Denver blogs wish you a happy new year. The Backbeat blog runs down The 31 Best Colorado Albums of 2014. And our Geek columnist takes a Look Ahead at Our Geeky 2015. Hungry? Here’s our Restaurant Roll Call for 2014, With Nearly 300 Openings for a Record Year…
When the ball drops and 2015 has arrived, many of us will be grateful to have made it through another year alive, and the retail marijuana industry is no different. New Year’s Day marks the one-year anniversary of America’s first purchase of recreational cannabis, and the dispensary that helped make…
Colorado Ethics Watch has been releasing a list of Colorado’s Most Wanted since the political watchdog group started in 2006. This year’s list contains four Colorado officials who wound up getting caught in some not-so-moral behavior. One of them is Terry Maketa, the El Paso County Sheriff accused of misusing…
Earlier this month, Oklahoma and Nebraska filed suit against against Colorado’s Amendment 64 in the U.S. Supreme Court, and Kansas is considering joining in. The move set off a border war, a war of the words between residents of those states to the East and the Coloradans who’ve been pulled…
“Work your fingers down and around the thigh, and get that butter right up against the leg.” Three cameras zoom in on the action as Ian Knauer massages roasted-garlic-infused butter under the skin of the raw chicken lying on the cutting board in front of him. Surrounded by gleaming granite…
While protests continue around the country to raise the minimum wage, starting on January 1, 2015 Colorado’s minimum-wage workers will earn 23 cents more an hour. Under calculations now part of state law, the minimum wage will increase to $8.23 an hour — which means people who work an eight-hour…
Advocacy groups have been rallying against drunk driving for years, but now AAA says not enough attention is being paid to drivers impaired by other substances, such as marijuana and prescription drugs. According to a recent study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, 85 percent of Americans support marijuana-impairment…
Denver blogs are full of superlatives. Backbeat lists Ten of the Best Colorado Music Videos of 2014. Our Show and Tell writers run down the best upcoming events for January in film, geekdom, fashion and comedy. And here’s Cafe Society’s thoughts on the Ten Best Denver Restaurant Trends in 2014…
Development is finally arriving in Five Points; the latest project is the conversion of the Melbourne International Hotel & Hostel, which was purchased for $1.8 million last month by Loft Brokers, into The Rail, a residential complex. According to the Denver Post, Loft Brokers company plans to convert the three-decade…
Last week 33-year-old Jeremiah Perez was arrested for making online threats toward police officers. After the FBI was alerted to his disturbing online postings, they traced the IP address to Colorado Springs, where Perez was arrested — netting himself our Schmuck of the Week award. After yesterday’s preliminary hearing, Perez…
The battle over fracking in Colorado continued to attract national media attention in 2014, and with good reason. The use of hydraulic fracturing to extract oil and gas, and the attendant debate over economic benefits versus possible health and environmental risks, has been playing out here with more twists and…
We knew rents were soaring here in Denver, but this is ridiculous: Last week word came that the Nichols Partnership is turning the old VC Hotel (which started life by Mile High Stadium as a Holiday Inn) into micro-apartments, where you’ll be able to lease a 330-square-foot studio for around…
Denver B-cycle, the bicycle sharing program with stations throughout the city, will increase some of its prices in 2015. This is the first time the nonprofit that runs B-cycle has upped prices in three years. Beginning January 1, annual rates will increase from $80 to $90, and daily rates will…
In the digital age, almost nothing is a secret — and that includes what you search for on Google. Estately, which bills itself as the “addictive, easy way to shop for homes” online, put together a list of the terms that residents of each state searched for the most. The…
As Colorado nears the one-year anniversary of the first legal sale of recreational marijuana, media outlets across the country are taking a look at the financial and social effects of Amendment 64. An upcoming CNBC documentary, “Marijuana Country: The Cannabis Boom,” will show how Colorado’s cannabis industry is faring after…
Denver blogs is feeling transitional with the new year. Here are art critic Michael Paglia’s list of the Five Best Denver-Area Art Shows From 2014. We opine on why the D Note’s January 3 Closing Will Leave a Hole in Olde Town Arvada. Cafe Society makes it known that these…
What is it with Colorado? The thin air? The altitude? For whatever reason, we have more than our share of out-of-this-world kooks. Monte Kim Miller, for example, a former market exec for Proctor & Gamble who started the Concerned Christians cult and, after his prediction that an earthquake would level…
With snow coming down outside, you won’t see a lot of bike commuters today. But the pro-bike movement continues to roll along. And bicyclists throughout the state will soon be able to find specific details about bike paths and bike-friendly road information from the Colorado Department of Transportation. Through the…
Many people are asking what the recent renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba will mean for travel and trade between the island and the United States. For Ryan Sethre and his wife Kim, a Colorado couple, the new deal meant a more exciting trip than they anticipated. Ryan is the coordinator…
Even before the sale of recreational marijuana started in Colorado on January 1, law-enforcement officers in Nebraska and other states to the east were pulling over Colorado drivers for not much more than having those green-and-white plates. But earlier this month, Nebraska and Oklahoma took their anti-cannabis campaign a step…
A few weeks ago a 56-year-old hunting guide on the Western Slope was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for violations of the Lacey Act. Christopher Loncarich’s crime consisted of going to absurd lengths to insure that the slaughter of mountain lions and bobcats in Utah and Colorado would…
Since William Breathes is under the weather, we’re digging up a time capsule from January 3, 2014 — two days after the sale of recreational marijuana became legal in Colorado. Here’s that blast from the recent past: Judging from the national and international media circus surrounding the legalized sale of…
