Accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes was in court yesterday for a short hearing to determine whether lawyers were ready to proceed with what will likely be a revealing preliminary hearing next week. (They are; the hearing starts Monday, January 7 at 9 a.m.) After the hearing, we used the…
Before Representative Claire Levy proposes legislation to repeal the death penalty in Colorado, she wants to be sure that it can pass. And after more discussions with her fellow lawmakers on the topic, she says it seems like the momentum is right to get rid of the death penalty –…
“Raising a Stink,” Melanie Asmar, December 20 Hog Heaven Excellent coverage on the situation in RiNo. The NIMBY yuppies involved here remind me of folks who move in next to an airport and then begin complaining about the noise. They are like city people who move to an agricultural area…
Dear Stoner: What’s up with all of these crazy strain names? Name Dropper Dear ND: Strain names are a pretty unique thing to cannabis growing. Other flowers, like roses, have more traditional names often derived from the people who bred or discovered them — like the Alba Rose or the…
Take me up into your mind once or twice before I die (you know why: because the eyes of you and me will be full of dirt some day). — e.e. cummings She was always jotting down notable quotes in that journal of hers, the one her mother gave her…
Pot is now technically legal in Colorado for recreational use — but smoking underage on a bus bound for this state most certainly is not. That was a tough lesson for a group of Ohio students who were caught with marijuana and other drugs on their way here for an…
KHOW radio personality Tom Martino had an informative New Year’s Eve: He learned that he has been driving with a suspended license for almost a year. How do we know? He said so on the air this morning. But, he tells us, he will gett the matter resolved promptly and,…
It’s now official: In some areas of Colorado, 2012 was the driest year since 2000. A late dump of snow in December has failed to take portions of the Western Slope and the southern part of the state out of the “extreme drought” category. And if the weather doesn’t take…
On Tuesday, at 12:29 a.m., just as Colorado began celebrating the New Year, Senator Michael Bennet’s staff released a statement explaining why, in a break from his Democratic colleagues and the president, he voted against the plan to avert the fiscal cliff. The decision made him one of only eight…
The pot smoking lounge of the White Horse Inn in Del Norte was only open for a few hours on December 31 before owner Paul Lovato says he decided to pull the plug due to growing pressure from local law enforcement and his landlord…
This was not the holiday letter that families of the Aurora theater shooting victims wanted to receive. Two days after Christmas, the families of those killed on July 20 received a letter inviting them to return to the site of the massacre for a Cinemark reopening event. They’ve since responded…
An important hearing in the case of Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes will start Monday, January 7 at 9 a.m. This morning, prosecutors and Holmes’s defense attorneys told the judge in the case that they’re ready to proceed with the preliminary hearing, which is expected to reveal many more…
Marijuana attorney Rob Corry made the TV rounds yesterday, appearing twice on CNN in stories about the opening of Club 64, which he dubbed the state’s first legal pot smoking club. Corry was on the Situation Room and also featured in the CNN Newsroom talking about his club, which isn’t…
Since the tragic mass shootings in Newtown, Connecticut left twenty children dead, there has been a renewed discussion on gun policy in Colorado as lawmakers prep for the legislative session. And we now have details on one idea that links the debates around gun access and mental health. Representative Lois…
Despite a last-minute plea for an injunction filed by Dacono’s three medical marijuana dispensaries with Weld County courts, a judge declined to grant the request and the shops were all forced to close their doors on Monday, December 31 — six months after the tiny town’s city council enacted a…
At 7 p.m. on December 18, Eric Garcia attacked a woman as she was walking to her car on West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood. She was “able to fight the male off and he fled,” Lakewood police say. Apparently not satisfied with his failed attempt, a mere twenty minutes later…
In our first Ask a Stoner, we featured a question about whether legal, recreational pot smoking clubs like the ones found in Amsterdam could be created in Colorado, thanks to Amendment 64 passing. Turns out, not one but two pot-friendly lounges will open today…
It was quite cold in Denver today where hundreds of people gathered just outside the Canadian consulate to stand in solidarity with indigenous groups in that country who are fighting with the government there over a wide range of issues. But organizers of the local protest said supporters of First…
Was Kasel Associates Industries, a pet-treat factory in the hip River North neighborhood, harmed by receiving an odor citation after five neighbors called to complain about the smell? No way, say the City of Denver and a neighbor whom factory owner Ray Kasel is now suing for harassment. Their responses…
If it’s too good to be true, then it’s probably too good to be true. And even if it’s not, you still need to be careful. That’s the advice of the Better Business Bureau, which released its annual Denver/Boulder “Top 10 Complaints of 2012” list on Monday. Among the “thousands…
This past year has been tough for many people, and we’re eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn out to be much luckier for many, we invited some of the town’s cultural tastemakers — entrepreneurs and entertainers we’re lucky to have in Denver — to answer…
While the clock ticks away on last-minute negotiations to avoid plunging the nation’s economy over the dreaded fiscal cliff, the U.S. Senate did take steps late last night to provide a path up the side of a mountain — and in the process transform thousands of Colorado scofflaws into legal…
