Seen those “They Spend, You Pay!” billboards? The ones in which Barack Obama looks kinda drunk, John Hickenlooper appears homicidal, and Betsy Markey, Ed Perlmutter, John Salazar and Michael Bennet seem amused by your pain? According to Kelly Maher of WhoSaidYouSaid, the website behind the campaign, a hundred boards are…
Stocked with consoles and video games of all ages, it is easy to get lost inside of Level 7 Games. The laid-back yet helpful staff can answer any question and anticipate a customer’s future needs so well that a sense of time can drift away. The picture above shows how…
The arrest of Grand Junction’s Jack Duke for allegedly teaching his six- and seven-year old daughters how to smoke marijuana took place against the backdrop of a 6-1 decision by GJ’s city council to ban dispensaries within town limits as of January 1. Local dispensary owners are reportedly considering a…
We keep being told that the four-way trade to send Carmelo Anthony to the New Jersey Nets is dead — but it may have some life in it yet. Why else would a Nuggets scout be eyeballing Nets rookie Derrick Favors, reportedly one of the keys to a possible deal?…
Advocates of cannabis legalization like Eva Enns of the Women’s Marijuana Movement emphasize that the substance should be kept away from children. But apparently Jack Duke, a 27-year-old Grand Junction resident, didn’t get the memo. Duke’s been arrested on suspicion of teaching two of his daughters, ages six and seven,…
Critics of the ACLU portray the organization as an apologist for flag burners. As such, the group loves to show it’s about principles, not ideology. Case in point: Its defense of Cainan Gostnell, a Colorado Springs student whose middle school has banned wearing religious symbols like rosaries outside clothing…
Kathleen Folden, the 56-year old Montana trucker accused of taking a crowbar to artist Enrique Chagoya’s “The Misadventures of Romantic Cannibals,” which depicts Jesus receiving oral sex, bonded out of jail yesterday thanks to an anonymous benefactor who paid her bail. And as she departed, she left no doubt about…
The ugly news that Denver Deputy Sheriff Mark Davis had been arrested for investigation of sexual assault on a child has gotten uglier. He’s been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault on a twelve-year old, with more counts promised today involving an eight-year old — and authorities are on…
This week’s feature story, “Wired for Sound,” tells the tale of Next Big Sound, a Boulder tech company that’s found a new way to look for rock and roll’s future and is poised to become the next big thing in Boulder’s red-hot startup scene. But could Next Big Sound fail…
Lindsay Lohan blamed at least one positive alcohol reading on glitch in an ankle device tracked by Littleton’s Alcohol Monitoring Systems — something that turned out not to be true. But another Colorado monitoring firm, BI Incorporated, admits to a recent problem earlier this week with a system keeping tabs…
These three Denver blog posts have the “it” factor. Mile High Report fan poster Wobble notes that ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Ross Tucker agree that Denver got the better QB in the Kyle Orton-Jay Cutler deal — although Schefter thinks the Broncos wasted the two draft picks they also received…
After a trade that would have sent Carmelo Anthony to New Jersey fell through (and Chicago re-signed Joakim Noah), Denver fans began to wonder if Anthony might remain in Denver for a while longer — even as other observers debated whether the Nuggets would be better off without Melo. But…
This dispensary has closed. In “Mile Highs and Lows,” Westword’s William Breathes offers a no-holds-barred look at what goes on behind the locked doors of marijuana dispensaries, whether they resemble swanky bars or a dope dealer’s college dorm room. See our updated dispensary list here, and continue reading for Breathes’s…
Colorado gubernatorial candidates John Hickenlooper (above, left) and Tom Tancredo (above, right) answer a Seventeen.com Twilight quiz to help fans of the novel and film series elect a governor based on whether he would play on Team Edward, or Team Jacob…..
Earlier this week, Rene Ogden and twins Chase and Olivia were found dead in their Colorado Springs area home. In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, police declined to rule out any possible causes for their deaths even as reports surfaced that Rene had recently seemed depressed. Now, however, the…
Castle Rock’s Plants 4 Life has been fighting attempts to shutter it since last year. Recently, Rob Corry, attorney for the dispensary, issued a notice to sue the city if officials didn’t back off an order to close the business on December 31. But the dispensary’s owner has another strategy…
In a post yesterday, GLBT Center’s Hope Wisneski discussed the recent rash of gay teen suicides without attacking Focus on the Family, which recently criticized pro-gay anti-bullying programs as anti-Christian. But while Focus hasn’t fanned flames since the national media picked up the suicide stories, Virginia’s Liberty Counsel is doing…
Whether you love Tom Tancredo or loathe him, there’s no denying that he’s a highly unusual politician. Whereas many of his peers always seem to be speaking from a heavily lawyered script, he talks off the cuff with a lack of self-consciousness that’s startling and refreshing. He exhibited that quality…
The effort to put a medical marijuana dispensary ban on the El Paso County ballot was successful — and MMJ advocate Brian Cook has readied a TV campaign to fight it. But earlier this week, a coalition of lawyers that includes Jessica Corry took a different tack, filing a lawsuit…
In recent days, temperatures have been rising over “The Misadventures of Romantic Cannibals,” a multi-panel work by California’s Enrique Chagoya that’s been on display at the Loveland Museum/Gallery — or at least it was until yesterday, when a Montana woman ID’d as Kathleen Folden, 56, reportedly attacked it with a…
It didn’t take long for the media spotlight to go to Ralphie’s head. Barely a month after she was included in the Associated Press’s list of the twelve coolest mascots across the country, the University of Colorado’s live buffalo was involved in an ugly paparazzi incident. Last Saturday, as Fox…
“Black Out,” Alan Prendergast, September 30 The Coal, Hard Facts Thanks for Alan Prendergast’s insightful look at how Lamar’s power company is rushing forward back into the past. Yes, green energy has its costs — but it’s a price we must pay if we are going to be realistic about…
