Smart and self-assured, with jet-black hair and the faintest of goatees, Shihan Qu is the reigning king of magnet balls. His ascension to the throne wasn’t so much the result of hard-won battles against other magnet magnates as it was the outcome of a process of elimination. While other companies…
Outside magazine has put together an amazing list of the 100 best places to work in America — a roster slanted toward businesses that are particularly friendly to active employees. And Colorado did extremely well, filling 28 of the slots. Moreover, many of the firms are independent, modest-sized and thoroughly…
Forbes has just released its annual list of the 400 richest people in America, and five Coloradans made the cut. Who are they and where did they land on Forbes’ roster? Count them down below, complete with photos and excerpts from Forbes data and text. For the original post, click…
In an August 2013 profile, Melanie Asmar described Mike Dunafon and Debbie Matthews as the king and queen of Glendale: He’s the mayor, while she’s the owner of Shotgun Willie’s, one of Colorado’s most iconic strip clubs. Now, this power couple has scored another coup: They found a legal way…
Only days before the United Nations Climate Summit, the environmental group Food & Water Watch has released a wide-ranging critique of the oil and gas industry, linking the practice of fracking to a host of adverse economic, health and climate impacts — from scarred landscapes, declining air quality and community…
Is the cost of living in Denver increasing? If you’re a renter, the answer is almost certainly “Yes.” A Trulia.com analysis of rental prices nationwide includes a roster of cities with the highest rent boosts from August 2013 to August 2014, and Denver has a prominent place on it despite…
Earlier this week, when Governor John Hickenlooper announced the names of the nineteen people selected for a special oil and gas task force intended to address fracking-related land use and health issues across the state, he boasted of the group’s “balanced and informed representation.” It was as if he was…
Hollie Presley sits at the kitchen table in her tidy southwest Denver home, surrounded by paperwork. Her four-year-old, Isabella, watches a cartoon in the living room, while her infant son, Parker, reclines in a bouncy chair within arm’s reach, his belly full from his last bottle. The paperwork chronicles Presley’s…
Either the economy’s finally improving or folks selling homes think it is — because the number of eight-figure Colorado homes for sale is definitely on the rise. Whereas the priciest property on our winter roster of the most expensive homes for sale in Denver was going for a mere $9.2…
The U.S. Justice Department has decided to join in a federal lawsuit filed by two Colorado whistleblowers; it alleges that a national palliative care provider improperly billed Medicare millions of dollars for hospice services provided to patients who weren’t terminally ill. The suit against Optum Palliative and Hospice Care claims…
When one train pulls out of the station, another pulls in. That’s how it seems to be working out for Stephanie Shearer and Chris Bacorn — with a little help from “What Does LoDo Need,” a contest we told you about earlier this year. The two have figured out what…
Plenty of folks in these parts continue to complain about the rough economy — but according to MSN Money, such gripes have reached their expiration date. The site has just ranked the fifty state economies from worst to first, and Colorado is solidly ensconced in the top ten. But where…
Breckenridge has a well-founded reputation for progressive marijuana policy. The town’s voters decriminalized pot in 2009, years before the passage of Amendment 64. Nonetheless, officials passed a law banning new pot shops from opening on Main Street, and a grandfather clause for the Breckenridge Cannabis Club, which was already located…
A women’s correctional facility in Brush closed in 2010. But it could reopen soon — as a retail marijuana grow, shorthanded by the media as a “pot factory.” Problem: Brush currently has a moratorium on marijuana businesses. But the city council could lift that ban after a town hall meeting…
Colorado hasn’t been immune from the economic challenges of recent years — but what communities are doing the best when it comes to shaking off the doldrums? “Cities on the Rise in Colorado,” a post on the website NerdWallet, attempts to answer that question — and many of the communities…
There’s plenty of back-patting going on today in the smoke-free back rooms where politics thrives like spores in agar, after an eleventh-hour deal was forged by Governor John Hickenlooper, Representative Jared Polis and others to remove four initiatives dealing with oil and gas development from the November ballot. The move…
A single injection well in Weld County, used to dispose of millions of gallons of produced water from fracking operations, has been linked to 500 minor earthquakes in the area over a seven-week period since early June, according to University of Colorado researchers who’ve been monitoring seismic activity around the…
Tomorrow, two top-flight European football clubs — AS Roma (Serie A, Italy) and Manchester United (Premiere League, England) — square off at Mile High Stadium in the 2014 International Champions Cup. How would the hometown Colorado Rapids stack up against either of these touring powerhouses? Salary-wise, we know the answer:…
Backers of a proposed “healthy living park” in Alamosa, who saw their efforts last year to acquire former school property in a prime location frustrated by a controversial deal that put the property in the hands of an RV park developer for substantially less than its appraised value, have settled…
The Denver Department of Environmental Health ordered the recall of products made by a local hash-infused edibles manufacturer last week after “possible contamination from unsanitary equipment” and using equipment “not intended for food manufacturing,” according to a statement by the DDEH’s Public Health Inspections Division. The equipment in question: a…
The Denver Broncos finished 25th on Forbes’s list of the world’s fifty most valuable sports teams, down two spots from last year. The rankings were based on each team’s enterprise value (total equity plus debt) and their current or pending stadium deals. The Broncos are valued at $1.161 billion. Of…
Lakewood has become the latest city in Colorado to ban cannabis businesses. But voters will decide in November if retail marijuana shops should be allowed. See also: Marijuana: Littleton City Council takes step toward banning retail pot businesses…
