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Fremont

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Christo's "Over the River" faces public hearings this week for final permits

    After nearly twenty years of planning, Christo and his "Over the River" project are two temporary-use permits away from full approval. The installation, which would suspend 5.9 miles of fabric over a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas River, was conceived in 1992, but only received the go-ahead last No ... More >>

  • News

    February 3, 2011

    Raped and extorted by a prison gang, Scott Howard was called a "drama queen" by corrections officials

    After nearly twenty years of planning, Christo and his "Over the River" project are two temporary-use permits away from full approval. The installation, which would suspend 5.9 miles of fabric over a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas River, was conceived in 1992, but only received the go-ahead last No ... More >>

  • News

    June 17, 2010

    Everything goes when libertarian Christine Smith gets into politics

    After nearly twenty years of planning, Christo and his "Over the River" project are two temporary-use permits away from full approval. The installation, which would suspend 5.9 miles of fabric over a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas River, was conceived in 1992, but only received the go-ahead last No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Medical marijuana bill: Current version of HB 1284 would allow city councils to ban dispensaries

    Photo by Robert FisherMaybe not coming to a town near you.​During an interview last week, Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation front man Matt Brown wasn't certain that new language inserted into House Bill 1284, a measure designed to regulate the medical marijuana industry, gave city co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Jane Norton more worried about Democrats than Republicans after caucuses

    "I'm wearing my victory smile."​By midnight, former Colorado Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff had locked up a win over Senator Michael Bennet in Tuesday's caucuses -- but the results were less certain on the Republican side, with senatorial frontrunner Jane Norton in a tighter-than-expecte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    SPAM on wry

    Once again, SPAM -- everyone's favorite potted meat product -- is in the news. And this time, there's a Colorado hook: Ron Pearman of Colorado Springs won the grand prize in the Great American SPAM Championship. (Read Melanie Asmar's interview with the champ here.)  The contest, held at state a ... More >>

  • News

    February 22, 2007

    The Transformers

    They created Denver's gang life. A generation later, can they break free?

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    Maxed Out

    Shipping inmates to private prisons is Colorado's cheap solution to overcrowding and violence. But so far, it's cost plenty.

  • News

    October 16, 2003

    Fools for Foos

    Denver's a mecca for those mad about foosball.

  • News

    October 5, 2000

    Hard Time

    The oldest lifer in Colorado prisons is dying to be anywhere but here.

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Spies, Lies & Portable Tapes

    The feds were already suspicious of scientist Wen Ho Lee. Then they discovered he’d downloaded every secret in the nuclear arsenal.

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2000

    Negative Thinking

    Colorado Historical Society photography lecture.

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    Get a Job!

    You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your lieutenant governor.

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    The Black Sheep

    Unitarian minister Joel Miller finds out it's hard to lead the wrong kind of church in southwest Jefferson County

  • News

    September 4, 1997

    It's the Pits

    Mining made history in Victor. But will a new gold rush devour its future?

  • News

    August 1, 1996

    Stealing Time

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

  • News

    July 25, 1996

    The Committed

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

  • News

    May 3, 1995

    DOOM AND DOOMER

    DR. NORM AND THE REST OF PATRIOT RADIO FACE THE APOCALYPSE. NOW.

  • News

    March 16, 1994

    HAMMER GETS HAMMERED

    A LOCAL INSURANCE COMPANY RAPS THE RAPPER IN A LAWSUIT.

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