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Community shares loss, pulls together during Fourmile Canyon blaze

As the Fourmile Fire continues to burn across more than 6,000 acres, stories from those who fear or know they lost homes are emerging from the haze, and community assistance efforts are ramping up to help those in need...

Supporters of 2,500 foot Setback (initiative 97) turn in 171K signatures

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It wasn't easy with the industry sending out an army of people to harass the men and woman who were gathering signatures for I-97,...

Advancing democracy

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After nearly two years of development, Boulder’s first-of-its-kind electronic petitioning system is scheduled to begin serving citizen campaigns in the 2021 election season. For...

On the range

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Here’s the problem: People are allowed to shoot firearms in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, but homeowners and recreationalists complain about noise and...

Windows, Walls and Invisible Lines: Rosa Sabido

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  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....

Industrial gravel mining in Boulder County clears hurdle

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Twenty years ago, Boulder County granted a special use permit that allowed a company to mine gravel on about 650 acres between Lyons and...

Why is anti-Semitism illegal and Islamophobia not in Europe?

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We all know that the recent YouTube trailer The Innocence of Muslims and the repeated publishing of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad are tests of free speech...

A reason for hope

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Jim Eastman needs a new kidney. But so do 1,941 other people in Colorado and Wyoming according to the Donor Alliance, a nonprofit organ...

Boxed in: Resident says he turned to shipping containers after pressure

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Shipping containers were not Mark Gelband’s first choice...

Birth behind bars

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Thousands of pregnant people are admitted to U.S. jails and prisons every year—what happens when they give birth?

…Does it make a sound?

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The first time I saw the Pawnee National Grassland, I was on a quest to find a ghost town I’d heard about. It shared its name with my place of birth; a small town in Oklahoma called Purcell. Aside from the name, I think my curiosity is the only thing these two places...

New report tells us what we already know

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This just in: Boulder is expensive. But the concentration of our wealth (about half of Boulder households make $75,000 or more annually) and the rate at which our wealth is growing is on a collision course with the dwindling number of affordable houses and rentals. ...