Over the past few years, the historic Wyatt Academy in Denver’s Cole neighborhood has had about twenty of its windows replaced and the masonry on the building’s western elevation repaired with the help of a $200,000 grant from the State Historical Fund. The new windows are historically appropriate in appearance…
One of the longest-running cannabis controversies in Colorado is about to come to a close. Last month, state lawmakers approved a measure that will create a “statutory right” for patients to use medical marijuana for PTSD. When the bill goes into law, it will mark the first time any condition has been added to those eligible for MMJ since 2001, when the initial list was created a year after Colorado voters approved Amendment 20. Amendment 20 gave patients and caregivers alike the right to possess, cultivate and use medicinal marijuana.
Tommy Caldwell, one of the world’s best rock climbers and a native of Estes Park, became a media sensation in January 2015 when he, along with climbing partner Kevin Jorgeson, became the first to complete a free climb of the Dawn Wall route on El Capitan in Yosemite. Caldwell had…
The Colorado Department of Transportation blames law-enforcement agencies slow to hange their culture for incomplete numbers on marijuana-induced driving deaths.
At the City of Denver’s annual housing summit that took place on May 19, Denver’s new housing czar, Erik Soliván, announced that the city would take on thirty short-term initiatives by the end of 2017, including actions aimed at assisting Denver’s homeless population. The city is already following through on…
The proposed 2018 BLM budget would cut $10 million from the wild horse program and lift restrictions on the sale of “excess” animals to slaughterhouses. It would also remove a ban on euthanasia of unadopted equines that’s been in force since 2010.
Christian Gulzow, the man arrested for the fatal stabbing of Brian Lucero in the parking lot of Torchy’s Tacos on May 23, is described by two members of The Undertakers, a Denver metal band with which he was once associated, as obsessed with demons, weapons and musical fame that was beyond his ability. They also say that after ending their friendship with him, Gulzow reacted by unleashing violent warnings that are even more disturbing given the current allegations against him.
Book lovers got lit over literature at the inaugural Cannabis Literary Society author meet-and-greet book-signing on May 23. The new consumption-friendly cannabis book club is the latest endeavor of marijuana patient advocate Amy Dawn Bourlon-Hilterbran, who wanted to create safe and legal space where people could talk about the plant and…
Stats about Denver’s scorching hot (read: nearly impossible to enter) housing market abound, but I didn’t truly understand how crazy things were until my husband and I started looking ourselves. The first time we toured a crap hole and learned later the house had 22 offers — most over asking price —…
As the end of ski season creeps closer (though kept alive momentarily by recent storms), Arapahoe Basin is preparing to retire its colorful and dedicated gang of ski patrol volunteers. The volunteer ski patrol unit has been around since the ’40s and is an integral part of A-Basin’s culture. For Alan…
The organizers of the Denver 420 Rally are preparing to formally appeal a decision by the City of Denver to ban them from applying for any event permit during the next three years and rescind the priority status that’s allowed them to regularly stage the annual gathering at Civic Center Park on or around April 20. They say that while some minor errors were made at this year’s edition, Denver officials have either greatly exaggerated or completely invented violations in a conscious effort to destroy an enormously popular, tourist-friendly festival that appears to embarrass them.
Mixing codeine and marijuana isn’t a good idea, especially if you’re about to do a morning show. Just don’t let Lil Wayne mumble something about your personal life.
Brian Lucero has been identified as the victim of a fatal stabbing in the parking lot of Torchy’s Tacos, near the intersection of 11th and Broadway early on May 23. His alleged killer, Christian Gulzow, a Denver-area death metal singer with a substantial criminal record, has been arrested in the death of Lucero, a transient whose fate is evidence of the dangers regularly faced by members of the homeless community.
Visiting Colorado? If you want to check out a dispensary for the first time, we know that can be daunting. There are hundreds of them, including many near the airport, so how do you decide which one to go to? And once you’re inside of one, how do you know what to get? Here are some general rules that every tourist should know before heading to a recreational marijuana store.
The man identified by Denver police as Christian Gulzow, the suspect in the fatal stabbing of Brian Lucero in the Torchy’s Tacos parking lot early on May 23, is known online as both Christöf Gülzow and Nürüm Bellüm, a death metal vocalist. His various social media platforms feature multiple images of him with white makeup and gloves with long tips of the sort allegedly worn by the killer in the case, and a video on his Instagram account includes violent and bloody knifings.
Christian Gulzow, 36, has been arrested in what the Denver Police Department has now confirmed was a homicide that took place early this morning near the Torchy’s Tacos branch at 1085 Broadway. According to the probable cause statement, accessible below, Gulzow wore white, clown-like make-up and was wearing gloves that recall those associated with fictional ghoul Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street horror-film series.
Across Colorado, but especially in Costilla County, officials are contending with off-the-grid residents who hold “sovereign” beliefs and do not observe the laws of the U.S. government.
Since the election of President Trump in November 2016, there has been an uptick in hate crimes across the nation. Denver is no exception, with some notable examples: Eight days after the election, on November 16, a transgender woman in Capitol Hill found her car spray-painted with swastikas and the…
Organizers of the Denver 420 Rally have been prohibited from applying for a Denver event permit for three years as a result of complaints about security and clean-up issues at this year’s edition, and their priority status with the city was rescinded. That pleases Colorado Christian University educator Jeff Hunt, the former marijuana user who spearheaded a petition to ban it.
Acquiring new cannabis genetics from different parts of the country is becoming easier than ever as pot prohibition’s national blockade continues to weaken. These new pipelines helped introduce me to Nurse Jackie – not the TV show many heard about but few watched, but a unique sativa gaining a respected reputation in Oregon’s medical marijuana community.
Even as Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues to say terrible things about marijuana and hint at a potential crackdown against states that have approved recreational or medical sales, assorted members of Congress have introduced legislation aimed at changing the way the federal government deals with the plant, including its designation as a Schedule I narcotic by the Drug Enforcement Administration. But there’s disagreement among national leaders of the cannabis community about whether it would be preferable to shift marijuana to Schedule II or Schedule III, or to de-schedule it entirely.
Colorado’s legislative session might be over, but Congressional lawmakers are paying attention to cannabis. Between the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, fifteen bills have been introduced that aim at revising federal marijuana laws.
