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Dana Coffield
Dana Coffield was a senior editor for The Denver Post. She left The Post in 2018. Coffield has worked at news organizations of all sizes, including the Rocky Mountain News, the Associated Press bureaus in Denver and Cheyenne, weekly general interest and business publications in Boulder and Larimer counties and at the Daily Times-Call in Longmont. She has also worked as a business editor at technology and natural products trade magazines. Raised to be a princess, she continues her adolescent rebellion by keeping bees and chickens in the backyard of a house she and her husband rescued from the wrecking ball.
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Legal bill hits $700,000 in fight over Ten Commandments monument in rural New Mexico
A northwest New Mexico community is considering using online fundraising to pay the $700,000 it owes from a lawsuit that stemmed from a dispute over a Ten Commandments monument.

Motel managers plead guilty to enslaving immigrant in western Nebraska
Federal authorities say two motel managers enslaved an Indian immigrant for more than a year in western Nebraska, forcing him to work without pay and abusing him.

Nine places to dine out in Colorado this Christmas
If the thought of coming up with your own holiday-themed cocktails, cooking the meat just right and the pile of dishes that await you are cramping your holiday style, we...

Voting at the last minute? Here’s where to drop off your ballot
You want your vote to count in the 2017 election? You've got until 7 p.m. Tuesday to turn in your ballot.

Candlelight vigil to mark 5th anniversary of Aurora theater shooting
The 7/20 Memorial Foundation will mark the fifth anniversary of the Aurora Theater shooting with a candlelight vigil and first-responders procession intended to pay tribute to lives lost and forever...

Outside Voice: We helped you put down roots, now go forth and grow
Things are progressing beautifully in the experimental garden. The wheat is high and forming heavy heads. The oats, too.

Discipline leading to abundance in Colorado garden
The garden isn't as generous with the absolution as my family, friends and colleagues. I offer as evidence seasons of best intentions that spiraled into failure when I lost track...

Outside Voice: The transformational power of a hand tool
Muscle-powered tools respect the body of the soil, leaving intact the matrix of dirt but transforming our states of mind.

Outside Voice: Persistent farmers find healing in the dirt
Does trying and trying again, until we are able to harvest a rare tomato or an artichoke yield more than just the fruits of our labor?

Outside Voice: Missing iris’ fragrance opens the eyes
Without the distraction of the show-off irises, I'm noticing even the tiniest hints of summer.