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Why is Boulder pursuing a partnership with Xcel when residents have...
Over the last decade, Boulder residents voted to pursue a municipal electric utility six times: First, in 2011, to authorize a municipal utility and...
Drumming up support for the Dream and Promise Act
Javier Pineda learned to ride a bike when he was 12 years old. It was on a silver and red BMX single-speed from Walmart...
Redefining family
Having used her fair share of dating apps, Jenny is used to “matching” with people through screens. This time, however, she was more nervous...
Original intent and the Second Amendment
In the wake of every gun-toting madman, and an ever-expanding body count, comes a host of voices raised in heated debate about the Second...
Under a cloak of darkness
Responding to stabbings, blunt force trauma, compound fractures, attempted suicides and domestic violence is just another day at the office for Emergency Medical Service...
Weekly news round-up: drilling on public land and Congressional term limits
BLM defers oil and gas leases on public lands
Environmental groups are applauding a BLM decision to defer 58 of 81 oil and gas lease...
Colorado’s cradle of festivals
The autumn sun was high in the sky and Quinn Sullivan was onstage at Telluride Blues and Brews belting out songs from his new...
In search of a path
Turn west off Highway 93 onto Highway 170 and follow the pavement until the speed limit drops from 45 to 35, 25 to 10...
On dangerous ground
The date of Aug. 11 has been looming in Ruy Arango’s mind for months. It’s an expiration date — the day when the last...
Care delayed, care denied?
Tony DiGiallonardo doesn’t regret anything about his job at the Rocky Flats Plant, producing nuclear weapons parts for the federal government. His work in...
Fentanyl in the family
Boulder County is far from immune to the national opioid epidemic. Whether it’s high-profile overdose deaths, like that of Eric Chase Bolling Jr., a...
Diluting toxic masculinity?
What’s the first thought that pops into your head when you hear the term “toxic masculinity”?
Perhaps it’s one of many mass shootings perpetrated by...


















