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The Peace Sign on the Mountain
After returning from a stint in Vietnam, Jack Olsen enrolled at CU where he became, among other things, a journalism major and the night city editor at the Colorado Daily, which was still the campus newspaper back then...
Mo money, mo problems
In just a few weeks, anyone who works at Guardian Storage’s two North Boulder locations — from company employees down to contractors who scrub...
Boulder could play central role in shaping state pretrial reform legislation
Boulder has become the center of a robust debate about criminal justice reform as legislation proposed by the ACLU and introduced in the Colorado...
The tide has turned
Days after lawmakers began debating a package of firearm regulation bills at the Colorado Capitol, a Colorado Springs man walked into a birthday party...
Despite claims to the contrary, the U.S. Postal Service remains an...
It’s a busy Monday afternoon at the post office on 55th and Valmont in Boulder. The line for the service counter stretches into the...
Summer of our discontent
When Erin Swiatek began looking for a job last summer, she scoured her neighborhood for employment, but found even the fast food restaurants in the area around her home weren’t hiring...
Back to the future
Lately, I have found myself haunted by a particular conversation I had with historian Howard Zinn some two decades ago. And I’ve been feeling...
Who killed the vote on fracking?—Glossary
Advanced Energy Economy (AEE/ AEEI) A trade association that serves and advocates for the energy industry. The Advanced Energy Economy Institute (AEEI) was cofounded by Tom Steyer and is the educational, research and funding wing of the group. AEE/AEEI supports ...
Ghost Stories
If the fire had totaled Rocky Flats Lounge, you might not believe it ever existed. But there’d be too many people with ghost stories to say for sure...
On the hook
When the city of Boulder buried radium-contaminated soil years ago at Allied Chemical’s Valmont Butte mill site, it carried serious ramifications...
Boulder-Nablus Sister City project heads back to City Council
The last time the Boulder-Nablus Sister City project brought their plea to create an official Sister City partnership before Boulder City Council, the hearing...
The end of an era
At the close of business today, a general store that has become a Boulder institution will shut its doors for the last time...


















