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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...
What did we need to know during the shooting?
For part one of this series, go here.
Before the shooting had ceased at King Soopers on March 22, there was a livestream on YouTube...
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...
Windows, Walls and Invisible Lines:
This is the fifth excerpt Boulder Weekly has published from the Windows, Walls, and Invisible Lines: Portraits of Life in Sanctuary project. It’s been...
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...
Sierra Club’s state chapter endorses oil and gas setbacks, national org...
On April 14, the Colorado chapter of Sierra Club officially endorsed Ballot Initiative 97, which, if passed, would require all new oil and gas...
Can local businesses survive the winter?
Think about your favorite local business. Your favorite watering hole or hair salon or boutique outdoor retailer. Don’t — for just a minute —...
Nobody wins a nuclear war
In what President Obama called “the most significant reinforcement of our collective defense any time since the Cold War,” members of the North Atlantic...
Off Target, Part 7
Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW) $4.6 million predator control plans, which mandate the killing of hundreds of mountain lions and black bears...
Back to school
Another former high school student from Boulder took the stand in court this week, one of several who have recently been accused of sexually...
Windows, Walls and Invisible Lines: Rosa Sabido
ROSA SABIDO
As I drove west of Durango, Colorado, on Highway 160, the absurdity of it all began to set in, aided by the landscape....
