Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division says Full Spectrum Labs OK to open,...
Last week, medical cannabis testing facility Full Spectrum Labs shut its doors indefinitely, citing a lack of a state license to operate. But that news came as a surprise to Medical Marijuana E
View ArticleTravel + Leisure says Denver is tops in microbrews, at the bottom in diversity
Travel + Leisure just released its list of America's Favorite Cities, ranking 35 major metropolitan areas on everything from pretty people to driving habits. There's good news for Denver: It's
View ArticleCarl Hughes, Tyrea Taylor go on $200,000 spending spree using counterfeit...
Big pics below.If you had virtually unlimited access to merchandise via counterfeit credit cards, would you go to... Arby's? Carl Hughes, Tyrea Taylor and Larry Coates did, according to an ind
View ArticleMedical marijuana ban opponent in Fort Collins says fight is still uphill...
Organic AlternativesMedical marijuana dispensary owner Steve Ackerman's been in the spotlight a lot this week. Organic Alternatives, his MMC, is among several in Fort Collins that have been org
View ArticleNancy Marks, alleged money-bilking psychic: Did she foresee "illness" that...
Big pic below.In May 2010, we told you about Lafayette psychic Nancy Marks, who allegedly told clients that "money is evil" before taking around $300,000 of it from them. Yesterday, she was fin
View ArticleMedical marijuana & unions: Cannabis Business Alliance says it's too soon to...
News that the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 had organized medical marijuana workers turned out to be less sweeping than it first seemed. Only staffers at several Fort Collins dispe
View ArticleReader: Cops took all the parking near library so they could earn overtime...
The opinions keep coming for our Occupy Denver coverage. Here's an interesting view about the costs involved in law-enforcement's approach to protesters, and how savings might be realized, fro
View ArticleKyle Orton might have been traded to the Raiders -- if Al Davis was still alive
Kyle Orton.Update below: We spent the summer expecting Kyle Orton to be traded to Miami. It didn't happen -- but now that he's been benched in favor of Tim Tebow, there are new rumors that KO m
View ArticleMarijuana raid: Cherry Top Farms still closed, attorney hopes for cooperation...
Cherry Top.The Cherry Top Farms dispensary wasn't the target of a DEA raid last week -- but the feds confiscated 2,500 plants anyhow. Cherry Top's owners wanted to open up again early this wee
View ArticleOccupy Denver: Are police hassling legal observers?
Nadler.The Colorado chapter of the National Lawyers Guild is offering free representation to those arrested in the Occupy Denver protests. The group's also been sending legal observers to demon
View ArticleCU Buffs coach Jon Embree must be wondering what the hell he got himself into...
Jon Embree.We are... Denver blog posts. The Ralphie Report's Ash Jackson rounds up the news about CU's football program -- a lot of it bad. Things to Do in Denver When You're Broke? Go to the
View ArticleKen Salazar: BLM decision on Vermillion Basin a classic bit of Kenmanship
Ken Salazar.The long-awaited, much-debated Bureau of Land Management plan for oil-and-gas drilling on public lands in northwest Colorado has something in it to annoy everybody. In other words,
View ArticleOccupy Denver profile: Jonathan Shepard was arrested in defense of his newest...
Jonathan Shepard.Jonathan Shepard knew he would be arrested last Friday morning while defending the Thunderdome at Occupy Denver's previous home across the street from Civic Center Park. Today,
View ArticleACLU urges schools to adopt policy banning school police officers from...
The American Civil Liberties Union has jumped in on the debate simmering in Carbondale and Glenwood Springs over whether school resource officers should be allowed to collaborate with federal
View ArticleUSA Pro Cycling Challenge creates $83.5 million economic impact in Colorado,...
Shawn Hunter.As the economy is tanking, how does one generate millions of dollars in revenue? Apparently, put on a free bike race. According to a study by IFM, a global sports marketing firm,
View ArticleWelcome Sensi Skywalker, Westword's first medical marijuana intern
After a tireless search and dozens of entries, we here at Mile Highs and Lows have finally found the one lucky local college student who will be cleaning bongs helping out around the office as
View ArticleOccupy Denver's Michael Hancock meeting: Mayor refuses to bend on park...
Update, 5:18 p.m. October 18: When asked to describe Occupy Denver's meeting with Hancock this afternoon, protester Al (full name withheld) went with, "It was neutral." The less-than-exciting i
View ArticleHarold Camping missed the Rapture, but could he get a hit with Doomsday?
The world will end on Friday, according to Harold Camping, the biblical clock-watcher who was born in the apocalyptic town of Boulder more than nine decades ago. Of course, Camping has been wro
View ArticleLouiesa West claimed she left baby in car to use bathroom, gambled in casino...
Louiesa West.Is a need to use the restroom a good excuse for leaving a baby alone in a car? Most people would answer "no." But it's a marginally better reason than a desperate need to gamble i
View ArticleOccupy Denver Facebook page claims city turned sprinklers on overnight...
FlickrAfter yesterday's meeting between Occupy Denver reps and Michael Hancock, in which the Denver mayor reiterated his opposition to letting protesters camp, relations between the city and th
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