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Safety First class for adults with developmental disabilities
The Boulder Police Department will be offering Safety First for Adults from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursdays in April at the Boulder Police Department, at 1805 33rd St. in Boulder...
Erie breaks ground on new service facility
Erie broke ground this morning on a new service facility that...
Full transcript of interview with Rep. Jared Polis
Leading up to his appearance this weekend at the Boulder International Film Festival for a Q-and-A following the incredible documentary Freedom Riders, I spoke with U.S. Rep. Jared Polis. There was not enough room in my cover story for all of what Polis had to say, ...
Obama unveils plan to cut deficit by $4 trillion
WASHINGTON — President Obama called for reducing the federal deficit by $4 trillion in the next decade through a package that includes tax reform, further cuts in domestic and defense spending, and shoring up of federal entitlements, setting the stage for a spirited ...
A SANE response to rape
When former BW Editor Pamela White heard about a teenager who was sexually assaulted and then had to stay in an emergency room waiting area for hours before being seen, she was horrified...
War of words
Jared Lee Loughner, a 22-year old with a history of mental problems, buys a Glock 19 at a sporting goods store on Nov. 30. On Saturday, Jan. 8, he pops an extended magazine into the weapon and fires 31 rounds into a crowd of people who came to greet Congresswoman ...
EPA vindicated on Pavillion fracking pollution tests
When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited draft report on its investigation into the groundwater contamination near Pavillion, Wyo., in 2011, the oil and gas industry knew it was in trouble. The EPA’s Pavillion report was the first ...
Well drilling has deep impact on Great Plains’ health
Oil wells and natural gas may have made individual Americans rich, but they have impoverished the great plains of North America, according to new research...
Workers organize in Denver
In America today, only 11.8 percent of workers are union members. When the labor movement was more powerful, union workers generally had a 20 percent wage advantage and many nonunion firms tended to mimic the wages and benefits of their unionized competitors. If we ...
Dyer succeeds White as Boulder Weekly editor
Joel Dyer has been named editor of Boulder Weekly, succeeding Pamela White...
RTD runs the old bait and switch
In 2004, area voters approved a 0.4 percent sales tax as part of the FasTracks ballot initiative. The money collected from the tax was to be entrusted to the Regional Transportation District (RTD) in exchange for its promise to build, among other things, a Northwest ...
