Denver is suddenly stuck on nicknames. Developers are smacking hip labels on once-dowdy parts of town; the Colorado-born creators of South Park are smacking those developers with SoDoSoPa mockeries. So far, though, only three neighborhood nicknames have passed any test of time. One of them is RiNo, and the area is holding its annual meeting April 13.
On Wednesday, a state Senate committee killed a Democratic-sponsored bill that would have required a distance of at least 1,000 feet between oil and gas drilling sites and school property lines. Two weeks after passing the state House, which is controlled by Democrats, the bill lost in a 6-5 vote…
David Owen’s new book, Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River, handles its sprawling subject with deftness and quirkiness.
The new occupants of an old church at 400 South Logan Street have been raising eyebrows since Google Maps starting listing the address as the “International Church of Cannabis.” Practioners of Elevationism, Steve Berke and Lee Molloy plan a three-day grand-opening leading to 4/20.
In a wide-ranging conversation with Westword about her new role as Colorado Democratic Party chair, former state senate president Morgan Carroll acknowledges mistakes made at the local, state and national level and talks about the need for innovation and fresh thinking during a period when cynicism about the political system is rising at a rapid rate. But she also exhibits enthusiasm and optimism about channeling anti-Trump energy into practical action.
SteepFuze, a Colorado company that specializes in CBD-infused coffee, came together through a series of coincidences that could only happen in this state. “It was a total accident how the idea came about,” admits Devin Jamroz.
Brittney Westphal, who was at the center of a startling November 2016 exposé revealing that seven of ten sexual assault reports in Denver during the previous two years weren’t prosecuted, and Kendra Heuer, whose attacker, former CU Boulder student Austin Wilkerson, received no jail time despite being convicted of unlawful sexual assault against her, have joined with Lizzie Stelten, another sexual assault survivor, to create a new and novel support group that will be meeting for the first time on April 18 in Niwot.
A reader wants to know what to put in a marijuana goodie bag for a visitor to Colorado. Our Stoner has the answer.
Approximately 1,600 people, and perhaps many more, have gone missing on public lands, according to sources cited in a fascinating new article from Outside magazine. The piece prominently highlights two tragic Colorado cases covered in this space, involving Joe Keller and Dale Stehling. Regis University instructor Heidi Streetman, also took part in the article, and she tells us that progress is being made toward her goal of creating a national database that could help solve such mysteries.
At this hour, Denver officials are announcing their decision to pay $999,900 to the family of seventeen-year-old Jessica “Jessie” Hernandez, who was killed by police while she was behind the wheel of a stolen car two years ago in an incident that led to widespread protests and calls for a federal investigation of officer-involved shootings in the city. But equally important to Qusair Mohamedbhai, the attorney representing Hernandez’s loved ones, are two additional actions Denver has agreed to take.
As Boulder County prepares to end its moratorium on fracking, its officials are wondering why a two-month-old lawsuit against the moratorium filed by the Colorado Attorney General is still in the works. The suit is the last in a line of legal challenges to Boulder County’s temporary ban on new…
Over the past decade, Colorado’s cannabis industry has grown far beyond stoner stereotypes. Ever since Jane West started her wellness-products business, she’s been vocal about what it’s like to be a cannabis consumer, a business leader and, yes, a parent. We recently sat down with West to find out what this pot pioneer carries every day, and will be taking with her on 4/20.
Colorado might have been the first state to sell recreational marijuana, but we’re not nearly finished updating our cannabis laws. Lawmakers have introduced seventeen bills during this legislative session, most of them aimed at tightening the rules for marijuana sale and production. Governor John Hickenlooper will sign a bill that will limit marijuana home grows to twelve plants this week.
The Denver 4/20 Rally, scheduled to take place on April 20, is offering something new this year. Each attendee will receive a black bag containing tons of swag from marijuana businesses that were unable to legally give away such items at big public events in the past because of restrictive advertising rules related to cannabis.
I’ve always loved fruity-flavored cannabis. Not the citrus-heavy strains like Lemon Skunk or Grapefruit, which are great in their own way — but sweet and decadent strains like Cannalope Kush, Cherry Pie and Strawberry Cough. Everyone enjoys a visit to the candy shop sometimes, and when you get there, you’re going to want to pick up some Blueberry.
According to the first installment in a groundbreaking series, at least 137 people have died skiing at Colorado resorts over the past decade. The number doesn’t include 25 or more on-mountain deaths from heart attacks and other cardiac issues related to high altitudes.
Denver has cracked the top ten list for smoggiest cities in the United States, according to a report by the Frontier Group and the Environment America Research & Policy Center that was released today, April 11. The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area came in at sixth place on the ominous list, with…
The Denver-based Center for Western Priorities has launched a national ad campaign aimed at preventing national monuments from being stripped of their protected status by the Trump administration. The threat is exemplified by the efforts of numerous Utah legislators, who are currently lobbying Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to wipe out Bear Ears National Monument — a prospect that recently led Boulder’s Outdoor Retailer Association to announce that its annual Outdoor Retailer shows will pull out of Salt Lake City and seek a new home, perhaps in Colorado.
Amy Diiullo runs the Fit for 420 program in Denver. She’s been playing sports and working out since high school… and she’s been smoking marijuana about that long, as well. She studied exercise science in college, and as she learned the technical aspects of working out and being healthy, she realized that cannabis could help her achieve her fitness goals.
Four years after the brutal murder of 22-year-old Christopher Bryant Jr. outside an Aurora sports bar and the serious wounding of his friend, Demetrey Adams, the last of three people charged in the shooting has finally been sentenced. Daeshaun Howard, who is now 22, is the second conspirator to be given life without the possibility of parole for a crime that prosecutors say took place after Bryant danced with a woman who’d been with Howard and company.
You’ve been able to buy recreational marijuana in Colorado since January 1, 2014. But there are still good reasons to get a patient card for medical marijuana, our Stoner says.
Logan Goodwin, a twelve-year-old from Hermosa Beach, California, died from injuries sustained while skiing at Breckenridge resort on Saturday, April 8. He is the fifth skier to die at Breckenridge during the 2016-2017 ski season and the thirteenth person to perish at a Colorado ski resort during that span. The tragedy makes this season the deadliest in five years.
