All year we’ve kept you up to date on all things weed, both here in Colorado and as legalization sweeps the nation. Here are the stories you were most excited to read. 1. Denver Law Firm Considering Lawsuit Over DEA’s New CBD Classification 2. CBD and Other Marijuana Extracts Illegal…
With tourists heading for the hills, there are plenty of things that tick off the good people of Aspen. Vail’s been inundated, too, and in addition to hordes of skiers, this weekend the town will attract many New Year’s Eve revelers. Built strategically along I-70 (it’s no mistake that the only main roads going into and out of Vail are I-70 exits) in the not-so-distant past, Vail is like a Disney model of a ski town — only you can actually go there and ski. Still, despite the practiced and mandatory smiles of the employees who work the resort town (and probably have to live in other parts of Eagle County), there are somethings that ruffle the feathers of Vail residents. Let’s start with these eight.
After a dry fall, the mountains are now buried in snow, and all of Colorado’s resorts are open. In this year’s edition of the Edge, our snow-activities guide to Colorado mountains, we told you about what’s new at every major ski area, reaching out to experts for suggestions on how…
This year, Colorado proved just how profitable marijuana can be. In the first ten months of 2016, Colorado topped $1 billion in marijuana sales, according to the Department of Revenue. By the end of October, the state had racked up $1.1 billion in legal sales of medical and recreational marijuana —…
Marijuana stories that prove reality is stranger than fiction.
A spokesman for Frontier Airlines says that the airline is still investigating the root causes of the carrier’s “meltdown” that led to thousands of passengers experiencing delays or canceled flights over the weekend of December 16. “First, we would like to apologize to our customers whose travel plans were impacted…
Cooking with cannabis can be intimidating, so Emma Levy, the chef at BlueKudu, has made it easy for us. She’s created a dark chocolate cookie recipe that pairs with BlueKudu’s Polar Caps bar. All you need to do is bake the cookies, prepare the chocolate ganache topping and frost the cookies,…
Strange but true transplant stories from the past year prove that truth is definitely stranger than fiction.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times — and when you want to blame someone or something for the latter in 2016, you can start here.
This was the biggest year for marijuana on record: four more states legalized recreational marijuana and Colorado passed one billion dollars in sales. If 2016 was any indication, the marijuana market will just keep growing. Here are six things to watch for in 2016. 1. President Donald Trump Marijuana advocates are…
Lyft has unveiled the inaugural 2016 Lyftie Awards for Denver, crowning the most popular destinations for Lyft riders in the Mile High City. Familiar spots took the top honors in six categories, with lower downtown cementing itself as the city’s most trafficked neighborhood. And the winners are… Most-Visited Restaurant Avanti…
News that Rocky Mountain National Park’s visitor numbers are headed for another record-busting year may be a cause for celebration in some quarters, but it’s also an occasion for groans and trepidation among those who wonder if the park’s most precious features can survive its ever-growing popularity.
Three individuals that were cited for illegal camping in Denver pleaded not guilty at their arraignment hearing on Wednesday, December 28. Two of the defendants – Jerry Burton and Randy Russell – are experiencing homelessness, and are the individuals featured in a pair of viral videos that show Denver Police…
For the tenth year running, the Sawaya Law Firm will pick up the New Year’s Eve tab for your cab ride home. It will actually pay your fare tonight, as well — the program runs through January 2. If you grab a cab any night over the next few days…
Many of the issues that dominated local headlines in 2015, including homelessness, the rising cost of housing and a steady influx of transplants, continued to be hot topics this year. But from an unpredictable, insane election to the media frenzy over the twentieth anniversary of JonBenét Ramsey’s death, 2016 threw…
Many of the issues that dominated local headlines in 2015, including homelessness, the rising cost of housing and a steady influx of transplants, continued to be hot topics this year. But from an unpredictable, insane election to the media frenzy over the twentieth anniversary of JonBenét Ramsey’s death, 2016 threw…
For months, people traveling the Platte River Greenway or driving northwest along Speer Boulevard have marveled at the behemoth building rising near Confluence Park, towering over the nearby converted warehouses and Victorian storefronts, wondering when — if ever — it will finally stop. And now it has. The team behind the Confluence,…
In his budget request for the 2017-’18 fiscal year, Governor John Hickenlooper asked Colorado’s lawmakers to put aside $12.3 million of the revenue garnered from marijuana taxes during that time and use the money to build 1,200 new housing units for people on the streets experiencing chronic and episodic homelessness, as well as an additional 300 units every five years for people facing periodic homelessness.
Officially, Aspen sits in Colorado’s Pitkin County, but in reality it sits in a little reality of its own creation, where modest homes go for pornographically immodest prices, where celebrities live but tend not to be seen, where money flows like melting snow, but definitely doesn’t tend to trickle down to the person waiting on your table or pouring your beer. Aspen does not fit into Colorado, not really. Colorado fits around Aspen. Colorado is Aspen’s venue. Aspen is, always, the star.But as we know, stars can be bitchy. What makes the good folks of Aspen grumble? Well, for starters, the universal truth that money can’t buy happiness. But aside from that? These eight.
It’s been a big year for pot. More than half the states in the country now allow marijuana use of some kind, Denver expanded its understanding of social use and voters approved a ballot initiative that will allow marijuana to be smoked in public, and Colorado sold over one billion…
There’s an old Chinese curse (or so it’s said) that goes like this: “May you live in interesting times.” The saying is apocryphal, of course, and, like chop suey and fortune cookies, may not be authentically Asian in origin. But the point stands: 2016 was too damn interesting for words. Traditionally, we make resolutions for the betterment of ourselves and our lives in the coming year: lose weight, stop smoking, eat more vegetables, make America great again, stop the rise of authoritarianism, whatever. This year, there are things that we in Colorado can resolve to do that will make everything — our state, our neighborhoods and our quality of life — better. Happy New Year, and here’s to 2017 being refreshingly unremarkable. Or at least remarkable for all the right reasons. Here are our top ten resolutions to help make it so.
Even the best skier or snowboarder has been on a chairlift and had this fleeting thought: “I could fall off this thing.” That nightmare scenario became a reality for Seth Beckton in January, when Thomas Proesel pushed the snowboarder off an Aspen Highlands chairlift after Beckton made a casual comment…
