Former Colorado Governor Dick Lamm is speaking out about the last-minute deal in Washington D.C. to avert a fiscal cliff — and backing Senator Michael Bennet, who defied his party and a Senate majority to vote “no.” Lamm, who is part of the national Campaign to Fix the Debt effort,…
Denver blogs have missed you. Big Media’s Jason Salzman suggests that the failed Pesonhood Amendment will make yet another comeback. Denver Egotist: Creative director Matt Ingwalson wrote a mystery you can read. Denver Frank asks: What’s your plan B?…
Sam Levin’s post about a First Nations protest at FlatIrons Crossing prompted plenty of comments, in part because organizers described the event, which resulted in five arrests, as a flash mob. Among those with opinions on the subject is a local flash-mob expert…
Just checked in with the Boulder Police Department, and spokeswoman Kim Kobel tells us there have been no arrests or new developments regarding the investigation into a bizarre robbery at the Dandelion Dispensary, a Boulder marijuana shop. But at least the Dandelion has reopened after an extensive cleanup necessitated by…
Visit Colorado is dedicated to luring people from elsewhere in the U.S. to our fair state. Problem is, the organization’s Instagram collection is so filled with gorgeous images that too many vacationers may decide to stay here permanently! Check out fifteen shots that caught our eye below…
Now we know who the Broncos will face in their 2013 playoffs debut: the Baltimore Ravens, by dint of the squad’s 24-9 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. So…will the emotion from Ray Lewis’s final home game (depicted in videos included in a big collection of clips below) help…
Instead of the product review we usually run in this spot, we’re getting back to our roots and taking a look at the creative ways that people make bongs out of household objects. These are the true Stoner MacGyvers of the world. Below are our ten favorite homemade bongs on…
Devoted Broncos fans probably remember the greatest among their ranks, Tim “Barrel Man” McKernan, as the guy who wore nothing but a barrel with overalls to pretty much every home game — rain or shine — from 1977 to 2007 (though he attended, fully-clothed, nearly every game ten years beyond…
The upcoming reopening of Cinemark’s Century 16 theater, the site of the tragic mass shooting on July 20 at a midnight show, has sparked a lot of controversy this week — in part because of a heavily criticized letter that theater sent to the victims’ families inviting them to attend…
In the contentious debates on gun policy that are likely to remain at the forefront of national politics in the coming months, Colorado is an important player given its history of tragic mass shootings. And on one national task force dedicated to reducing gun violence, U.S. Representative Ed Perlmutter, who…
Once retail shops for recreational marijuana can open their doors in Colorado, who will actually be allowed to use them? This was one of the questions raised at a meeting yesterday of the Amendment 64 task force charged with making recommendations on implementing the new law. We’ll likely see more…
In honor of Amendment 64’s passing — and our continuing updates on the budding law at Mile Highs and Lows — Westword compiled these humorous comparisons between the old faces of marijuana in Colorado and our own predictions for 2013. Whose do you think are the future faces of the…
How safe are doggy pools in Colorado pet-care centers? Apparently dangerous enough that the state’s Department of Agriculture is now considering rules to mandate life jackets for dogs in the state’s boarding kennels and daycare facilities. And officials say that if they ultimately go forward with this plan, Colorado would…
No question, an e-mail forwarded from Cinemark to victims of the July 20 shooting at Aurora Century 16 — and family members of those who died there — inviting them to a special reopening ceremony was the wrong way to deliver the message…but is it reason for a boycott?…
After a few minutes of dancing and drumming at FlatIron Crossing in Broomfield on Wednesday, police officers told a large group of protesters that they had to stop. A short while later, five were in handcuffs. This is how a planned flash mob became confrontational — at least according to…
I flew back to Denver from a holiday trip on New Year’s Day. And while my trip was great, I couldn’t stop thinking about how I’d left myself absolutely no marijuana back at the house. With little time to spare, I made my way into one of the few shops…
Update, 2:37 p.m.: Denver Police have made an arrest in connection with the first homicide of the new year. Robert Anthony Rubio, 26, mugshot below, was taken into custody yesterday as a suspect in a January 1st late-night shooting that left one man injured and another dead in Southwest Denver…
Another police officer is under investigation for an animal killing in Colorado — and the victim is a tad bit bigger than Chloe the dog. Boulder Police officials, in a statement that includes an apology, say that an officer shot and killed a bull elk and took it to another…
In the final weeks of 2012, Congresswoman Diana DeGette, who represents Denver, pushed for an immediate vote on a measure to ban high-capacity assault magazines. The bill, she said, would be a sign of concrete action after twenty children were slaughtered in Connecticut. But the chance for a vote never…
Despite an emphatic recommendation against the move by her advisory board, Denver Parks and Recreation manager Lauri Dannemiller has okayed Mayor Michael Hancock’s plan to swap open space in the Cherry Creek corridor for an office building downtown. The decision sets up a showdown between the administration and some Hampden…
Yesterday, families of those who died in the Aurora theater shooting blasted Cinemark, owner of the site of the tragedy, for insensitively inviting them to an event timed with the theater’s reopening. The mother and stepfather of victim Jessica Ghawi joined others in signing a letter to the theater, expressing…
You could hardly turn on television New Year’s Day without seeing another report on Club 64, the state’s first legal pot-smoking club — as touted by attorney Rob Corry. “Freedom was in the house last night,” Corry told CNN, sounding about as hip as a rapping grandmother, according to William…
