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Protestors shut down Lafayette City Council meeting before oil and gas...
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...
Federal funding of CPW’s predator control plans was illegal, judge says
Funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS) of the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW) two predator control studies for black...
Empowering the survivor voting block
The passing of Supreme Court Justice and women’s equality champion Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in conjunction with National Voter Registration Day, brought a surge of...
Marshall Fire recovery
Two years after the Marshall Fire, nearly 300 households have moved back into a rebuilt home. That’s an important number — it symbolizes the...
Oil and gas emissions help push Front Range ozone levels over...
On any given day, emissions from oil and gas activity in Colorado can make a big enough contribution to ground-level ozone levels that it...
Local teachers, administrators may have different ideas on school reopening
Face shields, gloves and masks for teachers. Physically distanced classrooms. In-school instruction two days a week. Hand-washing stations, limited bus transportation, sanitizing high-touch surfaces,...
The curation of discovery: Part 1
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...
Moving in seven directions
"This is my way home,” says Matt Bad Wound. He is one of several people making a 350-mile journey from Boulder, Colorado, to Pine...
News briefs: Red Letter Books closing, oil and gas leasing pause...
Red Letter Secondhand Books set to close at end of April as building is scheduled for demolition
After more than 30 years in business, Red...
Weaponizing statistics
"When one man dies, it’s a tragedy; when 100,000 men die, it’s a statistic.”
This quote is variously attributed to Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler or...
The X-Pod:
Brooks Fickett called at 9:23 p.m. on Friday — about the time Hurricane Harvey was making landfall on the Texas coast.
“Here are my hurricane...
Decision time… again
Mary Smith takes a seat with her back to the crowd, some two-dozen people gathered in the third-floor hearing room of the Boulder County...
