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  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Medical marijuana registry numbers climb for fourth month in a row

    In March, the Colorado medical marijuana patient registry grew for the fourth month in a row in March. According to statistics released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the total number of Coloradans with red cards stands at a healthy (and getting healthier) 93,393.

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Marijuana: Colorado Democratic Party convention supports Amendment 64

    Update below: Last month, a majority of attendees at the Denver Republican Assembly backed Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act. And enthusiasm is even more widespread among Democrats. Saturday's Dem state convention and assembly in Pueblo formally supported Amendment 64 -- an actio ... More >>

  • News

    February 2, 2012

    How do I tell my Mexican-American cousin he's wrong about illegals?

    Update below: Last month, a majority of attendees at the Denver Republican Assembly backed Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act. And enthusiasm is even more widespread among Democrats. Saturday's Dem state convention and assembly in Pueblo formally supported Amendment 64 -- an actio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement renews promise to focus on deporting serious criminals

    ​ Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has renewed its promise to focus on serious criminals for detention and deportation. "A new policy directs ICE officers and attorneys to use appropriate discretion to make sure victims and witnesses to crimes are not put into deportation proceedings, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Now open: Frankie's Cheesesteaks & More struts "Texas-style" gutbombs in downtown Denver

    Lori Midson​Blink -- and you'll miss it. Not that Frankie Gallegos is worried about anyone actually doing anything of the sort, despite the fact that Frankie's Cheesesteaks and More, his new cheesesteak joint, which opened promptly at 3:30 p.m. last Friday, is about the size of a button mushr ... More >>

  • News

    March 17, 2011

    Fact and fiction about the mysterious chupacabra

    Lori Midson​Blink -- and you'll miss it. Not that Frankie Gallegos is worried about anyone actually doing anything of the sort, despite the fact that Frankie's Cheesesteaks and More, his new cheesesteak joint, which opened promptly at 3:30 p.m. last Friday, is about the size of a button mushr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Reader: I might have doubted Chuck Zukowski video, too, if I hadn't personally seen Bigfoot

    Zukowski.​The video included in Alan Prendergast's post about Chuck Zukowski, an El Paso reserve deputy sheriff dismissed for implying the department wasn't trained to deal with the paranormal, may have elicited snickers from cynics. But one reader had a very different reaction, for reasons th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Story on porn potential on Kinect has parents scared

    ​So you just got Microsoft's new controllerless system Kinect for your kids for Christmas and you've spent the holidays jumping around your house, dancing and having an all around good time. Good news right? Finally your kid is getting off the couch and moving. Well, according to Fox News in ... More >>

  • News

    November 18, 2010

    A pocho's identity crisis and Latin America's superiority complex

    ​So you just got Microsoft's new controllerless system Kinect for your kids for Christmas and you've spent the holidays jumping around your house, dancing and having an all around good time. Good news right? Finally your kid is getting off the couch and moving. Well, according to Fox News in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Colorado Border School conference in Aurora to discuss border security, gangs, drug trafficking

    ​Colorado Border School sounds like an illegal immigration forum. But founder Pam Faraone, a chaplain with the Southwest Border Sheriffs Coalition in Texas, insists that's not the case. "Border School really isn't about immigration," she says. "It is the rest of the story about the issues of b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Ron Rocha, Regis coach, part of 20-kilos-a-week cocaine-ring bust: See mug shots & drug photos

    Large photos below.​Last month, Ron Rocha, a volunteer baseball coach for Regis University, was on the losing end of an intra-squad matchup dubbed the Fall World Series. But he suffered an even greater defeat yesterday, when he was among 35 people named by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the bus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Marijuana election round-up: More losses than wins for MMJ in Colorado

    ​While the big weed setback last week might have been the defeat of California's Proposition 19, marijuana didn't fare too well in Colorado, either. As per the state's new medical marijuana laws, local officials are now allowed to ask voters whether or not their communities should allow dispen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Pretty Lights, Ween and Jay-Z filled our playlists this week

    ​As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, "What are you listening to right now?" Whether you're looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we've compiled a list of al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Marijuana and Colorado Springs cops: Should dispensary taxes be used to fund police?

    ​One of the main arguments for the marijuana-legalization measure that Californians will vote on today is the tax revenue that legal pot would bring to struggling communities -- ones like Colorado Springs, which may launch a police squad funded by a new pot of pot money

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Medical marijuana election: 26 cities and towns vote on new MMJ rules next week

    ​While a move to follow California's lead and put the legalization of marijuana on next week's state-wide ballot didn't come to pass, many Colorado voters will still asked to vote about pot issues on November 2. That's because many cities, towns and counties put measures dealing with medical m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Medical marijuana advocates to run TV ad fighting possible El Paso County dispensary ban

    From the ad.​In August, we told you about a move on the part of El Paso county commissioners to place a medical marijuana dispensary ban on the November ballot. The plan's subsequent approval means voters will decide the fate of approximately seventy centers, grow operations and the like. But ... More >>

  • News

    September 9, 2010

    Juarez's children: Drugs, death, and fear

    From the ad.​In August, we told you about a move on the part of El Paso county commissioners to place a medical marijuana dispensary ban on the November ballot. The plan's subsequent approval means voters will decide the fate of approximately seventy centers, grow operations and the like. But ... More >>

  • News

    August 26, 2010

    Asylum Denied: Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum

    From the ad.​In August, we told you about a move on the part of El Paso county commissioners to place a medical marijuana dispensary ban on the November ballot. The plan's subsequent approval means voters will decide the fate of approximately seventy centers, grow operations and the like. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Westword Music Showcase headliners: Legendary, iconic ... those are just a few words to describe the splendor that is Superchunk

    Jason Arthurs​ Superchunk never tried to be the biggest band in the land, but it did make music on its own terms and became an iconic outfit in its own right by embodying what it means to be an indie rock band. While the band didn't enjoy nearly the same level of commercial success as many of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2010

    Gala Garden

    Jason Arthurs​ Superchunk never tried to be the biggest band in the land, but it did make music on its own terms and became an iconic outfit in its own right by embodying what it means to be an indie rock band. While the band didn't enjoy nearly the same level of commercial success as many of ... More >>

  • News

    May 13, 2010

    Mexican slurs add insult to injury

    Jason Arthurs​ Superchunk never tried to be the biggest band in the land, but it did make music on its own terms and became an iconic outfit in its own right by embodying what it means to be an indie rock band. While the band didn't enjoy nearly the same level of commercial success as many of ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    A report from Juarez, the bleeding front line of the war on drugs

    Jason Arthurs​ Superchunk never tried to be the biggest band in the land, but it did make music on its own terms and became an iconic outfit in its own right by embodying what it means to be an indie rock band. While the band didn't enjoy nearly the same level of commercial success as many of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Cybercrime in Denver: We're number eight

    "I have a feeling there's something phishy in Denver."​In the not exactly thrilling 1995 cyber-thriller The Net, Sandra Bullock's character, Angela Bennett, reveals that she was raised in La Junta -- a community whose name she pronounces as if she were Hugo Chavez. Little did Bennett know, how ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Census problem: Are Colorado prisoners rural residents or urban visitors?

    ​The 2010 census gives states a new option for how to count their prison population, a move that could provide additional political leverage to urban areas -- which, in Colorado, means more power to the Front Range and less to places like Fremont, Logan and Crowley counties. In the past, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    The Mexican picks the country's favorite Mexican restaurants

    The late Stella Cordova at the Original Chubby's​Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican, is working on a book on the history of Mexican food in the United States, and this past summer he invited readers to "tell me your favorite local Mexican restaurant and what makes it so bueno" -- in 25 ... More >>

  • Music

    September 17, 2009

    Have yourself a good ol' time at Ristau's Roadhouse

    The late Stella Cordova at the Original Chubby's​Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican, is working on a book on the history of Mexican food in the United States, and this past summer he invited readers to "tell me your favorite local Mexican restaurant and what makes it so bueno" -- in 25 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists

    ​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    More clues about who'll get screwed in digital-television conversion

    Kudos to the Denver Post for belatedly assigning one of its finest reporters, David Migoya, to take on a severely underreported story -- the likelihood that thousands of Coloradans who currently get free television will lose the ability to do so once a switchover from analog to digital TV signals ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Pictureplane picked up by Lovepump United, hits road with HEALTH

    Photo: Sarah CassThis news will probably come as no surprise to those who were paying attention last summer when HEALTH sang the praises of Pictureplane in Pitchfork: Travis Egedy, who makes music under the Pictureplane moniker, has been picked up by Lovepump United. The New York-based imprint, whi ... More >>

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    A Mexican never forgets, particularly when he has a book coming out

    Photo: Sarah CassThis news will probably come as no surprise to those who were paying attention last summer when HEALTH sang the praises of Pictureplane in Pitchfork: Travis Egedy, who makes music under the Pictureplane moniker, has been picked up by Lovepump United. The New York-based imprint, whi ... More >>

  • News

    August 28, 2008

    Why do Mexicans make asses of their donkeys?

    Photo: Sarah CassThis news will probably come as no surprise to those who were paying attention last summer when HEALTH sang the praises of Pictureplane in Pitchfork: Travis Egedy, who makes music under the Pictureplane moniker, has been picked up by Lovepump United. The New York-based imprint, whi ... More >>

  • News

    July 24, 2008

    Flour or Corn?

    The Mexican wraps up the great tortilla debate.

  • Music

    January 24, 2008

    The Mars Volta

    Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez created a spirited affair with The Bedlam in Goliath.

  • News

    December 6, 2007

    Cheese Quiz

    How many ways can you say cheese?

  • News

    January 11, 2007

    Dark Angels

    In good times, Mexicans are Latin lovers and spicy señoritas; in bad, we’re greasers and spicy señoritas.

  • Music

    November 16, 2006

    Sparta

    Threes
    Hollywood

  • Film

    January 12, 2006

    Dream Team

    Glory Road relives the season that college hoops smashed the color barrier.

  • Food & Drink

    March 25, 2004

    Best Tamale

    La Popular

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2004

    Best Concert (Since March 2003)

    The Mars Volta

  • Summer Guide

    June 12, 2003

    On the Road Again

    This state was designed for explorers -- and a 1986 Jeep Wagoneer.

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    Wheels of Misfortune

    Cultures clash -- and crash -- in Curtis Park. Is this a terminal situation?

  • News

    July 11, 2002

    Divorced From Reality

    A Colorado Supreme Court commission says this state's justice system could do more to help families -- starting with the parents.

  • Music

    June 27, 2002

    Drive Away

    The members of Sparta leave At the Drive-In, expectations and a so-called hiatus behind.

  • News

    May 2, 2002

    In Search of Lost Time

    A long-hidden document helps clear a Denver cop -- and raises new questions about the official version of the Columbine attack.

  • News

    April 18, 2002

    Dave's Dilemma

    Playing hide-and-seek with the truth -- the Jeffco way.

  • News

    March 21, 2002

    Help Not Wanted

    Thanks to voicetracking, radio stations need fewer DJs than ever before.

  • Music

    November 2, 2000

    Politically Indirect

    Eschewing overt dogma, Texas rockers At the Drive In don't encourage riot, they embody it.

  • News

    February 3, 2000

    Stevie Wonder

    A hometown fighter gets a title shot.

  • News

    August 7, 1997

    Taking a Trip Aboard

    Sit back and relax. You're on the bus to Mexico.

  • News

    February 6, 1997

    Down For The Count

    Colorado boxing continues to take a beating--for now.

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