A recent Comment of the Day prompted by Jordan Coombs’s lawsuit, filed after he says he was sickened by a pot edible at the Denver County Fair, suggested that the assorted illnesses mentioned in the post could have arisen as a result of a placebo effect. After its appearance, we…
Denver blog posts are inventive, too. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun counts down her picks for the five best dishes invented in Denver. Denver Stiffs’ Jeffrey Morton wonders: Can the Nuggets’ JaVale McGee get serious this season? Denver Frank shares the Star Wars x Friday Mashup, parts one…
Did the city of Denver’s “failure to reasonably maintain” Red Rocks amphitheater cause rocks to fall on concertgoers in 2011? That’s the question at the heart of an ongoing lawsuit between the city and four people who were injured in the rockfall. The case is currently moving through the Colorado…
For 35 days this summer, Boulder County Clerk and Recorder Hillary Hall made Colorado history when her office issued more than 200 same-sex marriage licenses. In doing so, she defied Colorado Attorney General John Suthers’s threats of legal action. Late last month, after the Colorado Supreme Court issued a stay…
At the start of the year, it looked like Colorado’s November ballot might overflow with citizen initiatives. That flood became a trickle; there will likely be only four to consider on November 4. But one of those, Initiative 48, which would require mandatory GMO labeling, could create plenty of controversy…
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in our August 14, 2014, print edition. On August 15, an agency representing the auction said the details had changed and sent us the following note. “Earlier this week, we switched up the format of the auction: the live event is postponed until January,…
The paranoid stoner who seems overly concerned that the government is keeping tabs on his or her movements and behavior is a classic marijuana-user stereotype. But when government organizations like the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment discuss pilot population health surveillance programs that are currently in operation, it’s…
It’s not unusual for Denver Cruisers to look good — but for this week’s ride, Dungeons & Drag Queens, participants looked good in very different ways. See what we mean by checking out photos of the fun snapped by Marissa Shevins. See also: Photos: “S” Stands for “Sexy” and a…
The expression on Tyler Konecne’s face in his mug shot (a full-size version is on view below) suggests that he thinks of himself as a badass — but dumbass is more like it. Not only did he get stuck in a business’ ceiling during an alleged burglary try, but when…
Consistency and quality. Those two things are what keep most businesses afloat. A quality restaurant that can’t consistently deliver top-notch meals will fail. Likewise, a consistently bad restaurant doesn’t stand a chance. The same is true in the medical marijuana dispensary world, where shops consistently lacking in quality have found…
We got a wide range of responses to our post about “Don’t Be a Lab Rat,” a new anti-pot campaign aimed at teens and featuring giant rat-cage installations to be placed at various locations around the city. This reader saw the cages in a way that presumably the folks behind…
Denver blogs aren’t afraid to let the fur fly. At our Show and Tell blog, Susan Froyd shares photos of animal attractions at the Rocky Mountain FurCon. Colorado Pols shares a video that appears to show senatorial hopeful Cory Gardner committing to legislation banning abortion. The Redheaded Slut: “My Assault…
We’ve been reporting about recent comments by actor Kelsey Grammer regarding the unsuccessful parole bid of Freddie Glenn, who brutally murdered Grammer’s sister Karen in Colorado Springs circa 1975. Grammer has stressed that he continues to feel the weight of this tragedy every day — and the homicide also had…
Update: Last week, we told you about a shooting at the Boogie Down Bar & Grill; see our previous coverage below. No suspect information was available in the immediate aftermath of the gunplay. But yesterday, the Denver Police Department released the name of a suspect: Christopher Uvalle, age 22. Here’s…
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is holding a workshop today to discuss the CDPHE’s role in recreational and medical cannabis. In an announcement about the semi-private event, which invitees can attend in person or via an online webinar feed, Elyse Contreras, program coordinator for the retail marijuana…
The world continues to mourn the tragic death of Robin Williams, as well as to recall and celebrate his comedic gifts, which burst fully formed onto the entertainment scene thanks to his breakout sitcom, Mork and Mindy. But while the show was set in Boulder, Williams’s alien from the planet…
Judging by her account in an arrest affidavit, Nancy Jo Arias had every reason to be angry at her husband, Phil Lobato. After all, he allegedly reacted to accusations that he’d cheated on his longtime spouse by hitting her in the face. But she’s the one facing a first-degree murder…
Members of the Littleton Police Department have been on the scene of a homicide near the intersection of Broadway and Arapahoe throughout last night and the wee hours of this morning. Meanwhile, the search for a suspect is ongoing in a crime that doesn’t appear to be a random act…
“One fish, two fish,” Melanie Asmar, August 7 Something’s Fishy Excellent story by Melanie Asmar that shows how foolish our endangered-species programs can be. Now that she’s debunked the story of the greenback cutthroat trout, can you please have her follow that damn jumping mouse?Adam RoarkAurora The native American tribes…
This summer, the Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall issued more than 200 marriage licenses to same-sex couples before the Colorado Supreme Court agreed to consider Colorado Attorney General John Suthers’s arguments against it this fall — and ordered Hall to stop. But this wasn’t the first time a Boulder clerk…
Dear Stoner: Why can’t I own a gun if I’m a medical marijuana patient? Angel Dear Angel: Because you’re a criminal. Not in our eyes, of course, but in the eyes of the federal government, which doesn’t recognize marijuana as anything but an illegal drug. When you buy a new…
What better way to celebrate the coming of summer in Colorado than with weed? That seems to have been the case in Colorado this past June, when tourists and locals purchased more than $24.7 million in recreational marijuana, concentrates and pot-infused food. See also: Anti-Pot “Don’t Be a Lab Rat”…
