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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2011 Stories by Alan Prendergast

• Free ski buses to mountain resortsr Ace King thinks it's an idea whose time has come

  published Mar 24, 2011

  In seventeen years of avid snowboarding, Ace King has heard all the bright ideas about how to fix the weekend traffic logjam on I-70. Monorail, zipper lanes, double-decker lanes -- all costly, all dub... More >>

• Free ski buses to mountain resortsr Ace King thinks it's an idea whose time has come

  published Mar 24, 2011

  In seventeen years of avid snowboarding, Ace King has heard all the bright ideas about how to fix the weekend traffic logjam on I-70. Monorail, zipper lanes, double-decker lanes -- all costly, all dub... More >>

• Carol Chambers: Is bonus pay for felony convictions about justice, or just usr

  published Mar 24, 2011

  News that Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney Carol Chambers is paying bonuses to prosecutors who achieve a certain percentage of felony convictions at trial may be raising eyebrows among other DAs,... More >>

• Carol Chambers: Is bonus pay for felony convictions about justice, or just usr

  published Mar 24, 2011

  News that Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney Carol Chambers is paying bonuses to prosecutors who achieve a certain percentage of felony convictions at trial may be raising eyebrows among other DAs,... More >>

• Carol Chambers: Is bonus pay for felony convictions about justice, or just usr

  published Mar 24, 2011

  News that Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney Carol Chambers is paying bonuses to prosecutors who achieve a certain percentage of felony convictions at trial may be raising eyebrows among other DAs,... More >>

• Child/family investigator measure moves ahead amid tales of greed trumping kids' best interest

  published Mar 23, 2011

  The e-mails contained an ugly ultimatum: Annette Story had to fork over $1,500 or lose contact with her son. Kidnappingr Extortionr No, just another child/family investigator (CFI) demanding an incre... More >>

• Child/family investigator measure moves ahead amid tales of greed trumping kids' best interest

  published Mar 23, 2011

  The e-mails contained an ugly ultimatum: Annette Story had to fork over $1,500 or lose contact with her son. Kidnappingr Extortionr No, just another child/family investigator (CFI) demanding an incre... More >>

• Child/family investigator measure moves ahead amid tales of greed trumping kids' best interest

  published Mar 23, 2011

  The e-mails contained an ugly ultimatum: Annette Story had to fork over $1,500 or lose contact with her son. Kidnappingr Extortionr No, just another child/family investigator (CFI) demanding an incre... More >>

• Columbine: Thirteen Families documentary focuses on long road to healing (VIDEO)

  published Mar 21, 2011

  After twelve years of investigations, exposes, books, videos and Michael-Moore-sized pontifications, what more is there to say about the 1999 Columbine shootingsr Plenty, according to the makers of Th... More >>

• Columbine: Thirteen Families documentary focuses on long road to healing (VIDEO)

  published Mar 21, 2011

  After twelve years of investigations, exposes, books, videos and Michael-Moore-sized pontifications, what more is there to say about the 1999 Columbine shootingsr Plenty, according to the makers of Th... More >>

• Columbine: Thirteen Families documentary focuses on long road to healing (VIDEO)

  published Mar 21, 2011

  After twelve years of investigations, exposes, books, videos and Michael-Moore-sized pontifications, what more is there to say about the 1999 Columbine shootingsr Plenty, according to the makers of Th... More >>

• Tom Mauser and the Fix Gun Checks Tour: Disarming lunatics isn't such a crazy idea

  published Mar 17, 2011

  Grief alters people. It can devastate and give a new sense of purpose. The murder of his son Daniel in the Columbine shootings has set Tom Mauser on a crusade against gun violence that, over twelve ye... More >>

• Tom Mauser and the Fix Gun Checks Tour: Disarming lunatics isn't such a crazy idea

  published Mar 17, 2011

  Grief alters people. It can devastate and give a new sense of purpose. The murder of his son Daniel in the Columbine shootings has set Tom Mauser on a crusade against gun violence that, over twelve ye... More >>

• Tom Mauser and the Fix Gun Checks Tour: Disarming lunatics isn't such a crazy idea

  published Mar 17, 2011

  Grief alters people. It can devastate and give a new sense of purpose. The murder of his son Daniel in the Columbine shootings has set Tom Mauser on a crusade against gun violence that, over twelve ye... More >>

• Garden-In-A-Box expands water-saving effort

  published Mar 17, 2011

  A couple of recent posts in these parts have discussed the huge demand for new water diversion projects that could be facing the Front Range in a few years. But one of the simpler solutions -- xerisca... More >>

• Garden-In-A-Box expands water-saving effort

  published Mar 17, 2011

  A couple of recent posts in these parts have discussed the huge demand for new water diversion projects that could be facing the Front Range in a few years. But one of the simpler solutions -- xerisca... More >>

• Garden-In-A-Box expands water-saving effort

  published Mar 17, 2011

  A couple of recent posts in these parts have discussed the huge demand for new water diversion projects that could be facing the Front Range in a few years. But one of the simpler solutions -- xerisca... More >>

• Denver traffic congestion costs average commuter $1,057 a year

  published Mar 16, 2011

  Using more sophisticated methods of measuring traffic flow than previous studies, a report on congestion in major metro areas ranks Denver's traffic woes among the top sixteen in the country -- but mu... More >>

• Denver traffic congestion costs average commuter $1,057 a year

  published Mar 16, 2011

  Using more sophisticated methods of measuring traffic flow than previous studies, a report on congestion in major metro areas ranks Denver's traffic woes among the top sixteen in the country -- but mu... More >>

• Denver traffic congestion costs average commuter $1,057 a year

  published Mar 16, 2011

  Using more sophisticated methods of measuring traffic flow than previous studies, a report on congestion in major metro areas ranks Denver's traffic woes among the top sixteen in the country -- but mu... More >>

• Wild horses: Front Range Equine Rescue muzzled at horse show over graphic photos

  published Mar 15, 2011

  Wild horses get injured and sometimes die in federal roundups, and "excess" horses sent to slaughterhouses endure much harsh treatment along the way. But not everyone wants to hear about that -- not ... More >>

• Wild horses: Front Range Equine Rescue muzzled at horse show over graphic photos

  published Mar 15, 2011

  Wild horses get injured and sometimes die in federal roundups, and "excess" horses sent to slaughterhouses endure much harsh treatment along the way. But not everyone wants to hear about that -- not ... More >>

• Wild horses: Front Range Equine Rescue muzzled at horse show over graphic photos

  published Mar 15, 2011

  Wild horses get injured and sometimes die in federal roundups, and "excess" horses sent to slaughterhouses endure much harsh treatment along the way. But not everyone wants to hear about that -- not ... More >>

• Green Valley Ranch library: Denver opens impressive new facility despite staffing crunch

  published Mar 14, 2011

  Amid ribbon-cutting and speeches, balloon hats and live raptors, the Denver Public Library held a grand opening for its newest addition Saturday: the Green Valley Ranch Branch Library. The $11.4 milli... More >>

• Green Valley Ranch library: Denver opens impressive new facility despite staffing crunch

  published Mar 14, 2011

  Amid ribbon-cutting and speeches, balloon hats and live raptors, the Denver Public Library held a grand opening for its newest addition Saturday: the Green Valley Ranch Branch Library. The $11.4 milli... More >>