A week after John Hickenlooper signed Amendment 64 into law, and four days after President Barack Obama said that the feds have bigger fish to fry than prosecuting recreational users of pot in states that have made it legal, Colorado’s Task Force on the Implementation of Amendment 64 will have…
Pardon our dust! Exactly a year ago, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a complicated land swap at the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge — the former nuclear weapons plant, minus several hundred acres too contaminated to go public — that would expand the refuge to the west in…
All those outdoor fireplaces at the big-box stores look like they’d make great holiday gifts — but not for Denver residents. Because outdoor fires are banned here, unless they’re used for cooking. One fire-loving Platt Park couple learned that last winter, when they were huddled around their backyard chiminea and…
The situation was stupid enough that Ken Salazar probably wanted to punch someone. When the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was unveiled in 2011, eagle-eyed wordsmiths quickly pointed out that one of the quotes etched into the granite monument had taken King’s words out of context, making him seem like…
The Backseat Budgeter, our Best of Denver 2011 winner for Best Way to Understand the Budget, is back — and just in time. Mayor Michael Hancock’s push for the passage of 2A last month — a deBrucing that allows the city to retain extra money collected — resulted in an…
When John Hickenlooper addressed the Democratic National Convention in early September, he emphasized how Coloradans could overcome party differences to collaborate — unlike Congress. And Coloradans offered an impressive display of collaboration yesterday, when former Senator Hank Brown, a Republican, and Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat, unveiled the Colorado Compact…
With all the bad news about media layoffs, here’s a real reason to celebrate: Tonight, the Open Media Foundation will celebrate six years of independent voices on Denver Open Media — which not only runs Denver’s public-access channels on Comcast, but also provides training and services for non-profits and kids…
Last week, the mayor’s office confirmed that Fuqua Development and its capital partner, the Lionstone Group, were negotiating with King Soopers regarding the anchor retail spot in a revised development plan for the former CU Health Sciences Center property at East Ninth Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. What went unsaid is…
Travel guru Arthur Frommer predicts big 2013 tourism gains for six disparate destinations: Miami Beach, Dubai, India and Lima, Peru, plus Seattle and Denver. Why are the last two so hot? Pot, of course…
Update: Denver City Council made some history last night when it approved changes to the city’s landmark ordinance. Today, the Department of Community Planning and Development Community Planning and Development finished the job by raising the landmark application fee from $250 to $875…
Ken Foster, author of I’m a Good Dog, didn’t plan on making a stop in Denver. “But as the book’s publication date approached, I began to see how much the book meant to people who love their dogs,” Foster told us. “And it felt like an oversight not to do…
Has Colorado’s official tourism effort gone to pot? A new video posted on YouTube suggests that, and it only makes sense: After all, not only did the state’s voters approve Amendment 64, which makes recreational pot use legal in Colorado, but the state tourism office just hosted meetings on agritourism…
Late on November 6, after Coloradans had voted overwhelmingly to legalize recreational use of marijuana, Governor John Hickenlooper warned that given federal law, the state’s residents shouldn’t “break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly.” But that very day, as it turns out, another Coloradan had taken aim at one…
Timing is everything: While tempers are flaring over the shooting of a pit bull named Chloe this past weekend — an act that Commerce City police defend — Ken Foster, author of I’m a Good Dog: Pit Bulls, America’s Most Beautiful (and Misunderstood) Pet, is on his way to Denver…
The hike leads to a southern Utah canyon with a stunning view. The canyon itself has a name that stuns many of the hikers who hear it: Negro Bill Canyon. And this name was changed in the ’60s to clean up a more derogatory title that ostensibly honored a black…
Just in case you didn’t spend enough time in front of the television last night, Colorado Public Television is giving you two more hours of very good reasons to stay seated: a mini-marathon of the time-machine shows that the crew behind Colorado Inside Out, which normally focuses on current events,…
Who’s the biggest turkey of the year? With the election season barely over, it’s easy to focus on all the pundits who insisted Colorado’s swing-state vote would decide the election — when Barack Obama had already won his second term before our polling places closed. But there are many, many…
Esquire magazine has chosen its “Americans of the Year 2012,” and is rolling out stories on the fifteen honored Americans this week. Already revealed: Bradley Cooper (the cover boy), Bruce Springsteen, Lena Dunham, Elon Musk, Travon Martin, John Roberts, Prince Harry (Honorary)…and Colorado’s governor, John Hickenlooper…
Denver City Council President Mary Beth Susman, who represents District 5 covering eastern Denver, will hold a town hall meeting tonight. But one of the big agenda issues has been dropped: Because developer Jeff Fuqua has not submitted a new plan for the Colorado Boulevard Healthcare District, with a list…
With Democrats controlling both houses of the Colorado Legislature, Governor John Hickenlooper should have lots of common ground with lawmakers. But one topic is already creating cracks in any consensus: fracking. Hickenlooper has asked for a single set of state regulations that would govern the state’s oil and gas industry,…
While Governor John Hickenlooper had a conference call with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to talk about the federal response to the passage Amendment 64, and Mason Tvert, the architect of that victory, was chatting with Bill Maher, hundreds of people gathered in Denver for the National Marijuana Business Conference…
Three Colorado chefs started out on the season premiere ofTop Chef Seattle last week, and two moved on. But Euclid Hall’s Jorel Pierce was out, booted by Tom Colicchio. And how did that feel? “While the pressure was intense and intimidating,” Pierce says, “I know now that I learned a…
