Graduation rates: 72.4 percent of Colorado high school students finished "on...
Statistics released this morning show that 72.4 percent of Colorado high school students graduated "on time" in 2010. In other words, 72.4 percent of freshman who started high school in the...
View ArticleLaLa Vazquez's valentine to Denver: Kenny Be's Playing Cupid
It pains my heart to see strained relationships. Why can't everyone just get along? Since it's the season of love, I've created Kenny Be Valentine's cards, intended to calm the cantankerou...
View ArticleDavid Shefte among trio cited for throwing snowballs -- but not for calling...
This weekend, David Shefte, David Trainer and Kurt Heckle learned you can get ticketed for throwing snowballs in Aspen. Crazy? Maybe -- but there were some extenuating circumstances, inclu...
View ArticleMedical marijuana firm's cost to comply with regs (and explain to officials...
Green Mountain Harvest's Susan Chicovsky is proud of her status as owner of the first medical marijuana harvest and trim company to be fully compliant with Colorado regulations. But the proc...
View ArticleDandy Dan's: Strip club's parking lot site of shootout that leaves one man...
Last night at Dandy Dan's, a South Federal strip club, a pair of men got into an altercation in the parking lot -- and only one of them left alive. Denver Police haven't ID'd the victim, bu...
View ArticleSex solicitors busted in Colorado to be sent to "johns school"? What'll they...
Now serving: These three Denver blog posts. 5280's Michael de Yoanna writes about Senator Brandon Shaffer's idea to send sex solicitors to "johns school." Really. Face the State's Jared J...
View ArticleBernie Buescher Pandora ad wins national award (despite not winning him the...
So what if Secretary of State Bernie Buescher didn't win re-election last November. In our book, he's still the coolest cat at the Capitol for being the only Colorado candidate (and one of t...
View ArticleMedical marijuana: William Breathes isn't only MMJ reviewer at a newspaper...
One is the loneliest number, and now I'm not alone. Yesterday our sister paper, Seattle Weekly, ran the first of what will be a regular review by their very own dispensary critic, Steve Elli...
View ArticleCarmelo Anthony's house still for sale but price same as in July: Hedging his...
Yesterday, Carmelo Anthony told the Denver Post he would take a "hard look" at signing a Nuggets contract extension if he's not dealt to the Knicks, the Lakers or someone else by the Februa...
View ArticleJacquelyn Perea: Contribuing to delinquency of minor charge in Alicia...
We don't usually hear about folks accused of contributing to the delinquency of a minor -- and at first blush, the charge against Jacquelyn Perea, who allegedly took a sixteen-year old to a...
View ArticlePit bull service-dog ban in Aurora set to fall, but councilman favors other...
In December, Denver City Council rejected a service-dog exemption to its longtime pit bull ban, despite a lawsuit claiming the rule breaks federal law. Aurora faced a similar dilemma, and wh...
View ArticlePJ Day Bed Race to End Homelessness photo gallery
Yesterday on the Metro State campus, the PJ Day Bed Race to End Homelessness provided a colorful contrast to all that white stuff on the ground, with Colin Burke Photography capturing the a...
View ArticleReader: Most women would notice if someone like Anthony Garcia put semen in...
Our post about allegations that Anthony Garcia put semen in a woman's yogurt has prompted readers to post some of the grossest jokes ever, as well as prompting questions about whether most ...
View ArticleMedical marijuana: Last-minute MMJ meeting time change causes public comments...
Why is there an adversarial relationship between some medical marijuana backers and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment? An incident this morning demonstrates why. Beca...
View ArticleAir Force Academy prayer luncheon goes on, but advocate who sued to stop it...
Yesterday, a judge rejected arguments made in a lawsuit opposing an Air Force Academy prayer luncheon. The 11:30 a.m. event is underway at this writing. But while Mikey Weinstein of the Mil...
View ArticleRep. Chris Lee inspires legislative workplace warning poster: Kenny Be's Hip Tip
There was a time when the United States government produced workplace posters warning citizens about the dangers of gossip, laziness and gonorrhea. The recent news story about Reprentative...
View ArticleMedical marijuana HB 1250 bill would outlaw MMJ edibles: Read it here
At 1:30 p.m. today, the public can comment on HB 1043, a medical marijuana bill described as a cleanup measure of last year's bill by its co-sponsors, Senator Pat Steadman and Representative...
View ArticleMedical marijuana dispensary review: Mile High Dispensary -- Englewood
Mile High Dispensary was a random stop. I had driven down to Littleton only to find I had the wrong address for another club. Frustrated at my stoner-moment, I made my way back north up Broa...
View ArticleOur updated medical-marijuana directory
William Breathes stopped into Mile High Dispensary's Englewood branch on a whim -- and the result is his latest review. But if you'd rather get info about a place before you drop in, stop fi...
View ArticleTim Tebow is Harry Potter? And Kyle Orton is Voldemort? 10 points for...
Scan down for Denver blog posts. Predominantly Orange's Kim Constantinesco presents a poster for a proposed new movie called Tim Tebow and the Order of Orton. Only one can survive! Denver...
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