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

• Tom Strickland exits Interior, chased by big bucks

  published Sep 21, 2011

  The news that "lobbyist lawyer" Tom Strickland, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's chief of staff for a hectic two years, is now taking a job with British Petroleum's law firm in its battles with his fo... More >>

• Fast Eddie turns fifty: Some pool-hall lessons about life's breaks (VIDEO)

  published Sep 20, 2011

  Fifty years ago this week, a modest black-and-white movie about pool sharks and the people who back them, love them or break their thumbs had its world premiere in Washington, D.C. The initial critica... More >>

• Prison rape: Sheriff compares it to UFO sightings, other "cultural delusions"

  published Sep 19, 2011

  Corrections officials are understandably defensive about a controversial Bureau of Justice Statistics survey that indicates a high incidence of prisoner sexual abuse in their facilities. But is that a... More >>

• Prison rape: Sheriff compares it to UFO sightings, other "cultural delusions"

  published Sep 19, 2011

  Corrections officials are understandably defensive about a controversial Bureau of Justice Statistics survey that indicates a high incidence of prisoner sexual abuse in their facilities. But is that a... More >>

• Prison rape: Sheriff compares it to UFO sightings, other "cultural delusions"

  published Sep 19, 2011

  Corrections officials are understandably defensive about a controversial Bureau of Justice Statistics survey that indicates a high incidence of prisoner sexual abuse in their facilities. But is that a... More >>

• Donny Andrews & Andrew Matson: Two friends doing "dumb things," two different outcomes

  published Sep 16, 2011

  "Hello, my name is Donny Andrews. I am a first-time, non-violent offender who has been in prison for 23 years on an 80-year sentence... I came to prison at 20 years of age in 1989, and I am now 43 yea... More >>

• Donny Andrews & Andrew Matson: Two friends doing "dumb things," two different outcomes

  published Sep 16, 2011

  "Hello, my name is Donny Andrews. I am a first-time, non-violent offender who has been in prison for 23 years on an 80-year sentence... I came to prison at 20 years of age in 1989, and I am now 43 yea... More >>

• Donny Andrews & Andrew Matson: Two friends doing "dumb things," two different outcomes

  published Sep 16, 2011

  "Hello, my name is Donny Andrews. I am a first-time, non-violent offender who has been in prison for 23 years on an 80-year sentence... I came to prison at 20 years of age in 1989, and I am now 43 yea... More >>

• Phil Anschutz buys Broadmoor, vows not to make these changes

  published Sep 15, 2011

  In his spare time, billionaire Philip Anschutz likes to collect interesting bits of Americana, such as cattle ranches, soccer teams, railroads and media and energy companies. As part of his acquisitio... More >>

• Phil Anschutz buys Broadmoor, vows not to make these changes

  published Sep 15, 2011

  In his spare time, billionaire Philip Anschutz likes to collect interesting bits of Americana, such as cattle ranches, soccer teams, railroads and media and energy companies. As part of his acquisitio... More >>

• Phil Anschutz buys Broadmoor, vows not to make these changes

  published Sep 15, 2011

  In his spare time, billionaire Philip Anschutz likes to collect interesting bits of Americana, such as cattle ranches, soccer teams, railroads and media and energy companies. As part of his acquisitio... More >>

• Sherri Tippie leads a beaver-trapping mission (VIDEO)

  published Sep 14, 2011

  This week's cover story, "Leave It to Beaver," explores the work of Sherri Tippie, who's spent more than 25 years rescuing beaver from trash-choked urban streams and drainage areas and relocating them... More >>

• Sherri Tippie leads a beaver-trapping mission (VIDEO)

  published Sep 14, 2011

  This week's cover story, "Leave It to Beaver," explores the work of Sherri Tippie, who's spent more than 25 years rescuing beaver from trash-choked urban streams and drainage areas and relocating them... More >>

• Sherri Tippie leads a beaver-trapping mission (VIDEO)

  published Sep 14, 2011

  This week's cover story, "Leave It to Beaver," explores the work of Sherri Tippie, who's spent more than 25 years rescuing beaver from trash-choked urban streams and drainage areas and relocating them... More >>

• Aaron Million: Flaming Gorge foes send a big message about costly pipe dream

  published Sep 13, 2011

  Last week, we reported on the mounting criticism of Aaron Million's proposed 550-mile pipeline to deliver water to the Front Range. The opponents' campaign is just beginning, though -- as new billboar... More >>

• Aaron Million: Flaming Gorge foes send a big message about costly pipe dream

  published Sep 13, 2011

  Last week, we reported on the mounting criticism of Aaron Million's proposed 550-mile pipeline to deliver water to the Front Range. The opponents' campaign is just beginning, though -- as new billboar... More >>

• Aaron Million: Flaming Gorge foes send a big message about costly pipe dream

  published Sep 13, 2011

  Last week, we reported on the mounting criticism of Aaron Million's proposed 550-mile pipeline to deliver water to the Front Range. The opponents' campaign is just beginning, though -- as new billboar... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Beaver Fever! Sherri Tippe gives a dam about Colorado's beaver population

  published September 15, 2011

  The roar of our all-terrain vehicles sends birds and chipmunks fleeing as we grind our way up the mountainside. We are high above the Roaring Fork... More >>

• Gross Dam protest: Can a kayak drum circle halt Denver's water diversionr

  published Sep 12, 2011

  When powerful development forces in metro Denver conspire to drain more water from already depleted Western Slope rivers, there's only one thing for a self-respecting environmentalist to do: Grab your... More >>

• Gross Dam protest: Can a kayak drum circle halt Denver's water diversionr

  published Sep 12, 2011

  When powerful development forces in metro Denver conspire to drain more water from already depleted Western Slope rivers, there's only one thing for a self-respecting environmentalist to do: Grab your... More >>

• Gross Dam protest: Can a kayak drum circle halt Denver's water diversionr

  published Sep 12, 2011

  When powerful development forces in metro Denver conspire to drain more water from already depleted Western Slope rivers, there's only one thing for a self-respecting environmentalist to do: Grab your... More >>

• Santiago Calatrava's adios to DIA: It's about the money, honey

  published Sep 09, 2011

  That sucking sound you hear out at Denver International Airport isn't the arrival of the long-awaited, ever-elusive direct route to Tokyo. No, it's the sound of tens of millions of dollars in "concept... More >>

• Santiago Calatrava's adios to DIA: It's about the money, honey

  published Sep 09, 2011

  That sucking sound you hear out at Denver International Airport isn't the arrival of the long-awaited, ever-elusive direct route to Tokyo. No, it's the sound of tens of millions of dollars in "concept... More >>

• Santiago Calatrava's adios to DIA: It's about the money, honey

  published Sep 09, 2011

  That sucking sound you hear out at Denver International Airport isn't the arrival of the long-awaited, ever-elusive direct route to Tokyo. No, it's the sound of tens of millions of dollars in "concept... More >>

• Sumaya Abu-Haidar: Nederland mayor resigns, citing "hostile" politics and "rude" critics

  published Sep 08, 2011

  Nederland's official website declares that the funky mountain burg is a "town like no other." And the abrupt resignation of Mayor Sumaya Abu-Haidar eighteen months into her two-year term, amid what s... More >>