The dog days of summer seem to have taken their toll on cannabis event organizers, but we’ve still got a few pot-friendly shindigs in this week’s Cannabis Calendar. Broadway dispensary Denver Relief’s charity group GREEN TEAM will be assisting Ekar Farms in planting and harvesting organic produce for local food…
A new report revealed that Denver was among the ten U.S. cities with the most red-light-related traffic deaths from 2004 to 2013. When we shared our post on the topic, we asked readers to tell us about any close calls. Plenty did — but the complaints didn’t end with behavior pertaining…
Ask three cannabis growers for their thoughts about nutrients, and you’re likely to get three different answers. As with green chile and grilled cheese sandwiches, everyone has their own recipes for growing pot, and everyone thinks theirs is the best. Do you go strictly organic, using tea and bat guano…
Last November, we told you about a video in which a Denver police officer could be seen punching a suspect six times in the face — and a pregnant woman being tripped. Now, the person who shot the clip — Levi Frasier — has filed a lawsuit against the City…
Among its many other travel-oriented lists, TripAdvisor features a ranking for America’s finest zoos. And two from Colorado made the top twenty. We bet you can guess which two zoos were included. But you may be surprised by how high one placed in comparison to the other. Check out the photo-illustrated…
Once again, the tranquility of an early morning in Denver has been shattered by gunfire. In the latest incident, a man was found shot — and while emergency responders raced him to a nearby hospital, he didn’t survive the wounds. Moreover, investigators have released no suspect information at this writing…
It could have been so much worse. Early yesterday morning, Jazmine Ramos, eleven, was shot outside her home on 47th Avenue between Race and High streets in the Elyria Swansea neighborhood — the apparent victim of a stray bullet. Fortunately, Jazmine was struck in the leg rather than another more vulnerable…
A lot of folks who commented on our post about the State of Colorado’s suggestion that marijuana edibles be stamped with a red stop sign emblazoned with the letters “THC” scoffed at the notion. Not all of them, though. The following reader sees this as a great idea and describes…
Denver blog posts aren’t written by He Who Shall Not Be Named. At our Food & Drink blog, Jonathan Shikes writes about Warner Bros. opposing three Hogshead Brewery trademarks — because there’s a Hog’s Head Pub at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park. Colorado Pols checks “The Dropout Clock:…
Dear Mexican: I’m writing about an epiphany I had recently about government-sponsored clamors for crackdowns on immigration, especially against members of a certain race/creed/color/ethnic group. It seems that whenever there is a cacophony of support for deportation and closing our borders, there’s also a war going on that’s going rather…
Decisions, decisions. This week at Schmuck of the Week headquarters, we find ourselves faced with a conundrum. To whit: Which of these alleged meth heads recently busted by the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office is dumbest — the woman accused of trying to sneak a pipe into jail or the man…
Thirty out-of-towners pile into a giant limousine-like bus parked outside the downtown Cheba Hut at noon on a summer Saturday. The group includes an eclectic array of visitors who range wildly in age and socioeconomic standing, and who hail from such disparate locales as Hannibal, Missouri, New York City and…
If they’re convicted, Alese Silva and Ivan Lopez could be put away for quite a long time over a crime that netted a very small reward: a car they drove for only a short distance and $80 in cash. The pair are accused of kidnapping two people over this sum…
Last night, gunfire erupted in an apartment complex in Aurora. When police arrived, the victim, who’d been hit multiple times, was still alive. Unfortunately, he subsequently succumbed to his injuries according to an Aurora Police Department announcement shared early this morning. And at this writing, law enforcers haven’t released any…
A recent visit to the Denver Craigslist Rants & Raves page introduced us to a beginner’s guide for new Coloradans that earned plenty of cheers and/or jeers from readers. A similar variety of responses may greet the following online conversation, prompted by a post with the simple headline “IDIOT DRIVERS.” The…
Yesterday, we shared video of Governor John Hickenlooper drinking water from the Animas River in an attempt to show that pollution from the environmental catastrophe caused by the Environmental Protection Agency’s accidental discharge of millions of gallons in wastewater was beginning to dissipate. Of course, he added an iodine pill…
With so many pot shops to choose from in Denver, it’s sometimes easy to forget our skunky friends in Boulder. And shame on me for doing so: Unlike the generic adulting that many Denver dispensaries have gone through, almost every shop in Boulder gives off a vibe all its own. Magnolia…
In a recent Comment of the Day, a reader argued that patrons of pot bars — a concept connected to a social-marijuana-use proposal that could go before voters in November — would leave the establishment 90 percent less intoxicated than the typical alcohol-bar customer. A lot of readers shared their…
Denver blog posts love openings — and re-openings. At our Food & Drink blog, Mark Antonation the reopening of Mezcal later this summer, complete with a new menu from chef Chris Douglas. Colorado Pols on Ted Nugent joining forces with Ken Buck. Purple Row’s Jordan Freemyer thinks the Colorado Rockies…
Brandon Davis probably thought he’d made a nice little score. All he had to do was drive a friend from Texas to Colorado and back and he’d be paid $500, plus gas, food and drinks. But this sweet deal quickly turned sour. As documented in a probable cause statement on…
High noon on Saturday, August 8: the busiest time of the day on the busiest day of the week in the busiest month for the 16th Street Mall, one of the top visitor attractions in Denver, a city that set new tourism records last year. How do you top that?…
Yesterday, our Alan Prendergast wrote about the environmental disaster on the Animas River, caused by the Environmental Protection Agency’s accidental release of mining wastewater measured in the millions of gallons — and noted that the situation was many years in the making. During a visit to the area, Governor John Hickenlooper…
