We recently reported that the Colorado Supreme Court had declined to hear a case involving Masterpiece Cakeshop’s refusal to make a cake for a gay couple, Charlie Craig and David Mullins, back in 2012. This decision, which leaves standing a previous ruling in favor of Craig and Mullins, was a legal…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Food & Drink, Jonathan Shikes shares an impassioned essay by the owner of Grist Brewing, who thinks suburban Denver beer makers get no respect. Denver Infill’s Ken Schroeppel presents details about a new Jefferson Park project: Decatur Point. Predominantly Orange’s Cameron Parker weighs in on…
When he was a boy, acclaimed naturalist Robert Michael Pyle found what he describes as an “imaginary wilderness” not far from his back door in Aurora — a muddy, weedy, man-made ditch where all sorts of interesting flora and fauna had managed to survive the relentless march of suburbia. The High…
We wouldn’t advise messing with Grace Davis. Sixteen-year-old Davis recently helped organize a protest at Ponderosa High School, which she attends, and afterward, her claim of being bullied by two members of the Douglas County School Board — board president Meghann Silverthorn and director Judy Reynolds — has led to an…
Pueblo is perceived to be a marijuana-friendly city — so much so that in March, High Times attempted to move its Cannabis Cup there before eventually relocating it to California. But in recent weeks, a slew of arrests related to allegedly illegal marijuana grows have taken place in the community, including the…
The folks at Estately have a different way of looking at the world. Take the site’s latest list, which calculates how much it would cost to purchase an average-priced home in each state using both dollars and items/products/stuff appropriate for each place. In Colorado, for example, the price is also calculated…
Massage therapist Marcos Duran has been arrested on suspicion of two sex crimes for allegedly going way over the line. A woman maintains that during a massage, he touched her genitals in so deliberate a way that police in Fort Collins fear there may be additional victims. Most of the…
We thought we’d written the last memorial post of the season about a skier who died accidentally at a Colorado resort. After all, many ski areas had already closed for the season, and things have been winding down at those that remained open. But no: On Sunday, April 24, twenty-year-old…
Last month, as we reported, the United States Supreme Court decided not to hear a lawsuit filed by Oklahoma and Nebraska over Colorado’s marijuana laws — specifically Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational marijuana sales here after its passage in November 2012. The court’s decision effectively snuffed out this avenue…
In recent weeks, we’ve been writing about violent incidents near the 16th Street Mall area. One recent example: Four people were shot at 10th and Market near Larimer Square. Plenty of our readers were troubled by episodes like this one, including the following correspondent, who has an interesting suggestion for…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Arts, Luke Leavitt notes that Peak Thrift is filled with surprising finds — including its mission. “Majorities Matter: Anti-Vaxxers Win As GOP Senate Locks Down,” according to Colorado Pols. Denver PR Blog shares another great moment in journalism: reporting live as morons drive into a…
The first three graves dug at Cotopaxi were tiny ones. Their communal marker reads “baby daughter,” “baby son” and “15-month-old son.” They lie fenced off from the other 211 bodies buried in the cemetery, in the sandy soil dotted with juniper, piñon and Gambel oak, behind where the town’s schools…
As our Thomas Mitchell has reported, the Denver City Council has been mulling proposals to set a limit on retail marijuana businesses — including placing a cap on the number of marijuana dispensaries and reducing the grow total in the Mile High. And based on actions that took place last…
As we reported, Saturday’s 4/20 Rally at Civic Center park was postponed “due to weather and circumstances beyond its control.” The latter reportedly involved one of the event’s headliners — marquee names were Wiz Khalifa and Lil Wayne — being unable to get to Denver as a result of the weekend’s crazy…
Graffiti is so common in metropolitan areas that the crime seldom makes the news. But what happened overnight in the Washington Virginia Vale neighborhood is the sort of exception that makes the rule. An estimated 25-35 cars and buildings on or near the 700 block of South Hudson Street were vandalized with, among other…
Last summer, a family member of Camille Harrell, who was murdered in June, told us that the “gentle giant” was killed after defending her twin sister, Carmen, at East Colfax’s Sand & Sage Motel. Now, in the wake of Brandon Foote’s conviction for the crime (Merita Curry, who’s also charged in…
There was a very strong reaction to our recent post about Thomas LaPerch after he was found guilty of killing William Burchett, who he met on Craigslist. Over the years, we’ve written about numerous crimes with ties to Craigslist, including robberies and even shootings. However, the Burchett matter turns out to have…
As we’ve reported, Colorado’s Gerald Foos says spied on the guests of his Aurora motel for decades. Now, according to the eighty-year-old retiree, he is receiving unwanted attention of his own, in the form of threats against his life. The threats come on the heels of an April 11 feature…
Last month, as we reported, the United States Supreme Court decided not to hear a lawsuit filed by Oklahoma and Nebraska over Colorado’s marijuana laws — specifically Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational marijuana sales here after its passage in November 2012. The two states wanted the federal government to act…
We recently posted about a new survey that found Denver suffers from the lowest level of job satisfaction in the country. When we shared it, we asked folks on Facebook to talk about their job satisfaction, or lack thereof. This one took us up on the invite, and he didn’t have…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Arts, Keith Garcia reports about last-minute additions to the Film of the Rocks schedule — including a Prince-tribute screening of Purple Rain. Colorado Peak Politics on John McCain’s call for the Justice Department to investigate the Las Animas spill. Purple Row’s Ryan Freemyer to…
Last month, we updated you about the latest hearing in the Masterpiece Cakeshop controversy. Both an administrative law judge and the Colorado Civil Rights Commission found that Masterpiece had discriminated against Charlie Craig and David Mullins by refusing to make them a cake for their wedding back in 2012. Masterpiece owner…
