A home-bidding tactic known as the escalation clause is currently ubiquitous in Denver’s red hot housing market. But while the clause may give buyers a better chance to land the home of their dreams, a local broker says buyers can wind up financially over their heads if they don’t use it very carefully.
As the Colorado Legislature ended its session last week, the Denver chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws celebrated a year of wins on the reform front. “We left our mark, but there’s so much work left for us to do,” said Jordan Person, executive director of Denver NORML at a chapter meeting.
Sean Crumpler, who pleaded guilty in March to multiple sex-trafficking counts related to underage boys living at what’s been characterized as an orgy house, has now been sentenced to fifty years in prison. In asking for this lengthy punishment, prosecutors rejected any suggestion that Crumpler was taking part in an acceptable alternative lifestyle, and so did the judge in the case, who branded his actions “despicable.”
In 2014 U.S. Senior District Judge Richard Matsch ordered the State of Colorado to retry Mark Ellis, convicted of sexual assault on his daughter, or release him within ninety days. Last week — almost thirty months after the judge’s order — a three-judge panel from the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals overruled Matsch and denied Ellis any relief.
Efforts to calm traffic on West 38th Avenue, Wheat Ridge’s once and future Main Street, have drawn some positive reviews — and confusion, anguish and anger.
Denver’s Ben Higgins, who gave up on a potential run for the state legislature over pressure from the producer of a reality TV series intended to build on the popularity he’d gained during his season starring in ABC’s The Bachelor, has broken up with Lauren Bushnell, his fiancee and co-star on both shows, including Ben and Lauren: Happily Ever After?
Colorado’s marijuana industry reached $1.3 billion in sales in 2016, and it’s not showing any signs of slowing down. Earlier this month the Colorado Department of Revenue released the sales data for March, and it showed that for the tenth consecutive month, marijuana sales had surpassed $100 million. March’s total was a whopping $131.7 million, a new monthly record. And April’s numbers are bound to be good, too, because that sales period includes 4/20.
Longtime CBS4 weather forecaster Ed Greene is transitioning into a part-time role at the station, where he’s worked since 1981, with Lauren Whitney poised to replace him on the outlet’s highest-profile newscasts. But a station source tells Westword that what was portrayed by the Denver Post as a brusque dumping was actually a deliberate process negotiated over the course of a year with the full cooperation of Greene, whose evident displeasure over the plan left management feeling blindsided.
Two days before Mother’s Day, Susan Squibb and her team at 4&20 Blackbirds hosted the fifth annual Mother’s High Tea, an event fit for a queen with beautifully prepared food, a stand-out group of speakers and such gourmet teas as Ginger Peach, Rose Oolong and Elegant Earl Grey. Neither the teas…
The latest development in dueling lawsuits between former KYGO personality David Mueller and pop star Taylor Swift over an alleged butt groping incident prior to a June 2013 concert at Denver’s Pepsi Center involves a court fight over Swift’s desire to use testimony from CU Boulder associate professor and gender studies expert Lorraine Bayard de Volo. According to a motion recently filed by the DJ’s legal team, Bayard de Volo “intends to opine that Mr. Mueller had the profile of a person likely to sexually assault women.”
Veritas Cannabis, a wholesale grow, has introduced four spring strains. Here’s how they rate.
Doug Robinson, the latest hopeful to announce for the 2018 Colorado governor’s race, is the nephew of Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and the 2012 Republican candidate for president. But Robinson is optimistic that his experience in the technology industry, his passion for issues such as education and his status as a political outsider will help him top the better-known candidates with whom he’s competing.
West Washington Park neighbors met on May 13 to discuss the International Church of Cannabis that opened last month at 400 South Logan Street. And what started as an attempt to heal the divides between the congregation and the community ended with threats of legal action.
College coed Philippa “Pippa” McCully’s lawsuit claims that she was badly injured during a bizarre excessive-force episode at the El Paso County jail and then refused medical treatment for a knee injury severe enough to startle the team doctor for the Miami Dolphins. Video of the incident appears to confirm much of McCully’s account. But her attorney says the case has dragged on for more than a year in part because it took place during the administration of former El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa, a lawsuit defendant whose recent indictment on felony charges that include extortion and official misconduct arising from an alleged sex scandal involving at least three employees has complicated the situation immeasurably.
The main report in Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’s May 14 episode tore into the kidney dialysis industry, with a particular focus on Denver-based DaVita, a company the HBO host said owes an apology to Taco Bell because of CEO Kent Thiry’s comparisons between his firm’s business practices and the approach of the fast food giant.
Overland Public Golf Course could host a major Superfly music festival this summer. The debate over whether that’s a good use of a golf course ignores a bigger question, says Rich Grant, who suggests that Denver consider closing some golf courses altogether and turning them into public parks for the entire city
Though many people in Denver — and around the globe, for that matter — look to Jeanette Vizguerra, an undocumented mother-turned-activist, for inspiration, she’s got plenty of detractors, too, as we learned after Chris Walker wrote “Jeanette Vizguerra Will Stay in U.S. Until at Least 2019, Leaves Sanctuary.” Says Henry: How is…
The U.S. Sentencing Commission has released its overview of 2016. Marijuana accounts for close to a quarter of federal drug cases, but this overview found that cannabis consumers typically have less serious criminal histories than users of other drugs. Reading through the report, we noted five interesting things: 1. Drug arrests…
After six months of meetings, the Social Consumption Advisory Committee, tasked with implementing Initiative 300, has finalized rules and regulations for social consumption.
How many friends can consume cannabis on a front porch? Some Colorado lawmakers wanted to limit it to five.
In the final days of the legislative session, state Democrats and Republicans blocked each others’ attempts to earn political kudos with oil pipeline safety legislation — though the two plans differed substantially in their aims. On Monday night, two days before the legislative session ended, House Republicans filibustered a bill…
A just-released report about the ski lift accident that killed San Antonio mom Kelly Huber in December 2016 reveals that the culprit was an electronic drive whose failure raises concerns that go well beyond this single incident. Indeed, the 151-page document notes that “due to the unprecedented nature of this dynamic occurrence, continued investigation/analysis of this event will likely continue for years.”
