Veronica Carpio, former owner of 420 Highways dispensary, arrested on...
Big pic below.Veronica Carpio, former owner of 420 Highways, a dispensary we reviewed last year was busted Tuesday for an alleged $30,000 marijuana deal intended to send Colorado herb out of st
View ArticleWest High: Meet the two new academies moving into the low-performing school...
West High School is not closing. At least not yet. That point was hammered home repeatedly today at a gathering of West High leaders, media and community members to talk about the future of the
View ArticleOccupy Denver streamlines its donation process with finance committee and...
In recent weeks, Occupy Denver's procedure for handling donations has arisen as one of the group's most popular and controversial general assembly topics. Two weeks ago, the issue led in part t
View ArticleMedical marijuana dispensary review: The Kind Room in Denver
Something about the name "The Kind Room" was subtle yet distinctively attractive, and the place has always stood out for that alone among the dozens of other shops along Broadway Broadsterdam's
View ArticleMichael Moore speaks at Occupy Denver to a crowd that leaves shortly after
Michael Moore.Michael Moore was late. The man whose personality is as almost as big as his mouth, and for whom both eclipse his documentaries, was an hour late by the time he reached the unusua
View ArticleLadies' night all right in this new book: Steve Horner, start reading!
Steve Horner.Steve Horner, the anti-ladies night crusader, gave Denver bars fits a few years ago, then took his campaign back on the road -- most recently to Las Vegas. The slew of complaints
View ArticleJames Hibbard: $1.6 million in settlements reached in coroner sex harassment...
James Hibbard.Former Adams County Coroner James Hibbard was term-limited out of a job last year, but folks in that county are still paying for the strange way he ran his office. County official
View ArticleStarz Denver Film Festival 2011: Melancholia had me praying for the world to...
Big pics below.Director Lars von Trier's Melancholia, the red-carpet-premiere attraction at the Denver FilmCenter Colfax opening night for the 2011 Starz Denver Film Festival, is a feel-bad mov
View ArticleJaime Perez sentenced to 20 years for stealing gas -- almost a half-million...
Big pic below.A twenty-year jolt for stealing gasoline? Seems a little excessive, doesn't it? Then again, former state highway worker Jaime Perez didn't just sneak a tank or two. He's accused
View ArticleOccupy Denver: Sean Driggers (finally) ID'd as felony arrestee, first 50...
After long wait and frequent online debate, the second felony charge to come from Saturday's Occupy Denver riot has been released: Sean Driggers was arrested on criminal intent to commit second
View ArticleReader: Medical marijuana dispensaries & caregivers shouldn't be arguing...
Our post about the passage of a measure banning medical marijuana retail operations in Fort Collins has become a forum for a heated cyber-conversation that's touched on dollars and cents as wel
View ArticleGLBT Color Guard first gay group allowed to march in Veteran's Day Parade
Big pic below.The GLBT Community Color Guard, made up of gay and lesbian veterans, has sought permission to march in the annual Veteran's Day parade before, but the answer's always been no -- u
View ArticleOccupy Denver: Michael Moore calls CBS4 reporter "punk media" liar -- on CBS4...
Michael Moore.Ever wondered what it's like to get up in Michael Moore's grill? The answer: It's not awesome. CBS4 reporter Evrod Cassimy discovered that firsthand last night when, after the fil
View ArticleFernando Archuleta charged with sex assault on 14-year-old convinced he was a...
Big pic below.Famous rappers have it all -- booze, bucks and broads. Phony rappers, on the other hand, take what they can get. And criminal phony rappers do it by force. Which brings us to Fer
View ArticleHunters who can't tell an elk from a moose are shmucks
Don't fucking shoot!Earlier this week, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife department warned elk hunters not to shoot moose. It seems like that would be a fairly obvious statement, but apparently,
View ArticleMedical marijuana ban defeated in Palisade in part due to low-key approach,...
Desa Loughman.This week, Fort Collins voters approved a medical marijuana retail ban. However, electorates in several other communities rejected similar measures, including Steamboat Springs an
View ArticleStarz Denver Film Festival 2011: Brit Withey's must-see picks for November 4-6
Brit Withey.Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest -- including many flicks that movie lovers might ot
View ArticleOccupy Denver: Denver Area Labor Federation backs the group with its 50,000...
John Fleck.John Fleck is a blunt man. When he says he's seen social inequality for more than twenty years, he means it. Fleck has been a labor union rep for the same amount of time, which makes
View ArticleShannon Sharpe compares Tim Tebow to a bad date -- one that might burn down...
Sharpe.Denver blog posting made easy. Mile High Report fan poster myerda00 shares Shannon Sharpe's thoughts about Tim Tebow: "How many dates did you have to go on before you realized that the
View ArticleOccupy Denver profile: Jim Andresen is the loudest person in Civic Center Park
Jim Andresen.Everyone at Occupy Denver has a story, but James Andresen's might well be the loudest. The animated 58-year-old doesn't share his story as much as he shouts it, a habit developed a
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