Email Author Alan Prendergast

Awards

• 2011 - Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, published February 11, 2010

  "You're in Bad Hands"

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published September 30, 2010

  "Black Out"

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published November 4, 2010

  "Like an Open Book"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 11, 2010

  "You're in Bad Hands"

• 2011 - Society of Professional Journalists/Colorado Chapter, published February 11, 2010

  "You're in Bad Hands"

• 2010 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published October 22, 2009

  "The Quality of Mercy"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 14, 2009

  "The Giveaway"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published February 11, 2010

  "You're in Bad Hands"

• 2009 - Society of Professional Journalists/Colorado Chapter, published April 10, 2008

  "Miles and Miles"

• 2008 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists, published August 16, 2007

  "The Caged Life"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 8, 2007

  "The Punisher"

• 2006 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published December 8, 2005

  "Catch-16"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 12, 2005

  "If the Shoe Fits"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 23, 2005

  "Welcome to America"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 8, 2005

  "Duke of Oil"

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2005 Stories by Alan Prendergast

• Catch-16

  published December 8, 2005

  It was only late October, but a kind of holiday excitement coursed through the Altvater household in southeast Aurora. Kaeleigh had called.... More >>

• Checking Out of Lockdown

  published November 24, 2005

  What passes for life inside the Colorado State Penitentiary didn't suit Kevin Fears and Timothy Russell. So both inmates put an abrupt end to... More >>

• Dog Days

  published November 10, 2005

  Sprinting through a light agenda in a matter of minutes, the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners seems eager to adjourn its weekly... More >>

• A Mighty Wind

  published October 27, 2005

  The drive for wind power in Colorado got an unexpected boost this month after Xcel Energy... More >>

• Carbon Loading

  published October 27, 2005

  It's an annual rite of fall, right up there with hot cider, Columbus Day trash-talking and Mike Shanahan's vow to take one game at a time. Between... More >>

• A Really Big Shoe

  published October 13, 2005

  I am surrounded by hundreds of plastic shoes. They are big and absurd and vaguely sinister, like boxing gloves designed by Crayola. They... More >>

• Duke of Oil

  published September 8, 2005

  For 28 years, Bobby Maxwell crunched big numbers for the government. He wielded a calculator with patience and determination for the Minerals... More >>

• What Lies Beneath

  published September 1, 2005

  Todd Hennis is not the sort of man to underestimate the dangers of wandering solo through an abandoned mine. The first time he went into the... More >>

• "What You Deserve"

  published August 25, 2005

  When all hell broke loose last year at the Crowley County Correctional Facility, a private prison on Colorado's eastern plains, Vance Adams stayed... More >>

• Getting Their Bell Rung

  published July 21, 2005

  In 1975, Colorado freshman congressman Tim Wirth got it into his head to seek a seat on the House Telecommunications Subcommittee. It wasn't... More >>

• Waltz of the Cannibals

  published July 21, 2005

  1. FORGET THE PAST They laid Ma Bell to rest in Denver last month, on the last day... More >>

• Paved With Good Intentions

  published June 30, 2005

  When postal carrier Tim Ramsey bought his home on Ford Street in north Golden nine years ago, he knew he was acquiring a special slice of local... More >>

• Welcome to America

  published June 23, 2005

  Here is something Moises Carranza-Reyes wants you to know right off: He has never been charged with a crime, in this country or in his native... More >>

• Speaking for the Dead

  published June 16, 2005

  1. BORN ON THE MOON On mourra seul, Pascal wrote. We shall die alone. But some die more alone than others. In Denver, if... More >>

• If the Shoe Fits

  published May 12, 2005

  Suppose you're the warden of a women's prison. Among your valued employees is a correctional officer named Dave, whose job puts him in charge of... More >>

• Bringing Down the Brotherhood

  published May 5, 2005

  A wide red line runs across the floor of the visiting room like a clown's grin, separating the guard post and the civilian exit from the rest of... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published April 21, 2005

  Spam king Scott Richter has never been accused of thinking small. Even his company's bankruptcy promises to be big, big, big -- real big.... More >>

• Grazin' Hell

  published April 7, 2005

  Taking the oath of office can be a solemn moment in the life of a public servant. For William G. Myers III, a longtime lobbyist for grazing and... More >>

• Starved for Attention

  published February 17, 2005

  Inmates who joined in a hunger strike at the Colorado State Penitentiary last month were hoping their protest would attract a media feeding frenzy... More >>

• Give our regards to Broadway

  published February 17, 2005

  5:55 a.m.: 7600 Broadway They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway...but right before dawn, on the hillside where Broadway... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published February 10, 2005

  The prosecutor asked for thirty years. Probation officials suggested 24. Under Colorado law, the minimum sentence for knowing and reckless child... More >>

• Beyond Contempt

  published February 10, 2005

  Suzanne Shell raises chickens in rural El Paso County. It's not the world's most exciting job, but Shell's other pursuits -- which include working... More >>

• The Power of Two

  published January 20, 2005

  Back in 1948, David Morison set out with a buddy to climb Pyramid Peak, a fourteener in the heart of the Elk Range, west of Aspen. His friend... More >>