I met RiverRock hash master Bho Johnson a few months ago, when I stopped by Paul Tokin’s house for a Wednesday hash session for Tokin’s YouTube show Tokin’ Daily. Aside from being a fellow pot nerd, Johnson had some face-meltingly good hash, and I knew I’d eventually have to check…
The process to turn wood into jet fuel sounds like half alchemy, half magic. But Gevo, Inc. an Englewood renewable chemicals and biofuels company, calls it science…
City Year, an AmeriCorps program that focuses on mentoring at-risk students at high-needs schools across the country, has come to Denver. Fifty young adults ages 17 to 24 are now serving as tutors and mentors in five Denver public schools…
Update below: Until last fall, medical marijuana centers could sell cannabis to patients as soon as they submitted licensing paperwork. Then, the Department of Revenue began enforcing what became known as the 35-day rule, named for the time application processing was supposed to take (although it often went longer). Now,…
These Denver blog posts never drive drunk. Colorado Independent’s Ashley Lopez on Diana DeGette pushing back on what she sees as a Republican vendetta against Planned Parenthood. DenverUrbanism’s Dan Malouff on brainstorming a better RTD livery. Mile High Hockey’s David Driscoll-Carignan previews game five of the Avs’ preseason. At least…
Examining the Rockies’ season is a lot like an autopsy. Something has gone horribly wrong and now it’s time to figure out why. At the beginning of the season the Rockies had very legitimate aspirations of winning their first National League West division title, if not more. The Rockies finished…
A small but sturdy herd of PETA activists is stomping its feet against the circus’ stay in Denver. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals supporters took their grievances against Ringing Bros. & Barnum & Bailey’s treatment of its elephants to the front of the coliseum this afternoon in…
This week, Judge John Kane, who ordered Denver to release eight years of excessive-force complaints, struck a blow against Righthaven LLC, the Las Vegas copyright-law firm that has been working for the Denver Post . And the attorney for one of the firm’s most prominent targets — chronically ill, autistic…
Well, more like the “head” quarters. But you can bet that won’t matter to some of the beer drinkers who come streaming out of the Great American Beer Festival, which kicks off its three-day run today…
Update below: Attorney David Lane lauded Judge John Kane for threatening to fine the City of Denver if reps delayed releasing eight years of excessive-force complaints against cops and sheriff’s deputies for the Jason Graber brutality case. Now, city attorneys have agreed to settle the Graber matter — but if…
The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives sent out a memo last week clarifying their stance that a sportsman with a shotgun and a medical marijuana card is no different than a cocaine dealer with a silenced TEC-9…
You’ve probably noticed by now that Comet Elenin didn’t devastate Earth or cause Barack Obama to hide in secret DIA underground tunnels during his Denver visit earlier this week. Now, the space rock has the potential for improving the planet for all of us, says one reader…
It’s no surprise that parking enforcement officers don’t like being called meter maids — especially the male ones. But Eric Madril’s feelings about this label apparently went beyond displeasure to revenge. He and a fellow officer, John Culhane, have been convicted of getting even with one person Madril ticketed by…
Want another reason to love Colorado? Boulder’s Phantom Sculptor has struck again! For years, the anonymous artist or artists have been producing delightful works that are given to random Boulderites with no explanation — and none is needed, since they make the world a more beautiful place. Look below to…
In August, prosecutors and defense attorneys crafted a deal to sentence the thirteen-year-old Burlington boy who killed parents Charles and Marilyn Long and wounded two siblings as a juvenile. Why? Questions were answered yesterday at a hearing finalizing the pact, at which the boy was portrayed as an emotionally immature…
Three weeks into Survivorand local medical marijuana dispensary owner Jim Rice continues to stay alive in the competition. Episode three kicked off where episode two ended, with Christine joining Semhar on the actual Redemption Island…
Do medical marijuana dispensaries make neighborhoods safer? That’s the conclusion of a study by the RAND Corporation, which counters the widespread perception that MMJ businesses attract crime…
An anonymous donor has given $1 million to Metropolitan State College of Denver to launch a water education program with the best name ever: the OWOW Center, which is short for the One World, One Water Center for Urban Water Education and Stewardship. Starting in fall 2012, Metro will offer…
No, he didn’t get a crown, Dr. Aubrey J. Lavizzo informs me, when the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association named him the 2011 CVMA Veterinarian of the Year. But he did get “a free lunch for me and my wife, Gale” — and a round of applause from his colleagues in…
Denver blog posts are on the cyber-road again. In the wake of ESPN dubbing Von Miller the NFL’s best rookie through three weeks, Predominantly Orange’s Dustin Davis sees him on a Defensive Rookie of the Year path. The Denver PR Blog gives you a good reason to rock a ‘stache…
While (appropriately) pouring over glasses of ice water at their meeting this morning, the members of the Denver Water Board voted unanimously to support a 5.5 percent hike in the city’s water rates. After four months of public discussion, the decision comes as a direct result of analysis indicating the…
If you haven’t yet heard the recording of a doped-up Michael Jackson played in the Dr. Conrad Murray trial (check it out below), you’ll be shocked. But while Murray’s the man in the hot seat, will the case’s revelations splash back on Denver’s Phil Anschutz, who stood to profit handsomely…
