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Event raises more than $25K for Ugandan students

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Educate!, a Colorado- and Uganda-based educational organization, raised more than $25,000 at its fundraising event at Boulder’s Rembrandt Yard Art Gallery & Event Center on Feb. 6...

The color of water

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It was just before dawn, and they were moving quickly. A headlamp-guided group of activists, who call themselves water protectors, scurry in the middle of...

Boulder County: $7,500 for open records request justified

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In what may be another case of a government agency gouging citizens for access to public records, Boulder County officials are defending their estimate that they would have to charge someone $7,500 for documents related to the testing of a controversial ballot ...

America no more

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At 2 a.m. on the morning of his 18th birthday, Carlos was transferred into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody and brought to the...

Hidden in plain sight

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It’s not easy to find undocumented workers who will agree to be interviewed for a newspaper article...

Gov. Hickenlooper appoints University of Colorado regent

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Gov. John Hickenlooper appointed Irene C. Griego today, Nov...

Analyzing the risk

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Let’s start with a theoretical scenario: Al Capone and Mother Theresa are both arrested and charged with committing murder. Based on that charge, bond...

The ghosts of Valmont Butte

Ever since the city of Boulder purchased its Valmont Butte property, city taxpayers have been picking up the tab to pay for the environmental sins committed by more than a century’s worth of long-departed users at the site...

Southwest to enable Wi-Fi use on 737 fleet

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CHICAGO — Southwest Airlines has finally decided to wire its Boeing 737 fleet for wireless Internet service after dabbling with the concept for two years...

Major diversion

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There was an effort by half of the state’s Water Resources Review Committee last week to approve two bills that would have taken the permitting process for new dams and reservoirs away from federal and state regulatory agencies like the Environmental Protection ...

See time-lapse animated GIFs of environmental changes over 28 years

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Using annual photos from space, Google has compiled animated images that provide an overhead look at some major environmental changes over 28 years...