Grand Junction

A second all-female collaboration brew is set for Kannah Creek in Grand Junction

Colorado's first all-female collaboration brew went so well that an expanded group of women has decided to do a second one -- this time on the Western Slope. Nine women from nine different breweries around the state will convene at Kannah Creek Brewing in Grand Junction on April 21 to cook up a che ... More >>

A Place at the Table documents hunger in Colorado

"Hunger is hard to recognize in America," CBS's Charles Kuralt intones gravely over images of malnourished children. "We know of it in other places, like Asia or Africa. But these children, all of them, are Americans. And all of them are hungry." That was the message of the landmark 1968 report "Hun ... More >>

Vance Johnson closes Epicurious in Grand Junction

The restaurant business has not been too friendly to Vance Johnson, one of the legendary Three Amigos who helped get the Denver Broncos to the Super Bowl in 1989. (The other two Amigos were Ricky Nattiel and Mark Jackson.) After some rocky years, Johnson moved to the Western Slope, where in 2007 he ... More >>

Photo: Marijuana billboard welcomes Barack Obama to Colorado

In Grand Junction circa mid July, advocates for Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, launched an electronic billboard message featuring televangelist Pat Robertson, who'd spoken positively about the measure. Robertson subsequently asked that the message be removed, so it's now been ... More >>

Marijuana billboard for Amendment 64 touts Pat Robertson endorsement

The proponents of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, have turned plenty of heads via billboards near Mile High Stadium, with the first featuring a soccer-mom-type woman revealing her preference for cannabis and the second spotlighting a father saying, "Please card my son" -- the ... More >>

Vance Johnson moves from Three Amigos to two restaurants

Vance Johnson, one of the Three Amigos on the Denver Broncos in the late '80s, is about to open his second restaurant on the Western Slope. He already has VJ's Outlaw Ribs in Parachute, the town where he now lives. And soon he'll open Vance's Epicurious in Grand Junction. Vance's Epicurious will b ... More >>

Fourth of July events kick off across Colorado this weekend

Although the Fourth of July will be short of official fireworks shows -- and private use of fireworks has been completely banned in Colorado -- there will be ample opportunities to celebrate the country's birthday across the state over the next few days. Here are just some of the events slated fo ... More >>

Right Coast Pizza opens in Wheat Ridge with a Jersey slant

"I love pizza. No. I love pizza!" And to prove his declaration, Justin Vogel slams his elbows on the bar, revealing a wrist-to-elbow jet black tattoo inked with the word "pizza." Point taken.

Marijuana advocates prepare to fight THC driving bill

Steve King.​Senator Steve King's proposed THC driving bill, which would set an intoxication standard of five nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood for medical marijuana patients and a zero-tolerance level for non-patients, is up for discussion on Monday. And opponents are gearing up for a ... More >>

Medical marijuana ban defeated in Palisade in part due to low-key approach, center owner says

Desa Loughman.​This week, Fort Collins voters approved a medical marijuana retail ban. However, electorates in several other communities rejected similar measures, including Steamboat Springs and, most surprisingly, Palisade, a Western Slope burg surrounded by municipalities that have prohibit ... More >>

Air Force flyovers: Special Ops to buzz southwest Colorado?

​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 cau ... More >>

Aaron Million: Flaming Gorge foes send a big message about costly pipe dream

​Last week, we reported on the mounting criticism of Aaron Million's proposed 550-mile pipeline to deliver water to the Front Range. The opponents' campaign is just beginning, though -- as new billboards take that message to the public and to water officials considering the Flaming Gorge pipel ... More >>

Candyconomics

Medical marijuana bans don't spell doom for pot legalization in 2012, says Mason Tvert

Mason Tvert.​This week, Grand Junction and Castle Rock banned retail sales of medical marijuana, joining Loveland and many other Colorado municipalities that have enacted similar prohibitions. Do these votes suggest that a proposed 2012 ballot measure to legalize pot for adult recreational us ... More >>

Jared Mees on Tender Loving Empire and Only Good Thoughts Can Stay

Tender Loving Empire - FlickrJared Mees & The Grown Children​ Even though Jared Mees & The Grown Children don't write strictly confessional music, even a cursory listen to the band's songs reveal that Mees and company are certainly heart on sleeve types. To describe the music as merely Americ ... More >>

Lefthand Canyon fire's 622 acres are 80 percent contained, human-caused (VIDEOS)

Videos below.​Given how wet our Marches tend to be, we don't expect conditions dry enough to create fire danger -- but there's concern aplenty in Lefthand Canyon, where a blaze has consumed approximately 622 acres and caused evacuations of 223 homes. At this point, with the flames 80 percent c ... More >>

Tonight: Naughty nurses and doctors, and wine

A Flickr photo.Get served by a naughty nurse tonight.​Sex sells, and tonight at Campagna Salumi Bar and Pizzeria, 1126 East Sixth Avenue, it'll be selling for a good cause. Head to Campagna starting at 10 p.m. for Naughty Nurses & Doctors: Guest Bartending for Charity. Craig Seidel and Andre ... More >>

As nervesandgel, Johnny Wohlfahrt mixes the dark with the comically absurd

Carmelo Anthony in Denver Blogs: How do you like him now, LeBron?

Ballin'. Shot-callin'.​Three Denver blogs, handpicked for you. Denver Stiffs' Andrew Feinstein calls the Nuggets' overtime victory over the Cavs in Cleveland, with Melo hitting the winning shot with only seconds on the clock, an "instant classic." Bet it made George Karl feel better, too. Co ... More >>

Pete Hautzinger, Grand Junction DA, goes out of town -- and his kids party until the cops come

Pete Hautzinger probably won't prosecute his sons -- officially, anyhow.​It's a classic movie scenario that's popped up in American Pie, Mean Girls and plenty of other teen flicks: Mom and dad take a vacation, leaving their kids at home -- where they throw a giant party that gets out of hand. ... More >>

Candy tax proposal: "If they really want to tighten up America, make them cut out the Big Macs"

These babies could cost you more before long.​Governor Bill Ritter's proposal to place a sales tax on candy and soda is far from sweet according to Rick Enstrom, an owner of Grand Junction-based Enstrom's, one of the state's most venerable candy companies. Enstrom is scheduled to testify abou ... More >>

RIP: Mike McCrea of Big Mike's BBQ

Just got news from the Rocky Mountain BBQ Association that Mike McCrea of Big Mike's BBQ, at 8751 Pearl Street in Thornton, died on Tuesday night. McCrea had been injured in a flash-over from a propane tank in late September and spent that Friday night in an ER in Grand Junction, refusing to be flow ... More >>

CU Obama basher Zach Lahn gets shut down on MSNBC

Zach Lahn on MSNBC.​Since asking the most confrontational question at President Barack Obama's healthcare town hall in Grand Junction on Saturday, ultra-conservative CU student Zach Lahn has extended his face time by going on a tour of cable-news talking-head broadcasts. Predictably, Fox News ... More >>

Bill Ritter carries Barack Obama's water on Meet the Press

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy In the wake of President Barack Obama's town hall in Grand Junction on Saturday, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter got some spotlight time on the next day's edition of Meet the Press, claiming that Obama's mediocre poll numbers r ... More >>

Milking It: Cinnamon Chex

​​​Cinnamon Chex General Mills Rating: Three-and-a-quarter spoons out of four Cereal description: The familiar Chex shape -- puffy, square grids, like graph paper made for chewing -- is present and accounted for, as are the base ingredients of rice and corn flour. Some of the piec ... More >>

Shmuck of the Week: Josh Penry

​This week's shmuck is state Senate minority leader Josh Penry of Grand Junction. He's also gunning for Bill Ritter's Governor job, and the short version of the past few weeks' convoluted saga of schmuckitude is that Penry cares a lot more about his political future than his constituents. (Whi ... More >>

Is meth fueling artifact thefts?

Meth addict, artifact thief -- or both? On June 10, Secretary of the Interior (and former Colorado senator) Ken Salazar announced the indictment and arrest of 24 individuals suspected of trafficking in illegally obtained artifacts in the Four Corners area. But who found these items in the first pla ... More >>

Gilbert Sam Roberts, 1935-2009

That's my dad with me, at about six months old, and my brother Clowny. Palisade, Colorado, resident Gilbert Sam Roberts, age 73 -- my father -- died at 3:30 p.m. yesterday at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction. Those are the facts. But like any straight-forward recitation of basic data, they tel ... More >>

Don't try to step in front of Sarah Palin's motorcade -- because it's not gonna stop!

Economic downturn hits Idaho Springs

Terrifying Church Sign of the Day

Grand Junction's Cabaret Dinner Theatre Shuttered

The Rocky Piles Up Borrowed Content

Things to Do in Denver When You're Not Dead

Sarah Cass Will Take Your Picture

More Messages: Janet Strikes Back

A Towering Fall

More Messages: Red Scare

The Message

Lesson Learned

Simple Folk

Bad Weather California whittles indie pop down to the basics.

Trading Places

A high-profile ESPN reporter chucks it all to become a low-profile schoolteacher -- and he couldn't be happier.

Bringing It All Back Home

Take a peek inside the nation's unlikeliest Bob Dylan archive.

Going Public

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

A Peach of a Good Time

Palisade Peach Fest

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 1, 2001

Born to Believe

Church members had faith that God would heal their children. But often faith wasn't enough.

Tunnel of Love

Lower Downtown Holiday Experience

Power Rangers

A Booming Field

A Grand Junction couple churns out big-bang theories about fireworks.

STRANGE BUT TRUE

DRIBBLES AND BITS AND BITS AND BITS.