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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...
Pythons Eating Through Everglades Mammals at “Astonishing” Rate?
From rabbits to deer to even bobcats, invasive Burmese pythons appear to be eating through the Everglades' supply of mammals, new research shows...
Bag fee reduces paper and plastic bag use by 68 percent
Whether you wanted paper or plastic, it started costing $.10 each at the grocery line six months ago when a new city initiative began requiring grocery stores to charge a fee per disposable bag. The City of Boulder is now reporting that has reduced grocery store bag ...
Poll: Almost half of Americans reject swine flu vaccine
WASHINGTON — Despite a rising nationwide toll of sickness...
Alternative options for a safe ride
With three days off and the Boulder Creek Festival to look forward to, Memorial Day weekend gives Boulderites the perfect excuse to go downtown and have at least one crazy evening...
The last man standing
The year was 1942 and the first American forces had landed in Europe. The U.S. was desperate to get men trained and deployed. At Luke Field in Arizona, hundreds of young men went through rushed flight training, and 14 from the entering class of new recruits called ...
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 ...
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 ...
Flagstaff star cards for sale
The ninth annual Flagstaff Star Holiday Card, a Boulder fundraiser to help pay for the maintenance and upkeep of the brightly lit star displayed on Flagstaff Mountain over the holidays, is now on sale. The star, which is now 100 percent wind-powered, is lit in the ...
Todd Gleeson to step down after 9 years as CU-Boulder’s Arts...
University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell Moore...
Who is pulling the strings at CU?
During the Ward Churchill trial last spring, there was a witness who traveled all the way from California to testify on behalf of the fired University of Colorado professor of ethnic studies, but the judge sided with CU attorneys' arguments and prohibited the witness...
