Has Colorado’s official tourism effort gone to pot? A new video posted on YouTube suggests that, and it only makes sense: After all, not only did the state’s voters approve Amendment 64, which makes recreational pot use legal in Colorado, but the state tourism office just hosted meetings on agritourism…
Late on November 6, after Coloradans had voted overwhelmingly to legalize recreational use of marijuana, Governor John Hickenlooper warned that given federal law, the state’s residents shouldn’t “break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly.” But that very day, as it turns out, another Coloradan had taken aim at one…
Timing is everything: While tempers are flaring over the shooting of a pit bull named Chloe this past weekend — an act that Commerce City police defend — Ken Foster, author of I’m a Good Dog: Pit Bulls, America’s Most Beautiful (and Misunderstood) Pet, is on his way to Denver…
The hike leads to a southern Utah canyon with a stunning view. The canyon itself has a name that stuns many of the hikers who hear it: Negro Bill Canyon. And this name was changed in the ’60s to clean up a more derogatory title that ostensibly honored a black…
Just in case you didn’t spend enough time in front of the television last night, Colorado Public Television is giving you two more hours of very good reasons to stay seated: a mini-marathon of the time-machine shows that the crew behind Colorado Inside Out, which normally focuses on current events,…
Who’s the biggest turkey of the year? With the election season barely over, it’s easy to focus on all the pundits who insisted Colorado’s swing-state vote would decide the election — when Barack Obama had already won his second term before our polling places closed. But there are many, many…
Esquire magazine has chosen its “Americans of the Year 2012,” and is rolling out stories on the fifteen honored Americans this week. Already revealed: Bradley Cooper (the cover boy), Bruce Springsteen, Lena Dunham, Elon Musk, Travon Martin, John Roberts, Prince Harry (Honorary)…and Colorado’s governor, John Hickenlooper…
Denver City Council President Mary Beth Susman, who represents District 5 covering eastern Denver, will hold a town hall meeting tonight. But one of the big agenda issues has been dropped: Because developer Jeff Fuqua has not submitted a new plan for the Colorado Boulevard Healthcare District, with a list…
With Democrats controlling both houses of the Colorado Legislature, Governor John Hickenlooper should have lots of common ground with lawmakers. But one topic is already creating cracks in any consensus: fracking. Hickenlooper has asked for a single set of state regulations that would govern the state’s oil and gas industry,…
While Governor John Hickenlooper had a conference call with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to talk about the federal response to the passage Amendment 64, and Mason Tvert, the architect of that victory, was chatting with Bill Maher, hundreds of people gathered in Denver for the National Marijuana Business Conference…
Three Colorado chefs started out on the season premiere ofTop Chef Seattle last week, and two moved on. But Euclid Hall’s Jorel Pierce was out, booted by Tom Colicchio. And how did that feel? “While the pressure was intense and intimidating,” Pierce says, “I know now that I learned a…
The election may be over, but the campaigns continue. While pot proponents celebrate the passage of Amendment 64 at a national marijuana convention in Denver, backers of another successful initiative, Amendment 65, will also be gathering in town for a 2012 Grassroots Democracy Convergence to push for getting money out…
The green rush is on — 150 years after fortune-hunters rushed to the Rockies in search of gold. On Tuesday, Colorado voters passed Amendment 64, cementing this state’s reputation as the cannabis capitol of the country. That vote should certainly light up a convention scheduled months ago that starts today…
It was the first Friday of the month, which meant that arts districts around Denver were gearing up to greet hordes of art lovers…and those who also love a good party. And since November 2 was also the start of Denver Arts Week, they were anticipating even bigger hordes than…
Governor John Hickenlooper gave this election a real sound bite when he warned that the passage of Amendment 64 doesn’t change the fact that “federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug, so don’t break out the Cheetos or [Goldfish] too quickly.”…
At 7:35 a.m., a Colorado Republican Committee radio ad urging people to vote early by mail was airing on KHOW. Too late. I’d just returned from the polling place in my neighborhood — a neighborhood that has changed drastically in the twenty years I’ve been voting here…
The national newscasts this morning are full of speculation about which way Colorado will swing tomorrow. But whether the color wheel lands on red or blue, Colorado won’t look as black as it did the morning after the 1992 election, when this state was labeled “The Hate State.”…
The country is swamped by devastation from Hurricane Sandy and the storm of the 2012 election, but it’s still beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And who’s the Santa hauling the 2012 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree — — “America’s gift to the nation” — to Washington, D.C.? Former Senator…
This is the first National Bison Day, a project pushed by groups that would like to make bison the national mammal. For the past century, every day has been a bison day in Denver, since the city has had its own herd since 1914 — but if other bison boosters…
Just in time for Denver Arts Week, which kicks off on November 2, the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts is unveiling the results of its most recent study, which shows that metro Denver arts and culture generated $1.76 billion in total economic activity in 2011 — a year that…
Mayor Michael Hancock’s cabinet is finally complete. Late last week, he announced that he had hired a planning director to fill the slot that Peter Park left in mid-2011: Rocky Piro, a native of Denver who’s been working in Washington State. And one of the first things Piro should plan…
President Barack Obama took Friday off from the campaign trail — but he didn’t put all politicking on hold. He did a number of interviews, including a big one with MTV and satellite chats with a handful of local reporters from toss-up states, including 9News’ Kyle Clark, who definitely came…
