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Kids raise funds for shelters after dog euthanized
Two Superior-area children, saddened by having to put their dog to sleep, have launched a fundraiser to help pets at animal shelters get adopted more quickly, so that fewer are euthanized...
Keep your holiday dollars here
From late November through December, “holiday shopping” takes center stage in business and economic news. Black Friday — one day of conspicuous consumption — can set the tone for the nation’s entire economic outlook. And if a single day of personal spending can do ...
Yummy Mummy Cookies
Well, it’s that time of year again. Ghouls, goblins and high-fructose corn syrup...
20th Judicial District: Retain Judge Thomas Francis Mulvahill
District Judge, 20th Judicial District — Thomas Francis Mulvahill...
Boulder County Democrats in conflict
A recent Pew survey states that 50 percent of conservative voters and 35 percent of progressives say that it’s important to live where most people share their political views. In Colorado, this political self-segregation is seen in the stark differences between ...
Just doing our job
If the Congressional candidate had not sent us the press release, we probably wouldn’t have learned about the police report, and he probably wouldn’t have suspended his campaign. This is a story about looking under the surface of things. Bob Brancato, a ...
The fight to label frankenfoods
Americans may be bitterly divided on a range of hot button issues, but there’s one on which the vast majority of Americans agree — labeling genetically engineered (GE) foods...
Baloney on veggies
Back in 1981, the Reagan administration set about creating a budget for fiscal year 1982 that would include $27 billion in cuts to so-called entitlements. The school lunch program, which provides meals to kids from low-income families, was cut by $1 billion...
Election Guide 2013: Retain Judge VanDeHey in Longmont
City of Longmont Ballot Question 2CShall Municipal Judge Diana VanDeHey be retained for 2 years...
Election Guide 2013: Yes on Estes Park School District Issue 3A
Estes Park School District R-3 Ballot Issue 3ATax increase for education...
Election Guide 2013: Full list of Boulder Weekly endorsements
UPDATE: Boulder Weekly has withdrawn its endorsement for candidate Christie Adams in the Estes Park School District R-3: School Director at Large race...
Sex, race and abortion
Republicans in the U.S.House of Representatives took a long walk off the short pier of stupid this week when they introduced the Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act. This act, the brain fart of Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., would ...