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A win for victims of abuse at the Colorado Supreme Court
On Monday, May 21, the Colorado Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of victims...
BW’s big day at ‘Top of the Rockies’ contest
Please forgive our bragging, but we’re so proud of our reporters and artists that we just couldn’t keep this to ourselves.
On Friday, April 14,...
CU turns up the heat on pests
When it comes to bed bugs, the University of Colorado at Boulder was one of the first campuses around the country to invest in a high-tech system for eliminating the pests — and, in typical Boulder style, the system does not involve any harmful chemicals or ...
The cost of tilting at the 4/20 windmill
For the third consecutive year, the University of Colorado Boulder will spend upwards of $100,000 to close campus on April 20 in its effort to smother anything resembling a 4/20 marijuana smokeout, which the university says has become too disruptive. But only a ...
The rewards of risk
In 2008 in his Los Angeles home, a man named Dave Freeman fell, hit his head and died. This wouldn’t have been big news,...
Sequester may shutter CU faculty research, labs
Christopher Lowry is working on several new treatments for depression, even on the possibility of vaccinating against it. These treatments could improve the lives of millions of people. The only problem is, since the sequester, he can’t find anyone to pay him to ...
Boulder County: $7,500 for open records request justified
In what may be another case of a government agency gouging citizens for access to public records, Boulder County officials are defending their estimate that they would have to charge someone $7,500 for documents related to the testing of a controversial ballot ...
Todd Gleeson to step down after 9 years as CU-Boulder’s Arts...
University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell Moore...
A town divided
Getting a definitive answer as to whether hydraulic fracturing of gas wells, better known these days as fracking, is contaminating the air and the water in Erie is a pretty tall order. For instance, one study says the air is more polluted than Los Angeles’ brown ...
N.C. trooper dismissed shortly after losing hat
RALEIGH, N.C. — If you're a state trooper, losing your hat...















