Marijuana Business Is America’s Fastest Growing, Says Industry Report

Marijuana is the fastest growing industry in the U.S. So says a new report by California’s Arcview Market Research. And while the study, spotlighted in a summary on view below, doesn’t exactly qualify as an objective third-party report (it was largely funded by cannabis-biz outfits, including several in Colorado), the…

Prison Video Visitation Biz Cashing In on Misery, Report Claims

Jails across America are turning increasingly to private companies to cure the headaches posed by family members seeking to visit incarcerated loved ones. But the solutions developed by the emerging “video visitation industry” come at a steep price — including the stiff costs shouldered by inmates’ families, complaints about poor…

The Year in Fracking: Quakes, Spills and Backroom Deals

The battle over fracking in Colorado continued to attract national media attention in 2014, and with good reason. The use of hydraulic fracturing to extract oil and gas, and the attendant debate over economic benefits versus possible health and environmental risks, has been playing out here with more twists and…

Colorado’s Worst Poaching Case and the Decline of Hunting

A few weeks ago a 56-year-old hunting guide on the Western Slope was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for violations of the Lacey Act. Christopher Loncarich’s crime consisted of going to absurd lengths to insure that the slaughter of mountain lions and bobcats in Utah and Colorado would…

Top Ten Dog The Bounty Hunter Items at the Denver Dog House

One of the most unusual retail outlets in Denver is the Denver Dog House. Located at 2547 Sheridan Boulevard in Edgewater, the shop is devoted to Duane “Dog” Chapman, his wife Beth and the rest of the Dog the Bounty Hunter family currently keeping their reality-TV tradition alive on CMT…

Marijuana Businesses Embrace Black Friday and the Holidays

As William Breathes’s lists featuring the best marijuana gifts of 2012 and 2013 demonstrate, Colorado pot shops have embraced the holidays for a while now. But 2014 promises more deals than ever, with a number specifically pegged to Black Friday. See also: Photos: Top Fifteen Marijuana Gifts of 2013…