While Michael Roberts takes a break, William Breathes will be in the house, ready to answer your questions. And just in time, because all the new regulations that are taking effect this month have people plenty confused — and many patients very mad. Consider this from a patient inspired to…
This dispensary has closed. GreenWerkz appeared on my radar a few weeks ago, after we posted a story on Full Spectrum Labs and its quest to find strains high in CBD, the cannabinoid in ganja most able to ease muscle and joint pain. According to Full Spectrum, GreenWerkz carries one…
This week, medical marijuana critic William Breathes goes in search of R4, which Full Spectrum Labs says tests higher for CBD — the cannabinoid in ganja most able to ease muscle and joint pain — than just about any other strain it’s tested. But if you’re not after that, there…
This week’s cover story, “Beyond Belief,” tracks the nightmare journey of Charles Farrar, serving what amounts to a life sentence in prison for sexually assaulting his 15-year-old stepdaughter, Sacha — even though his alleged victim came forward after trial and admitted that she’d fabricated the accusations so she could go…
There is a very good chance that we are in the final day of this entire labor mess. At least that’s the news from Broncos blog Mile High Report. “What do you call your gay partner?” asks Lynn Bartels at The Spot by the Denver Post. Rick Perry to the…
A super-coalition of reform-minded education organizations, including Stand for Children Colorado, Democrats for Education Reform and A+ Denver, is about to launch. Called “One Chance Colorado,” its message will be this: “Every child has only one chance at a great K-12 education. That’s why we need to improve Colorado’s schools…
As we mentioned earlier this week, Colorado Springs conservative Douglas Bruce had petitioned the Colorado Title Board to change the title of the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012 to include TABOR-related tax language. The hearing on that challenge was yesterday morning, but no decision was handed down. In…
Built in 1887, 1906 and 1955 respectively, Capitol Hill Basins Numbers one, two and three were built in Congress Park to hold a three-day supply of water for the 105,000 Denver residents who lived downtown. Consequently, Congress Park Cauliflower has always thrived in the cooler, moister atmosphere of the neighborhood…
No, it’s not some kind of weird sex party. Red Rocks is pushing its partnership with Love Hope Strength, a music-centric cancer charity with headquarters in Denver, by hosting one of the organization’s tents at the venue’s shows and signing up bone-marrow doners — boners, as Jimmy Fallon refers to…
Alhough new rules for medical marijuana patients and caregivers go into effect in just ten days — on July 30 — some activists are saying copies of the regulations are nearly impossible to find…
Unless you’ve been living under a poorly-designed rock for months, you know that IKEA Centennial opens on July 27, at which point everyone within a four-state area will charge through its doors, frothing at the mouth for low-priced, assembly-required home décor. For those who can’t wait, here’s the takeaway from…
The Arizona based Center for Biological Diversity has fought numerous battles over the years, opposing everything from expansions of ski areas to oil-drilling ventures, but last week it lost its battle against the White-Nose Syndrome, which sounds like some relic of the Studio 54 days, but is really a fungus…
To the average person, Tennyson Street between 38th and 44th avenues is an inconvenient mess of construction. To business owners, it’s a badly mismanaged city project that threatens their livelihood. Over the last few years, the northwest Denver street has become flush with shops, restaurants and art galleries — and…
The 4/20 celebration at the University of Colorado is an annual rite of spring, and news that some student leaders don’t consider it an actual right and want to move it off campus has inspired both complaints and this rebuke of those complaining: “Why don’t all of you MMJ geezers…
American schoolchildren don’t know Alaska from their elbow. That’s the news today from the NAEP, dubbed “The Nation’s Report Card:” Fewer than one-third of students tested proficient in geography in 2010. Education gurus blame a shrinking curriculum — but that could change in Colorado…
These Denver blog posts are having a three-way. Alert Cinemax. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein breaks down the just-announced NBA schedule for the Nuggets, including Melo’s only visit with the Knicks, even though he acknowledges the very real possibility that part of the 82-game schedule might not happen. Elephant Journal’s Benjamin…
This week’s cover story, “Beyond Belief,” examines the devastating, long-term impact of a false report of sexual abuse made by a fifteen-year-old Aurora girl — allegations against her mother and stepfather that were aggressively prosecuted despite the lack of any supporting evidence and plenty of indications that the entire story…
Most radio-station ratings available to the public are general, giving a sense of the outlet’s overall performance — like these, for instance. But a radio insider has provided us with numbers specifically for the 5 a.m.-9 a.m. time period — morning drive, the most lucrative of all the day parts…
Although the so-called Gang of Six’s proposal for averting debt-ceiling catastrophe is getting the lion’s share of attention right now, Representative Jared Polis has floated some revenue-raising ideas of his own, which the media has largely winnowed down to this: Legalizing marijuana would help close the budget gap. But if…
Colorado’s first IKEA store is just seven days away from doing business, and lovers of Swedish furniture want to know the latest grand-opening information. The IKEA assembly instructions below are meticulously illustrated to help Colorado IKEA fans to self-assemble their own Centennial celebration…..
Reports about a homicide at the site of Special Kinds, an Arvada medical marijuana dispensary that officially shut down last year, remain sketchy — much like the MMC itself. In the wake of the incident, medical marijuana critic William Breathes’s Special Kinds review is even more vivid and memorable…
Patricia Calhoun’s post about the slogan “Imagine a great city” and its echoes in new Denver mayor Michael Hancock’s inaugural speech may have inspired many readers, but not all. Take this commenter, for instance…
