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Flooding, fracking among legislative priorities for county’s lawmakers
Flooding and fracking are likely to be two main themes for Boulder County lawmakers in the upcoming legislative session...
Farmers’ suit against Monsanto reaches Supreme Court
It’s been nearly three years since the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA), along with a few of its friends and peers, filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against agriculture giant Monsanto in federal district court...
Last three Uighers released from Guantanamo
The BBC is reporting that the U.S. has released the final three ethnic Uighur Chinese nationals that were being detained in the Guantanamo detention facility in Cuba...
FAA approves drone testing in U.S. skies
The AP is reporting that sites in six states in the U.S. have received federal approval to test unmanned aerial vehicles, drones...
Two teachers in Jamestown strive to keep their students together after...
The first day the Jamestown Elementary School teachers could get back to the two-room schoolhouse in Jamestown after the floods in September, there were still huge boulders alongside barely-there roads. The road to the schoolhouse was washed out entirely — in its ...
Victoria Simonsen, Lyons town administrator
By all accounts, Lyons Town Administrator Victoria Simonsen has gone above and beyond, not only in the immediate emergency response to the September flood that wiped out much of her town, but in the recovery effort that ensued...
Dan Eamon, Longmont emergency manager
Dan Eamon, Longmont’s emergency manager, was one of the first people mentioned when BW asked about the people who played a crucial role in that city’s flood response...
People of the year runners up
Dan Eamon, Longmont’s emergency manager, was one of the first people mentioned when BW asked about the people who played a crucial role in that city’s flood response...
Study Finds Most U.S. Chicken Contaminated
A new study conducted by Consumer Reports found that most U.S. chicken, even organic brands, was contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria...
Gay Marriage is Coming to Utah
The Salt Lake City Tribune is reporting that Robert J. Shelby, a U.S. District Court federal judge has struck down the state's ban on gay marriage, saying it violates the U.S. Constitution, specifically its provisions on equal protection and due process...
The fracking/real estate conundrum continued
Last week, in part one of this series, we examined how fracking and oil and gas shale development is likely driving down home values for the millions of Americans living near wells, production platforms, pipelines and other industrial paraphernalia belonging to the ...
City to spend $4 million cleaning up teahouse property
The City of Boulder is planning to shell out $4 million to clean up the environmental contamination left by the gas plant that operated for decades on the property that is now home to the Dushanbe Teahouse and 13th Street Plaza...
