Yesterday, we posted about a small group that defended the safety of genetically modified organisms, during this weekend’s March Against Monsanto. Shortly after publication, a debate broke out between the pro-GMOs group, the Monsanto Defense Fund, and the anti-Monsanto forces. Here’s an example of the spirited back-and-forth…
Denver blog posts bring the knowledge. Colorado Peak Politics speculates about whether people who vote for the marijuana tax bill knowing it includes money for schools may see the education measure as redundant. Mile High Report’s Kyle Montgomery: Media blitzes, Peyton audibles. Denver Egotist offers a Coloradical photo tour…
Like much of the rhetoric surrounding next month’s Denver Public Schools school board election, the nine candidates are roughly split when it comes to who’s funding their campaigns. The four so-called reform candidates have received big checks from Phil Anschutz, Daniel Ritchie and DaVita CEO Kent Thiry and his wife…
“We have received quite a few inquiries about this, and NO, US 36 is NOT open to through traffic of any kind!” declares a post on the Colorado Department of Transportation Facebook page — and newly shared photos of repair work on the stretch of the highway between Lyons and…
Earlier this month, we reported about a campaign-finance complaint filed by Colorado Ethics Watch against the group opposing Proposition AA, the marijuana taxation measure. Among the issues: The No on Prop AA folks had put a value of one cent on free joints given away to hundreds of people at…
Last week, we reported that the oil and gas industry has already donated enough cash in opposition to a proposed five-year moratorium on new drilling in Boulder to outspend backers of the measure 30-1. As the November election draws nearer and more campaign finance reports trickle in, it turns out…
Newspapers were once bombarded with letters, packages and random crap. But now, with the vast majority of communication happening electronically, opening mail, which was once a full-time job, has been replaced at many publications by forgetting about it. That’s what happened to a box sent to the Glenwood Springs Post…
If Boulder was a person rather than a place, he or she would be getting a swelled head about now. Livability.com has just put together its list of the most livable U.S. cities, and Boulder is near the top. What a shock! How close? Count down the top ten below,…
The original reports about sex-assault accusations against Fort Collins’ Bojan Vuckovic were horrific: The victim in the case is said to have vomited so much blood that she required a significant transfusion at a hospital. Yet while Vuckovic was ultimately convicted on a minor count, he was acquitted of rape…
These days, there are more devices than ever with which to distract ourselves. But taking advantage of them while driving can have fatal consequences. That appears to be what happened in the case of Martin Braden, a tow-truck operator who was cleaning up an accident alongside a Colorado State Patrol…
“Hit or Myth,” Off Limits, October 10 Myth Colorado After this rainy September, I wondered about that “300 days of sunshine” line you always hear. Thanks for clearing it up.Sarah SmithDenver “Three hundred days of sunshine” doesn’t mean 300 sunny days; it just means 300 days where the sun is…
There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who don’t care that the California-based Trader Joe’s supermarket chain will finally open four stores in Colorado — including one with a liquor license at Eighth Avenue and Colorado Boulevard — and those who are obsessively counting down the days…
Jackson took his first trip to Costco the other day. He sat in the cart wide-eyed, an explorer drinking in the lights and color and motion. He paid no attention to the stares, the whispers and pointing fingers. His mother, Traci Holbrook, could not ignore them. People came up to…
Dear Stoner: I really love live reggae, but lately I’m afraid that I’ll get high from all the smoke in the air. I work for the federal government and am subject to random drug screening at work. I’ll get fired if THC is found in my system. Is it possible…
Rebecca Maez, the woman accused of killing cannabis advocate Jenny “Kush” Friede and seriously injuring her boyfriend, Jeremy DePinto, in a Labor Day drunk-driving incident will stand trial next month. Denver judge James B. Race made that decision yesterday at an emotionally raw and moving 45-minute preliminary hearing to determine…
A lot of reaction to our post about a Jefferson County couple whose night in Denver ended with a rain of gunfire from cars that may or may not have contained “gang-bangers.” Among the more memorable posts was this one, from a reader who wasn’t surprised by the incident or…
Denver blog posts are all about fun in the sun. South Stands Denver’s Colin Daniels updates us on ex-Bronco Tim Tebow via a beefcake shot co-starring his sister Katie. Still missing the NFL, Timmy? Coyote Gulch: Why are so many counties trying to secede from their states? Denver Egotist: What…
The first retail sale of recreational marijuana in Colorado has yet to be rung up, but the state is already reaping some convention business as a result of its groundbreaking reforms of drug laws. Next week more than a thousand elected officials, health care professionals, students, drug war veterans and…
The hype surrounding Peyton Manning’s first game in Indianapolis since leaving the Colts for the Denver Broncos seems to be irritating PM to no end. But others seem to be enjoying the attention, including several students from Indy’s Decatur Central High School, who put together “Peyton’s Coming Home,” a parody…
Earlier this week, we posted about Denver’s March Against Monsanto, a Saturday rally and festival protesting the corporation most closely associated with genetically modified organisms, or GMOs; see photos from the event below. Turns out, though, that a small handful of those present don’t see anything wrong with GMOs. Though…
Christopher Lucki’s moniker definitely doesn’t apply to his current problems with the law. Not only has he been accused of a bias-motivated crime, but the victim of his alleged actions is an official charged with fighting discrimination. And to make matters even worse from his perspective, a Denver Post reporter…
Earlier this week, in response to Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s proposal to arrest or fine marijuana smokers whose weed could be smelled next door, we posted our suggestions for five Colorado places that smell worse. Then, when we shared the list on Westword’s Facebook page, we asked our friends for…
