The fifth time could be a charm: After four previous attempts, Colorado may finally add post-traumatic stress disorder to its medical marijuana program. On Wednesday, September 21, members of an interim legislative committee voted 5-0 to endorse a proposal that would add acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder to the…
The Facebook pages of Evergreen resident Katherine “Katie” Barton and her husband, Jason Barton, could hardly look more typical. The posts and photo galleries are dominated by photos of their three adorable children, who look happy in all the shots that appear. But the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office believe…
The first hearing in a class action lawsuit filed against the City of Denver that challenges the city’s treatment of the homeless during routine sweeps is set for 9 a.m. Wednesday, October 12, at the Alfred A. Arraj Courthouse at 901 19th Street. Today, the judge presiding over the case…
Earlier this year, Mayor Michael Hancock announced “Denveright,” a campaign designed to solicit community feedback as Denver revises four master planning documents, including Blueprint Denver, that address growth and development of the city over the next twenty years. On October 4 and 5, the city is hosting a number of…
In the 32 years he’s lived on Humboldt Street, David Engelken has seen many changes in his neighborhood. He remembers the early ’90s, when prostitutes and drug dealers occupied the brownstones across the street from his house. A decade later, he helped secure the area’s historic designation. Now Engelken, the…
Scientists are coming out of the woodwork in support of medical marijuana — and the Drug Policy Alliance is standing by them, putting its money where their mouths are. To support marijuana research, the Denver-based IMPACT Network recently started a program called Scientists for Legalization. Twenty-five scientists have joined so far, and…
The Colorado chapter of the American Indian Movement helped raise Moho’ma’na, a Hopi and Dineh activist now in her late twenties. Growing up, she marched to abolish Columbus Day. She witnessed police arrest her elders as year after year they tried to shut down the annual Knights of Columbus parade that they…
Among the key elements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, shorthanded as HIPPA, are provisions guarding the privacy of a person’s medical history. And since hospitals are repositories of such information, they are on the front lines when it comes to preventing such data being made public. All…
The most telling aspect of the response to news of Walt Weiss’s resignation as Colorado Rockies manager after three years on the job? How measured most of it was. On social media, a platform made for impassioned reactions (and overreactions), most of those who bothered to weigh in did so…
In this age of instant development, Hawaii has a timeless quality. The culture, pride and desires of its people have kept the non-resort areas true to their roots, for the most part — which is probably why you’ll hear natives muttering things you hope you don’t understand as you pass…
1. Puff, Pass & Pincushion Join Denver artist Leslie Moffatt of Heathen Handmade from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, October 4, for a two-hour Puff, Pass & Pincushion session. Design your own needlepoint art with step-by-step instructions and then take home your own quirky, completed cross-stitch. The class is…
On September 19, Denver City Councilman Albus Brooks deleted a number of tweets made from his Twitter handle @AlbusBrooksD9. It’s not a coincidence that the deletions occurred around the same time that the following post showed up on Project VOYCE’s Facebook page: Through Project VOYCE’s Candi CdeBaca, who co-founded the…
Over the years, Denver TV stations have waged an ongoing series of weather wars using as weapons the latest forecasting tools — high-tech gear that’s supposedly made on-camera prognosticators better guessers than their rivals. An example: In early 2004, as we reported, CBS4 was touting a system called “Live Doppler 4000,”…
This state’s presidential-preference polls are close…too close, no matter who you might be supporting. That’s why Donald Trump is returning to Colorado, when at one point the state seemed to belong to Hillary Clinton. But last week, Politico called the race in Colorado a “dead heat,” with the RealClearPolitics average…
This morning, Aurora will start taking applications for the last recreational dispensary that will be allowed in the city for the foreseeable future. Aurora’s Marijuana Enforcement Division will review the applications and hold in-person meetings with each applicant before announcing a final decision on November 30. Back in 2013, Aurora City Council…
During the first three weeks of the 2016 NFL season, fans of the teams beaten by your Denver Broncos have complained about being screwed by officiating, bad luck and plenty of other earthly factors. After the Broncos’ 27-7 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers yesterday, however, Bucs lovers griped to…
The media barrage about the murder of JonBenét Ramsey is nowhere close to being over, as witnessed by The Killing of JonBenét: Her Father Speaks, an A&E documentary broadcast last night, in which John Ramsey, the father of the six-year-old Boulder girl murdered on Christmas Day, 1996, blasted a CBS series in which a…
Between our close proximity to the mountains, low unemployment rate and do-whatever-you-want attitude, it’s easy to see why so many people are moving to Denver. But someone has to pay the price for all of our growth. Continue reading for ten recent Westword stories covering of homeless issues, from encampment…
Teague Bohlen has been traveling around metro Denver, determining what makes people in certain suburbs and neighborhoods really, really mad. His journey recently led him to bucolic Highlands Ranch, where he found a few things that break that outwardly placid demeanor — “which I hear you’re required to adopt by…
The Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) is updating Colorado laws regarding cannabis. Starting October 1, there is one major change that affects customers and another that affects product manufactures. After conducting a few studies, MED determined the THC levels between flower, edibles and concentrates were so different that regulations had to…
Damian Marley is the first celebrity to lend his name to a recreational dispensary in Colorado, and he couldn’t have found a better spot. Damian Marley’s Stony Hill – by TruCannabis, which opened this month, has great buds, great people and a great view. Whether you’re a local or you’re…
A Denver judge has ruled that the operator of a controversial “medical detox” center is in contempt of court for continuing to refer to herself as a doctor and administer IVs containing her proprietary blend of amino-acid injections, despite an injunction prohibiting her from practicing medicine. But the sanctions imposed…
