All the major players among the region’s natural gas companies are gathering in Denver this week, celebrating the resurgence of their industry thanks to the advent of hydraulic fracturing technology — and pondering why public opposition to fracking in Colorado and elsewhere is so fierce. It’s a tectonic mystery no…
Magpul Industries, one of Colorado’s largest firearms manufacturers, has announced plans to move from the state due to new gun-control laws. But that doesn’t mean all businesses of this sort are shunning Colorado. The council in Johnstown has just given approval to the Liberty Firearms Institute, an enormous facility that…
This week’s cover story, “Fantasy Island,” explains that to pave the way for the riverwalk officials in Glendale hope to build along Cherry Creek, the city has made a series of civic improvements over the years. In turn, city boosters say those improvements have led to more private development, including…
The city of Glendale was one of four applicants whose tourism projects were not chosen last year to receive state sales-tax rebates under the Regional Tourism Act. But as explained in this week’s cover story, “Fantasy Island,” Glendale don’t give a shit; the city known for its iconic strip club…
We’ve all experienced rushes at Denver International Airport — but where are all those people heading? The folks at DIA have broken down the numbers to reveal the top twenty domestic destinations, complete annual and daily passenger data and average fares. We assembled all the info below, then photo-illustrated it…
Shotgun Willie’s, the iconic Glendale joint at the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Virginia Avenue, is endeavoring to build a better strip club. As explained in this week’s cover story, “Fantasy Island,” the intersection where Shotgun Willie’s sits is being widened to help with traffic flow to the nearby SuperTarget…
Last week we reported that Representative Jared Polis had gone to court to try stopping a gas drilling operation on property adjacent to a farm he owns near Berthoud. The congressman abruptly withdrew that lawsuit, but that doesn’t mean he’s resigned to getting fracked. Instead, he’s put out a four-minute…
Oil and gas execs are gearing up for next week’s 25th annual Rocky Mountain Energy Summit in Denver, a four-day back-slapping celebration of the boom in hydraulic fracturing — or the “Shale Revolution,” as the true believers call it. But even as the industry ogles the vast reserves of natural…
Just over six months ago, we shared a post featuring the five most expensive homes for sale in Denver, as featured on The Home Cart website. Checking back in, we discovered that three of the five are no longer listed — a sign of the improving economy? — while two…
A coalition of several dozen grassroots consumer, environmental, business and farming groups is pushing for the resignation of Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission director Matt Lepore, after his off-the-cuff comments last week referring to anti-fracking activists as essentially rich and clueless. Meanwhile a fracking critic who could be described…
UPDATE: Caribou Ranch sold for $32.5 million, a significant drop from its original asking price, to Indian Peaks Holdings LLC. The contents of the legendary studio and ranch later sold at a lively auction at the Denver Design Center. Caribou Ranch near Nederland, including a recording studio that attracted some…
With the advent of such modern technologies as the Internet, social media, eBooks and instant messaging, print methods of research and leisure have experienced an obvious slump. The Aurora Public Library has decided to go with the flow, though, by offering more digital services, and offering them in new places:…
On paper, the redevelopment of the old Marriott at Hampden and I-25 looks like a dream deal for southeast Denver, complete with luxury apartments boasting “curated amenities” and a “lazy river” winding through the place. But Holly Ridge residents say that the project has been a nightmare for the neighborhood,…
Launched in 1983 by a group of Kentucky Fried Chicken investors, the Corrections Corporation of America is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary this year with plenty of celebrations and speeches. But there’s one gift the world’s largest private-prison operator isn’t eager to open — a new report by the incarceration reformers…
Last year, the competition was steep for hefty sales-tax rebates through the statewide Regional Tourism Act. Six municipalities were vying for the incentives, and the Colorado Economic Development Commission could only pick two. It wound up choosing projects proposed by Pueblo and Aurora, whose plan to build a massive hotel…
As we’ve reported, Magpul is a weaponry business based in Erie that’s so aghast at new gun-control laws about to go into effect that it’s pledged to leave Colorado. Before folks at the firm pull up stakes, though, they’re doing everything they can to protest what they see as an…
This week’s cover story, “The Insider,” profiles Colorado Oil and Gas Association president Tisha Schuller, whose efforts to defend her industry’s strong presence in the state have been made tougher by the fallout from Josh Fox’s antifracking documentary Gasland. That film “has really changed the conversation” about using hydraulic fracturing…
Last month, Cardhub.com compiled a list of the ten worst travel cities for summer 2013 that didn’t feature Denver — because it was deemed the finest. Now, the company has ranked the best — and worst — cities to work for a small business in, and Denver’s is number one…
Colorado’s gun-control laws, which include a ban on magazines that can hold more than fifteen rounds, are under fire from numerous foes, including 55 Colorado sheriffs suing to stop them. Now, Magpul Industries, a weaponry business based in Erie, has announced that it will donate proceeds from the sale of…
Legislators working on bills pertaining to Amendment 64 nearly passed a repeal measure aimed at retail sales of recreational pot in part over fears that taxes modest enough for voters to approve might not cover costs. But a document revealing retail sales and state sales taxes in fiscal year 2012…
The City of Longmont has been criticized and sued — once by the state, once by the Colorado Oil and Gas Association — over its citizens’ decision last fall to ban fracking within the city limits. That’s discouraged other local governments along the Front Range that have been thinking about…
This week’s feature, “The Dogs of War,” reports on the ongoing campaign to manage — and, in some cases, exterminate with poison — prairie dog colonies in the emerging Stapleton community. Master developer Forest City and city park managers are battling to protect natural-looking (but not quite natural) open space…
