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Longmont mayor and city council races
Unofficial election results show that incumbent Bryan Baum has been narrowly edged out by Dennis Coombs for Longmont mayor...
Fracking leak causes methane to contaminate groundwater in Pa.
Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection has acknowledged that methane from a fracking operation has contaminated groundwater and wellwater in Leroy Township, Pa...
Why are Coloradans stocking up on guns during the pandemic?
On April 2, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced that it had received 25,468 background checks for gun sales in the previous week —...
Small Town Gets Court To Ban Fracking
Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," has been linked to everything...
Medical pot business poised for huge growth
SEATTLE — After a recent shootout at the home of medical marijuana activist Steve Sarich, police found 375 pot plants, $10,700...
Listen: Audio from the Oct. 1 canvass board meeting
The Boulder County canvass board — which, Boulder Weekly has learned, is being contested as illegitimate by county officials — met Oct. 1...
Well drilling has deep impact on Great Plains’ health
Oil wells and natural gas may have made individual Americans rich, but they have impoverished the great plains of North America, according to new research...
Front Range groundwater likely contains hormone-disrupting chemicals due to oil and...
A recent study shows evidence of hormone-disrupting chemicals in water near hydraulic fracturing sites in western Colorado, bringing into question the safety of water in Boulder’s heavily drilled backyard of Weld County...
Defense bill passes House, faces veto
The House on Friday overwhelmingly approved a $642 billion bill that...
UPDATED: Westminster Police announce arrest in Jessica Ridgeway case
This story is part of Boulder Weekly's Jessica Ridgeway package...
NRA’s influence in Colorado politics is indirect, but powerful
A week after the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida, two nonprofit gun-control organizations placed a two-page ad in The...
Judge allows only murder charge in Roeder trial
WICHITA, Kan. — In a blow to the defense, the judge in Scott Roeder's murder trial ruled Thursday that jurors would not be allowed to consider a less serious charge of voluntary manslaughter...
