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There’s a race to end homelessness. Earlier this summer, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced his ambitious goal to house 1,000 people by the end of...

Signs of the times

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Early in the coronavirus shutdown, Boulder photographer Marsha Steckling walked Pearl Street, only seeing three or four people out on the mall. And the...

Protestors shut down Lafayette City Council meeting before oil and gas...

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A group of about 50 protestors forced the Lafayette City Council to adjourn on Tuesday, June 19, before the Council could vote on an ordinance...

The New Gold Rush: Part I

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As climate change, infrastructure projects and politics continue to imperil future access to water in the West, Boulder Weekly will be examining the landscape...

Camping bans, occupancy limits and standardized testing

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Larimer County District Court rules camping ban unconstitutional, a first in the state Homeless advocates have long argued that local ordinances preventing camping in public...

High country defelonization

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Isaac Aragon was arrested in 1998 with a half-ounce of marijuana on him. He was 14 at the time, and cannabis hadn’t even been...

New law will help some caught in student debt crisis

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With the announcement of President Trump’s 2020 budget came proposals to significantly alter how, and even if, people pay off student debt with the...

Bullets or bongs?

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Because of a conflict between state marijuana statutes and federal gun laws, Colorado residents must choose between owning guns and using marijuana. Yet state law enforcement officials are virtually powerless to enforce the intersection where those conflicting laws ...

It’s Official: Watching Fox Makes You Stupider

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People who work at Fox News might like to think that they are...

The curation of discovery: Part 1

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Cache/Artifact/Element: Romero’s Shovel The Mahaffy Cache is a collection of 86 supposedly 13,000-year-old stone artifacts that were discovered by a landscaper, Romero, who worked on...

Writing a new ending for Boulder’s chronically homeless

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The 76-year-old man who calls himself Reverend Friendly walks with a shuffled gait. Old age and decades of heavy, indiscriminate drinking have reduced his mobility considerably. His long, white beard flows down to his chest, and his eyelids droop heavily over his ...

Cropped out

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Of the 24 organic farmers who started working Boulder County land in 2011, only five are still in business. There are a lot of reasons...