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The fracking/real estate conundrum
The New York State Bar Association calls it the “perfect storm begging for immediate attention.” For homeowners who have been caught in the storm, it is an unmitigated economic disaster. But for the oil and gas industry at the center of it all, it is just the latest ...
Colorado to give charter schools ‘equal’ share of local public education...
In a move with little national precedent, the Colorado legislature approved a bill this month that requires school districts to share money raised from local...
Cultivating solutions
Boulder Mushroom uses fungi as a tool for healing people and saving soil—and that shouldn’t sound so radical, they say
Domestic violence nonprofits prepare for increased abuse
One abuser cut off his partner’s phone service after she stopped going to work due to the coronavirus, leaving her completely isolated from friends,...
Monsanto’s point of no return
When most of us think of Monsanto, we think of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, as they are most often called. It’s an understandable connection. After all, Monsanto dominates the genetically engineered crop space and as a result, when scientific debates over...
Annexed by emergency vote
The Boulder city council voted 6-1 on September 21 to annex one of the most controversial properties in Boulder: CU South. It was the...
Could the future of Chautauqua as we know it really be...
It’s the gateway to the Flatirons, Boulder’s crown jewel. Six-hundred thousand people a year visit Colorado’s Chautauqua, situated off of Baseline Road in central...
Kratom backers vs. drug regulators
On a recent Saturday evening, John Nielsen stands behind the long glass display showcase lined with fluorescent-lit, glass-blown pipes at the North Boulder head...
Boulder Police investigating overnight shooting death
Boulder police announced this morning that a 20-year-old man was killed last night after an apparent attempted robbery turned into a fatal shooting on University Hill. The victim, who was not a student at the University of Colorado, has been identified by the Boulder...
How will we get around Boulder County in the future?
It’s 2040. You take the light rail from Longmont to Boulder Junction. Maybe you hop on a shuttle to work downtown. Or maybe you...
America’s dirtiest secret
The oil and gas industry has a dirty little secret, make that a dirty big secret … no, make that one of the biggest, dirtiest secrets in U.S. history...
The good, the bad and the ugly
There were two major items the Boulder City Council needed to discuss at their meeting on May 16 — how to implement a tax...
