Tourists and other travelers arriving at Denver International Airport quickly learn not to delay the departure of the train, and to “hooollld on, please.” Those instructions are part of “Train Call,” a Jim Green art piece. Over the past twenty-plus years, only four voices have issued those bossy orders. But that could soon change.
For the second year in a row, the Western Conservative Summit will be holding a national under-30 speech contest, sponsored by Red Alert Politics.
The City of Denver appears to be continuing its public-relations battle against the Denver 420 Rally, which is appealing a three-year permit ban, by contrasting the trashy condition of Civic Center Park the morning after the April 20 event with the much tidier look of the location following this past weekend’s PrideFest celebration. Meanwhile, an attorney for the rally charges Denver with using a double standard by pointing out that a dispensary was allowed to display its logo at PrideFest, as seen in a video below, even though such businesses have been forbidden to do so at the Denver 420 Rally.
The Vie was developed in Denver, where for almost three years Barak Rigbi has worked on a vaporizer that smokes flower and concentrates, and can be sold for a reasonable price. “Let’s start a revolution,” promises the company’s website.
Metro Denver is currently the least affordable market in the country for first-time home buyers, according to newly released statistics. Major factors include millennial newcomers whose willingness to pay more is boosting prices higher and higher and higher.
A fire at the former home of Donthe Lucas, a suspect in the disappearance of Kelsie Schelling more than four years ago, is being investigated as potential arson, raising speculation about a potential link to her case that police are trying to dampen. In the meantime, a fire department spokesperson confirms that the current residents of the house were home at the time the blaze erupted and sprang into action to put it out before more permanent damage was done.
Two marijuana businesses, Denver Marijuana and Denver Smoke Buds, are currently being investigated by the BBB, and a warning was recently sent out to consumers.
Deadhead OG is a hybrid bred by California-based Cali Connection Seeds, but it’s not hard to find in Denver if you go to the right places – and it’s worth the search if you’re in pain, emotionally or physically.
Editor’s note: The author is a junior at the University of Colorado Boulder and the multimedia managing editor at the CU Independent. The names of the subjects in this story have been changed to protect their identities. Loose, blood-red vomit poured from Demetri’s mouth, his half-digested noodles swimming down the…
Members of Colorado political groups affiliated with the Indivisible movement are blasting Senator Cory Gardner for linking protests at his office involving coffins and costumed Grim Reapers and the attack on Republican lawmakers at a practice session for the Congressional baseball game that critically wounded Louisiana Representative Steve Scalise last week.
Colorado’s tourism efforts finally came to life five years ago, with the “Come to Life” campaign. But now Atlantis, a resort in the Bahamas, has taken the tagline for its own massive campaign.
ESPN’s Tony Korhneiser has branded the Colorado Rockies as a “fraud” even though the team is presently holding down first place in the National League West, due in part to the way the team choked in the World Series ten years ago. It’s an indication that the national media doesn’t believe in the squad, which has a history of hot starts and lousy finishes, despite indications that things may be different this year.
Forrest Fenn, a New Mexico author who’s attracted thousands to his state with clues about a $2 million treasure he says he’s hidden in the mountains north of Santa Fe, admits that he’s thinking about stopping the search following the presumed death of Paris Wallace, a Grand Junction pastor. Wallace is the second Coloradan to go missing while searching for the treasure over the past eighteen months.
A reader wants to know if a U.S. passport works as ID at a dispensary. Our Stoner has the answer
Forrest Fenn, a New Mexico author who’s lured thousands to his state with clues about a $2 million treasure he says he’s hidden in the mountains north of Santa Fe, is sharing his thoughts about the disappearance of Paris Wallace, a pastor from Grand Junction who vanished while looking for the cache, and reports that a thus-far-unidentified body was found a few miles from where Wallace’s abandoned car was located.
According to a new survey conducted by Junior Achievement USA (JA), a large gap still exists between the number of boys and girls interested in pursuing STEM-related careers.
National Geographic’s upcoming documentary feature, From the Ashes, which spotlights Denver among other cities, depicts an ominous political and social battle brewing between opponents of “the war on coal” and advocates of “coal’s war on our health.”
Twenty-five years ago this month, a major national newspaper announced that Adam and Eve’s skeletons had been found in Colorado, with an expert speculating that the Bible’s Garden of Eden had been discovered south of Denver. And so what if that publication was the Weekly World News, which was fake news before fake news was cool?
Christian Gulzow, the Denver-area death metal scenester accused of murdering Brian Lucero in the parking lot of Torchy’s Tacos on May 23 while wearing white facial makeup and gloves with blades protruding from the fingers, was reported to police last year for threatening to kill another local musician, Akira Jadexx. However, no action appears to have been taken against Gulzow as a result of this contact, and he continued to harass Jadexx intermittently until mere months before his arrest for Lucero’s slaying.
Paris Wallace, a pastor from Grand Junction, is the second Coloradan in eighteen months to vanish while searching for a $2 million treasure allegedly hidden by Forrest Fenn, a former Santa Fe art gallery owner and author. And late yesterday, June 18, New Mexico State Police revealed that a thus-far-unidentified body was found between five and seven miles from where Wallace’s car was discovered.
Colorado State University has expanded its addiction counseling program to include instruction on how counselors should deal with those addicted to marijuana — whether physically or emotionally. Readers think it’s the wrong focus.
Immigration continues to be a divisive topic among our readers (hell, among residents around the entire country). After Chris Walker wrote about a new hotline that immigrants can use to report ICE raids, plenty of people shared their thoughts. Says Chuck: Whenever you hear a politician or anyone say “Comprehensive…
