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Why low oil prices spell trouble for Colorado’s oil and gas...
On April 21, crude oil prices dropped below $0 per barrel, meaning companies were paying others to unburden themselves from oil contracts. The numbers...
Embarrassed to be an American
Sparrow is a self-taught visual artist, pianist and chef — but has a masters degree in “creative writing.” He recently joined a Bhagavad-Gita study...
Resource brokers
Victor King applied for his job at Mental Health Partners (MHP) on a handwritten note from the Boulder County Jail. He was in the...
Election recap
While most of the country, and world for that matter, has been singularly focused on the presidential election, plenty happened with ballot measures both...
Boulder considers removing ‘erroneous’ open space designation from Mapleton site
When the Mapleton Hill Investment Group submitted plans to the City of Boulder to build a 93-unit senior housing facility on the old Boulder...
Blueprint for a movement
Born and raised in Boulder, historian Allyson Brantley knows a thing or two about Coors Brewery. So a few years ago she was shocked...
No reason to stop organizing
Boulder County is a hotbed of political and social activism. From the Rocky Flats Truth Force protests of the 1970s and ’80s to the...
Rebuilding bridges
Several years ago, as James Johnson was walking around Costco, a little girl came up to him, touched his arm and said, “You’re black.”...
Budget deadline for gutting the EPA has arrived
When the Trump administration released its 2018 draft budget for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in May, it was met with wide-ranging criticisms due...
Park Service kills hundreds of bison despite objections from Native Americans...
The Buffalo Field Campaign, which monitors the Yellowstone border and tracks the park’s bison management activities, reports that 410 wild bison have been trapped and removed for slaughter in recent weeks...
Boulder County news roundup: Rocky Flats, Xcel and more
Xcel, Boulder haven't identified power projects or costs after franchise agreement
In an April hearing with the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Xcel/Public Service Company of...


















