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What’s that? You want to build an $8.3 million, 51,000-square-foot office building somewhere along the Front Range? And you’re wondering about building permit fees and estimated plan approval times in various cities and counties? Why, it’s your lucky day! Colorado State University has released the obviously-titled “Colorado Front Range Comparative…

Earlier this week, the Denver Post published a story about Morgan Carroll, a Democratic state senator from Aurora, who had angered the leadership in the legislature after posting a blog last month criticizing the way they treated Senate Bill 166, “which sought to ban drug companies from giving gifts to…

The Best in Business awards doled out annually by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers are among the most prestigious in journalism, and a Denver newspaper won an important one. Unfortunately, that publication no longer exists. Yep, the Rocky Mountain News earned the overall excellence prize for large…

The typical modern teen psychopath tends to mark his trail with plenty of media. Columbine, anyone? And John Katehis, the sixteen-year old who’s reportedly confessed to stabbing former Denver radio personality George Weber this past weekend, is no exception. His MySpace page was taken offline after the clickable item above…

Weather can be scary. The lexicon is filled with frightening terms: For instance, when a storm is supposedly on the way, forecasters issue a WARNING! And each hour in advance of a predicted precipitation binge is marked by ever-escalating admonitions from our TV-news friends to be prepared, get ready, avoid…

As pointed out in this morning’s Wake-Up Call, Fox News bloviator Bill O’Reilly and his guests spent part of last night’s O’Reilly Factor arguing that, based on the evidence presented thus far, Ward Churchill is destined to lose his wrongful-termination lawsuit against the University of Colorado-Boulder. But that’s nothing new…

We’re bringing you our Best. Today in Cafe Society: • Wine, before its time. • Rise to the occasion at Kitchen Table Cooking School. • Larkburger soars above the average burger. • Join the lunch bunch at Super Star Asian. • Skinny Jay’s wings burn so good. • Common Grounds…

Our daily perusal of local online news, commentary, aggregation and other assorted chicanery. See something linkable? Send it via electronic mail. Right. Because what Lakewood needs is a big new helping of new subdivisions, with a side of repressed speech. (Lakewood Edge) Something for which Democrats can be thankful: A…

These days, everybody’s got a class. Everyday people are knitting and making books. They’re learning to make felted wool gewgaws. DIY’s the back-to-nature movement of the decade, and that’s not a bad thing. So, here’s another class: Mod Livin’ continues its take on the concept tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m…

In the July 2008 blog “Colorado Public Radio Plans Two-Hour Weekday Info Block,” CPR vice president of programming Sean Nethery said an announcement about expanding Colorado Matters, the service’s thirty-minute weekday news program, and launching a one-hour weekday talk show would be made “in a matter of weeks.” But things…

So I wrote a little ditty yesterday about cities to which I’d like to see Jay Cutler get traded, because I think Jay Cutler needs to learn a little lesson about the grass and its greenness. He thinks it’s greener on the other side. I think it won’t be that…

#2. Home business startups grow…..

As noted in “Education News Colorado Gets Stiffed on CSAPs,” a July 2008 blog, Education News Colorado is a solid online source for happenings in the education field. The site is well-financed, thanks to contributions from organizations such as the Daniels Fund and the Piton Foundation, and journalistically credible thanks…

The murder of former Denver radio personality George Weber over the weekend in Brookyln appears to have been solved — and the resolution is even more sordid than a March 24 article in the New York Post suggested. “‘Violent Sex’ Ad Led to Murder of WABC Newsman George Weber, Confesses…

In recent days, Channel 4 has been covering a story made for YouTube: Some residents of Fort Lupton have discovered that they can set their water on fire. Okay, that’s not quite right: The flammable stuff is natural gas that’s seeped into their pipes, not the water itself. Still, when…

Oh. My. God. The headline on the first blog about the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament picks made by my daughter Lora and me — “Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation…” — could hardly have been more prescient. Our 5-3 record last night in the second half…

The most telling line in Denver Post reporter Kevin Vaughan’s article about ex-CU professor Ward Churchill’s second day of testimony in his wrongful termination lawsuit against the university was its last one: “At one point, [Judge Larry] Naves suddenly called a recess after he saw that one of the jurors…

The folks behind In Denver Times have been looking for ways to get more attention for their ambitious web project, as noted in yesterday’s blog Q&A with Kevin Preblud, an Entrepreneur Backing In Denver Times. But an item by the Nashville Scene, a sister paper of Westword, probably isn’t what…

“Not sure I actually wanted to revisit high school, but thanks to the Broncos, we don’t have much choice,” writes Dave Krieger at the top of his Denver Post column this morning, and truer words were never typed. During interviews yesterday, Broncos coach Josh McDaniels came across like a typical…

Do the Tube Steak Boogie. Today in Cafe Society: • Bernie’s brings hot dog heaven to Highlands Ranch. • Get your free french fry fix at Steuben’s in April. • Mojitos gives you another reason to go out. • Get a taste of Denver history tonight. Today in Backbeat Online:…

Every day in this space, we troll local web sites for stuff we think might be worth your time. And while we try to mix up the sites to which we link, we often wind up back on the same sites — a handful of consistently populated, consistently non-sucky sources…