The problem is a familiar one to Colorado residents by now: two million acres of dead trees, forested mountainsides turned entirely red. The high country has been turned into a giant tinderbox by a beetle the size of a grain of rice. The solution? Not to stop the pine beetle…
United Launch Alliance, based in Centennial, is earning some nice ink today in relation to its Atlas V rocket, which is scheduled to boost the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) into space from a Florida launchpad at between 3:12 p.m. and 3:32 p.m…
Phil Anschutz’s slice of the Broomfield Event Center hardly represents his only recent investment. Last week, word surfaced that the Denver gazillionaire was negotiating to purchase The Weekly Standard from Rupert Murdoch, who may have decided that the right-wing bible had grown too conservative even for him. Now, the deal…
The Broomfield Event Center has been twisting since at least earlier this year, when Tim Wiens announced that he wanted out of his contract to manage the venue — a lack-of-success story almost from its opening in 2006. And while the willingness of Anschutz Entertainment Group/Kroenke Sports Enterprises, a joint…
Once it became clear that the overwhelming majority of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local No. 7 members across the Front Range had rejected King Soopers’ latest contract offer, the company had the option to put further negotiations in the freezer section. Instead, King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan…
Are you a kid who owns a business? If so, the deadline is fast approaching for the Celebration for Young Entrepreneurs, where you can win $1,000 if you’ve got the best business in your age group (6-11, 12-14, 15-17, and 18-21). A $250 prize goes to two additional finalists in…
Just as they did in early May, King Soopers employees rejected the company’s latest contract offer. In a press release, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No. 7, characterized the margin of defeat as overwhelming and urged “the corporation to return to the bargaining table and offer them…
The Boulder Outlook touts itself as the “cure for the common hotel.” Today, however, folks at the business likely wish they could find a cure for the uncommon guest. Yesterday, Boulder Police found a 41-year-old man dead of an apparent suicide in one of the Outlook’s rooms — and as…
The entity that owns Coors Field is pursuing a view-plane ordinance that would prevent the construction of buildings that might block the view of the mountains from stadium seats — and not for the first time. A similar proposal in 2007 was dropped after controversy arose over property rights. Ray…
Our daily tour of the local blogosphere. Send tips. No one knows how much money the hot deals at HotDealsColorado.com are bringing in. And since we’re paying for it, that’s a problem. (Face the State) A green candidate weasels his way onto the Holy Cross Energy board. (Colorado Independent) For…
In May, we wrote about local auto pitchman “Dealin’ Doug” Moreland’s nasty dispute with Erik Osborn, the developer of über-fancy, über-troubled residential tower called One Lincoln Park. Osborn is currently awaiting trial on charges that he funneled money from his many construction projects to pay for his lavish Polo Club…
Today’s the day when fourteen Colorado auto dealers are supposed to stop selling Chrysler products as part of the beleaguered company’s attempt to emerge from bankruptcy — an effort that hit a bump in the road yesterday when a ruling by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delayed the firm’s…
Qwest has been hoping to peddle its long-distance network in exchange for somewhere between $2 and $3 billion. But according to the Wall Street Journal, the asset prompted offers well below that range, with some at prominent digit shy of what the operation wanted. Hence, Qwest is keeping the network…
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Mary Louise Starkey, founder of the Denver butler school Starkey International School for Household Management, who’s been in and out of jail and court for allegedly assaulting Starkey student Lisa Kirkpatrick — and then in and out of jail and court again…
In hopes of revamping its image as an industrial hellhole, Commerce City has hired an economic development consultancy to recast the berg as a diverse, forward-thinking municipality. The $80,000 the city is paying Texas-based AngelouEconomics should buy plenty of dreamy PowerPoint presentations. But one video they probably won’t be using…
Mountain View, Colorado, a Denver suburb, is modern enough to have a website — but the information on its home page suggests that its concerns are quaint and old-fashioned. The first item concerns “Weeds and Tree Limb Violations.” The second notes that building permits are necessary for most home improvement…
The announcement that DaVita, a healthcare giant specializing in kidney dialysis, is moving its corporate headquarters to the Denver area offers a rare bit of good economic news during a period filled with plenty of the opposite sort — and judging by its website, execs at the firm understand that…
Found myself at the Park Meadows mall on Monday, and learned three things: 1. The recession is over, at least judging by the Park Meadows food court, which was a sea of Chick-fil-A-craving shoppers. 2. Chick-fil-A’s fries are overrated. 3. East Highlands is among the thirty coolest neighborhoods in America,…
Tweet a request for fake anti-meth slogans and ye shall receive. Earlier today, we posted a blog offering alternative slogans for the fledgling Colorado Meth Project’s new ad campaign. The ads are aimed at teenagers and feature gritty images aside such slogans as, “No one thinks they’ll try to tear…
We’ve learned that Video One, long considered Denver’s most awesome independent video rental store, recently sold its building at 1301 East Colfax Avenue. Winner of numerous Best of Denver awards, the store has been the go-to spot for movie geeks of all stripes since… well, since before the Gold Rush,…
Have you worked out your supermarket strike plan? If you haven’t, now might be a good time. Although the corporate execs and lawyers at Safeway, King Soopers and Albertsons are still negotiating with the familiar, name-tagged faces who ring you up at your local grocery — and their union overlords…
Here’s a funny thing I came across while researching the various juice drinks sold through a multi-level-marketing model for this week’s cover story on Bazi. Hometown hero Chauncey Billups is the top endorser for Tahitian Noni, a company that was the first to use an Amway-like system to pimp an…
