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Report highlights an increase in oil and gas spills in 2016

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Colorado experienced 509 oil-and-gas-related spills in 2016, and experts expect more spills this year as production and drilling activity around the state increase. These findings...

Hightower event benefits KGNU

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Syndicated columnist Jim Hightower, whose column is a Boulder Weekly mainstay, will speak at 7 p.m. on Feb. 4 at the Mercury Café in Denver and at 7 p.m. on Feb. 5 at Boulder Unity Church...

Boulder could play central role in shaping state pretrial reform legislation

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Boulder has become the center of a robust debate about criminal justice reform as legislation proposed by the ACLU and introduced in the Colorado...

Microsoft unveils mobile touch-screen software

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LOS ANGELES — After years of being overshadowed by smart-phone rivals, Microsoft Corp. said Monday that it's ready to step into the limelight with its latest mobile technology...

This buzz kills

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A dangerous drug with an innocuous name is making the rounds right here in Boulder County. Because it cannot be detected in many drug screens, it is often the only recourse for drug users on parole that crave marijuana. And because of its availability, it is ...

GM to yank $10M in Facebook ads, saying they don’t work

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General Motors will pull some $10 million in paid advertising on Facebook...

Colorado on fire

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Gov. Jared Polis instituted a statewide open fire ban on Aug. 18, as wildfires have burned more than 175,000 acres across Colorado. Hot, dry...

Boulder police: Cold case murder solved

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Boulder police have arrested a suspect...

Back in class

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A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit between a Longmont property management company and a local charter school accused of misbehaving...

Fracking lessons

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The water in the town of Pavillion, Wyo., has not been contaminated by the fracking that is taking place a few miles east of town...

Indian probe to Mars cost less than film, Gravity

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The Olympics in Sochi are the most expensive ever, with costs upwards of $50 billion, a number that Mother Jones Magazine pointed out would be enough to fund 20 manned trips to Mars, which would cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $2.5 billion...

Colorado aims to improve maternal health care with groundbreaking legislation

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The 2021 legislative session brought a lot of big changes to Colorado: On July 6, people were infatuated with the passing of a bill...