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What Seth Brigham would have said
(if he had not been removed and arrested) In Seth Brigham’s mind, efforts by the Boulder City Council to muzzle citizen criticism didn’t begin when he was arrested at the Feb. 16 council meeting wearing only boxer shorts. A recent statement from the city ...
Victory, for now
Just as promised, veterans started arriving at the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protest camps in the final days leading up to the government’s Monday,...
Cold weather prompts expansion of homeless services
The frigid weather expected over the next couple of days has Boulder advocates preparing to open additional shelter space for the homeless...
BW’s first editor reflects on past two decades
It was a little more than 20 years ago that I accepted the position as first editor of Boulder Weekly. Sometimes that feels like a long time ago. Other times, like yesterday...
Who’s watching your kids?
Boulder’s rec centers have long been a favorite year-round hangout for the city’s families and for children. As Boulder Weekly discovered during this impressive investigation by Richard Fleming, the East Boulder Recreation Center was, in 1995, likewise a popular ...
ACLU appeals Boulder homeless man’s conviction, camping ordinance
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a legal challenge today against the city of Boulder camping ordinance that prohibits homeless people from sleeping outside under a blanket or sleeping bag...
Watershed woes
Sheila Murphy wades into Fourmile Creek, her waist-high beige waders keeping her submerged legs dry. She rinses a plastic container out in the creek, then takes a sample. At the creek bed, she tests the water’s pH and temperature, baseline measures for the health of ...
A type of prayer
Sitting on a couch at a home in North Boulder, clad in jeans, a white shirt and a light jacket, Ernesto Cardenal doesn’t look...
Kinetics set for Aug. 28 at Union Reservoir
Organizers of the revamped Kinetics have announced that the event will be held on Saturday, Aug. 28, at Union Reservoir in Longmont...
Floods likely to worsen in next century
New research published in the journal, Nature, investigates the risks of flooding in the coming decades and the outlook is grim...
Best Buy Cuts iPhone 4 Price to $49.99
Best Buy is now selling the older Apple iPhone 4 for $49.99, apparently to clear out the two-year-old phone models before new versions are released later this year...
