Alaska is massive, twice the size of Texas, and because of this has many cities and towns not connected to the road system.This unique aspect of the state has created an equally unique issue, how do you ship marijuana to a town not on the road system without violating federal law?
Ever since the nomination of hardcore pot prohibitionist Senator Jeff Sessions for the position of United States Attorney General, numerous members of the cannabis community have expressed increasing concern that the incoming Donald Trump administration might crack down on state-legal marijuana businesses in Colorado and beyond. At this writing, neither…
Some tokers are happy with smoking bud and leaving it at that, but others are interested in the historical and political context of the plant as well as its medicinal properties. Whether you’re shopping for someone who wants to learn how to grow, extract or cook with cannabis, this list…
In our recent interview with The Fox’s Rick Lewis, published two years after longtime partner Michael Floorwax announced that he wouldn’t be returning to the Lewis & Floorwax show for health reasons, the man who’s arguably the biggest star on current Denver radio talked about new opportunities ahead of him, particularly…
The role of education, or lack of same, in a person’s eventual incarceration has been the subject of much hand-wringing over the years, but a new documentary looks at a program that is actually trying to do something about the problem.
When we reported on Peak Academy, a city government initiative that teaches employees at all levels of government to rethink their jobs to eliminate waste and deliver better service, we mentioned that the program has earned a number of accolades. It adds another today: Mayor Michael Hancock has been named…
In November, Colorado voters approved Amendment 70, which will gradually increase the state minimum wage to $12 per hour (from its current $8.31) by 2020. But the proposal’s success hasn’t slowed the Fight for $15 movement, which has been holding events in the Denver area for years, although none quite…
Update: Instagram model Elizabeth Ruiz, who reportedly wanted $2.5 million to destroy a sex tape co-starring Denver Broncos superstar Von Miller (see our previous coverage below), has made her first public comments about the controversy to TMZ, which originally broke the story — and to put it mildly, they’re bizarre. In…
He’s taking us high in the sky: Scotty ATL is launching Scotty’s So High Select, a sativa strain named after the song “Cloud IX,” which he calls his “crazy stupid high” single. He’s doing it in partnership with the Denver Dab Co. by Next Harvest, whose dispensary will host a…
How much does the average Coloradan budget for the holidays? Turns out the amount differs by location — and it differs a lot. WalletHub came up with holiday-budget estimates for communities across the country — an incredible 570 of them. Included were sixteen cities in Colorado, where holiday-budget estimates start at…
Bananas are the Jan Brady (or Meg Griffin, for you millennials) of fruit. Most of us couldn’t even spell the word if it weren’t for that annoying Gwen Stefani song. Possessors of easily my least favorite fruit flavor, bananas are only edible in cake form because of the accompanying cream-cheese…
In a new interview with Rolling Stone magazine, outgoing President Barack Obama makes his most explicit comments about marijuana decriminalization to date. He argues that cannabis should be treated as a public-health issue along the lines of cigarettes and alcohol — and pointedly notes that most of those who voted for…
Soon we’ll all be able to smoke strains cured by the gonzo legend himself. After Hunter S. Thompson died in 2005, his widow was approached by countless dispensaries and marijuana growers asking to use her late husband’s brand on their grows. “It’s the same story every time: Somebody wants to…
Today is the 152nd anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre, that dark day in Colorado history when over 200 Cheyenne and Arapahoe — mostly women, children and elderly — were killed at a peaceful camp along Sand Creek by volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington. The eighteenth annual Sand Creek…
It’s early evening in a parking lot outside a DoubleTree in northeast Denver. At the north end of the lot is a 1987 Winnebago with seven people inside, gathered around a table covered with cannabis products: a concentrate pen, a dab rig, some bud flower and edibles. Once most of…
Dear Stoner: Someone recently told me that I have too many plants in my basement grow. I live with two other adults in Five Points and have twelve plants locked up downstairs. I’m good, right? The Cheese Dear Cheese: Colorado law allows adults 21 and over to grow up to…
Your dog is anxious, or so itchy that he won’t stop scratching himself until he’s raw — or maybe his joints ache to the point where he can barely move. If your first instinct is to give your pooch medical marijuana, don’t do it. As we reported way back in…
The Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association has released its list of the ten most stolen cars in Colorado by make and model. But in a report entitled “Assessment of Motor Vehicle Thefts in Colorado 2015,” the organization also drills down into the prevalence of car theft across the state —…
Dispensaries experienced record-breaking online sales on Cyber Monday. “We saw our highest number of orders ever,” says Joel Milton, CEO of Baker. Baker is a software platform that helps dispensaries connect with its customers by offering online ordering, rewards programs, messaging services and other things to help put a business in…
Heidi Hemmat worked as a reporter and anchor for KDVR-TV, also known as Fox31, for a decade and a half before leaving the station earlier this year; the six-time Emmy winner’s final stories were aired in May and she formally severed ties in August. But neither she nor the broadcaster…
On Monday, November 28, PJ D’Amico of the Buck Foundation was arrested when he refused to leave an area of the sidewalk that Denver Police had taped off with yellow “do not cross” tape.
For a guy who’s vowed not to load his administration with the usual corporate lobbyists and Washington insiders, Trump has stacked his transition team with energy moguls, climate deniers, anti-EPA crusaders, and other highly vested interests. His short list of Interior nominees reportedly includes such wild cards as Sarah Palin and multimillionaire Forrest Lucas, founder of Lucas Oil Products. Whoever gets the job, it’s likely that his appointee will be ideologically inclined to the drill-baby-drill mantra.
