AltWeeklies Wire
Can a Court Help Former GIs Find Justice at Home?new
From the man's physique and hair, Edward Lynch figured he might be military. Maybe from Fort Carson, the Army base down the road that lately seemed to be churning out a lot of veterans with screws loose. The papers were full of stories about Carson vets killing fellow soldiers.
There's a Water War on the Colorado-Wyoming Bordernew
Along the Green River in Wyoming, cities and towns are massing to fight a proposal that would pump up to 250,000 acre-feet of water per year from their river to thirsty cities and towns in Colorado. The focus of the uproar is a relatively unknown Fort Collins entrepreneur named Aaron Million, who came up with the plan to bring the much-needed water to Colorado.
Westword |
Joel Warner |
11-30-2009 |
Environment
Ganjapreneurs Are Cashing in on Colorado's Booming Medical Pot Businessnew
To meet an increased demand, at least seventy new Colorado dispensaries have opened, forty in the metro area alone. Many of these are operated by what insiders are calling a "second wave" of ganjapreneurs -- savvy, experienced businesspeople and professionals.
Going Green Means Taking Down the King of Coalnew
The general manager of Colorado's largest electricity cooperative believes that coal will keep electric bills cheap. But with cheap and easily accessible coal getting harder to come by and politicians considering a hefty carbon tax on fossil fuels, critics say a new coal plant could end up being a multimillion-dollar liability.
Westword |
Joel Warner |
04-27-2009 |
Environment
Medical Marijuana Has Become a Growth Industry in Coloradonew
Medical marijuana sales in Colorado have proved lucrative. Michael Lee insists, however, that his current occupation is more than a business.
Westword |
Joel Warner |
02-10-2009 |
Business & Labor
The Snowboard Bandits Lived for Excitement, but the FBI Got the Final Thrillnew
Over three months, the Bandits hit eleven banks in Colorado, leaving in their wake empty cash drawers, dazed tellers and surveillance films filled with curiously chic and frustratingly concealing get-ups. The case was quickly handed over to an outfit more likely than any other to catch the Snowboard Bandits: the FBI's Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force.
Westword |
Joel Warner |
11-25-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Union Station May Become Denver's Gateway Again ... If it Stays on Tracknew
In 2001, a consortium of public agencies purchased the station from its private owners in hopes that it would become the central hub of a future transportation system. That system materialized in 2004, when voters approved the most ambitious new public transportation system in the country, with Union Station was to be its cornerstone.
Westword |
Joel Warner |
08-18-2008 |
Transportation
Pedicab Entrepreneur Steve Meyer Has Started a Rolling Revolutionnew
Meyer wants to sell pedicabs to the world -- but is the world willing to go along for the ride?
Westword |
Joel Warner |
04-28-2008 |
Transportation
The Good Soldiernew
When the Army tried to take down Andrew Pogany, it messed with the wrong coward.
Konrad Steffen, the Ice Mannew
When Al Gore and other global-warming experts want to come in out of the cold, they turn to this professor.
Westword |
Joel Warner |
11-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
'Baby Bargains' Dishes Dirtnew
Alan and Denise Fields are on a mission to warn new parents about the baby/industrial complex.
Westword |
Joel Warner |
10-22-2007 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
The Butler Did Itnew
Today's household servants put Jeeves and Alfred to shame.
Westword |
Joel Warner |
08-13-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
At Your Disservicenew
These student butlers got served.
Westword |
Joel Warner |
08-13-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Police Raids Bust Up Drug Labs ... and Familiesnew
On drug raids, Colorado law-enforcement agencies found not just dangerous chemicals, but children who'd been living in the labs.
Tags: Drugs
