Among the qualities that help make Schmucks of the Week so noteworthy is their ability to learn absolutely nothing from past mistakes. Although, in the case of Marvin Luna-Lovo, he may simply have been too blotto to have the slightest idea what the hell was going on. That’s one explanation for…
Pesticide use, hash oil explosions, odor issues and media scrutiny are just some of the challenges discussed at the City of Denver’s Marijuana Management Symposium – a two-day conference at which city and state marijuana administrators are sharing their regulatory experiences with outside communities. The gathering runs through today at…
Unfortunately, there have been well over 200 school shootings since the attack on Columbine High School, which killed twelve students and one teacher in April 1999. Nonetheless, this event continues to live on in the public imagination — especially in one town in Connecticut. In recent days, reports reveal that…
It’s been nearly a week since Halloween. But items continue to pop up on Denver Craigslist Missed Connections from people desperate to get back in touch with costumed someones they encountered during their revels. Quite a few of the posts are typically lusty hook-up invites. But several of them are flat-out…
In commemoration of Guy Fawkes Day, November 5, protesters in hundreds of cities worldwide took to the streets for what’s become an annual event: the Million Mask March. Denver’s edition found protesters marching toward the State Capitol. Along the way, they encountered plenty of Denver police officers, as is clear from…
Fall has finally arrived. Everyone who was asking for it, I hope you’re happy. I’ll take summer sunshine and 85 degrees anytime over pumpkin-flavored everything and dreary weather. Recently resigned to the fact that my mornings on the patio were nearing an end, I tagged along with a friend who…
Yesterday, just as snow was starting to fall in the mountains, we shared Ben Smith’s tongue-in-cheek post offering five ways to survive the hell of I-70 during ski season. His top piece of advice: drink — although not before driving. In response, one reader offered five suggestions of his own,…
Denver blog posts aren’t fond of either blacklists or red scares. At our Arts blog, Brad Weismann offers twelve things to know about Dalton Trumbo, CU dropout, red scare victim and subject of a new biopic starring Bryan Cranston. The Colorado Independent’s Mike Littwin feels that recalled Jeffco school board…
An October 23 press release announced: that Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman had joined a “bipartisan group of 23 states” challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Clean Power Plan.” The plan “is an attempt to expand federal power over the States through administrative regulation in violation of the law.” Coffman said in…
Early on Saturday, October 31, in Colorado Springs, preparations for Halloween were shattered by an apparently random series of shootings that left three people dead before police killed the gunman, 33-year-old Noah Harpham. The victims of the horrific spree were two young women, Christy Galella and Jennifer Vasquez, as well…
ApartmentList.com has just released the latest data about rental prices in Colorado, based on October 2015 figures. And for those accustomed to sticker shock owing to high prices (not to mention assorted horror stories), the news isn’t all bad. In some communities, month-to-month rents have actually gone down at least…
The murder took place on Halloween night. And police accounts of what happened are genuinely horrifying — so much so that we need to issue an advance warning. Some readers (make that most readers) will find the details to be disturbing Richard Darling, 34, is accused of murdering Rey Pesina, described as…
Dear Stoner: Dispensaries that are medical and recreational are only allowing medical patients 21 and older in. Does that mean medical patients under 21 have to go to med-only shops now? Brynn Dear Brynn: That’s not the case, but I can’t blame you for coming to that conclusion. My strain-reviewing…
A recent Comment of the Day suggesting that reefer madness can create meth heads was prompted by our post about new billboards that cite marijuana potency. The main message of the one above, put in place near Boulder, asks the question, “Dad, is today’s Pot a hard drug?” Plenty of readers have…
Denver blog posts want to know what’s new. At our Food & Drink blog, Mark Antonation provides details about four new eateries on South University. Roundball Mining Company’s Charlie Yao gives good grades after the Denver Nuggets’ win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Mile High Mamas’ Amber Johnson offers seven…
We are entering the exciting season of I-70 traffic jams and borderline road-rage psychopathy. In heated debates, we discuss the possible culprits: the government, Californians or that ever-popular scapegoat, idiots. Leaving the house at 5 a.m. go-time, dead-eyed, over-caffeinated and mostly still drunk, dreading the impending hangover, we crawl along in…
The Denver election results are in, and while they’ll remain unofficial under the vote is certified on November 17, we’ve got a clear idea about the winners and losers in every race, with one possible exception. Three out of four ballot questions passed, with a new college tax proposal being…
It’s got to be one of the most unusual missing-persons reports we’ve seen. A short time ago, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office put out an alert for Taylor Gammel, nineteen, who is thought to have left her home while sleepwalking. Gammel’s Facebook page notes that she previously attended Faith Christian…
While the results of the Jefferson County School Board recall were the biggest election story locally, there were plenty of other important measures that went before Colorado voters, including Proposition BB, which was touted as allowing the state to spend excess tax money generated by marijuana sales beyond state estimates — a requirement…
Our post about the NFL teams with the most annoying fans according to users of theCHIVE prompted a spirited conversation among readers, with many ripping those who follow the New England Patriots. In response, a reader posted a link to a website called Your Team Cheats, which calculates the number of…
For more than a year, the Jefferson County School Board — and specifically a voting bloc consisting of members Julie Williams, Ken Witt and John Newkirk — have been a lightning rod for controversy The trio’s alleged efforts to turn Jeffco’s history curriculum in a more “patriotic” direction, coupled with…
There’s plenty of optimism that recreational marijuana sales will be legalized in more states. Not long ago, 24/7 Wall Street offered a list of eleven states that could jump on the legalization bandwagon next: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. But progress…
