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The Doctor Is Out
Trinidad's transgendered sex-change surgeon knows what her patients are going through.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: July 22, 2004
Folks in Trinidad were relieved to learn last year that the town's only hospital had obtained the services of Dr. Marci Bowers, an obstetrician and gynecologic surgeon with a...
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Above It All
Summiting the highest penthouse in the Mile High City.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: July 8, 2004
The team is exhausted, but the goal is in sight. Since heading out from base camp, we have endured unimaginable privations (lunch was a bit rushed), the fury of the elements...
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The Trouble With Harry
Big dreams, big houses -- and a trail of lawsuits from here to Troublesome Gulch.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: July 1, 2004
Friend, are you tired of living in a crackerbox? Do you dream of a mansion on a hill? Does that dream include stately stone turrets, wraparound porches, vaulted ceilings, a...
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Meanwhile, Back at the Villa...
Raining on Paul Lambert's parade.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: July 1, 2004
Harry Elder isn't the only local builder of luxury houses who's battled creditors, lienholders and foreclosure actions -- and yet manages to live in a million-dollar-plus home...
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Jurassic Farce: The Sequel
By Alan Prendergast
Published: May 27, 2004
Last week's auction was supposed to resolve the conundrum of who owns Barnum, a 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex with a fascinating and troubled past. But the rancor and...
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The Maverick
Telluride lawman Bill Masters is no dope. So what turned him against the war on drugs?
By Alan Prendergast
Published: May 20, 2004
Bill Masters is looking for a meth lab. In the big city, the search would take him down mean streets, to a ratty duplex or a motel bathroom or some tweaker's garage. But the...
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The Next Bad Thing
Creeping traffic. Strained schools. Dwindling water. Commuters are flocking to Elbert County for a little bit of country, but there isn't much country left.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: May 6, 2004
John Dunn stands on the deck of his home, pointing out the virtues of country living. On a 160-acre spread in southern Elbert County, they are many. The view from Dunn's...
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Bulls Behaving Badly
Inmates blow the whistle on male guards at a Pueblo women's prison.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: May 6, 2004
It wasn't Elizabeth Gardesani's idea to confront her tormentor this way. She could think of a lot of places she would rather be than alone in an office with the man who she...
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Quagmire Without End, Amen
Truth is the first casualty of war -- and Columbine.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: March 4, 2004
In a belated effort to clear the air, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office offered up its souvenirs of a massacre last Thursday. It was quite a show -- but not quite enough to...
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Quagmire Without End, Amen
Truth is the first casualty of war -- and Columbine.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: February 26, 2004
In a belated effort to clear the air, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office offered up its souvenirs of a massacre last Thursday. It was quite a show -- but not quite enough to...
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Open Spaced
After thirty years, Lakewood residents discover that a "future park site" belongs to someone else.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: February 19, 2004
Rita Bertolli first noticed the work crews in the ravine last April. From the kitchen of her family's home, at the end of a Green Mountain cul-de-sac, she could see them out...
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Mr. Spam Man
Microsoft wants to shut him down. New York's attorney general wants to see him in court. But Scott Richter keeps thinking big.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: January 29, 2004
FWD: SCOTT, DON'T SUFFER BETWEEN PAYCHECKS! THINK BIG! In Scott Richter's world, size matters. Richter knows that Americans like things big. Bigger penis, bigger breasts....
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Just the 'Fax, man
Thirty miles of developments, drunks and dreams -- the ultimate road trip.
Laura Bond, Patricia Calhoun, Robin Chotzinoff, Eric Dexheimer, Julie Dunn, Bill Gallo, Amy Haimerl, Jason Heller, Dave Herrera, David Holthouse, Julie Jargon, Marty Jones, Alan Prendergast, Michael Roberts, Jason Sheehan, Stuart Steers and Ernie Tucker
Published: January 22, 2004
Amid the nourishing chaos of city life, we urban dwellers find ourselves brain-deep in startling juxtapositions. Mid-morning one Tuesday, a formation of squawking geese sweeps...
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All Wet
Aspen gets soaked in a battle over bottled water.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: January 15, 2004
In any other burg, the decision over which fancy-label bottled water to sell at the local opera house would cause scarcely a ripple of comment. But this is Aspen, Bub, where no...
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Raiding the Roan
Rich in wildlife and natural resources, the Roan Plateau survived the last energy boom. Will this one destroy it?
By Alan Prendergast
Published: January 1, 2004
The stark shale cliffs rise north of the interstate, towering over the town of Rifle. From below, the 3,500-foot stone pillars look forbidding and lifeless, like books placed...
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A Shaking Story
By Alan Prendergast
Published: January 1, 2004
Only two people truly know who inflicted fatal injuries on Kyran Gaston-Voss a year ago, and they know it beyond any doubt. One of them, Kyran's mother, has always...
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Chicanismo, Reloaded
Metro students strive to fill in the blank spots -- and heal old wounds -- in local Chicano history.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: November 27, 2003
When Nick Morales began teaching Chicano studies at Metropolitan State College of Denver several years ago, he relied heavily on the standard textbooks in the field. Those...
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The Plot Sickens
Another "lost" Columbine report triggers new questions -- and a long-overdue investigation of police ineptitude.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: November 6, 2003
The sign on the door at the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office read: "News Conference: Go up stairs and turn right." Reporters who followed the instructions found themselves in...
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Skin City
Is Vicki Johnson an enemy of free speech -- or the last person speaking freely in the fight over who runs Sheridan?
By Alan Prendergast
Published: October 30, 2003
After hours of walking the streets of Sheridan, hiking up driveways and picking her way through trailer parks, Vicki Johnson has this part down. She knocks on the door, rings a...
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House Rules
Think your home is fully insured? Think again.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: October 23, 2003
When Renee McGaw purchased her East Washington Park home five years ago, she knew the kind of investment she was making. A single mother, she plowed every dollar she could...
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