Yesterday, more than 300 teachers at Boulder Valley schools simultaneously developed illnesses that prevented them from showing up for work — and by coincidence, the Boulder Valley Education Association, the union that represents them, just happens to be at an impasse with the school district in negotiations for a new…
Thanks to our ongoing recession, businesses are under increasing pressure to merge with similar firms or even rivals — and it turns out that business organizations are feeling the heat, too. Note that the National Association of Women Business Owners’ Denver chapter, which has suffered of late from membership declines…
Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs was one of the finalists to become the home for the 24th Air Force, described by the service as “a new numbered Air Force headquarters focused on the cyber mission.” But it’ll have to settle for Miss Congeniality. Lackland Air Force Base in…
In a bankruptcy filing today, Chrysler reveals that it plans to close 789 of its 3,200 dealerships in the United States — and a source with access to the documents finds at least three in the immediate Denver metro area on the list. They are: • Burt Dodge Chrysler Jeep,…
There’s a new sheriff in town, one with a mean set of handlebars. We’re not talking about a mustache. We’re talking about his bicycle. The dude in question is Brad Evans, local realtor by day and two-wheeled merry prankster by night. In 2004, Evans founded Denver Cruisers, a pedal-powered party…
On May 2, 2008, Carolyn Sparks of Potter County, Texas, was visiting Landry’s Downtown Aquarium in Denver with her daughter and husband. According to documents filed in Denver District Court, the trio was approached by a greeter who attached their wristbands and asked if they would like to have their…
“Over the River,” the plan by husband-and-wife artists Christo and Jeanne Claude to stretch almost six miles of silvery fabric over the Arkansas River between Canon City and Salida at a cost of around $50 million, has plenty of supporters. Congressmen, college presidents, Chamber of Commerce types and sundry art…
The decision by employees at King Soopers and Safeway to keep working amid continuing negotiations with management through at least May 30 despite the fact that their respective contracts have expired indicates an understanding that striking amid an economic downturn is a worst-case scenario for all concerned. That doesn’t mean…
Wells Fargo and KeyCorp, two major banks operating in Colorado, didn’t get top marks in stress tests administered by the feds, and that makes perfect sense, since my family’s recent experiences with banking have made us plenty up-tight as well. Late last year, we were informed that our credit-card data…
Sure, the economy’s in the crapper, the country’s auto industry is going kaput and newspapers as we know them may soon cease to exist. But here’s one example of good news: Casa Bonita is doing well enough to be hiring a new cliff diver! That’s right, the Lakewood-based bastard child…
Yesterday, King Soopers employees represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No. 7 rejected the chain’s latest proposal, laying the groundwork for a potential May 9 strike. Taking such an action in this employment environment is risky, as witnessed by the long lines of folks who’ve applied…
Officials in charge of the Denver Bike Sharing Program told members of the City Council yesterday that they’ve opted to push back the official launch of the pay-per-ride enterprise until the spring of 2010 rather than this summer as originally planned. But when they do, the program’s scope will be…
Rockies fans will no longer have to worry about their view of the mountains from Coors Field becoming obstructed by a possible high-rise condo building. The special district that owns the baseball stadium quietly purchased the former Light Bulb Supply building at 2010 Delgany Street for $2.4 million earlier this…
Blogs that might be worth reading, collected for your enjoyment. Send links our way. The very scary “Business Community” is pressuring Senator Bennet to oppose the Employee Free Choice Act. (Colorado Pols) The Western Slope’s natural-gas boom is about to go bust. (Colorado Independent) Just in case the Nuggets need…
Press releases yesterday announcing Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck’s entry into the 2010 race for the U.S. Senate listed Jack Stansbery, who fronted Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s Colorado campaign, as a contact person. However, the person sending out the e-mail may actually have a higher profile: Monica Owens,…
Today’s a big day for former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio — the day when he must report to the Federal Correctional Institution in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania and begin serving his six-year insider-trading sentence. Last week, we offered Nacchio advice about how to spend his last six weeks of freedom, as well…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely heard of parkour — the art of moving up, over and around obstacles as fluidly and efficiently as possible. In ever more commercials and movies, parkour practitioners are hurling themselves up walls and over chasms. You may have even seen such…
One week in November 1985, the cover of Westword featured a photo of Boulder native Rick Rosner under the the headline: “Is This the Smartest Man in America?” He was wearing rollerskates and a loincloth, as Patty Calhoun recently remembered, and at the time was making his way as a…
My flight back to DIA last night from an extended Thanksgiving vacation was remarkably stress-free. I was flying United, which always makes me nervous (This is the airline, after all, that once stranded me in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with a $15 meal voucher and a Best Western room with no…
Pay to Play. It’s October, and I keep meaning to bring my kids to a corn maze. But I haven’t so far – what with the economy and all. Anyway, earlier this month, I had to take a last-minute trip to California for a family emergency and encountered a maze…
Woe is the traveler this summer who flies for business or pleasure. As gas prices have gone through the roof, the airlines have responded by taking it out on passengers, raising ticket prices, adding fees for checked bags, canceling routes and charging for food. As a result, Westword decided to…
Woe is the traveler this summer who flies for business or pleasure. As gas prices have gone through the roof, the airlines have responded by taking it out on passengers, raising ticket prices, adding fees for checked bags, canceling routes and charging for food. As a result, Westword decided to…
