DENVER (AP) — Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed legislation to try to establish the world’s first financial system for the largely cash-only marijuana industry. The bill signed Friday morning seeks to form a network of uninsured cooperatives designed to give pot businesses a way to access basic banking services. Banks that fear violating federal law […]
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Rene Lima-Marin’s wife told her two young sons their father had to go to work the night in January when a team of police officers led her husband away in handcuffs. It had been nearly six years since he left prison, and his family believed he had paid his debt to […]
DENVER (AP) — Colorado made roughly $2 million in marijuana taxes in January, state revenue officials reported Monday in the world’s first accounting of the recreational pot business. The tax total reported by the state Department of Revenue indicates $14.02 million worth of recreational pot was sold from 59 businesses. The state collected roughly $2.01 […]
WESTMINSTER, Colo. (AP) — A student was injured after deliberately setting himself on fire Monday in the cafeteria of suburban Denver high school, causing officials to cancel classes at the school for the day. Westminster Police Department spokeswoman Cheri Spottke said she didn’t know if the student made any threats or statements before starting himself […]
If you began thinking about packing up and moving to Colorado,you may want to familiarize yourself with the latest possible change in purchasing your medical…
A former Colorado school principal claims she was fired after trying to stop a school policy she believed embarrassed kids. Noelle Roni, says she was let go because she refused to allow the stamping of children’s hands if they received free lunch or did not have enough money in their school account to pay […]
DENVER (AP) — Long lines and blustery winter weather greeted Colorado marijuana shoppers testing the nation’s first legal recreational pot shops Wednesday. It was hard to tell from talking to the shoppers, however, that they had waited hours in snow and frigid wind. “It’s a huge deal for me,” said Andre Barr, a 34-year-old deliveryman […]
Voters across the country faced ballot measures Tuesday ranging from whether to approve seven casinos in New York to the fate of Houston’s iconic Astrodome. Here’s a look at some of the questions. ___ MARIJUANA AND ALCOHOL COLORADO: Voters approved a 25 percent tax on newly legal recreational marijuana to fund school construction. Opponents argued […]
ESTES PARK, Colo. (AP) — As Colorado mountain towns cut off for days by massive flooding slowly reopened, shopkeepers in this gateway to majestic Rocky Mountain National Park worked to both clean up and remove salvageable goods from ravaged businesses for fear the swollen Big Thompson River would rise again. “We have limited time to […]
In the town of Longmont, 31 miles north of Denver, Colo., a family is mourning the loss of their 18-year-old daughter after a close family…
Boy, just when you thought it was safe to go to the mailbox. Apparently the Ku Klux Klan went around like the welcome wagon…
DENVER (AP) — A set of laws to govern how recreational marijuana should be grown, sold and taxed was signed into law Tuesday in Colorado, where Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper called the measures the state’s best attempt to navigate the uncharted territory of legalized recreational pot. The laws cover how the drug should be raised […]
