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Hostel hostility
A plan to convert the Eldorado Springs Post Office building into a hostel for climbers has gotten some members of the small community up in arms...
Proposed water diversion and Gross Reservoir expansion may trigger all-out water...
Water has never come easy in the West, and when people start eying the last few drops of an already dying river, things can get tense in a hurry, even in an era of Colorado River Kumbaya...
Death by a thousand cuts
Since taking office nearly three years ago, President Donald Trump and his administration have been steadily undermining some of the nation’s key environmental protections,...
Once obese doctor aims to curb fat discrimination against heavy patients
PHILADELPHIA — It is perhaps telling that Joseph Majdan waited until he was thin to vent his frustration at fellow doctors who made his life miserable when he was fat...
Apocolypse Now on the Mekong River
Smoke hangs heavy in the air over the Mekong River in northern Thailand. Dawn is breaking over the village of Chiang Khong and with...
Police use of facial recognition technology gets spotlight
For all intents and purposes, facial recognition technology for law enforcement agencies is in its beta stage. Now that doesn’t mean police departments haven’t...
Fighting drugs with drugs
Often misconstrued and exorbitantly priced, Vivitrol stands at the forefront of the pharmacological effort to fight drugs with drugs. Assessing its effectiveness means sifting...
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Off Target: Part 2 Update: Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission predator...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW) two predator management plans have been embroiled in controversy and uncertainty as to their scientific legitimacy since being unanimously...
As state Dems prepare legislation, data shows oil and gas emissions...
High levels of harmful atmospheric pollutants (such as nitrogen oxides, methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs)) are regularly blown into Boulder County from oil...
Gun control
Here’s the good news: America, overall, is a much less violent place than it used to be. Our reported violent-crime rate is almost half...
Eracism: Latino history in Boulder County
Back then, the signs in the storefronts read, “No dogs or Mexicans allowed...
