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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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These successful, semi-famous people want Colorado to legalize marijuana

These successful, semi-famous people want Colorado to legalize marijuana

June 21, 2012

Even after proposition 300 passed last november, which banned medicinal marijuana shops in Fort Collins, it's hard to get away from the pot friendly culture in our small college town. Just as last year...

Good news! Colorado's economy is about to tank

Good news! Colorado’s economy is about to tank

June 21, 2012

Remember all that encouraging news during the winter about Colorado's unemployment rate going down, Denver's real estate market rebounding and the increase in tax revenue for the state? Turns out all...

Michelle Obama gives her High Park Fire condolences to large crowd in Colorado

June 20, 2012

  According to The Denver Post, First Lady Michelle Obama visited an enthusiastic crowd of 2,800 supporters at Arapahoe High School in Centennial today in support of President Barak Obama's...

3-year-old Denver girl criticized for sidewalk chalk art

June 20, 2012

Graffiti vandal? Try three-year-old Emerson Cohan, sidewalk chalk artist. Although some in the Denver neighborhood of Stapleton consider these two titles synonymous. According to a report by CBS4 Denver,...

Church of Scientology in Denver, now even closer to South Park

June 20, 2012

I'm not a big watcher of South Park, but as a kid who grew up in the same state where the show is based, I feel connected to it. Especially when quirky, real-life Colorado places are visited by the...

Top 3 strangest colorado festivals

June 19, 2012

Three: Wintersköl This Aspen, Nordic lifestyle festival features "soupsköl", a soup making contest, a canine fashion show, and a "winterscuplt" snow sculpting contest. The theme for Wintersköl...

Beer week in Fort Collins

June 18, 2012

The Colorado Brewers' Festival is hosting Beer Week in downtown Fort Collins the week of June 18-22. Many restaurants will be having specials celebrating beer during the week leading up to the Colorado...

Local artist to release solo album

June 18, 2012

Johnny Hickman, a co-founder of the band Cracker and a Loveland, Colorado resident, will be releasing a solo album on July 3. The album, entitled "Tilting" will be his first since Cracker released their...

Some Colorado residents compare Obama to the Rockies

June 15, 2012

Participants in a Colorado focus group recently compared President Barack Obama to the Colorado Rockies, according to a recent post by  Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake on the Washington Post's website. Democratic...

UPDATE: Vanilla Ice to play free concert in Highlands Ranch with Synthetic Elements

June 15, 2012

Ever wonder what Vanilla Ice is up to these days? Apparently he's into playing free concerts with local Ska bands. Local act Synthetic Elements announced they will be playing a free concert at LoDos...

VIDEO: Pukeishly Adorable Colorado Wildlife

June 14, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU-kTTzZ0zI This is a pretty good way to end the day, right? One can only speculate as to why "Glock 27 Upgrades" is in the recommended videos category ...

Six of Colorado’s largest fires have occurred in 2012, High Park fire now third largest in State’s history

June 14, 2012

Tony Hake over at the Examiner compiled a list of the 30 largest wildfires in Colorado's history, and guess what? The High Park fire, now having burned more than 50,000 acres, is already third on...

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