Stalking or sexual assault victims living in a rental apartment where the crime took place aren’t legally allowed to break their lease even if they live dangerously close to the perpetrator in question. Individuals in this situation are forced to choose between financial ruin and being traumatized again and again in a residence where their physical safety and mental well-being are at risk.
Banking issues have been a major stumbling block for the cannabis industry, with banks refusing to work with marijuana-related companies for fear of coming under scrutiny of federal regulators. So far, attempts to clear up that conflict have gone nowhere in Congress — but now a former federal government employee has come up with a partial solution: Tokken, an app for both customers and dispensaries that was recently named a finalist for the 2017 SXSW Interactive Innovation Award.
Rent prices in Denver have been rising of late after leveling off in many locations. But the costs in the Mile High City seem reasonable in comparison with those at the priciest Colorado ski towns. Fortunately, though, better deals can be found in resort areas a little further from the beaten path.
Dear Stoner: What is the number of plants one can cultivate with a medical marijuana card? I’ve heard you can have up to 75 if you’re a caregiver, but I’ve also heard Colorado will be setting a state maximum of twelve. Pete Dear Pete: Current medical marijuana caregivers can actually…
It took a year, but an arrest has finally been made in the murder of Agate’s Ed Butler. Joe Robert Love, a 26-year-old from Colorado Springs, is currently in custody in El Paso, Texas for a slaying solved with assistance from video footage showing the suspected killer eating a candy bar and spinning in place at the scene of the crime.
A civil-rights lawsuit and motion for a preliminary injunction have been filed in relation to protests at Denver International Airport against President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order about immigration, which bans all refugees from entering the country for 120 days, indefinitely restricts U.S. entry by Syrians, and forbids visits by citizens of seven nations (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen) for ninety days.
Lakewood’s city council is poised to vote Monday night on whether to adopt a revised master plan for the Rooney Valley — one that encourages a dramatic influx of housing, retail services and other development impacts in an area where dinosaur tracks, open space, and the stunning backdrop of Red Rocks Park have long provided a buffer zone between suburban sprawl and the foothills.
This month, a bill will be introduced before the state legislature to outlaw anti-homeless ordinances enacted by municipalities across Colorado, including the urban-camping ban in Denver. The bill — sponsored by House representatives Joseph Salazar, a Democrat from Thornton, and Jovan Melton, a Democrat from Arapahoe County/Aurora — will not…
If you’re mentally ill and in crisis in Colorado, you can be legally put in jail for 24 hours even if you haven’t committed a crime. Moreover, an attempt to change this rule last year was driven by law enforcers who wanted the hold time for innocent sufferers to be extended, not eliminated. A task force assembled at the behest of Governor John Hickenlooper came to a very different conclusion. In a report on view below, the group called for so-called M-1 holds to end and provided some ideas about how to make it happen.
The final phase of a $3.3 million renovation to the former Emerson School is wrapping up. Now known as the Frank B. McGlone Center, the 20,000-square-foot building at 1420 Ogden Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood was donated to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2010 by Capitol Hill…
Dan Williams has been sentenced to two years of probation for shooting and killing two bear cubs outside his Evergreen home in September 2015. However, his punishment in the court of public opinion has been much worse.
On February 9, former University of Colorado Boulder defensive coach Joe Tumpkin is scheduled to appear in Adams County court for a preliminary hearing related to multiple counts of assault related to domestic violence accusations. But thanks to an exposé in Sports Illustrated, CU Boulder is already on trial in the court of public opinion over its handling of the Tumpkin matter, and the fallout is capable of undermining a program that took more than a decade to recover from a recruiting scandal whose ripples recently revealed a past sex assault investigation targeting new Broncos head football coach (and former CU Boulder assistant) Vance Joseph.
As we wind down from Sunday’s Super bowl, here are ten NFL players who have voiced support for marijuana.
This past week was a busy one in Denver, to be sure. Mayor Michael Hancock found himself in the crosshairs of a national debate raging about sanctuary cities and whether President Donald Trump would punish municipalities that are outspoken advocates of undocumented immigrants. Neil Gorsuch, a federal appellate judge in…
While Denver officials grapple with Trump administration orders about refugees and immigration, they also have homegrown problems. At the end of January, the city conducted another sweep of a homeless encampment — but having apparently learned some lessons from the snafus of last spring, this time the city had much…
Three years ago, a group of women came together in Denver to form their own cannabis community and they called it Women Grow. Now, the organization has more than 1,500 members in 35 states and each group gets together the first Thursday of every month.
Did Joshua Cummings, who’s now been formally advised of a first-degree murder charge naming him in the execution-style slaying of RTD security officer Scott Von Lanken, ask for a beer at the conclusion of his initial court appearance?
“We are going to protect the people of Denver. Period.” That’s what Alan Salazar, chief of staff for Mayor Michael Hancock, told a standing-room-only crowd at North High School last night. For two hours on February 2, hundreds of community members heard from city officials, state representatives and immigration advocates…
Is subscribing to a newspaper an essential part of good citizenship, particularly during a period when we are inundated by fake news? In a recent column, Chuck Plunkett, editorial page editor for the Denver Post, argues yes.
A new study of Denver police shootings between 1983 and 2012 concludes that approximately 47 percent of them were questionable, 18 percent were problematic and just 35 percent were what co-author Robert Durán considers to be legitimate.
Women Grow, founded in Denver in 2014, was created to connect entrepreneurs in cannabis with other thought leaders and empower the next generation of cannabis businesswomen. The organization is hosting its annual Leadership Summit in Denver right now; women and men from all over the country came to share their stories, network and learn more about what it means to be an entrepreneur in cannabis. We sat down Women Grow CEO Leah Heise to learn more about the organization and her plans for 2017.
Michael Huttner got his start as a trouble-maker as an intern for Westword. Now he’s CEO of the Fenton Group, a social-change agency, making trouble for the Trump Administration.
