Last September and October, one of the biggest stories in the Denver metro area involved student protests in Jefferson County against the proposed assembling of a history curriculum committee tasked with emphasizing patriotism and downplaying civil disorder. After large walkouts at schools throughout the district, the Jeffco school board okayed the…
Shortly after posting about the death of CU Boulder student Jacob Kulton at Breckenridge, we learned about another death resulting from an accident on the Colorado ski slopes. The victim was Dr. Meir Wetzler, a nationally known cancer specialist based in Buffalo, New York. Thus far, the circumstances of the…
The latest survey from the folks at WalletHub lists “2015’s Cities with the Most and Least Ethno-Racial and Linguistic Diversity.” Spurred by Black History Month, the site looked at 350 communities across the country as a way of cataloging America’s increasing diversity, as epitomized by the photo above, spotlighting the…
The image most of us have of patients suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s — a brutal malady detailed in Still Alice, for which Julianne Moore just won a well-deserved Academy Award this past Sunday — is of an elderly person sitting in place, lost in his or her own baffling world…
Yesterday, we told you about a skier death near Aspen Mountain; he’s now been identified as John Gancsos, 64. Because Gancsos perished in an avalanche outside the boundaries of a resort, his death won’t be included in the official casualty figures for ski areas. However, an incident on Monday will. On…
Last year, we told you about charges against Hector Diaz related to gun possession and his complicity in allegedly dropping $500,000 in Colombian cash in the Colorado marijuana business. Now, Diaz has pleaded guilty to a couple of counts — fewer than the number he originally faced. In exchange, Diaz is…
William Breathes’s report about Gabriel Campbell, who was driving a car with Colorado plates when he was pulled over in Texas and found to have five pounds of marijuana in his trunk put one reader in mind of alleged marijuana profiling. In the case of someone she knows, however, the word…
Denver blogs are prepared rain or shine. At our Arts blog, Bree Davies lists the five things transplants need to know about Colorado weather. Denver Egotist on Alex Bogusky’s plan to launch a new social-good agency platform in Boulder. Mile High Hockey collects all the NHL trade rumors that may or…
Pueblo City Council approved home grows for recreational users last night in a 5-2 vote, but many cannabis supporters are still unhappy with some of the ordinance’s restrictions. The new rules allow growing marijuana in an enclosed, ventilated space no larger than 100 square feet (caregivers can apply to the…
Arturo Armando Hernandez Garcia balances on an orange workman’s ladder in the front hallway of the cavernous First Unitarian Society of Denver church. The fit 42-year-old wears work boots, jeans and a T-shirt that says “Chinos Construction” on it, a souvenir from a friend’s business. He dips a paintbrush into…
Dear Stoner: Is it legal to fly from Denver to another medical state with medicine on you? Longmont Larry Dear Larry: I’ve addressed this question before, but it still gets asked at least once a month, so the answer is worth repeating. That answer is “kind of.” Transportation Security Administration…
Last year was a particularly brutal avalanche season in Colorado and beyond. As we reported at the time, one stretch in February 2014 saw six avalanche deaths in the American West over a stretch of less than a week. This season, the tragedies have been fewer so far, but the numbers…
Political reporters for Fox affiliates across the country often have a difficult time establishing themselves as objective and journalistically credible owing to the slant associated with the Fox News cable channel. But that’s never been a problem for Fox31’s Eli Stokols. From the beginning of his run in the Denver…
If you’re a single woman, what city is the right fit? According to the NerdWallet website, the following ten are tops — and Denver’s among them. Count down the photo-illustrated list below, complete with data in the major categories used to reach a conclusion: unmarried men per 100 unmarried women,…
At this hour, members of the Aurora Police Department are reportedly investigating a homicide at a quadplex on the 1400 block of Lima Street. If that address sounds familiar, it should. In September 2014, another murder took place in the same quadplex. The victim was Danielle Griego, who was killed after…
Last year, we told you about accusations that Idaho Springs’ Haley Stanfield had put a hit on her boyfriend after the death of her fifteen-month-old baby, Logan Burchik. Stanfield remains behind bars based on this charge. Now, however, she’s facing a new allegation — that she and the aforementioned boyfriend, Joshua…
Last month, we told you about Good to Know Colorado, a new marijuana-education campaign launched by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. As we pointed out, much of the messaging on the Good to Know Colorado website was more about what is and isn’t legal than it was about…
An audio recording of a 2007 police shooting that turned a nineteen-year-old car thief suspect into a quadriplegic — and set up a long-running battle over his care in the state prison system — appears to contradict official accounts of how the shooting went down. And Darrell Havens says the…
Denver blog posts know who’s in and who’s out. At our Food & Restaurant blog, Mark Antonation lists ten restaurants that aren’t participating in Denver Restaurant Week. Roundball Mining Company’s Jim Heskett notes that the answer to the question “Is Brian Shaw fired yet?” is still “no” — but he…
A recent Ask a Stoner column noted that some dispensaries are now scanning IDs. This policy is clearly troubling to many of our readers. Meanwhile, the conversation went off in a number of interesting directions. Here’s an exchange about when one reader buys at pot shops — and when he…
Don’t let the snow freeze you out from enjoying some comedy, industry mixers and more in this week’s cannabis calendar, and be sure to monitor some important local and state political developments as well. After several delays, Pueblo City Council is scheduled to vote on several rules regarding cannabis today…
Of late, attorney David Lane has represented several inmates or their families in regard to alleged substandard care of prisoners in custody. Examples include the case of Christopher Lopez, whose jailers joked and laughed while he slowly died (the Colorado Department of Corrections agreed to pay $3 million to settle the…
