On the eve of a 25-week trial that promised to focus on claims of poor training and worse management, the nation’s largest private prison company has reached a settlement with nearly 200 former inmates over a 2004 riot at the Crowley County Correctional Facility in southeastern Colorado. The uprising, which…
In August, we told you the very strange story of David Moe, a preschool teacher arrested on child-porn charges. At first, parents feared he might have molested kids under his supervision, or taken disturbing photos of them, especially when info surfaced about a “hugs journal” that appeared to be sexualizing…
As we reported yesterday, the River North-area site of the High Times Cannabis Cup was left trashed after the event throughout Earth Day, irritating neighbors and putting a black mark on the cannabis community. A group of volunteers and a cleaning crew from the Exdo Center, where the event took…
An April 17 post on the Pueblo Community College Facebook page announces, “Spring Fling starts in 1 hour! Come by the Student Center for free food, music and fun!” But the music was cut short in at least one case: A drag show on the bill was stopped after some…
Earlier this month, we featured a gallery of photos from Denver Broncos cheerleader tryouts — and it didn’t take long for supervisors to assemble a winning team for this next season. We’ve got the first squad photo below. But that’s not all. A number of slots opened up because several…
Last month, we wrote about the Colorado-centric storyline in Doonesbury featuring Zonker Harris, who announced that he was moving to Colorado to become a hemp farmer; see our original post below. Since then, we’ve put out the welcome mat for Zonker by featuring him on the cover of Westword for…
Last month, the Amendment 64 Task Force issued its recommendations about how best to implement the measure, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of marijuana. The legislature’s aptly named A64 joint committee followed suit, and it didn’t simply rubber-stamp the task force’s…
Yesterday, CU-Boulder Police spokesman Ryan Huff called 4/20 on the campus, which was closed for the second consecutive year, a “non-event,” and the description is apt. As a huge crowd gathered at Denver’s Civic Center Park for a rally marred by a shooting, CU-Boulder, which once drew 10,000-revelers-plus on 4/20,…
Last week, we wrote about the death of a snowboarder in an avalanche near Vail Pass, as well as the strange decision by the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office to mention that the men involved had been smoking marijuana. The responses to the item mingled grief and anger, as exemplified by…
The 2011 feature “Mean Streets” described allegations of discrimination and abuse at Yellow Cab, the city’s oldest taxi company, as well as detailing taxi drivers’ inability to find alternatives because the state’s Public Utilities Commission made it nearly impossible to start new cab companies. But Denver could be one step…
Denver blog posts run hot and cold. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein on the departure of David Lee, the expected return of Kenneth Faried, and what the Nuggets must do to take a 2-0 lead over the Warriors in tonight’s playoff game. The folks at Colorado Pols spotlight ex-Denver mayor Bill…
Deep within each college student beats the heart of a crime fighter. This statement may seem absurd, but not to the folks with the CU-Boulder police. Department personnel recently nabbed Javier Silva-Acosta on fraud-related charges just three hours after sharing information about him on social media. Moreover, Acosta’s arrest is…
If you’re looking for a crash course in how to be annoying, you could do worse than study the guerrilla tactics of Colorado Extraction Resistance, a group of activists bent on chafing the thick hides of energy interests who rely on hydraulic fracturing methods to drill for oil and gas…
Update below: The High Times Cannabis Cup left a cloud of haze in the air that had all but disappeared by Sunday night, after the event closed. Unfortunately, the trash didn’t dissipate as easily, and by Monday afternoon — Earth Day — hundreds of pounds of junk was still sitting…
Earlier this month, the latest version of a THC driving bill that had failed the past two years seemed to be on a steady march to passage despite e-mail protests and petitions. But no: Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 4-1 to squash the measure again. Why? One advocate believes…
As you might expect, William Breathes, the solar system’s first medical marijuana critic and overseer of our sister Toke of the Town blog, was everywhere on 4/20 weekend. And he brought his camera with him. Before Saturday’s 4/20 rally dissolved into chaos after shots were fired, injuring three, Breathes captured…
Yesterday on our Show and Tell blog, Jenn Wohletz offered up her picks for the five things people shouldn’t wear in Denver when it’s snowing, and it couldn’t have been timelier given our latest spring snowstorm, which followed a brief warm-up. Last year at this time, we came up with…
Update: At this time yesterday morning, we followed up on our coverage of the shooting at Saturday’s 4/20 celebration by sharing the image seen here of a man the Denver Police Department identified as a suspect. The headline on the post (see our original coverage below) asked the question, “Do…
Last week, CU-Boulder Police’s Ryan Huff outlined plans related to the campus’ closure on 4/20, and said most visitor-pass applications seemed inspired by Friday’s Macklemore concert rather than plans to protest the second consecutive April 20 shutdown. And so it went: While a huge crowd gathered at Denver’s Civic Center…
We’re still getting reactions to our post earlier this month about a travel writer who called Colorado the fifth most overrated travel destination and said Denver is weird and bland. Amid the vitriol directed at the author was this post from a Colorado lover who nonetheless thinks the writer isn’t…
Denver blog posts aren’t snowing you. Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons recaps the Nuggets thrilling game one playoffs win, sparked by unlikely star Andre Miller. Colorado Pols: Michael Bennet is proving to be quite the fundraiser for the Dems. A Denver Egotist editorial: “No gays please, we’re advertising.”…
Sean Azzariti (who we’ve featured in this space in the past) is a veteran of the Iraq War, medical marijuana patient, an advocate for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress who want to be able to use cannabis to help them cope, and a cannabis enthusiast. Azzariti also happens to be…
