How Colorado Regulates Mold And Pesticides In Marijuana
When you buy food at the grocery store you trust it’s safe — not too many pesticides, and hopefully no harmful bacteria or mold. Can consumers of cannabis have the same confidence when they walk into a dispensary? A Denver cultivator voluntarily recalled product from 144 stores statewide this week. It’s the third recall in Denver for mold and yeast contamination in 2019.
Bees Are In A Feeding Frenzy — That’s Why There Are So Many Right Now
“Just like bears or any other animal this time of year, they are panicking to get more food in the hive before winter.”
Colorado Has 900 Bee Species And Only A Few Them Are Black and Yellow
There’s a bee species that lives in the White Rocks Nature Preserve between Valmont and Lookout roads northwest of Louisville, and rumor has it that the bee lives only in that area of Colorado.
Development Along Brighton Boulevard Reflects Larger Denver Issues
In what used to be an industrial area, there are now sidewalks, bikeways, a traffic signal just for pedestrians, trendy restaurants, a sparkling new music venue, and loads of apartments. We’re talking about Denver’s River North District along Brighton Boulevard. It’s the first street in the city to get this kind of 360-degree focus.
Denverite editor Ashley Dean and her team reported on this thoroughfare as a way to tell a bigger story about gentrification, the environment, homelessness, and transportation.
Colorado And 18 Other States Sue Over Trump’s Rollback Of Endangered Species Act
The new rules include ending automatic protections for threatened species, allowing agencies to consider the economic impacts of listing species and making it more difficult to designate critical habitats.
Colorado Sues To Stop Trump Administration From Revoking State Vehicle Emissions Standards
Governor Jared Polis said the Trump administration is trying to essentially kill electric vehicles.
CSU Announces New Initiative In Response To Student Blackface Photo
It’s meant to “attack racism and bias” at CSU after students posted a photo of them wearing blackface earlier this month.
Aurora Re-Ups Its Cigarette Tax, Opponents Cry TABOR
Aurora City Council voted Monday to enact its own cigarette tax after a state law was passed that allows cities to impose their own cigarette taxes.
Updated: Backlog In Colorado Citizenship Applications Is Hurting Civil Rights, Report Says
“There are a lot of impacts on voting, on employment, on access to public benefits that are material,” the report’s author said.
CU Study Finds Link Between IUDs And Lower Risk Of Ovarian Cancer
In a new study, researchers found that the use of IUDs may decrease the risk of ovarian cancer. The study was published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Spinney Mountain State Park Closed After 16 Inches Of Hail And Flooding
Eleven Mile State Park and Charlie Meyers State Wildlife Area were also damaged.
UCHealth Wants To Destigmatize Mental Health By Investing $100 Million Into Behavioral Health Services
The money will help get more social workers and psychologists in primary care practices, build new behavioral health programs and introduce tele-psychiatry.
Colorado Has 4 Of The Country’s Most Vibrant Art Communities
Boulder, Denver, Steamboat Springs and Breckenridge all made the report by the National Center for Arts and Research.
Housing And Health Go Hand In Hand, According To Colorado Health Institute
“It is going to be a long road to a more just and equitable housing landscape in Colorado,” said Ashlie Brown, director at the Colorado Health Institute.
Bears Keep Getting Into Trash Cans In Aspen. That Means A Record Number Of Fines
Authorities are reminding residents to bear-proof their trash receptacles and to clean up after fruit trees and bird feeders.
