TV-news coverage of medical marijuana often veers toward the sensational — and a story on Channel 4 serves as a perfect example. Last night, the station reported that two people in Boulder, Raghv Sharma and Benjamin Gennis, were busted for driving under the influence of marijuana, with Sharma specifically noting…
Last month, longtime broadcaster Steve Kelley revealed that he’d filed a breach-of-content lawsuit against Channel 31, from which he was fired in late 2008 by now-departed general manager Dennis Leonard. (Access our conversation with Leonard’s successor, Peter Maroney, by clicking here.) At the time, Kelley said a trial on his…
As shown in this graphic, the slogan of Jack-FM is “Playing what we want.” But today there are indications that the outlets, at 102.3 FM and 105.5 FM, will be playing what somebody else wants very soon. In mid-February, we confirmed that the Jacks had been sold by Tim Brown’s…
Earlier this week, Investigator Mike Harris, who’s assigned to the Child Sex Offender Internet Investigations unit of the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, visited the Chatroulette website for the first time — and promptly got an eyeful. “Within the first ten seconds we looked at it, we already saw a…
Today should turn out to be a very good St. Paddy’s Day for Colin Olmstead, since he’ll be getting a whole lot of green from the Arapahoe County DA’s office — and by green, we mean two pounds of pot. Olmstead had the marijuana confiscated in Arapahoe County over a…
By midnight, former Colorado Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff had locked up a win over Senator Michael Bennet in Tuesday’s caucuses — but the results were less certain on the Republican side, with senatorial frontrunner Jane Norton in a tighter-than-expected battle with Ken Buck. Not that you could tell…
As the clock ticked toward midnight on Tuesday, Dean Toda, spokesman for Democratic senatorial candidate Andrew Romanoff, sounded simultaneously woozy and blissed out. “I haven’t had my first drink yet,” he said with a laugh as the cheers of staffers erupted in the background. “It’s terrible.” There’ll be plenty of…
The Northwest Denver Toy Library, located in the basement of Smiley Branch Library, 4501 West 46th Avenue, has been letting pint-sized library-card holders borrow toys for free since 1980. But lately it’s been harder than ever to do so, thanks to new federal restrictions on the amount of lead and…
Boulder stay-at-home mom Liz Payton saw a void. And in the age of open source Internet publishing and “net-newsers” who can — and do — discriminate to find only the news they want to read, the retired civil engineer turned website manager and a group of four other civic-minded Boulderites…
When most of us think of diverse towns, Colorado Springs isn’t the first place that leaps to mind. But somehow, someway, the Springs is one of four U.S. communities to win a City Cultural Diversity Award from the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials. In an article announcing the…
May these Denver blogs be with you. In his blog roundup, Bronco Talk’s Mr. East links to a piece in which SI’s Peter King wonders about the lack of love for Donovan McNabb, who’d previously been identified as a Broncos target. Now that Brady Quinn’s arrived, McNabb’s starting to look…
Even as Republican gubernatorial candidates Dan Maes and Scott McInnis get ready to square off during tonight’s caucuses, the Democratic senatorial candidates, appointee Michael Bennet and opponent Andrew Romanoff, will be doing likewise. And if Bennet’s just-released TV spot is any indication, their supporters will be arguing about who’s more…
Part of House Bill 1284, Representative Tom Massey’s attempt to regulate the medical marijuana industry, states that “the act of supplying medical marijuana or marijuana paraphernalia, by itself, is insufficient to constitute ‘significant responsibility for managing the well-being of a patient.'” This language is part of an effort to encourage…
As the 2010 Census gears up (and the U.S. Census Bureau looks to hire takers who have what it takes), technical questions are sure to come up — like, for example, should prisoners on the eastern plains by counted as rural residents or urban visitors. Still, it’s a little disturbing…
In September 2008, we told you about the impending debut of Colorado’s first IKEA — a plan whose roots stretched all the way back to 2004. The latest? The company has issued a press release confirming that contractors have been hired with an eye toward opening an outlet in Centennial…
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At first blush (and second) (and third), marijuana advocate Mason Tvert and Jon Caldara, frontman for the conservative Independence Institute, are strange bedfellows. But today, they’re partners in a legal love match. They’re among the plaintiffs suing Colorado Secretary of State Bernie Buescher over laws intended to prevent fraud when…
New acquisition Brady Quinn is the Broncos’ savior? Anyone who watched the former Cleveland signal caller’s ineptitude during the Browns’ 27-6 loss to the Broncos last season should have a hard time offering hosannas — but that didn’t stop a caller to KOA yesterday afternoon from mentioning Quinn in the…
As we wrote about in last week’s cover story and sidebar, CannaMed and several other medical marijuana doctors clinics are selling patient information to dispensaries and grow facilities who need patients to cover the pot they have on hand. Some of the patients involved say that’s left them with caregivers…
For Dan Maes, who’s running for governor with more support from Tea Party groups than the Republican Party, it’s a very important day. This evening, caucuses will be held in homes, schools and churches all over the area, and Maes isn’t just hoping to make a respectable showing against presumptive…
Marc Alexander, 33, isn’t your average coffee-shop customer. True, Boulder Police say that during his recent visit to Espresso Roma, he had a laptop (a standard item) and a deck of Tarot cards (less common — but this is Boulder, after all). However, he also brought along something a little…
Earlier today, we shared with you the latest edition of Denver’s Top 50 Most Wanted Criminals. And the Denver Police Department is making progress on shrinking that number. According to Lt. Tony Lopez, commander of the complex-investigations section, four of those listed have already been taken into custody, including No…
