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Trump’s Choice for Interior: What Will It Mean for Colorado?

For a guy who’s vowed not to load his administration with the usual corporate lobbyists and Washington insiders, Trump has stacked his transition team with energy moguls, climate deniers, anti-EPA crusaders, and other highly vested interests. His short list of Interior nominees reportedly includes such wild cards as Sarah Palin and multimillionaire Forrest Lucas, founder of Lucas Oil Products. Whoever gets the job, it’s likely that his appointee will be ideologically inclined to the drill-baby-drill mantra.
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AG Nom Jeff Sessions Thought KKK Was Okay Until He Learned They Smoked Pot?

Last week, we posted about a petition launched by the Marijuana Majority calling on president-elect Donald Trump to respect cannabis laws in states such as Colorado, which has legalized limited pot sales for recreational purposes. In an interview with Westword, Marijuana Majority chairman and founder Tom Angell also expressed concern...
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Opponents of Micro-Apartments on Humboldt Street Lose Zoning Appeal

Suite 201 of the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building was bursting at the seams Tuesday, October 11, when the Board of Adjustments took up an appeal that argued the zoning department had erred when it permitted micro-apartments and a restaurant in the 1500 block of Humboldt Street. The board...
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Beer Calendar: Khores Ballroom, More Collaborations and a Goodbye to Colfax

The craft-beer industry has begun feeling the effects of a long-awaited competitive shakeout — layoffs, mergers, declining numbers — but the Boulder-based Brewers Association, which represents the nation's small and independent craft breweries, was still able to report mildly encouraging numbers for 2016. Also encouraging: the events in our beer calendar.
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The Twelve Rules of Christmas

The holiday season can be overwhelming and stressful. Nothing — not church or the TV specials or the holiday episodes of our favorite sitcoms — can solve everything that pops up and threatens our jolliness. But follow these rules and you might actually survive Christmas and make the season that much...
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Ask a Stoner: Why Are Marijuana Buds Called “Flower”?

Dear Stoner: Why do you and all of the media refer to marijuana buds as “flower”? The flowers on the marijuana plant are produced by the male plant. The real magic happens when you successfully eliminate all of the males and their flowers and keep the females from getting pollinated...
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Why Denver NORML Isn’t Supporting Social Pot Use Initiative 300

In late August, the Denver Responsible Use Initiative, a proposal intended to create venues for the social consumption of cannabis in the Mile High City, fell short of qualifying for the November ballot. Afterward, attorney Judd Golden of Denver NORML, which backed the measure, told us the organization had not...
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Are Protest Songs and Good Songs Mutually Exclusive?

“Protest songs in response to military aggression, Protest songs to try and stop the soldier's gun, But the battle raged on.” Against Me! - “White People for Peace” From the onset of human endeavor, people have been at war. We as a race have done terrible things to each other...
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Sloan’s Lake Tap & Burger

Sloan’s Lake Tap & Burger, which opened in the West Colfax neighborhood in summer 2016, is the sister restaurant to the ridiculously popular Highland version. This Tap is bigger in almost every respect. Higher ceilings, an enormous bar, more TVs, massive windows – even the menu has been beefed up with the addition of barbecue. […]
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Arts: HOVAB at BMoCA, a Lakewood Art Walk and Street Art Under the Viaduct

This weekend you can go outside, both literally and figuratively, at a grand landscape-based exhibit by Boulder artists, on an art walk through an historic Lakewood neighborhood or on a different walk through the grittiest of locales — under the I-70 viaduct.  Evolving Visions of Land and Landscape Boulder Museum...
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Zengo Relaunches Monday With New Look and New Menu

Restaurateur Richard Sandoval's thirteen-year old Zengo was cutting edge when it opened at 1610 Little Raven Street and still retained a swank, neo-'70s air into 2016 despite its relative age. But stagnation equals death in the hip downtown restaurant scene, so Sandoval shut down the Latin-Asian fusion eatery last month...
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Ten Marijuana Books for the Weed Nerd in Your Life

Some tokers are happy with smoking bud and leaving it at that, but others are interested in the historical and political context of the plant as well as its medicinal properties. Whether you're shopping for someone who wants to learn how to grow, extract or cook with cannabis, this list...
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Marijuana Edibles Come Under New Colorado Regulations on October 1

The Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) is updating Colorado laws regarding cannabis.  Starting October 1, there is one major change that affects customers and another that affects product manufactures. After conducting a few studies, MED determined the THC levels between flower, edibles and concentrates were so different that regulations had to...
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State Board of Education Allows Diet Sodas Back Into Schools

Despite protests by parents, students, nutrition advocates and dentists, the Colorado State Board of Education today finalized its plan to put diet sodas back into public school vending machines. At its regular meeting the board approved a proposal to bring the state's school nutrition rules in line with federal rules,...