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2000 Stories by Stuart Steers

• Long Live the Revolution

  published December 21, 2000

  As the bus full of candidates for Centennial's first city council meanders along the jagged eastern boundary of the city, many of the would-be... More >>

• The Whistle Stops Here

  published December 14, 2000

  When Don Shank was a child, his father regularly took his family on summer trips from California to Colorado. The elder Shank loved the history of... More >>

• All the Live Long Day

  published December 14, 2000

  Launching a tourist railroad is not for the faint of heart. Just ask anyone who's... More >>

• The Big Squeeze

  published November 2, 2000

  Sorting through a stack of planning documents and books on a shelf in her office, Denver city planner Ellen Ittelson pulls out a faded booklet... More >>

• You Can't Go Home Again

  published November 2, 2000

  The Hilltop neighborhood, which sits on a bluff east of Colorado Boulevard and north of Alameda Boulevard, was largely developed in the 1940s and... More >>

• Chain Reaction

  published September 28, 2000

  While Coloradans no longer have to live in fear of Soviet nuclear weapons obliterating metro Denver, the end of the Cold War hasn't brought peace... More >>

• A Badly Altered State

  published September 14, 2000

  Last May, six homeless people sleeping outside the Denver City and County Building were awakened by the cops and arrested. They were there because... More >>

• Broken Trust

  published August 31, 2000

  Ollette Omedelena loves the two gurgling fountains in the backyard of her Washington Park home, even though listening to them sometimes makes her... More >>

• Forbidden Fruit

  published August 10, 2000

  The July issue of Arvada's municipal newsletter makes the city sound like the biggest supporter of open space in the metro area. "Open Space... More >>

• Colorado Misses the Call

  published July 6, 2000

  For Sol Trujillo, these are the best of times. Granted, he's now out of a job. But with unemployment benefits like these, losing your job is... More >>

• Leaf Them Alone

  published June 22, 2000

  Four years ago, the Cherry Creek North neighborhood was the site of a confrontation between people who wanted to save a hundred-year-old American... More >>

• Timber!

  published June 15, 2000

  The Glenwood Springs headquarters of the White River National Forest looks like it was furnished during Teddy Roosevelt's administration.... More >>

• Give Them a Hand

  published May 18, 2000

  Mayor Wellington Webb is so confident in Denver's economic future that he's willing to bet the house on it -- or at least the city's convention... More >>

• Give and Take

  published May 4, 2000

  Like much of the area northeast of Coors Field, the 2600 block of Larimer Street has become somewhat jumbled lately. People with a fondness for... More >>

• Where the Sidewalk Ends

  published April 27, 2000

  Eagle is the kind of Colorado town that people in less scenic places dream about. For decades it survived as a supply center for the ranches... More >>

• All's Not Well

  published March 23, 2000

  The state health department has proposed a settlement in a bitter dispute over water pollution from natural-gas wells in Las Animas County, but... More >>

• Company Town

  published March 9, 2000

  For years, Jan Pacheco led a quiet life as a Pueblo homemaker, raising two sons and counting on her husband Howard's job in the huge steel mill... More >>

• Press Released

  published February 24, 2000

  Few people love Denver International Airport as much as Gregorio Bonifacio. More than five years ago, Bonifacio began working at DIA as a... More >>

• The Empire Strikes Back

  published February 3, 2000

  Last year more than 40,000 Coloradans faced delays in getting new telephone service, and frustration with US West became front-page news all over... More >>

• Ready, Willing and Disabled

  published January 20, 2000

  Giving up her daughter to the state was the hardest thing Ellen Laurence has ever done. Four years ago, Laurence and her husband decided they... More >>