Yesterday, the City of Denver launched a marijuana website on Colorado.gov” — a key element in what a release calls “a public education effort” prior to the January 1 kickoff of retail pot sales. But while the assorted pages sport apparently non-ironic references to Denver as “the Mile High City,”…
Back in October, we shared our picks for the top ten “You know you’re NOT from Colorado when” punchlines. But with the holiday season upon us, we realized that the City of Denver deserved a list of its own. With that in mind, here are our ten favorite ways to…
Yesterday, Denver city councilwoman Susan Shepherd predicted that an amendment allowing people to smoke pot on their front porches and front lawns — a reversal of a ban that seemed certain to pass — would be approved at a meeting last night, and she was right. The new rules sailed…
Update: Last week, we told you about the so-called Milli Vanilli Bandits — a pair of bewigged robbers suspected of knocking over thirteen businesses in just six November days; see our previous coverage below, complete with interactive maps showing each location. Now, the Denver police believe they’ve found this pair…
In a post published earlier today about a forthcoming proposal to ban marijuana smoking on private property within a thousand feet of schools, Denver councilwoman Susan Shepherd predicted future efforts to allow smoking at private clubs. Turns out this very subject is near the top of fourteen legislative priorities just…
Update: At a hearing this afternoon, charges were dismissed against Aron Ralston in relation to his arrest Saturday night. The incident reportedly revolved around Vita Shannon, identified as Ralston’s girlfriend. She’s said to have hit him twice in the head, while he allegedly shoved her while leaving her apartment. Like…
Last week, we shared the eighteen reasons listed by one website for why Denver is the best city in the U.S. The post garnered lots of great responses, but our fave was from someone who’d rather we hush up about Denver’s attributes — and it’s our first-ever Comment of the…
Denver blog posts have the skinny. At our Cafe Society blog, Jenn Wohletz collects the five dumbest foodie gifts for the holidays, including a particularly forked-up dumbbell. Coyote Gulch on hydraulic fracturing and water quality. Denver Stiffs’ glasnappq considers the Nuggets’ chances when they go up against the Wall –…
In addition to voting on a proposed plastic bag-fee bill at a meeting tonight, members of Denver City Council will also take on an amendment that would allow people to smoke marijuana on their front porches, thereby formalizing an unlikely reversal of a rule that would have banned it. One…
The debate about whether or not Denver shoppers should pay a fee for disposable plastic bags has been going on for well over a year. But finally, a measure that would charge five cents per bag at many stores will be considered by the Denver City Council tonight — and…
Looking for free condoms? The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment wants to have your back. The state agency is paying $15,000 to advertise a website called CondomFinder.org on various marquees operated by Denver Arts & Venues, including the digital display in front of the high-profile Denver Performing Arts…
Today, we should finally start getting out of the deep freeze: The high temperature is expected to be in the twenties, which sounds downright steamy compared to the -15 degrees of a few days ago. Still, the unseasonably low temps have stuck around for the better part of a week,…
Prior to yesterday’s ultra-frigid Broncos game against the Titans, the story line was simple: Peyton Manning plays lousy in the cold. Well, check that. Manning threw for 397 yards and four TDs in a 51-28 romp, and in an interview with KOA after the game, he told the author of…
Update: On Wednesday, we told you about a hearing in the case of Dave Mullins and Charlie Craig, who said the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop had refused to bake them a wedding reception cake for a ceremony to be held in Massachusetts that September. Mullins and Craig claimed discrimination, and…
Here’s an old Cannabis Time Capsule we’ve dug up from nearly 136 years. It appeared in the now-defunct Colorado Banner newspaper out of Boulder. This December 13, 1877 brief details the schemes of a Philadelphia snake-oil salesman hooking unsuspecting victims on the opium-like wonders of hashish! Cue scary music…
Yesterday, we shared a batch of storm photos submitted by 9News viewers while noting the absence of shots featuring snowy patios in the wake of anchor Kyle Clark’s rant on the topic. We found his take hilarious, but this reader doesn’t agree…
Denver blog posts start getting hungry every day about this time. Our Cafe Society blog lists the staff’s picks for the ten best Indian restaurants in Denver. What’s your curry favorite? The Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic on Cory Gardner’s junket to talk oil drilling in Ireland. At Mile High Mamas,…
Last month, we chatted with Denver Post CEO and incoming publisher Mac Tully about a number of topics, including the launch of a new paywall at the paper. The paywall went into effect on Monday, December 2, and we asked Tully to weigh in on the launch. In the following…
Nominees and friends packed into Galvanize on December 5 for the 2013 Westword Web Awards, Westword’s annual celebration of the most interesting Denverites on the Internet. With MC Jordan Doll at the helm, we handed out 21 awards across four categories, from the Best Music Video to the Best Politician…
Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is all about opposing forces operating under extreme pressure. Energy companies pump a mixture of water, sand and chemicals into tight shale formations in an effort to extract oil and gas. Cities respond by passing fracking bans designed to extract the energy companies. The fracking industry…
Suzette Hall didn’t identify as a grandma when she allegedly advertised as a topless barber. But we’d like to think her pitch was, “If you let me take something off the top, I’ll take off my top, too.” Whatever the case, Hall was recently busted by the Longmont PD for…
It was a case as weird as it was disturbing and tragic. Back in February 2011, the bodies of Ronald Ford and Ramiro Sanchez were found in their west Denver home, and shortly thereafter, cops started searching for a cross-dresser known as Ms. Puppy and later identified as Daryl Rasmussen…
