The number of people signing up for their state medical marijuana cards just barely outpaced the thousands of people dropping off the list from July to August. While the total number of new applications for the medical marijuana registry increased by 3,640 from June through August, to 230,847, the total…
Denver blog posts know how to put the biscuit in the basket. Mile High Hockey’s Steve House writes that Patrick Roy’s Avs “hunkered down and clinched their sphincters to hang on to their one-goal lead” last night. Sounds painful. Colorado Pols: Fun with press releases, the Pat Quinn edition. Denver…
Yesterday, Melanie Asmar reported about Denver City Council lifting its 1,000-foot buffer from schools for needle-exchange programs. However, medical marijuana dispensaries within 1,000 feet of schools remain against the rules — a fact mentioned by a slew of our readers, including this one…
Update: Rob Corry has responded to our interview request about the Colorado Ethics Watch complaint against the No on Proposition AA campaign. His comments follow our original post. Over the past month or so, the organization opposed to the marijuana taxation measure Proposition AA has staged rallies in Denver and…
It’s been well over two years since we first told you about accusations against David Morrow, who expressed his frustration with a drunk teenager by punching him hard enough to break his jaw. Now, at long last, Morrow has been sentenced for the crime, earning five years behind the sort…
AshleyMadison.com, a dating site devoted to people who love snapping bonds of matrimony (its slogan is, “Life is short — Have an affair”) has come up with its 2013 list of the top ten cities for mistresses as measured by the percentage of women who cheat. And Denver made it!…
One of the highlights of the latest television season to date is Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., a sort-of spinoff from The Avengers executive produced by that film’s director, geek god Joss Wheedon, and starring Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, who proves that dying on the big screen can turn into…
One year ago today, nineteen-year-old Kara Nichols vanished after leaving her Colorado Springs home for a modeling shoot in Denver. Since then, her parents, Julia and Paul Nichols, have worked tirelessly to find their beloved daughter, but to no avail thus far. Kara marked her twentieth birthday in May, and…
Venerable pot magazine High Times has been focusing on Colorado quite a bit over the last few years, including naming Colorado strains as the most potent staffers have seen and bringing their annual Cannabis Cup events to the Mile High City. This month’s High Times feature keeps up that trend,…
Yesterday, we collected angry tweets from Broncos fans upset about a Comcast outage during the second half of the epic Denver-Dallas game. Our post inspired many readers to share their own frustration over the situation — but it also prompted the following comment from a reader puzzled by the vitriol…
Denver blog posts take it one game at a time. South Stands Denver’s Colin Daniels definitely doesn’t see the Broncos as a lock to bring home the Lombardi Trophy this year. Not that it’s beyond the realm of possibility…. At Mile High Mamas, Sarah Stith, a Boulder mom, shares her…
Denver’s two syringe exchange programs can now provide mobile services, thanks to an 8-to-3 vote by Denver City Council Monday night to lift the restriction that kept exchanges 1,000 feet away from schools and child care centers. The goal is to allow exchange programs to reach more of the city’s…
This week’s cover story, “Drawing the Line,” delves into the Denver Public Schools Board of Education election — possibly the most important political race you’re not paying attention to. The future direction of DPS is at stake, with about half of the nine candidates in favor of continuing the district’s…
Denver police officers Ricky Nixon and Kevin Devine, fired for their actions in the 2009 Denver Diner case, aren’t going quietly. Nixon filed a lawsuit against the city prior to his dismissal, claiming that forcing him to give up his gun and work the radar unit violated his civil rights…
Amendment 64 allowed communities to opt out of retail pot industry, and plenty of them have done so. As we’ve reported, weed sales have been prohibited in far more places than they’re allowed. But Pueblo isn’t balking at this new industry. Far from it: The city called on an A64…
Millions of viewers watched Miley Cyrus host Saturday Night Live this past weekend — but how many noticed a cameo appearance by Denver? At least one sharp-eyed Westword reader, who realized that the establishing photo at the beginning of “Mornin’ Miami,” a skit in which Cyrus co-stars as a bummed-out…
The website eBaum’s World is among the most venerable humor destinations on the web for one simple reason: People keep going there to share funny/weird footage, including plenty of folks from Colorado. An example was a recent Video of the Day, in which TV station staffers didn’t appear to know…
If the account offered by the Colorado Springs Police Department is accurate, breaking up with 33-year-old Caja Gray is really, really hard to do. And it may bring some nasty repercussions. Gray has been arrested for assault and arson, after allegedly attacking her former boyfriend and then starting a fire…
Dear Stoner: My grower said his greenhouse in Weld County got flooded, and he offered to let me take some plants home if I help him clean up. He said the place smells like manure from the floodwaters. My question: Is the stuff safe to smoke? Because I sure don’t…
The first beer sample tastes like SpaghettiOs. Which is bad — but not as horrid as the one that smells like sweaty socks. Or the one that has not-so-subtle notes of baby vomit — an aroma that comes from butyric acid, which can form if bacteria infect the beer during…
“Safe at Home,” Patricia Calhoun, October 3 Diamond in the Rough Patricia Calhoun’s “Safe at Home” made me ashamed that I do not do more to help the homeless. I’m not talking about giving a handout to one of those beggars on the street corner — I’m not that ignorant…
In honor of MythBusters: The Explosive Exhibition, which opens at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science this week, we thought we’d provide our own public service and explode a few myths about Denver, starting with… • Denver has 300 days of sunshine a year. Not exactly. Here’s the explanation…
