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    March 28, 2012

    Lower North Fork Fire started by prescribed burn, Forest Service apologizes

    The U.S. Forest Service is now admitting that the Lower North Fork Fire near Conifer, which appears to have led to at least two casualties (one woman is still missing), was started by a prescribed burn that got out of control. Meanwhile, Governor John Hickenlooper has suspended such burns until aft ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Five great Colorado whistleblowers

    Philip Van Cise​This week's cover story, "A Dam Shame," looks into the controversy generated by a state dam inspector named John Redding, who raised concerns about ethical violations inside the Colorado Department of Natural Resources--and ended up paying a high price for his concern. People w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Free movie time: Way Down in the Hole

    ​With various Tea Party-led anti-union efforts afoot in Wisconsin, Ohio, New Hampshire and all over the country growing increasingly more vehement, it seems a particularly appropriate time to consider the oppressive work conditions from whence the union movement sprang -- and the violent oppos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Labor murals in Maine removed -- but there's no getting rid of Ludlow Massacre monument

    Maine mural​Maine Governor Paul LePage is sticking with his decision to remove a labor-history mural from its current home inside a Department of Labor building. In Colorado, there are no similar union-lovin' murals in government facilities for conservatives to take aim at. But we do have publ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Ron Rocha, Regis coach, part of 20-kilos-a-week cocaine-ring bust: See mug shots & drug photos

    Large photos below.​Last month, Ron Rocha, a volunteer baseball coach for Regis University, was on the losing end of an intra-squad matchup dubbed the Fall World Series. But he suffered an even greater defeat yesterday, when he was among 35 people named by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the bus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Marijuana grow bust in Boulder County 2.0: Now 7,500 plants seized worth $1 million

    A 2009 Ralston Creek haul.​An update about yesterday's Boulder County marijuana grow seizure of 3,000 plants. After a closer count, the Boulder County Sheriff's Office thinks the plant total was closer to 3,500 -- and after more inspection of the nearby area, law-enforcement types located a se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Glenn Porzak, attorney and notable CU grad, hurt in Brainard Lake climbing accident

    Glenn Porzak.​CU-Boulder's distinguished alumni list includes the likes of politicians Hank Brown and Ralph Carr, sportscaster Chris Fowler, South Park co-creator Trey Parker and attorney Glenn Porzak, whose entry notes that he "led the first American team to climb two peaks over 26,000 feet o ... More >>

  • News

    April 22, 2010

    Alan Sudduth learned young that you never snitch -- but now, only the truth can set him free

    Glenn Porzak.​CU-Boulder's distinguished alumni list includes the likes of politicians Hank Brown and Ralph Carr, sportscaster Chris Fowler, South Park co-creator Trey Parker and attorney Glenn Porzak, whose entry notes that he "led the first American team to climb two peaks over 26,000 feet o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Throw the bums off the Colorado Supreme Court, says Clear the Bench Colorado -- and John Suthers seems to agree

    ClearTheBenchColorado.org's Facebook profile picture gives you a pretty good idea where Matt Arnold's coming from.​It took the better part of a week, but Matt Arnold, the man behind ClearTheBenchColorado.org, has finally gotten the Denver Post to blink. On Tuesday, the paper published, "AG Su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Jane Norton for Senate: The next great GOP hope

    Jane Norton.​Last month, the National Republican Senatorial Committee registered a couple of domain names on behalf of former Colorado Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton -- and today, Norton's using one of them, JaneNortonForColorado.com. Up-front: A news item that declares, "Jane Norton official ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Slideshow: Say goodbye to $2.5 million worth of Sugarloaf Mountain marijuana

    "Another tough day clearing the weed...."​Joel Warner's blog "Colorado's Marijuana Growing Pains Continue" focuses on attempts to regulate the medical-marijuana industry. This item is about weed of another kind -- and a lot of it. Last month, the West Metro Drug Task Force found and eradicate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Celebrate Colorado Day by revisiting the state's worst scandals

    Governor James H. Peabody.​What's the best way to mark Colorado Day? Should we go outside and contemplate nature? Pet a cow instead of eating one? Or listen to John Denver albums until your brain begins to boil and your ears erupt in pustules? Not according to the citizens behind Colorado Ethi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Back to Ludlow: a massacre revisited

    Catching up on my reading over the weekend, I found that the January 19 New Yorker has a terrific piece by Caleb Crain discussing the emergence of new, revisionist accounts of the Ludlow Massacre. "There Was Blood" delves into the bloody conflicts in the southern Colorado coalfields a cent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2007

    Capitol Hill Billys

    Catching up on my reading over the weekend, I found that the January 19 New Yorker has a terrific piece by Caleb Crain discussing the emergence of new, revisionist accounts of the Ludlow Massacre. "There Was Blood" delves into the bloody conflicts in the southern Colorado coalfields a cent ... More >>

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of October 6, 2005

  • News

    April 3, 2003

    Top Guns

    The Air Force Academy is changing its leadership -- but can it transform its culture?

  • Calendar

    March 27, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    The Air Force Academy is changing its leadership -- but can it transform its culture?

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Busted!

    When underwires are outlawed, only outlaws will give uplift.

  • News

    November 16, 2000

    Send in the Clown

    Carl Kabat has a sacred mission that could land him in jail -- and outside the priesthood.

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    A Plague on All Your Houses

    Denver readies itself for a bio-bomb — but is the federal program behind this exercise a dud?

  • News

    December 2, 1999

    Race for the Cure

    In the special election for a new District 8 City Councilman, the field is wide open -- just like all those empty lots.

  • News

    August 5, 1999

    The Old Man and the Weed

    Eighty-three-year-old hermit Raymond Gutierrez is the state's unlikeliest pot farmer. But did he do it?

  • News

    June 3, 1999

    Off Limits

    Eighty-three-year-old hermit Raymond Gutierrez is the state's unlikeliest pot farmer. But did he do it?

  • News

    January 1, 1998

    Strange but True

    Eighty-three-year-old hermit Raymond Gutierrez is the state's unlikeliest pot farmer. But did he do it?

  • News

    January 3, 1996

    THE SNIT HITS THE FAN

    WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE CALLS BY PAT SCHROEDER FOR INVESTIGATIONS? NOT A WHOLE LOT.

  • News

    December 27, 1995

    CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF'95 YEAR IN REVIEW PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR AIR-SICKNESS BAG AND SMILE, SMILE, SMILE--1995 IS OVER.

    WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE CALLS BY PAT SCHROEDER FOR INVESTIGATIONS? NOT A WHOLE LOT.

  • News

    December 28, 1994

    STRANGE BUT TRUE

    DRIBBLES AND BITS AND BITS AND BITS.

  • News

    October 19, 1994

    THE BIG HURT

    TRUTH IS THE FIRST CASUALTY IN THE POLITICAL WAR OVER AMENDMENT 11.

  • News

    August 17, 1994

    CHANGING OF THE GUARD

    EMBATTLED ADJUTANT GENERAL IS ON THE WAY OUT, ROMER SAYS.

  • News

    April 27, 1994

    CONDUCT UNBECOMING

    MILITARY WOMEN UPSET ABOUT INEQUITIES GET A VOICE--AND LEGAL HELP--FROM CIVILIANS.

  • News

    April 20, 1994

    BASE BEHAVIOR

    MILITARY WOMEN UPSET ABOUT INEQUITIES GET A VOICE--AND LEGAL HELP--FROM CIVILIANS.

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