The Denver Post’s announcement that it would be laying off thirty journalists, or nearly one-third of its newsroom staff, included a March 21 deadline for employees to voluntarily join those who’d be departing. The biggest name to do so was outdoor writer Jason Blevins, whose tweet about his decision put Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund that owns the Post and is bleeding it dry, on blast.
On the most recent episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver used Vice President Mike Pence association with Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family to support his argument that the veep is a hypocritical homophobe. Now, FOTF president Jim Daly has fired back with a post that brands Oliver as “vulgar and vile” and suggests that gay conversion therapy, an organization-supported technique that allegedly “cures” homosexuality, is widely accepted rather than condemned by medical experts everywhere. But Daly has also invited Oliver to attend an event next week in Colorado Springs at which Pence’s wife and daughter will discuss a new book about the family’s pet rabbit, Marlon Bundo.
Today, March 22, the organization behind the RiNo tiny home village, the Colorado Village Collaborative, has unveiled some of the first architectural renderings for a second village, this one consisting of eight tiny homes located on the St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church campus at Glenarm Place and 20th Avenue near downtown.
The concept of a pot lounge might give you an image of a heady cafe in Amsterdam with pot brownies and bongs at the tables for your leisure, but that’s not how this works in Denver.
The city is passing up on the opportunity to create 200 affordable-housing units within walking distance of Union Station despite an executive order issued by Mayor Michael Hancock in 2016 that says that affordable housing is a priority and that any land the city sells should be considered for that purpose.
A nonprofit created by the Metropolitan Football Stadium District, a political subdivision of the state, and the Broncos has been exploring creating a mixed-use neighborhood destination on the property, which is currently occupied by surface parking lots that are only used during games and special events.
Sandra Garcia was on her way out of town last Friday when she got a letter she had been expecting since last year. Signed by higher-ups at the Vatican, the letter informed Garcia that Rome is considering the plea she and her fellow congregates at Our Lady of Visitation have made to reopen their little church in unincorporated Adams County.
The Colorado page of GunMemorial.org is eloquent in its simplicity. Under a slogan that reads, “Real People, Not Just Statistics,” the site offers an online place to salute, celebrate, remember and mourn every single person in the state who dies from gun violence, no matter the circumstances. Included are photos, links and places for family and friends to share details about loved ones whose lives ended so suddenly. Each item stands as an individual tribute, as well as a single image in a larger mosaic that illustrates how much pain, bloodshed and heartache involving firearms takes place in our state on practically a daily basis.
Westminster’s James Mack is the latest Coloradan to be sentenced for mailing marijuana, and it’s no surprise that he earned considerably more than the one year in federal prison doled out to Arvada’s Mark Koenig for the offense last month. While Koenig was found guilty of shipping between 950 grams and 1.6 kilograms of cannabis during four incidents, Mack is said to have posted multiple pounds of pot to Kansas-based cohort Justin Polson on a weekly basis for nearly three years. And this won’t be Mack’s first trip to prison for a high-profile drug case. He was convicted in 2009 for his involvement in a cocaine deal that teamed him with former Denver Bronco Travis Henry.
“People say city council’s covering up. Well, if I’m covering up, I have no idea what I’m covering.”
You all could figure out your THC tolerances and consume responsibly — but I realize that’s asking a lot of college kids.
The Colorado Department of Transportation is making good on its promise to involve the public’s opinion as it seeks solutions for drivers impaired by cannabis.
On Monday, March 19, State District Court Judge Eric Bentley was the latest legal authority in Colorado to declare that ICE detainer requests, unless accompanied with a signed warrant, are illegal.
Inspired by cities in Latin America, many of which are built around “plazas” that are home to government buildings and the biggest church in town, the ten-year-old Plaza program is a way for Denver’s immigrant, refugee and asylum populations to access each other as well as resources they need to navigate the city.
In February 2016, as we’ve reported, Brandon Johnson and William Lancaster were charged with felony manslaughter for selling Mark Largay fentanyl, a powerful opioid that wound up killing him. Two years later, Johnson has been sentenced for a lesser crime, distributing a controlled substance, but still must serve five years behind bars because of an aggravating factor. Johnson was confined in a community corrections facility in Denver when he took part in what proved to be a fatal transaction.
The study found most Colorado cannabis employees were happy with their jobs, but it also concluded that a sizeable portion of them were high at their jobs.
Outgoing Manual High School principal Nickolas Dawkins created a stir when he alleged in his resignation that he was being “targeted by those who called me n*gger.” The district alleges that Dawkins created a hostile work environment and was being investigated for concerns about his leadership. Now, more information may potentially point to allegations of sexual harassment that led to Dawkins’ resignation.
If you’re selling a luxury home in Denver right now, expect to make a mint. In its recently published global luxury report, accessible below, Coldwell Banker calls the Mile High City the number one “power market” for luxury home sellers in the United States. And according to Chris Mygatt, president and CEO of Coldwell Banker-Colorado, transplants from major markets where prices are even higher than here represent a big reason why.
Earlier this month, the lawyer for former City of Denver employee Wayne McDonald, who was paid $200,000 to settle a lawsuit four years after his 2012 firing, hinted that public statements made by Mayor Michael Hancock in his video apology for sending inappropriate texts to Detective Leslie Branch-Wise during the 2011-2012 period when she was on his security detail may have breached the agreement.
Granola Funk isn’t a jam band that opens for Phish or Umphrey’s McGee, but it might be in the same ballpark.
The Colorado governor’s race for 2018 just got a little less crowded. Noel Ginsburg, an entrepreneur running as a moderate Democrat, has announced that he’s dropping out of the contest.
The model would come with more purchasing and consumption limits than its brewery counterparts, and the tasting areas would only be allowed next to recreational stores, not medical dispensaries.
