Thanks to sky-high rents and rising housing costs, Denver is suffering from a serious lack of affordable housing. The issue will be addressed at tonight’s Denver City Council meeting by way of two competing bills on view below. The first, designated by the number 625, calls for a property tax…
Early on the morning of July 13, police officers arrived en masse at Confluence Park, as expected — only there were a lot more of them than seemed necessary. This was the moment that members of the advocacy group Denver Homeless Out Loud were waiting for; they wanted to document…
It’s something journalists and campaign insiders know on Election Day usually way before the public: outcomes of elections. Why, then, are the outcomes withheld? “I think it’s because one night in 1980 Congress flipped out and told the networks [releasing real-time results] was bad for democracy because there was some…
When Nebraska and Oklahoma filed a lawsuit against Colorado late last year, the two states decried additional law enforcement costs they’d accrued due to the passage of Amendment 64, the 2012 measure that legalized limited recreational marijuana sales here. Now, however, Colorado taxpayers are ponying up to prosecute three young…
If Colorado seems exciting now, imagine what it must have felt like in the 1870s. We joined the Union that decade and saw the beginnings of the Colorado Silver Rush, during which about $80 million worth of silver was mined (and that’s 1870s money, mind you). That caught the attention of…
Through two weeks, the Denver Broncos’ season has been marked by victories and the broken hearts of opponents’ fans. Game one found Denver duplicating its Super Bowl win over the Carolina Panthers in a manner that left Cam Newton loyalists feeling thoroughly pissed off. And a similar shudder of despair went…
This year’s annual Colorado Governor’s Tourism Conference, held last week in Breckenridge, included a panel on marijuana — a first. But while a state-sponsored survey showed that just 12 percent of visitors to Colorado used cannabis, some readers think that’s low — and doesn’t take into account those who moved…
Denverites are very territorial when it comes to their specific neighborhood, and with so many neighborhoods offering up different personalities, that’s understandable. Still, we like to point out what makes your neighbor tick, all in an effort to make you laugh. Because isn’t laughter the great uniter? Keep reading for…
Yes, tourists are coming to Colorado for the weed — but just not as many as you might think. In fact, according to a state-subsidized survey, only 12 percent of visitors to this state visit a dispensary. Although tourism boosters shied away from discussing marijuana right after recreational use was legalized,…
An outside consultant brought in to evaluate the distance learning program at Adams State University has recommended that the program in its current form be abolished, citing a range of problems — from poor supervision and a staggering rate of incomplete grades to professors collecting substantial extra pay for teaching…
As any owner of a rescued pet will tell you, just who rescued who isn’t always clear. On Thursday, September 15, the Denver Public Library and the Denver Animal Shelter partnered to give dogs and humans some love and a little exercise. The shelter brought some dogs in its care…
If you live in Highlands Ranch, which some locals lovingly refer to as “the HR,” you that some things there can break your outwardly placid demeanor — which I hear you’re required to adopt by the HOA agreement that you sign upon move-in. Sure, there are the usual irritants: broken-down…
Why has it been so long since we introduced you to a new Schmuck of the Week? We were just waiting for the right person to come along. And Nicholas Olson definitely fits the bill. Olson is accused of making “verbal sexual advances” to a female police officer — actions…
With each passing year, Colorado seems to be losing more classic signage — including vintage hotel and motel signs that have distinguished roadsides in the state for decades. The latest to go? Signs for the Chief Motel and the Stardust Lodge in Colorado Springs, whose accompanying businesses, located on South…
It’s been more than twenty years since three members of the Bennett family — father Bruce, mother Debra and seven-year-old daughter Melissa — were brutally murdered. But the Aurora Police Department hasn’t given up on finding their killer. The department has employed age-progressed DNA phenotyping, a technique developed by Parabon NanoLabs and dubbed Snapshot…
I like to consider myself a manly man in most regards — I drink my coffee black, like my beers strong and consider V-necks a stain upon society. But when it comes to marijuana, I’m pretty much a yoga-pants-wearing wimp holding a pumpkin-spice latte: I like my strains sweet, sugary…
Broncos star Von Miller just launched his latest ad — this one a spot for Old Spice, which was probably funnier in concept than in execution and is unlikely to become a pop-culture classic. (Sorry, Von.) But that got us to thinking. There have actually been a lot of NFL…
In our recent Libertarian Party of Colorado profile, state chair Jay North and communications director Caryn Ann Harlos talked about the difficulties of getting attention for a so-called third party, particularly when it comes to candidates such as Lily Tang Williams, who’s running for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Michael Bennet…
At tonight’s Denver City Council meeting, members are scheduled to vote on renewing a contract with Xerox for red-light cameras, and the proposal is expected to pass easily — although perhaps not unanimously. Kevin Flynn, who represents District 2, stresses that he supports the use of red-light cameras (as well…
This week’s news about two deaths in Montbello over a 24 hour span couldn’t have come at a worse time. Today, Angelle Fouther, chairperson of the Montbello Organizing Committee (MOC), and other neighborhood leaders are scheduled to gather at the chambers of Denver mayor Michael Hancock to meet with representatives of grocery…
Despite protests by parents, students, nutrition advocates and dentists, the Colorado State Board of Education today finalized its plan to put diet sodas back into public school vending machines. At its regular meeting the board approved a proposal to bring the state’s school nutrition rules in line with federal rules,…
Denver Startup Week began in September 2012 as a chance for entrepreneurs to meet and trade ideas. Over the past five years, it’s evolved into an expansive event where anyone hoping to start a business can choose from hundreds of panel presentations featuring people who’ve been there, done that. And this…
