Alamosa “healthy living park” rises again

The battle over the sale of a former school property in Alamosa — which deeply divided the town last summer, pitting advocates for a “healthy living park” against backers of a private, high-end RV resort — appears to have reached an unexpected resolution. A settlement in a lawsuit over the…

Video: Amazing time-lapse record of St. Anthony Hospital demolition

This week’s cover story, “High-Rise Anxiety,” looks into the uproar over redevelopment of the old St. Anthony Hospital site — which is being welcomed by some residents as a long-awaited economic revival of the West Colfax business district, while others are concerned about the impact of the project on the…

Denver’s StonerBowl.org shirts inspired by…beer?

As soon as smart asses realized this year’s Super Bowl would feature teams from the two states that have legalized recreational marijuana sales, the jokes started flying, with participants including The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, the nation’s meme makers and entrepreneurs hoping to generate a little cash along…

Colorado fracking activists get a nudge (and cash) from MoveOn

The national debate over fracking may be unfolding in the halls of Congress, but the battle over where oil and gas drilling takes place is being waged at the grassroots level — which is why the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org has announced plans to funnel money, training and “strategic support”…