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Florence (Colorado)

  • News

    May 3, 2012

    Growing numbers of veterans are becoming addicted to gambling

    Where's the military when the chips are down?

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Underwear Bomber moves into Supermax cell

    This past week, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, dubbed the "Underwear Bomber" after a failed attempt to bring down an airliner in December 2009, joined the ranks of Ted Kaczynski (the Unabomber), Terry Nichols (who conspired with Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing) and others as one of the most ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    9/11 anniversary: Top 10 terrorists with Colorado connections

    No. 3.​The 9/11 events being memorialized on Sunday, ten years after they shook the world, didn't take place in Colorado. But our state has no shortage of connections to terrorists -- and not only because plenty of them are housed at Florence's Supermax facility. Below, we look at the most pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Beltania camping festival kicks off summer in the mountains

    ​Christianity has Easter and Judaism has Passover -- and there are dinners and ritual events widely available for both those celebrations. And for the pagan-centric religions, there's Beltania, the annual camping/music/spiritual festival in the mountains near Florence, Colorado, which kicks of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Terry Nichols is going to have to stick with prison gruel

    Gruel it is for convicted Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols.​Terry Nichols has lost his drawn-out plea for more wholesome prison fare. Last Thursday, Colorado U.S. District Court Judge Christine Arguello dismissed the convicted Oklahoma City bomber conspirator's claims that he needs a diet of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Terry Nichols doesn't like prison food. Supermax-size that!

    ​Convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols is on a hunger strike, because he doesn't like the food served at Supermax, the federal prison in Florence where he's housed with a who's who of this country's criminals. Last Thursday, Nichols filed a five-page, hand-written note in ... More >>

  • News

    July 19, 2001

    The Prize Patrol Returns

    Westword winners

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    Marked for Death

    Trapped in a prison race war, Tony Francis had three choices: kill, snitch or run. He found another way out.

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    Look for the Union URL

    At the federal supermax, it isn't just the inmates who think management is unfair.

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