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Year in Review: The 2012 Hall of Shame

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Stoner, Colorado "mayor" claims harassment over plans to turn town into marijuana mecca

Last week, we introduced you to Frank McDonald, self-proclaimed mayor of Stoner, Colorado, who announced plans to transform the two-person town where he lives into an entertainment destination infused with the spirit of Amendment 64. Since that story and another profile, however, McDonald says he's ... More >>

Photos: Sydney Spies and mother busted in party case mom calls "BS"

In June, Durango's Sydney Spies, whose protests after her yearbook photo was deemed too sexy landed her on the Today show, made it clear she was ready for her close-up: She's featured in a Syfy Channel movie slated to air soon. But it's highly unlikely she expected the next photo of her to go viral ... More >>

Five biggest fakers in recent Colorado history

Former stolen valor arrestee Rick Strandlof has been many people in his life...two of whom were completely fabricated. But he has never been formally charged with profiting from his personalities -- nor is he the only person to have spun tall tales to change his life. Click through for stories from ... More >>

Margaret Decker's will leads to double-murder/suicide in La Plata County?

Did a dispute over a will left by Margaret Decker, seen here, lead to a double murder and a suicide involving members of her family? That's the working theory of La Plata County authorities looking into the deaths of Billie Decker, Robert "Duke" Decker and Wiilliam Klatt Decker, with William suspec ... More >>

Photos: Sydney Spies on sexy yearbook pic controversy, new Syfy movie

Earlier this year, Durango High student Sydney Spies's protest over her yearbook's rejection of two sexy photos landed her on the Today show. Afterward, Miki Spies, her mom, told us Sydney had submitted a third photo, but that, too, was nixed in favor of the her school ID pic -- see how it looks in ... More >>

Louie Lucero, accused of torturing women, insists relationships were consensual

This arrives a little late for Valentine's Day, but Louie Lucero has an unusual approach to romance that's bound to send any female into orbit -- and probably to the hospital. The southwest Colorado man, who has a history of domestic violence cases and is currently on trial for assault and false i ... More >>

Killer sheepdogs and five other top terrors of the backcountry

Anyone thinking about abandoning the safety and comfort of the big city for a trip to Colorado's savage backcountry, take heed. Not only might you be braving the caprices of nature and the hardships of an untamed wilderness, but you could also encounter a particularly fierce breed of sheepdog. Acco ... More >>

Gentlemen, keep your mustaches: An open letter to the Durango Police Department

A proud tradition.​To the officers of the Durango Police Department: A couple of months ago, as you are no doubt aware, you department quietly changed its policy to allow a form of facial hair that has never in modern history been widely sported by members of the law enforcement community: th ... More >>

Sh*tty connection between Durango feces spitter Paul Kausalik and MTV bad boy Abram Boise

Big pics below.​It's as if the planets suddenly came into alignment -- but in a truly disgusting way. Yes, friends, we bring you two, count 'em, two thoroughly repulsive stories with Colorado connections involving jails and shit. Paul Kausalik and Abram Boise, come on down!

Westboro Baptist Church: 1,000-plus show up for Durango protest, none from actual church

Fred Phelps.​The evil bigots and homophobes from the Kansas-based, Fred Phelps-led Westboro Baptist Church have a habit of saying they're going to show up to picket something positive or sacred and then not bothering to show up. This scenario played out again in Durango yesterday, with love at ... More >>

Colorado Public News gets grant to provide health-care coverage for 14 media outlets

Photo: Joe Mahoney​Ann Imse envisioned Colorado Public News as a way to fill the reporting gap left by the disappearance of newspapers like the Rocky Mountain News, where she once worked. The problem was trying to get someone to pay for it -- and a year later, Imse, CPN's editor, succeeded, la ... More >>

2009 Year in Review: When the lows were lower and the highs were really, really high

Medical marijuana isn't just for big cities anymore

A photo of Shaun Hadley and a friend, from Hadley's MySpace page.​The lack of state regulation and oversight of medical marijuana dispensaries, which spurred a raucous Colorado Department of Health hearing last month, has Durango Police Chief David Felice worried. He tells the Durango Herald N ... More >>

Republicans weren't the only ones who took a beating in 2008

CU Hires Three Pulitzer Winners

Some of newspapering's best and brightest are trading journalism for academia — including three Pulitzer winners hired at CU.

Failure to Communicate

CU has made many mistakes over the past eighteen months -- and its PR team made most of them worse.

The Message

Checks and Balances

Going Public

Colorado Public Radio is selling itself as a kinder, gentler network. But its critics aren't buying it.

Suffer the Children

Three kids with attachment disorder have died in Colorado -- but according to Foster Cline, their parents and therapists are the ones most in need of help.