The Writer Square pedestrian shopping center downtown may be subtle, quiet and low-key, but the passions the location inspires are anything but. Denver’s Planning Board learned that fact firsthand last night when it considered a controversial new sign plan for the property — a proposal board members decided to vote…
One of the most noticeable — and controversial — changes to downtown lately has been the transformation of Writer Square, the longtime pedestrian shopping center that has lately seen all of its trees, benches and other landscaping removed as part of its new owners’ plan to modernize the property. Residents…
Last Wednesday, we told you about the first tent to pop up outside the Sports Authority branch formerly known as the Gart sports castle a full ten days before the beginning of the annual ski sale known as Sniagrab. Shortly thereafter, the occupant of that temporary structure, Reba Stoner, received…
Most Denverites probably don’t know that the American Humane Association’s national headquarters is located in these parts — specifically Inverness Drive East in Englewood. And while the AHA also has a film-and-television office in Los Angeles (as well as a public-policy branch in Alexandria, Virginia), folks here are behind an…
What does a heavy equipment auction say about the U.S. economy? Plenty, according to a report by Colorado Public Radio producer Zachary Barr that’s airing on National Public Radio stations across the country today. At the event, which took place in Longmont, there were more sellers than buyers, with an…
The death of the joint-operating agreement that was supposed to sustain a business partnership between the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News for a half-century but didn’t survive for even one decade can’t help seeming anticlimactic. After all, the Rocky’s been gone for six months now, as John Temple,…
Just over an hour ago, we told you about a federal grand jury indictment leveled against Xcel Energy, Public Service Company of Colorado, RPI Coating and two individuals over an October 2007 incident at Cabin Creek Hydro Plant near Georgetown in which five workers died. Since then, Public Service Company…
In October 2007, five employees of RPI Coating Inc. were killed by carbon monoxide generated by a fire at the Cabin Creek Hydro Plant outside Georgetown that’s operated by Xcel Energy and Public Service Company of Colorado. Now, a federal grand jury has issued indictments against RPI, Xcel, Public Service…
Republic Airways chief executive Bryan Bedford is in town again today, meeting with employees of Frontier Airlines, which Republic purchased after unexpectedly besting Southwest Airlines at auction. He’s also been chatting with city officials who are understandably desperate to convince Republic to keep Frontier’s operations base here, as opposed to…
Arguments continue about just how grassroots protests against healthcare reform like a recent shoutfest at an Ed Perlmutter event really are. But such displays of disaffection are positively organic in comparison with the rally about climate legislation that took place yesterday in Greeley. The Greeley Tribune reports that hundreds of…
There’s always some authority figure just waiting to crush a brilliant plan…. The folks at Wrigley’s Chicago Bar & Grille, at 18200 W. Colfax Avenue in Golden, wanted to mark Jay Cutler’s return to Denver for a preseason game this weekend against the Broncos with his new team, the Chicago…
No one can accuse us at Westword of not doing old-fashioned, shoe-leather reporting. Moments ago, I left our offices and walked across the street to the Broadway Sports Authority — once known to one and all as the Gart Sports Palace — to check out the first tent set up…
As we noted last week, there appears to have been zero measurable progress made in resolving the long-running contract dispute between unionized grocery workers and the big three local chains: King Soopers, Safeway and Albertsons. But the latter triumvirate may have just gained a public-relations advantage with the announcement that…
Our daily roping of wild Denver blogs. Got any good ones corralled? Photographic evidence that development trudges on in Denver. (Denver Infill) Who will save our national parks? (5280) A happy birthday to Denver’s best Broncos blog. (Mile High Report)…
In early May, it looked like a strike against King Soopers, Safeway and Albertsons by union employees was a real possibility. Since then, however, the situation has dragged out and out and out, with continued extensions creating little pressure on either side to get something done. Earlier this month, the…
The social media world was abuzz yesterday after a survey commissioned by CareerBuilder.com reported that 45 percent of HR professionals are looking at your social media profiles before deciding to hire you. Well, duh. We’ve been hearing reports of people fired, censured or chastised for the stupid shit they post…
All signs pointed to Southwest Airlines purchasing Frontier — but despite Southwest CEO Gary Kelly’s optimistic projections in the days before an auction for the Denver-based carrier, a breakdown in labor talks with Frontier pilots presaged an unlikely victory by Republic Airways Holdings. Since then, Southwest has attempted to limit…
Shawn Merriman pleaded not guilty to mail fraud charges against him yesterday — but since the former Mormon bishop has already confessed to swindling folks since 1994, that seems like a temporary situation. In any event, he’s already bid farewell to a huge array of belongings seized by authorities in…
Colleen Don Dero got a taste of Colorado recently, but she didn’t like it much. Several decades ago, the Colorado native moved to Phoenix, where she runs a hat and T-shirt company called It’s All About the Head. The apparel features the company’s name as a slogan alongside a mug…
The lack of state regulation and oversight of medical marijuana dispensaries, which spurred a raucous Colorado Department of Health hearing last month, has Durango Police Chief David Felice worried. He tells the Durango Herald News that he and his colleagues across Colorado are e-mailing each other frequently with ideas about…
Larry Harmon, once one of Carmelo Anthony’s key financial advisors, shares the same name as the late actor who portrayed Bozo the Clown. But neither he nor his client are laughing now. Earlier this week, Melo sued Harmon and a slew of others, alleging that they stole $2 million from…
Former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio received good news when he learned that the U.S. Justice Department had decided against appealing the reduction of his original six-year jail sentence for insider-trading violations. But many Qwest Wireless customers will probably be less excited upon leraning they’ve got to switch their service by…
