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Death of a Cowboy

The Royal Grudge Bridge

Bill Fehr has big plans for the Royal Gorge Bridge--including a $749,600 rent increase.

Art Beat

Michael Paglia's brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

Saucy Behavior

Bonnie Brae institution the Saucy Noodle finds room to stretch.

All the Live Long Day

Tourists make tracks across Colorado.

Off Limits

Sugar and spice

Off Limits

But what's the co-pay?

Ticket to Ride

Drop and give me ten.

Waterloo Ice House

An Austin institution opens a new location in Louisville.

Welcome to Collywood

An Austin institution opens a new location in Louisville.

Welcome to Collywood

An Austin institution opens a new location in Louisville.

Welcome to Collywood

An Austin institution opens a new location in Louisville.

Saving Grace

An Austin institution opens a new location in Louisville.

Go for the Gold!

An Austin institution opens a new location in Louisville.

Grape Expectations

The monks have moved on, but it's another vintage year in Cañon City.

Court Is Adjourned

The monks have moved on, but it's another vintage year in Cañon City.

Year in Review: Strange But True

From kitty cut-ups to an airline named Ted, this was one oddball year.

Stayin' Alive

Ruggerfest stomps back to Aspen

Food Fetishes

Rise and Shine

The Soft Cell

The Department of Corrections cooks up a culinary program for prisoners.

Side Effects

Pharmacist Bob Gusich has been a real pill for the state prison system.

What Hit Us?

Long Before "Asteroid," moviemakers made their mark on Colorado. A guide to some high and low points.

Please Release Me

Colorado faces a boom in parolees--and rising evidence that parole isn't working.

Con Jobs

Frying taco shells, growing zinnias--it's all in a day's work for Colorado prisoners.

Thrills for the week

Frying taco shells, growing zinnias--it's all in a day's work for Colorado prisoners.

Stealing Time

As its inmate population ages, the Colorado prison system discovers there's no con like an old con.

The Committed

The state pours millions of dollars--and controversial social theory--into a prison for mentally ill felons.

THE OLD BALL & CHAIN

The state pours millions of dollars--and controversial social theory--into a prison for mentally ill felons.

THE WOMEN OF SUPERMAX

COLORADO'S HIGHEST-SECURITY PRISON ISN'T JUST FOR TOUGH GUYS.

SAY ANYTHING

COLORADO'S HIGHEST-SECURITY PRISON ISN'T JUST FOR TOUGH GUYS.

JUDGING THE JUDGE

THE STATE SUPREME COURT CONSIDERS A FIRST AMENDMENT CASE FROM CANON CITY.

Not Its First Rodeo

Cañon City gets back to its community roots.

Doing the math on Christo's Arkansas River wrap

Wolfgang Volz, copyright Christo 2007 "Over the River," the plan by husband-and-wife artists Christo and Jeanne Claude to stretch almost six miles of silvery fabric over the Arkansas River between Canon City and Salida at a cost of around $50 million, has plenty of supporters. Congressmen, college ... More >>

For sale: supermax prison, like new

​State representative Glenn Vaad was appalled to discover recently that corrections officials have delayed opening a $200-million supermax because of Colorado's fiscal woes. There's nothing that offends Vaad, a Republican who represents the Greeley area, more deeply than the idea of a brand-ne ... More >>

Gonzolo Martinez story on I (Almost) Got Away With It: Close but no cigar

Not actually Gonzolo Martinez, but an incredible simulation.​Tonight's episode of the Discovery Channel program I (Almost) Got Away With It, airing locally at 8 p.m., has a distinctly Denver flavor. The show tells the tale of local-boy-made-bad Gonzolo Martinez, who was sentenced to almost ha ... More >>

Census problem: Are Colorado prisoners rural residents or urban visitors?

​The 2010 census gives states a new option for how to count their prison population, a move that could provide additional political leverage to urban areas -- which, in Colorado, means more power to the Front Range and less to places like Fremont, Logan and Crowley counties. In the past, the ... More >>

The Chain Gang of 1974, Alan Alda, Bop Skizzum get spins on local radio this week. See who else got love.

​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, ... More >>

Off Limits: A wild ending for Buckskin Joe, a great, shlocky tourist attraction

​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, ... More >>

Season of the Weird

​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, ... More >>

Bert the Conqueror takes on Colorado

Bert is icey like Ceddy Bu.​How's this for a job: You ride a bunch roller coasters, and then you make a television show about you riding a bunch of roller coasters. That's pretty much the job of the Travel Channel's Bert Kreischer, better known as Bert the Conqueror, whose show features him tr ... More >>

Summer 2011: A tour of our state's weird - and wonderful - attractions

Bert is icey like Ceddy Bu.​How's this for a job: You ride a bunch roller coasters, and then you make a television show about you riding a bunch of roller coasters. That's pretty much the job of the Travel Channel's Bert Kreischer, better known as Bert the Conqueror, whose show features him tr ... More >>

Get Wet in Salida

Bert is icey like Ceddy Bu.​How's this for a job: You ride a bunch roller coasters, and then you make a television show about you riding a bunch of roller coasters. That's pretty much the job of the Travel Channel's Bert Kreischer, better known as Bert the Conqueror, whose show features him tr ... More >>

Whiskey, sushi and ice cream on this week's culinary calendar

​Nothing says summer like ice cream, whiskey and sushi ... and beer dinners, train dinners and everything else taking place on this week's culinary calendar. Here's a taste of what's ahead:

Billionaire Bill Koch buys the town of Buckskin Joe and moves it to his ranch

​Nothing says summer like ice cream, whiskey and sushi ... and beer dinners, train dinners and everything else taking place on this week's culinary calendar. Here's a taste of what's ahead:

Under the Leather

​Nothing says summer like ice cream, whiskey and sushi ... and beer dinners, train dinners and everything else taking place on this week's culinary calendar. Here's a taste of what's ahead:

Oktoberfest, Rockbar birthday and more on this week's culinary calendar

​We know you're all gearing up for the Great American Beer Festival -- and what better way to start your marathon training than with various Oktoberfest events? That and much more are happening in the food scene this week; here's a taste of what else is on the menu:

Brenda Harding sentenced to lifetime probation for sex assault on teen who committed suicide

Big pic below.​Society seems to have a different viewpoint about sex assaults involving an older woman and an underage male than if an older man and a teen girl are paired -- but the former can certainly have tragic consequences. Case in point: the relationship between a fifteen-year-old boy w ... More >>

"Over the River" hits a new snag with DU students lawsuit

​Christo's "Over the River" will soon have another bridge to cross. Even as a public hearing that could secure Fremont County's approval of the project along the Arkansas River gets under way this morning in Canon City, a group of University of Denver students will be filing suit to stop it.

Welcome to Collywood!

​Christo's "Over the River" will soon have another bridge to cross. Even as a public hearing that could secure Fremont County's approval of the project along the Arkansas River gets under way this morning in Canon City, a group of University of Denver students will be filing suit to stop it.