“Five colorado places that smell worse than the pot smokers next door,” latest word, october 17 Pot Shots Weed smells amazing. I can smell the dog-food factory from Capitol Hill.Christopher PaulPosted on Facebook Sad but true — sitting in a cloud of those other smells doesn’t make me dizzy or…
Something will be missing from Homecoming and Parents Weekend at the University of Denver, which kicks off on October 24: a mascot. If all had gone according to plan, by now DU would be rolling out its choice for the school’s new symbol for the Pioneers at a special “Evolution…
As we reported earlier this month, the number of children on the Colorado medical marijuana patient registry — with parental permission — nearly doubled from June to August this year, with sixty kids under the age of eighteen now on the list. This is the highest that figure has ever…
On Monday, Alex Brown posted about a “Drugs in the Americas: Legalization of Marijuana,” a panel discussion during which the Drug Policy Alliance’s Evan Nadelmann argued for broader drug legalization. His position was echoed by a number of readers, including this one…
Denver blog posts are all about the gridiron today. Mile High Report’s Tim Lynch rounds up views about the Broncos following the loss to Indianapolis — and the consensus that the team may not be all it was cracked up to be. On the other hand, Predominantly Orange’s Matt Petrero…
This week’s cover story, “Professor X,” profiles CU-Boulder English Professor William Kuskin and his online course, “Comic Books and Graphic Novels,” which at last count had roughly 35,000 students. The class is part of CU’s foray into massive open online courses, or MOOCs, a new form of online teaching some…
Trail Ridge Road, which topped our recent list of the ten best places to see Colorado fall color, has been closed for the season, and the photo above, shared on the Rocky Mountain National Park Facebook page, shows why. The photo, taken on October 18 near Medicine Bow Curve, was…
Yesterday, we posted about a new video intended to reassure members of the cannabis industry about the new and controversial Marijuana Inventory Tracking system, shorthanded as MITs. Looks like this clip will have to be amended, however. According to the Marijuana Enforcement Division spokeswoman who stars in the footage, complaints…
Yesterday, multiple Longmont residents dialed 911 after seeing a man hanging from a hot-air balloon. Shades of Balloon Boy! Turns out there was no reason to panic. The dude in question — Boulder’s Dan Vinson — was taking part in a promotional video for a future Kickstarter campaign touting a…
Magazines that are struggling to survive often attempt to lure customers by promising to reveal sex secrets — and it’s not exactly a new strategy. We recently came upon an ultra-rare copy of a mag called Physical Culture — the May 1927 edition. And amid articles like “Banish Your Fact…
Way back in 2009, we posted about the risk of explosion when making butane hash oil indoors. But some people continue to do so, with sometimes disastrous results. Example: an explosion and fire at a residence in the small town of Carr, Colorado that reportedly lifted the roof off the…
Update: Earlier this month, we reported about a light-rail attack caught on camera near 30th and Downing — the third assault at such a station in the past few months. See our previous coverage below. The latest: Leopoldo Maes, 23, is the fifth and presumably final person to be arrested…
We wrote about worries over Franwell seed-to-sale technology intended for use in the Colorado MMJ industry way back in 2011. Two years later, with the Marijuana Inventory Tracking system (MITs) finally going on line, the worries aren’t over, with at least one advocate raising concerns about an alleged lack of…
There was a huge response to our post featuring Arapahoe Basin chief operating officer Alan Henceroth’s post about public consumption of marijuana and the possibility of having one’s lift ticket pulled for a violation. Here’s the take of someone who thinks consumers will choose where to ski in part because…
Denver blog posts have an art about them. On our Show and Tell blog, Isa Jones remembers Lloyd Kavich, who painted the iconic murals at The Sink in Boulder. Big Media’s Jason Salzman asks: Did Peter Boyles object when an opponent of Senator Evie Hudak called her a Nazi? Denver…
Some local moms — and other fitness enthusiasts, too — have been sweating potential changes to Denver Parks and Recreation’s permit-fee structure for almost a year, ever since DPR announced that all groups hosting exercise classes on the city’s turf would have to pay for a permit, regardless of whether…
Outgoing Denver Public Schools board member Andrea Merida, once an active member of the Democratic party in Denver, is now co-chair of the 1,800-member Denver Green Party. And in that capacity, Merida, seen here, is speaking out on two ballot measures: Proposition AA and Referred Question 2A. Both deal with…
On Saturday at Bagi Mechanical Office Park, just north of Boulder, a recently formed organization called Cyclists 4 Jametown staged a fundraiser for one of the towns hardest hit by recent flooding — and raised more than $110,000 in the process. And the co-organizer of the gathering, which is featured…
UPDATE: A jury sentenced Floyd Sandoval to life in prison for the murder of John Goggin in October 2014. At trial, prosecutors elaborated on Sandoval’s motives, saying that he shot Goggin during a pot deal gone wrong. Sandoval’s codefendent, Jose Palacio, is set to go on trial later this month…
Over the years, we’ve had a lot of fun collecting “You know you’re from Colorado when” punchlines. But then we wondered: What would happen if we turned that concept on its head and answered the question, “How you know when someone is NOT from Colorado?” Below, see our top ten…
On the surface, the report of a long forgotten shed containing possible human remains and clues about occult rituals sounds like the makings of a horror movie — and just in time for Halloween! But the weird discovery made at a Lakewood property also suggests a relationship split by truly…
Vincente Penaloza’s name appeared in the New York Times yesterday — but only because he died a violent death. He’s briefly mentioned in a gun report among dozens of people nationwide killed by firearms over the weekend. But Penaloza is not merely a stat. He’s a man whose life was…
