Today, 37-year-old Stefanie Dickinson is expected to step down from her position as treasurer for the Ellicott District 22 Board of Education. Why? Might have something to do with her arrest for allegedly sexting a fourteen-year-old boy…
So, a couple of guys walk into a Hooters in Colorado Springs, sit down and order some beers, and then start following one of the young, scantily-clad waitresses with their eyes. Sounds like a typical night at Hooters, right? Except the two guys were undercover cops who were, uh, “working.”…
Denver literary guide Mindy Sink wrote for the New York Times for more than ten years of her writing career, but it is her Denver home that she returns to most often in her books. Last year, Sink exercised her feet and her time researching the city’s best walks for…
The Moving Planet Party and Green Fair will be held at the State Capitol this Saturday, September 24, 2011, and will showcase the best ideas in moving beyond fossil fuels…..
Last November, voters in Windsor outlawed medical marijuana dispensaries — and as a result, In Harmony Wellness was forced to close this past May. But despite being forbidden to sell cannabis, the business is back as a patient resource center. Today, its owners are staging an open house to reintroduce…
In a post this week, the Colorado Tobacco Education and Prevention Alliance called for RJ Reynolds to stop Colorado test-marketing of dissolvable tobacco products he believes are being marketing to kids via candy-like packaging — and the state health board subsequently joined the cause. But one reader wasn’t convinced…
Earlier this month, we spoke to Michael DeHerrera and his father, Anthony, about their displeasure over the reinstatement of two cops fired for beating Michael in 2009. But Michael is dealing with more than disappointment. His dad says he can’t get a job because that two-year-old arrest remains on his…
At 10 a.m. on Sunday, First Unitarian Denver and seven other Unitarian Universalist congregations will hold services at an unlikely venue: the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol building. The goal, says First Unitarian Denver Reverend Mike Morran, is to affirm family values for everyone, but especially gays, lesbians,…
Last week, we asked Mile Highs and Lows readers to submit their “funniest, most amusing tale” about getting popped with ganja, with winners taking home four-part stash boxes from Enjoy Jars. After hashing it out in a smoke-filled room all night over the entries, we’ve picked the (medicated) cream of…
For a school photo, a certain Jefferson County eighth-grader wore a cheerleading shirt. But right now, neither she nor her family has anything to cheer about. The thirteen-year-old is currently in custody, accused of trying to kill the other six members of her family by burning down their home –…
Update by Michael Roberts: Muriel Keer, the 39-year-old mom (and alleged drug abuser) being investigated for child abuse resulting in death, was prostrate with grief after emergency personnel couldn’t revive her nine-month-old baby, found lifeless in a bathtub. But while the boy breathed his last, police say she was tapping…
This dispensary has closed. Top Shelf Alternatives is a questionable name. The owners likely meant to suggest they carry top-shelf medicine compared to other shops in town, but depending on when you visit, it could mean the complete opposite…
Last month, under pressure from Representative Scott Tipton and ranchers in the Pinon Canyon area, Air Force officials backed off a plan to conduct intensive low-altitude training flights over southeast Colorado. But the recently unveiled boundaries for the low, low flights probably won’t cause much joy in Durango, Montrose, Grand…
Cat DeRose has lived near Little Raven Street for years, but she has Denver Public Schools’ third graders to thank for all that she now knows about its namesake. And later this month, they’ll be able to thank her back. DeRose’s 23-page book, Little Raven, Chief of the Southern Arapaho,…
Fake terrorists will attack the Denver metro area tomorrow in what will be the largest emergency response exercise these parts have ever seen. Called Operation Mountain Guardian — or OMG, for short — it will include imaginary disasters at four locations: Park Meadows Mall, Smedley Elementary School, Denver Union Station…
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, joined by the Denver Police Department and other law-enforcement agencies, have apparently been working overtime. The U.S. Attorneys Office has revealed that sixteen people in the metro area have been arrested on various drug and/or gun charges in the past 72 hours…
Denver blog posts make the city go ’round. The Colorado Pols folks tongue-in-cheekily argue that an education tax hike is approved, the Broncos will decamp for L.A. Noooo! Geeks Who Drink: Waking up sober’s worse than going to bed drunk. Purple Row’s Rox Girl: Even the GM doesn’t know what…
Last October, Denver cop Hector Paez was charged with forcing a woman to give him oral sex in order to avoid jail. But the case against him is now in mistrial due to questions involving evidence whose late arrival left Paez attorney Gary Lozow thunderstruck. “It was a little like…
Alternative Medical Solutions, a medical marijuana center in tiny Peyton, Colorado, has been closed for about a week, and could be shuttered permanently, because it missed a July license-application deadline with El Paso County. In response, attorney Sean McAllister sued the county on AMS’ behalf, alleging that the dispensary didn’t…
Ask yourself, right now, how often you down five drinks (or more) in a single sitting. Answer honestly. Depending on what you decided, you might be a binge drinker. The good news here is that you’re not alone. The bad news is that Denver’s youth population is joining you…
Breckenridge is known as one of the most pot-friendly cities in the pot-friendly state of Colorado. But that doesn’t mean opening up a medical marijuana dispensary in town is cheap. Licensing costs there could potentially be more than double the amount charged in Denver, which critics often complain about being…
Every once in a while, an item featured as a Comment of the Day will generate more of a response than it did originally. That was the case with self-declared Christian S. Book, who cast doubts as to whether Tim Tebow is sincerely devoted to faith. Here’s one Tebow defense…
