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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...
Forty-five pounds of fentanyl mixture seized in Longmont shows more work...
Hidden in a pill or powder, only 2 milligrams of fentanyl is considered a potentially lethal dose. That’s the weight of a typical mosquito.
Nick...
JeffCo School District suspends field trips to Rocky Flats
Students attending Jefferson County Public Schools aren’t likely to be going on any field trips to the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, 4,883 acres...
The king’s forest or the people’s lands
With tin cup in hand, fully clad in hunting camouflage, and with binoculars for spotting game strapped to his chest, Donald Trump Jr. sits...
New housing vouchers for chronically homeless
Help homeless people into homes, and everybody seems to win. It’s one of those rare solutions that is as obvious as it is difficult...
The way we talk about climate change matters
The climate crisis has been making headlines recently, spurred by the worldwide youth climate strikes on Sept. 20 and U.N. Climate Summit on Sept....
‘Truth is, it does happen here’
Gavin Curwick, a 16-year-old junior at Lafayette’s Peak to Peak Charter School, has been attending Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) schools since the second...
Oops, we forgot to study that
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is no stranger to allegations of under-regulation, but among recent criticisms is the agency’s repeated approval of a series of veterinary drugs based on ractopamine, a growth-producing supplement that has U.S. nonprofits filing ...
Pressure points
In the seven years Adam Perry has owned his affordable unit at Iris Hollow, there have been times when his monthly homeowner association (HOA)...
Deadly Force, in Black and White
Young black males in recent years were at a far greater risk of being shot dead by police than their white counterparts — 21 times greater, according to a ProPublica analysis of federally collected data on fatal police shootings...
Eviction notice for DAPL protest camp should be viewed through...
On Friday, Nov. 25, Colonel John Henderson, district commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, sent an eviction notice to several thousand people...
Colorado Senate set to kill conversion therapy ban… again
A few weeks ago, Silas Musick went to the Colorado State Capitol and testified in support of a bill to ban conversion therapy, a discredited...