Email Author Alan Prendergast

Awards

• 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"

• 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"

• 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

• 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 >>

• Solitaire, two-year extreme skiing project in Andes, nears finish line (VIDEO)

  published Aug 11, 2011

  Here at the Extreme Sports Desk, we're big fans of work by Sweetgrass Productions, a cabal of Colorado College grads turned gonzo ski-and-snowboard documentary filmmakers. And now their most ambitiou... More >>

• Solitaire, two-year extreme skiing project in Andes, nears finish line (VIDEO)

  published Aug 11, 2011

  Here at the Extreme Sports Desk, we're big fans of work by Sweetgrass Productions, a cabal of Colorado College grads turned gonzo ski-and-snowboard documentary filmmakers. And now their most ambitiou... More >>

• Solitaire, two-year extreme skiing project in Andes, nears finish line (VIDEO)

  published Aug 11, 2011

  Here at the Extreme Sports Desk, we're big fans of work by Sweetgrass Productions, a cabal of Colorado College grads turned gonzo ski-and-snowboard documentary filmmakers. And now their most ambitiou... More >>

• Park Hill Neighbors tapas bar coming to former Perk Hill space

  published Aug 10, 2011

  Regulars did some moaning when the popular Perk Hill coffee shop abruptly closed last spring, after a celebrated tiff with the landlord over its funky outdoor seating. But in a few weeks, the place w... More >>

• Glenwood Springs ups its game to become "Most Fun Town in America"

  published Aug 09, 2011

  Most lists of the country's cutest, prettiest, drunkest, most livable/affordable/promiscuous places and/or people are, well, about as stupid as they sound. Standard response: "Sez whor" But there's r... More >>

• Glenwood Springs ups its game to become "Most Fun Town in America"

  published Aug 09, 2011

  Most lists of the country's cutest, prettiest, drunkest, most livable/affordable/promiscuous places and/or people are, well, about as stupid as they sound. Standard response: "Sez whor" But there's r... More >>

• Glenwood Springs ups its game to become "Most Fun Town in America"

  published Aug 09, 2011

  Most lists of the country's cutest, prettiest, drunkest, most livable/affordable/promiscuous places and/or people are, well, about as stupid as they sound. Standard response: "Sez whor" But there's r... More >>

• Roxanne Pulitzer's Telluride house for sale: It can be yours for $19.9 million (PHOTOS)

  published Aug 08, 2011

  Not to be outdone by fellow Playboy cover girl Barbi Benton in the marketing of extreme cribs, Roxanne Pulitzer and husband Tim Boberg recently offered the Wall Street Journal a tour of their 23,000-... More >>

• Roxanne Pulitzer's Telluride house for sale: It can be yours for $19.9 million (PHOTOS)

  published Aug 08, 2011

  Not to be outdone by fellow Playboy cover girl Barbi Benton in the marketing of extreme cribs, Roxanne Pulitzer and husband Tim Boberg recently offered the Wall Street Journal a tour of their 23,000-... More >>

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  Roxanne Pulitzer's Telluride house for sale: It can be yours for $19.9 million (PHOTOS)

  published Aug 08, 2011

  Not to be outdone by fellow Playboy cover girl Barbi Benton in the marketing of extreme cribs, Roxanne Pulitzer and husband Tim Boberg recently offered the Wall Street Journal a tour of their 23,000-... More >>

• Barbi Benton's oversized crib comes to MTV amid Aspen real-estate woes

  published Aug 05, 2011

  It turns out that even Aspen's elite can't escape the effects of the world recession. Smarting from the latest stock plunge, high country homeowners are also digesting today's report in the Aspen Dail... More >>

• Barbi Benton's oversized crib comes to MTV amid Aspen real-estate woes

  published Aug 05, 2011

  It turns out that even Aspen's elite can't escape the effects of the world recession. Smarting from the latest stock plunge, high country homeowners are also digesting today's report in the Aspen Dail... More >>

• Barbi Benton's oversized crib comes to MTV amid Aspen real-estate woes

  published Aug 05, 2011

  It turns out that even Aspen's elite can't escape the effects of the world recession. Smarting from the latest stock plunge, high country homeowners are also digesting today's report in the Aspen Dail... More >>

• Fracking contamination "inconceivable," says John Hickenlooper -- but EPA disagrees

  published Aug 04, 2011

  Governor John Hickenlooper has walked a taut tightrope on energy issues since taking office, pushing for more natural gas drilling in a state already leading the region in drilling starts, while at th... More >>

• Fracking contamination "inconceivable," says John Hickenlooper -- but EPA disagrees

  published Aug 04, 2011

  Governor John Hickenlooper has walked a taut tightrope on energy issues since taking office, pushing for more natural gas drilling in a state already leading the region in drilling starts, while at th... More >>

• Fracking contamination "inconceivable," says John Hickenlooper -- but EPA disagrees

  published Aug 04, 2011

  Governor John Hickenlooper has walked a taut tightrope on energy issues since taking office, pushing for more natural gas drilling in a state already leading the region in drilling starts, while at th... More >>

• Peter Spitz, blinded by wife who had more access to their son than he did, regains custody

  published Aug 03, 2011

  One terrible morning in 2004, Peter Spitz's wife, Teresa, took their infant son to a friend's house, then shot Spitz in the face, blinding him, and killed his mother. Last week, after years of rehab a... More >>

• Peter Spitz, blinded by wife who had more access to their son than he did, regains custody

  published Aug 03, 2011

  One terrible morning in 2004, Peter Spitz's wife, Teresa, took their infant son to a friend's house, then shot Spitz in the face, blinding him, and killed his mother. Last week, after years of rehab a... More >>

• Peter Spitz, blinded by wife who had more access to their son than he did, regains custody

  published Aug 03, 2011

  One terrible morning in 2004, Peter Spitz's wife, Teresa, took their infant son to a friend's house, then shot Spitz in the face, blinding him, and killed his mother. Last week, after years of rehab a... More >>

• Charles Farrar: Judge refuses to reduce sentence in sex-abuse case despite recantation

  published Aug 02, 2011

  Charles Farrar is serving what amounts to a life sentence for sexual assault on a child -- even though his accuser, his stepdaughter Sacha, came forward months after the verdict and admitted to fabric... More >>

• Charles Farrar: Judge refuses to reduce sentence in sex-abuse case despite recantation

  published Aug 02, 2011

  Charles Farrar is serving what amounts to a life sentence for sexual assault on a child -- even though his accuser, his stepdaughter Sacha, came forward months after the verdict and admitted to fabric... More >>

• Charles Farrar: Judge refuses to reduce sentence in sex-abuse case despite recantation

  published Aug 02, 2011

  Charles Farrar is serving what amounts to a life sentence for sexual assault on a child -- even though his accuser, his stepdaughter Sacha, came forward months after the verdict and admitted to fabric... More >>

• Park Hill neighbors mourn end of era of handmade street sweeping signs

  published Aug 01, 2011

  Two days of the month, eight months of the year, for almost twenty years, Rich Giannotti hauled out his handmade signs -- "NO PARKING TODAY STREET SWEEPING" -- and posted them on one side or the other... More >>

• Park Hill neighbors mourn end of era of handmade street sweeping signs

  published Aug 01, 2011

  Two days of the month, eight months of the year, for almost twenty years, Rich Giannotti hauled out his handmade signs -- "NO PARKING TODAY STREET SWEEPING" -- and posted them on one side or the other... More >>