Job-hunting support, sympathy
Two common problems draw a diverse group together: Everyone is looking for work, and the seeming hopelessness of the time is starting to bum them out. With 34,000 Coloradans freshly unemployed,...
View ArticleStudent Marine faces expulsion for fake rifles
A Young Marines drill team commander who has been suspended from high school for having the team’s mock rifles in her sport utility vehicle faces a hearing today on whether she should be expelled....
View ArticleHopes for the stimulus package?
Is there some piece of the president’s economic stimulus plan that you believe could help you, your circle, or your industry? Or is the whole thing a mistake? (Read the story.)
View ArticleWhat would you say to the president?
With President Obama in town to sign the stimulus bill, we’ve turned the camera on many in Colorado, asking what people think the president needs to hear about the recession, about the recovery...
View ArticleLast chance to buy a Hummer
As major auto companies struggle to regain their footing, and seek billions more in federal aid, plans have emerged close Chrysler’s Dodge Aspen, Durango and PT Cruiser lines. GM said it will sell or...
View ArticleIf oil prices are down, why are gas prices up?
The cost of a tank of gasoline has marched higher since the start of the year, defying a continued slide in oil prices and reduced demand. So what gives? Industry experts said refiners are trying to...
View ArticleClergy in same-sex relationships?
The 4.7 million-member Evangelical Lutheran Church of America said Thursday that it will consider whether individual congregations can choose to recognize same-sex unions and hire gay or lesbian...
View ArticleRecovery in 2010 – can you make it 'til then?
The country stands to lose a sizable chunk of economic activity in 2009 as consumers retrench in the face of persistent economic troubles. And the U.S. unemployment rate—now at 7.6 percent, the highest...
View ArticleShould Colorado ditch the death penalty?
A House committee has approved a bill that would ban the death penalty in Colorado. HB 1274 would make life in prison without parole the highest punishment available to prosecutors and use any savings...
View ArticleThis version of West Watch is dead, and here's where to find it now
Today we retired Colorado’s West Watch, in this blog form. From here on out we’ll be publishing West Watch in our article commenting forum, and using it as a way to direct readers to discussions that...
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