CU-Boulder’s decision to close campus on April 20 for the second straight year in an effort to permanently squash the long-running 4/20 event there has already generated complaints and threats of legal action. Current representatives of Colorado University Student Government (CUSG) aren’t fans of a campus shutdown, either, and argued…
Last July, Gary Sheats was more than three times over the legal limit for intoxication when he plowed into a vehicle driven by Heather Surovik, a pregnant 27 year old only days away from delivery. She survived the crash, as did her mom and a five year old also in…
On February 23, Wheat Ridge resident Leann Meyer, nicknamed Annie, had a phone conversation with a friend. That’s the last time anyone has spoken to her. The Wheat Ridge Police Department hasn’t called her disappearance a result of foul play thus far. But the search for her has grown as…
Hey, kid! What are you doing reading this blog post? Don’t you know that Westword is adult-oriented? Frankly, that was news to us, too, despite our willingness to publish profanities when people say them to us (and other times, as well). But now we know, thanks to the just-released final…
Last night, Carmelo Anthony returned to play in Denver for the first time since forcing a 2011 trade to the New York Knicks that left Nuggets fans feeling pissed off and disrespected. And somehow, justice prevailed. The Nugs ran all over Melo and pals en route to a 117-94 crushing…
The death of Arvada resident Karen Sanders, 54, is a reminder to all of us about how quickly a freakish occurrence can end a life. It’s hard to say with certainty exactly what happened. But it appears Sanders was crushed between the door of her truck and the frame of…
Whenever the Broncos make a big move, there’s always debate. Was drafting Tim Tebow in the first round an unbelievably stupid decision? (There’s still plenty of disagreement about this one.) Was paying huge money to Peyton Manning right after neck surgery an unnecessary risk? (It’s worked out pretty well so…
Dear Stoner: What is up with 4/20? Why is that like the St. Paddy’s Day for potheads? Nada Mota Dear Nada: The most plausible explanation comes from Huffington Post reporter Ryan Grim. A story he wrote in 2009 describes how five kids at San Rafael High School in the early…
George Washington loved hemp. Our nation’s first president thought so much of the plant that he once famously wrote to his gardener, “Make the most of the Indian hemp seed, and sow it everywhere.” But Washington’s interests didn’t lie in smoking hemp, marijuana’s less famous cousin. A variety of Cannabis…
Ask a Mexican, Gustavo Arellano, February 28 Harass Hole I am writing with deep concern about the February 28 Ask a Mexican. In it, Gustavo Arellano answers an inquiry from a young woman who has been harassed by young Mexican men in her workplace. Arellano describes the men’s behavior as…
Wheat-pasting is supposed to be an ephemeral art form, but not nearly as temporary as it was for Denver Arts & Venues, which posted photography by seven artists on the side of a parking structure at 13th and Champa streets a few weeks ago — only to have it mistakenly…
Colorado legislators have formed a body to help craft legislation based on recommendations of the governor-appointed Amendment 64 task force, which wrapped up February 28 and released its findings this week. The Joint Select Committee on the Implementation of the Amendment 64 Task Force Recommendations (no, not that kind of…
Our post about the domestic-violence arrest of Boulder High principal Kevin Braney included his denials of any wrongdoing and noted that he and his wife are in the midst of divorcing. These details prompted several posts supporting him and excoriating Colorado’s DV laws. Here’s an example…
This week’s cover story, “Green Acres,” is all about hemp: its past (outlawed by the feds), its present (resurrected thanks to Amendment 64) and what advocates say is a promising agricultural future. That past includes a push by the federal government during World War II to encourage farmers to grow…
Denver blog posts are free agents. Bronco Talk’s Jon Heath on Elvis Dumervil’s reported willingness to take a pay cut to stay with Denver. But as of this writing, there’s no guarantee Elvis won’t eventually leave the building. Colorado Peak Politics thinks Gabby Giffords hubby Mark Kelly is a hypocrite…
Today, the Colorado State Senate gave its approval to a bill that would do away with Colorado sex laws that date back to the ’50s. To be more specific: the 1850s. Yep, legislation now headed to the desk of Governor John Hickenlooper (who’s expected to sign it) is designed to…
In November 2008, Elijah Archuleta, age two, died due in large part to burns covering 75 percent of his body — and his mother, Isela Reyes-Talamantes, received a twenty-year sentence for her role in his death circa March 2010. Why, then, did it take until the past few days for…
Last year, CU-Boulder closed its campus on April 20 in an attempt to squelch the annual 4/20 event — and the university, whose spokesman deems the 2012 shutdown a great success, plans to repeat the feat next month. Can anything stop this action? Well, the ACLU of Boulder is asking…
Those of us forced to — make that “allowed to”! — read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter in school tend to come away from the experience with disgust for the way society makes heroine Hester Prynne wear the sin of adultery on her clothes in the form of a red…
About this time last year, we tipped our hat to the Fuck Yeah Colorado! tumblr, a site that encourages folks to share images that encapsulate what they love about this fair state. The result is a cyber-collage capable of appealing to a wide range of Coloradans or people who’d like…
March Madness is well underway as teams begin to punch their tickets for the Big Dance. The major conference tournaments kick off today, but many Coloradans will have their eye on only one: the Pac-12 Conference Tournament. With respect to the Colorado State Rams for a solid season and probable…
How was your commute yesterday morning? Would you describe it as, say, a Biblical nightmare? A drive measured in hours rather than the usual minutes? If so, you’re not alone. The vast majority of people driving to work in the metro area were trapped in massive traffic jams due to…
