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

• Charles & Marilyn Long murders: Was plea deal for Burlington 13-year old the "best resolution"r

  published Aug 26, 2011

  The plea arrangement announced today in the case of a thirteen-year-old Burlington youth accused of killing his parents, who now faces seven years in the juvenile corrections system rather than a poss... More >>

• Testicle-grabbing of suspect a "reasonable" use of force in Mesa County

  published Aug 25, 2011

  In dealing with individuals who are resisting arrest, police officers are trained in the use of sophisticated techniques designed to subdue the unruly. But one Mesa County deputy has discovered that ... More >>

• Testicle-grabbing of suspect a "reasonable" use of force in Mesa County

  published Aug 25, 2011

  In dealing with individuals who are resisting arrest, police officers are trained in the use of sophisticated techniques designed to subdue the unruly. But one Mesa County deputy has discovered that ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Testicle-grabbing of suspect a "reasonable" use of force in Mesa County

  published Aug 25, 2011

  In dealing with individuals who are resisting arrest, police officers are trained in the use of sophisticated techniques designed to subdue the unruly. But one Mesa County deputy has discovered that ... More >>

• Catherine Keske, CSU prof, ordered back to jail in parenting dispute over e-mail

  published Aug 24, 2011

  Update: CSU professor Catherine Keske was jailed after being found in contempt of court in relation to a case brought by her ex-husband, Jeffrey Handley. Among other things, he accused her of interfer... More >>

• Catherine Keske, CSU prof, ordered back to jail in parenting dispute over e-mail

  published Aug 24, 2011

  Update: CSU professor Catherine Keske was jailed after being found in contempt of court in relation to a case brought by her ex-husband, Jeffrey Handley. Among other things, he accused her of interfer... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Catherine Keske, CSU prof, ordered back to jail in parenting dispute over e-mail

  published Aug 24, 2011

  Update: CSU professor Catherine Keske was jailed after being found in contempt of court in relation to a case brought by her ex-husband, Jeffrey Handley. Among other things, he accused her of interfer... More >>

• Natural gas drilling: Southwest Colorado braces for new boom

  published Aug 23, 2011

  Residents of Garfield, Rio Blanco and Weld counties already know the drill, so to speak -- the march of natural gas rigs across their landscape. Activists are gearing up to fight a surge in well permi... More >>

• Natural gas drilling: Southwest Colorado braces for new boom

  published Aug 23, 2011

  Residents of Garfield, Rio Blanco and Weld counties already know the drill, so to speak -- the march of natural gas rigs across their landscape. Activists are gearing up to fight a surge in well permi... More >>

• Natural gas drilling: Southwest Colorado braces for new boom

  published Aug 23, 2011

  Residents of Garfield, Rio Blanco and Weld counties already know the drill, so to speak -- the march of natural gas rigs across their landscape. Activists are gearing up to fight a surge in well permi... More >>

• Denver's group homes and shelters: What's on your blockr (MAP)

  published Aug 18, 2011

  This week's cover story, "Meet the Neighbors," examines the controversy stemming from a local ministry's efforts to establish a treatment program for recovering addicts in an historic home in Capitol ... More >>

• Denver's group homes and shelters: What's on your blockr (MAP)

  published Aug 18, 2011

  This week's cover story, "Meet the Neighbors," examines the controversy stemming from a local ministry's efforts to establish a treatment program for recovering addicts in an historic home in Capitol ... More >>

• Denver's group homes and shelters: What's on your blockr (MAP)

  published Aug 18, 2011

  This week's cover story, "Meet the Neighbors," examines the controversy stemming from a local ministry's efforts to establish a treatment program for recovering addicts in an historic home in Capitol ... More >>

• Ken Salazar's move to restrict drilling rejected by federal judge

  published Aug 17, 2011

  Since his appointment as Secretary of the Interior in 2009, Ken Salazar has been the point man for the Obama administration's efforts to put the brakes on the drill-baby-drill energy policy of the Bus... More >>

• Ken Salazar's move to restrict drilling rejected by federal judge

  published Aug 17, 2011

  Since his appointment as Secretary of the Interior in 2009, Ken Salazar has been the point man for the Obama administration's efforts to put the brakes on the drill-baby-drill energy policy of the Bus... More >>

• Ken Salazar's move to restrict drilling rejected by federal judge

  published Aug 17, 2011

  Since his appointment as Secretary of the Interior in 2009, Ken Salazar has been the point man for the Obama administration's efforts to put the brakes on the drill-baby-drill energy policy of the Bus... More >>

• Colorado apartment vacancy rates: Why are they so lowr

  published Aug 16, 2011

  According to just-released data compiled by the Colorado Division of Housing, the state's apartment vacancy rate is the lowest it's been in more than ten years. And, as this account from Inside Real E... More >>

• Colorado apartment vacancy rates: Why are they so lowr

  published Aug 16, 2011

  According to just-released data compiled by the Colorado Division of Housing, the state's apartment vacancy rate is the lowest it's been in more than ten years. And, as this account from Inside Real E... More >>

• Colorado apartment vacancy rates: Why are they so lowr

  published Aug 16, 2011

  According to just-released data compiled by the Colorado Division of Housing, the state's apartment vacancy rate is the lowest it's been in more than ten years. And, as this account from Inside Real E... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Are homeowners on Clarkson getting zapped by Denver zoning?

  published August 18, 2011

  If a team of urban explorers set out to gauge the health of neighborhoods in central Denver, they could do worse than to start with the 700... More >>

• Whitney Hendrickson tribute: Sculptor unveils memorial dedicated to widely mourned teen

  published Aug 15, 2011

  Two years ago, I wrote about the tragic death of eighteen-year-old Whitney deMoraes Hendrickson, who died in a freak accident caused by a reckless driver at a gas pump in Colorado Springs, and the rem... More >>

• Whitney Hendrickson tribute: Sculptor unveils memorial dedicated to widely mourned teen

  published Aug 15, 2011

  Two years ago, I wrote about the tragic death of eighteen-year-old Whitney deMoraes Hendrickson, who died in a freak accident caused by a reckless driver at a gas pump in Colorado Springs, and the rem... More >>

• Whitney Hendrickson tribute: Sculptor unveils memorial dedicated to widely mourned teen

  published Aug 15, 2011

  Two years ago, I wrote about the tragic death of eighteen-year-old Whitney deMoraes Hendrickson, who died in a freak accident caused by a reckless driver at a gas pump in Colorado Springs, and the rem... More >>

• Wild horses: Wyoming herds headed for politically driven roundupr

  published Aug 12, 2011

  In the stampede of controversy over efforts to remove thousands of wild horses from public lands, few states have sent out more mixed messages than Wyoming, which features a bucking bronc on its licen... More >>

• Wild horses: Wyoming herds headed for politically driven roundupr

  published Aug 12, 2011

  In the stampede of controversy over efforts to remove thousands of wild horses from public lands, few states have sent out more mixed messages than Wyoming, which features a bucking bronc on its licen... More >>