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Wave your flag

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When it comes to flags, Ted Kaye calls it like he sees it.  “Denver’s is great,” he says. “Centennial has a pretty good flag” and...

Small businesses, big impacts

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Microplastics are everywhere. The small bits of plastic — anywhere from about the size of a sesame seed to a tenth of the size of...

Brewing discontent

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It was dusk by the time votes were counted on Tuesday, Jan. 24. A representative for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) tallied the...

Small but mighty

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Part of Amy Yarger’s work at the Butterfly Pavilion is to boost biodiversity — an increasingly daunting task.  “People often say, ‘Pollinators are cool —...

Hard rain

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Rain began to fall on the already snow-covered Yamal Peninsula, an Arctic region of northwest Siberia, in November 2013. Rain fell for the next...

A cloud overhead

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A matte-black carrying case with two heavy latches suggests something vaguely weapons-grade in the trunk of the rented Jeep. An optical gas-imaging camera is removed...

In limbo

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Adam Sloat was on the third level of a building in downtown Boulder closing a real estate deal with clients. He remembers the wind....

Boulder County’s first-ever Climate Innovation Fund distributes more than $500K in...

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Earlier this month, Boulder County announced the recipients of its Climate Innovation Fund, which is dispersing more than $500,000 to five projects addressing climate...

Forty-five pounds of fentanyl mixture seized in Longmont shows more work...

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Hidden in a pill or powder, only 2 milligrams of fentanyl is considered a potentially lethal dose. That’s the weight of a typical mosquito.  Nick...

The billionaire’s press dominates censorship beat

Since its founding in 1976, Project Censored has been focused on stories that aren’t censored in the authoritarian government sense, but in a broader...

Imagining a better world

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What does a world without fossil fuels look like?  In Colorado, natural gas, gasoline and coal still lead the way in our total energy consumption...

Chautauqua receives federal grant for fire mitigation projects

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The NCAR Fire caused thousands of people to evacuate homes and businesses on March 26. Included in the order was all of Chautauqua —...