Photos, videos below.

After the passage of a driving-under-the-influence-of-drugs bill, we wondered if Westword medical marijuana critic William Breathes would ever be able to drive legally again, since he'd registered nearly triple the proposed limit while sober during a 2011 test.

Tonight at 10 p.m., CBS4 dives into the drugged driving debate -- and its tests of various subjects showed wide variations, both when users were stoned and sober.

See a preview video, a clip of a previous TV report on the subject and more below.

More »

Tweets and more below.

Last week, a Centaurus High student was busted after an explosive device was found near a high-traffic area of the school.

So it's understandable that the discovery of what was termed a suspicious bag would cause a freak-out among officials at Boulder's Fairview High School, not to mention the media.

Turns out, though, that the item wasn't a bomb. It was a science project.

More »

More photos below.

Yesterday, we reported about 7News' story on the rate of sex-assault prosecutions under Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey, whose on-camera ripping of reporter Keli Rabon was included online; see our original coverage below.

Since then, the tensions between the DA's office and the station have only risen, with the former publishing a list of alleged inaccuracies and omissions from the report, and 7News rebutting each and including documentation to back up its claims.

More »

Photos, videos below.

Reporter Keli Rabon's 7News story about the rate at which Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey declines to prosecute sex assault cases would attract attention under any circumstances. But at least as interesting are several videos featuring Morrissey, including an uncut, nine-minutes-plus clip in which he rips Rabon and suggests that her use of editing is unfair. See it and much more below.

Why air such criticism? Jeff Harris, news director for 7News, explains.

More »

Last week, in a post about some of the more unusual aspects of the main bill to regulate Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of cannabis, we highlighted a passage that would require marijuana magazines to be kept behind the counter of general retail outlets, much like porn publications. This morning, we reached out to High Times, arguably the planet's most prominent marijuana magazine -- and we're told that if this section becomes law, the state should expect a lawsuit.

More »

Illustrations below.

Last month, we wrote about the Colorado-centric storyline in Doonesbury featuring Zonker Harris, who announced that he was moving to Colorado to become a hemp farmer; see our original post below.

Since then, we've put out the welcome mat for Zonker by featuring him on the cover of Westword for our 4/20 issue -- and he's rewarding us with details about relocating to the Boulder area to become a "respected drug lord." Details and excerpts below.

More »

We have so much marijuana at Westword, we don't know what to do with it.

Marijuana news, that is.

We're looking to bring on our second-ever pot-specific intern. You don't need to be a medical marijuana cardholder or anything like that, but some working knowledge of cannabis and the cannabis industry wouldn't hurt your chances of being selected.

More »

Rick Barber.

In January 2012, Rick Barber, who began hosting KOA's overnight shift thirty years earlier, found himself out of a job, replaced by syndicated programming amid budget cuts and sinking revenue.

Most people would react angrily to such an ouster, but Barber responded with gratitude and class, just as fans from across North America who'd listened for decades would have expected. And according to a longtime friend, he's facing a diagnosis of ALS, often known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, in much the same way.

More »

Roger Ebert in 2008.

When he died of cancer yesterday, Roger Ebert was the best-known practitioner of a dying art: newspaper film criticism. Few papers can afford to have a movie reviewer of their own these days, choosing instead to run syndicated pieces by folks like Ebert, who became the unlikeliest of TV personalities. Ebert had a local connection, participating in CU-Boulder's Conference on World Affairs for decades. But my encounter with him happened in another place, after he'd already helped enrich my life in ways that seem odd in this Internet age.

More »

Big photos below.

Tonight, Ron Zappolo -- who won this year's Best of Denver Best Anchor award -- will step away from the Fox31 news desk that he's occupied since 2000, with the goal of returning to his first love, sports, after a well-deserved break. That means his trademark mustache is at least temporarily available -- and with a little help from Westword art director Jay Volmar, we've borrowed it to help Denver celebrities and icons can honor him with an appropriate lip-hair tribute. We've even given Zappolo a makeover, too. Check out the results below.

More »