an online cannabis-connection service that allows customers to search for marijuana products using any term. And not only do consumers get to use the service for free, dispensaries can, too. The only charge is a small gratuity for each purchase at their store made through the site.