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The Price of a life
Last March I wrote the essay An Insider’s view of the Venezuelan crisis (see BW’s March 7 issue). One of the stories I shared...
Made in America
Jen Perry makes belts. But not just any belts. The University of Colorado graduate’s Jelt Belts are made from recycled plastic bottles, the buckle...
New study: When it comes to mountain lions and mule deer,...
In theory, it’s logical to assume that controlling predators by reducing their numbers in the wild would allow the numbers of prey species like...
Rules without teeth
As previously reported by Boulder Weekly (See: “Ruling the roost,” News, Feb. 21, 2019), in September 2018, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission...
What would media literacy mean for Colorado’s students?
Earlier this year, regional director of the Associated Press Jim Clarke, speaking in favor of a bill to mandate media literacy education in Colorado,...
Under a cloak of darkness
Responding to stabbings, blunt force trauma, compound fractures, attempted suicides and domestic violence is just another day at the office for Emergency Medical Service...
With few proven options, Boulder looks for path to online petition...
Last November, City of Boulder voters approved a measure by a nearly 3-to-1 margin to allow electronic and online signature-gathering for future ballot initiative,...
River first, border second
The road to Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park is as flat as the rest of Texas and lined with palm trees — the tall,...
Tales from the swamp
Even as Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) were introducing the Green New Deal with hopes of directly engaging the...
New law will help some caught in student debt crisis
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...
Oh Canada!
photos and additional reporting by Ted Wood, The Story Group
It’s a familiar story: a rich country develops oil fields in a heavily indebted nation with...
The last names on the wall
As I wind my way north on the narrow two-lane road, I realize Wyoming can’t be far off. I squint over the steering wheel...
