Author: John Schroyer
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Hershey’s renews trademark battles with marijuana businesses
DENVER — Cannabis businesses, beware: The Hershey Co. is on the warpath. Perhaps the most famous confectionery peddler in the world has a well-documented history of actively protecting its trademarks, and the marijuana industry is no exception. Although Hershey’s has been relatively quiet in the marijuana sector since it sued two cannabis businesses in 2014,…
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Lamborn, Rayburn go toe-to-toe in spirited debate
Monday night’s debate between U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, and GOP primary challenger Bentley Rayburn was as close to a bar fight as political debates get. The opponents in the bid for Colorado’s 5th Congressional District attacked and counter-attacked every chance they got, straight from the get-go. Rayburn, a retired Air Force major general…
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Hickenlooper wants study on differences between flourishing, stagnating communities
Colorado Springs and parts of rural Colorado might get a helping hand in the next year or so from a study proposed by Gov. John Hickenlooper that would look closely at why some areas of Colorado have done better economically than others in recent decades. “I think the Springs could be doing much, much better,”…
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Political opposites team to push Colorado human trafficking law
While dining at a Castle Rock restaurant, Jim Daly mentions that he can’t abide cauliflower. His colleague, Ted Trimpa, immediately begins reciting a simple cauliflower recipe involving olive oil and a few other ingredients. “This is why my vegetarian wife loves that I’m friends with Ted. So I can cook her these great vegetarian meals,”…
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Colorado Springs City Council divided about adding marijuana question to November ballot
It’s anybody’s guess whether the Colorado Springs City Council will put a question on the November ballot asking if residents want to allow recreational marijuana sales. Members of a nonprofit group, Every Vote Counts, will begin lobbying this month for City Council’s support to put a citizen-initiated ordinance question on the ballot. Without seeing the…
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Nonprofit group aims to get recreational pot on Colorado Springs November ballot
Colorado Springs voters may get another chance to legalize recreational marijuana sales this November. A ballot measure that’s been in the works for months is on the verge of being filed with the city clerk’s office, said Mark Slaugh, director of the nonprofit Every Vote Counts. The ballot measure, Slaugh said Thursday afternoon, would overturn…
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VIDEO: A look back at the Sochi games
Thanks to The Gazette’s Mark Reis, we have a treasure trove of amazing photos with which to remember the 2014 Sochi winter games. Here are just a few.
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Video: Broncos fans reminisce, predict Sundays AFC title showdown
Will the Denver Broncos get past the pesky New England Patriots and advance to the Super Bowl? Ask 10 people and you’ll probably get a 50-50 split. The Broncos host the Patriots Sunday at 1:05 p.m. We asked Broncos fans in Colorado Springs what their favorite team memory and prediction for Sunday’s big game. Watch…
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Video: The Gazette move
After months of prepping, planning and construction, The Gazette staff finally moved into their new HQ in downtown Colorado Springs on Dec. 20. Watch video here.
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Rock climbing at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Three hundred feet off the ground, my left foothold suddenly gave out and a boulder the size of a football went hurtling down the wall. The crash echoed up and down the Black Canyon. “Welcome to the Black,” I thought to myself. That was Friday, when I joined my partner, Mike Hedlund, for our first…