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Patricia Calhoun

Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Leads to Another Colorado Action Day Alert

By Patricia CalhounMay 23, 2023

The bad air warning continues.

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Get Your Casa Bonita License Plates Here

By Patricia CalhounMay 15, 2023

Matt Stone and Trey Parker announced that they’d bought the pink eatertainment palace during a Facebook Live with the Colorado governor.

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Rocky Mountain Horror: Jennifer Marcum Story Reappears on 20/20

By Patricia CalhounMay 12, 2023

Scott Kimball was convicted of four murders, including that of the one-time Shotgun Willie’s stripper. Her body was never found.

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No Apology to Dominion From Fox, but Stephen Colbert Fills That Gap

By Patricia CalhounApril 23, 2023

The network paid $787.5 million to settle the lawsuit, but didn’t have to apologize to the Denver-based company.

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Courting Disaster: Dominion Voting Systems Suit Against Fox News Settles!

By Patricia CalhounApril 18, 2023

The Denver-based company has weathered more than two years of Fox-fueled fury from election deniers.

Taste of Colorado

Welcome, ¡Viva! Streets Denver This Summer; Adios, Labor Day Taste of Colorado

By Patricia CalhounApril 12, 2023

The annual event will be split up over four Sundays in conjunction with the new ¡Viva! Streets Denver.

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No Trump Tower in Denver, but It Does Have a Trump Plaza

By Patricia CalhounApril 3, 2023

Donald Trump once vied to redevelop Denver’s Union Station as well as the Sherman Events Center.

Three Years After Shutdown, My Brother’s Bar Is Back to Normal

By Patricia CalhounMarch 17, 2023

Colorado’s restaurants were ordered closed on March 17, 2020. Now the oldest saloon in Denver has restored its late-night hours.

Remembering Pat Schroeder: She Wrote the Book on Women in Politics

Remembering Pat Schroeder: She Wrote the Book on Women in Politics

By Patricia CalhounMarch 14, 2023

First elected to Congress in 1972, she represented Denver with a fierce intellect, sharp wit…a smiley face.

<i>Saturday Night Live</i> Opening Takes On Dominion’s Case Against Fox

Saturday Night Live Opening Takes On Dominion’s Case Against Fox

By Patricia CalhounMarch 5, 2023

You knew it was a spoof, because Fox will not discuss the lawsuit on the air.,

After Three Extensions, Julian Rubinstein’s The Holly Closing at Sie FilmCenter

By Patricia CalhounMarch 1, 2023

“We love to see a local hit.”

Dominion Has the Cure for Foxitis: $1.6 Billion Defamation Lawsuit

Dominion Has the Cure for Foxitis: $1.6 Billion Defamation Lawsuit

By Patricia CalhounMarch 1, 2023

After the November 2020 election, the Denver-based company received so many threats it had to move out of LoDo.

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Five Surprises at Last Night’s Denver Mayoral Debate

Five Surprises at Last Night’s Denver Mayoral Debate

By Patricia CalhounFebruary 10, 2023

What if all seventeen candidates had showed?

Jared Polis Wakes Up Early for <i>CNN This Morning</i>

Jared Polis Wakes Up Early for CNN This Morning

By Patricia CalhounFebruary 10, 2023

He’s headed to the White House…for a governors’ meeting.

Building for the Future: Colorado’s Most Endangered Places for 2023

Building for the Future: Colorado’s Most Endangered Places for 2023

By Patricia CalhounFebruary 9, 2023

They range from the Far View Visitor Center to a crumbling adobe structure.

Hot Air: Another Famous Balloon Once Flew Over Colorado

Hot Air: Another Famous Balloon Once Flew Over Colorado

By Patricia CalhounFebruary 4, 2023

Bowen Yang lived in Aurora: Conspiracy or coincidence?

Meanwhile, Back at El Rancho

By Patricia CalhounJanuary 30, 2023

We visited the recently reopened historic restaurant.

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John Eastman Hasn’t Sued CU (Yet), but He Faces Plenty of Court Dates

By Patricia CalhounJanuary 30, 2023

CU was quick to jettison Eastman following the January 6 Insurrection, and although he hasn’t sued (yet), he’s the subject of several legal actions.

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Stockyard Saloon for Sale…Maybe

By Patricia CalhounJanuary 20, 2023

History as well as beer is pouring out of the place.

America 250-Colorado 150 Commission Has a Tough Job Ahead

By Patricia CalhounJanuary 19, 2023

Jared Polis’s State of the State focused on the upcoming anniversary.

One River North Creating Canyon in RiNo

One River North Creating Canyon in RiNo

By Patricia CalhounJanuary 10, 2023

MAD Architects has gone wild in RiNo

Denver Mayor’s Race: Return of the Twenty-Year Bitch

By Patricia CalhounJanuary 4, 2023

Every generation, this city goes for change.

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