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Boulder’s University Hill faces ban on booze
Correction: The Rib House was not the restaurant referred to in this story that had applied for later hours on the Hill. Merry Ann Webb, co-founder of The Rib House, says, "The Rib House family is owned and operated and is very happy to have the hours that we have. I...
Boulder’s Ignite Your Potential: Shooting for the stars
In a world full of opportunities, and a town with so many people privileged to take full advantage of them, sometimes we forget that not everyone has it so easy. Not everyone comes from a background of even knowing what it takes to get into college, how to apply and ...
Nationwide sting recovers more than 100 trafficked children, 9 in Denver
A nationwide sweep to search for children who were being commercially sexually exploited found 106 juvenile victims of sex trafficking nationwide, nine of whom were recovered by efforts coordinated by the Denver division of the FBI. The enforcement action, Operation ...
Speeding into the future
When Daryl Oster was a young boy living on his family’s farm outside of Greeley, he used to go with his father to the salvage yard to pick up supplies. That’s where he became acquainted with pneumatic tubes — like the contraptions banks used to suck your deposit from...
Tracking down the trafficked
In 2012, the FBI recovered 49 girls who were victims of sex trafficking in Denver. Some were runaways from broken homes, homes with a history of child abuse. Some may have been in and out of state care, including juvenile detention facilities, and had already been ...
Plan for Eldo climbers’ hostel abandoned
The American Alpine Club (AAC) has decided to abandon the idea of turning the Eldorado Springs Post Office building into a climbers’ hostel...
‘Boulder Weekly’ takes second, third at national contest
Boulder Weekly took home a second place and a third place from a national contest conducted by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) at the organization’s annual conference held in Miami last week...
Homeless numbers spike
An annual survey and count of homeless people in the metro Denver area shows that while the city of Boulder has seen a slight decrease in its homeless numbers, Longmont and Boulder County as a whole have seen a spike...
Smashing the myths
People use reason to convince themselves, even in the face of evidence to the contrary, that their side is right and the other side is wrong. That’s the conclusion of a new study by the Yale Cultural Cognition Project, an academic group that studies how cultural ...
In filibuster reform, Senate may avoid ‘nuclear option’
Senate Republicans will not block President Barack Obama's nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, averting a showdown in the Senate that would have had larger implications for the filibuster process...
Groups: City wants feeding homeless out of sight
Clarification: A July 11 story, “Groups: City wants feeding homeless out of sight,’ reported that City of Boulder spokesperson Sarah Huntley said citizens have spoken out against downtown homeless feeding operations during city council comment periods and in letters...
Abortion Rights Freedom Ride draws local support
One in three women has an abortion, according to Dr. Susan Wicklund, an abortion provider in Montana and author of This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor. But most people say they don’t know someone who has had an abortion. That mothers, daughters, ...
