Hundreds of thousands of sheep roll through Denver each year destined for a 60-year-old plant nestled in a part of town teeming with livestock history. The fate of Superior Farms' 500,000-head ...

A south-facing view of Superior Farms, which operates a lamb processing plant in Globeville, a north Denver neighborhood. (Photo via Google Earth) Denver voters rejected a proposed ban on meatpacking ...

Denver voters rejected the proposal to shut down the city’s only slaughterhouse. The results on Tuesday night showed voters resoundingly defeating the measure, which was losing by about 40 points.

The U.S. cattle and sheep industries have experienced significant decline due to zero-tariff policies allowing cheaper imports to displace domestic production. This decline in domestic production ...

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. is moving to tear down its french fry plant in Connell, dashing local hopes that another company might take it over and bring fresh industry and jobs to the small city.

Floors coated in blood. Cries of pain. A stench of death that lingers long after your shift. Several decades later, I’m still haunted by my job at a lamb slaughterhouse in Denver. This November, ...