I. Meet America’s business cheerleaders. People tend to view the Chamber of Commerce in the same colors as the Rotary Club or the Knights of Columbus: officious do-gooders lending a helpful hand in the name of economy and country. It’s a largely accurate assessment — at least on the local…
You won’t find any mention of pot on the state’s official tourism site, Colorado.com — but you won’t find the new Colorado brand there, either. “The Peak,” otherwise known as the green carbon-dioxide hazmat sign, which was unveiled last August to much derision, has been rolled out slowly as the…
Dear Stoner: Given the concern about diversion of cannabis out of state, will simply having Colorado license plates be probable cause for a traffic stop by police in the states surrounding Colorado?The Bud Bandit Dear Bud: Have you ever met anyone from Amsterdam? You can imagine the question they’re asked…
What kind of Broncos fan are you? Find your type in our illustrated guide to Denver Broncos fanatics, lovingly rendered by cartoonist Noah Van Sciver just in time for Super Bowl XLVIII…
A Georgia state representative introduced a bill earlier today that would legalize CBD-rich medical cannabis oil for children suffering from severe seizure disorders, including epilepsy. But the state won’t allow for cultivation of pot. Instead, Representative Allen Peake suggests connecting patients with needed medicine by importing medical cannabis oil from…
We recently posted about a call for the firing of DEA chief Michele Leonhart after she reportedly criticized President Barack Obama’s views about marijuana. One reader was dumbfounded by Leonhart’s apparent anger over a hemp flag briefly flying at the U.S. Capitol last July 4. Here’s his take, featuring an…
Denver blog posts cover the hole damn thing. At our Cafe Society blog, Loren Lorenzo reveals how you can learn the magic of Voodoo Doughnuts. We’ve all heard of Obamacare — but what the hell is “Amycare”? Colorado Pols knows. Denver Stiffs’ Jeffrey Morton on LaLa Anthony finally admitting that…
Although Governor John Hickenlooper opposed Amendment 64, he signed the marijuana measure into law after Colorado voters approved it in 2012. But that doesn’t mean he’s reached a happy place regarding the law. Far from it: In a column by the New York Times’ Maureen Dowd, Hick talks negatively about…
For a small market located in a flyover state, Denver and its football fans have made a big name for themselves since the Denver Broncos team was born in 1960. From the fans who stormed the field on New Year’s Day in 1978 to tear down the goal posts after…
In 2011, a listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupe grown at Colorado’s Jensen Farms caused 33 deaths and 147 hospitalizations. Now, the better part of three years later, Jensen Farm operators Eric and Ryan Jensen have been sentenced to five years’ probation and six-months home detention following the sort of prosecution…
As soon as smart asses realized this year’s Super Bowl would feature teams from the two states that have legalized recreational marijuana sales, the jokes started flying, with participants including The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, the nation’s meme makers and entrepreneurs hoping to generate a little cash along…
Vail’s Lindsay Vonn announced that a knee injury would prevent her competing in the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. But Coloradans will still have plenty of rooting interest. The official total of participating athletes from our fair state is nineteen — among them highly touted skier Mikaela Shiffrin,…
In the run-up to Sunday’s Super Bowl, we’ve posted about some of the friction caused by the match-up between the Broncos and the Seahawks, including the firing of a Tacoma teen after he wore a Demaryius Thomas jersey to work and a Washington senator’s rude tweet about the Barrel Man…
If a script writer for a network television alphabet show (CSI, NCIS, etc.) isn’t already working on an episode inspired by Aaron and Brian Lucas, you can bet one will get underway shortly. Aaron, a decorated former soldier who’d been stationed at Fort Carson, tried blaming his identical twin, Brian,…
In 2012, Brandon Coats, a paralyzed medical marijuana patient fired by DISH for failing a drug test, filed a complaint over the issue in Arapahoe District Court. When he lost there, attorney Michael Evans brought the case to the Colorado Court of Appeals, where jurists also rejected Coats’s argument. But…
When sharing our post about a deputy’s fatal crash involving Kenneth Hosch, 83, we asked folks on Facebook about their thoughts regarding the risks presented by some elderly drivers. The responses we received back were fascinating, with this one turning the question in an unexpected direction…
Denver blog posts can get sketchy. At our Backbeat blog, Shea Serrano shows what happens when you give kids markers and ask them to draw hip-hop legends. At Free Range Longmont, Bill Ellis shares a touching love story about the final years of Muriel Harrison’s life. Mile High Mamas’ Gretchen…
KUSA 9News weather and traffic reporter Amelia Earhart, seen here in a photo illustration, has a famous namesake, and although she’s not actually a descendant of the original Earhart — a pilot who disappeared while trying to circumnavigate the globe in 1937 — she’s never shied away from the connection,…
Bob Autobee doesn’t want to see the man who murdered his son Eric twelve years ago put to death for his crime. Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler wants to prevent Autobee from sharing his views on the death penalty and the justice system with the jury that will decide…
This past September, the Marijuana Policy Project put up a billboard near Mile High Stadium criticizing the NFL’s pot policy — a gambit that echoed past efforts by Denver-based MPP spokesman Mason Tvert. Check out the photos below. Now, Tvert and company are taking their campaign to an even bigger…
For years, the National Football League has tried to build an audience for American-style professional pigskin to other countries — but a weird incident yesterday suggests there’s still quite a ways to go. Specifically, Rob Ford, the controversial mayor of Toronto, who reportedly admitted to probable crack-cocaine use “in one…
“Our fifteen favorite Super Bowl pot memes — so far” featured a headline we didn’t choose at random. After all, we figured meme makers from around the country weren’t done celebrating the face-off between the Broncos and the Seahawks, who represent the two states that have legalized recreational marijuana sales…
