News
BW’s Top 10 news stories of 2023
1. Homelessness
Once again, the homelessness crisis was top of mind for many. It was a noteworthy year for many reasons, good and bad.
Student homelessness...
Avista Hospital evacuated nearly 100 staff and 51 patients in under...
As fire lapped at the ground mere feet from supplemental oxygen tanks outside of Avista Adventist Hospital in Louisville, hospital staff fought back with...
‘This place is sacred’
According to oral tradition, there once was a band of Paiute Shoshone camping at Thacker Pass — between the Double H and Montana Mountains...
Learning when to be hands-off
When 73-year-old Karen Garner was arrested for shoplifting last year in Loveland, police officers threw her to the ground and handcuffed her, dislocating her...
CPW proposes plan to increase cougar killing in state for at...
A plan proposed on March 13 by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) could result in the killing of more cougars.
The plan proposes a change in...
Sanctuary 360
“If you’ve come here to help me, you’re wasting your time. But if you come because your liberation is bound up with mine,...
‘The wild, wild west’
James Gaspard sold his electric and hybrid bus company and bought 50 acres of land in the mountains west of Fort Collins to “get...
Coercing the clouds
Colorado is turning to cloud seeding to beef up snowpack and meet growing water needs, including a new pilot project here in Boulder County.
The...
Boulder food farmers claim City is shutting them out of Open...
Something about the City of Boulder’s agricultural land leasing process is unsettling some of the area’s local food farmers. The process is neither objective...
Boulder store owner spins story of success
When Narayan Shrestha left Nepal for New York City in 1977, he says he had $300 in his pocket, spoke almost no English and had only a couple of friends in America — one in Chicago and one in Dallas...
(Un)civil discourse
This article is presented in partnership with Boulder Beat
“This year’s election brought forth ugly tactics uncommon to Boulder,” read the prompt in the Daily...
