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Invisible no more
Editor’s note: Over the past several weeks, Boulder Weekly has reached out repeatedly to various persons at the I Have a Dream Foundation of...
Enemy of the people
Editor’s note: When Aaron Cantú arrived at his new job at the Santa Fe Reporter last year, he came with the baggage of a...
Weekly news round-up
Turning culture into action with Yo-Yo Ma
World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma is on a mission to turn culture into action by bringing together communities and...
Supporters of 2,500 foot Setback (initiative 97) turn in 171K signatures
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,...
Industrial gravel mining in Boulder County clears hurdle
Twenty years ago, Boulder County granted a special use permit that allowed a company to mine gravel on about 650 acres between Lyons and...
The intimidation of democracy
People gathering signatures for Ballot Initiative 97, which would increase the minimum distance between oil and gas development and homes, schools and other vulnerable...
Coloradans rally around immigrant parents seeking reunification with their children
On Monday, July 23, attorney Laura Lunn with the Rocky Mountain Immigration Advocacy Network (RMIAN) went to immigration court at the Denver Contract Detention...
Death toll rising
Despite significant opposition, USDA Wildlife Services has continued with its assistance of Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Piceance Basin predator control plan for the second...
Weekly classes at the library prepare Boulderites for citizenship
On any given Monday, about a dozen people gather around a conference table on the second floor of the Boulder Public Library. There are...
A drop in the bucket
A few years ago, farmer Paul Kehmeier decided not to irrigate some of his alfalfa fields for part of the season, and instead take advantage...
Feds ask judge to muzzle scientific testimony at Rocky Flats hearing
If the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has its way, the director of Jefferson County Public Health, a nuclear forensics researcher, an emeritus professor...
Scott Pruitt’s EPA legacy, abridged
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned on July 5 amid more than a dozen federal ethics inquiries.
Now, as a coal industry lobbyist,...
