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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...

Key to disrupting Denver’s homeless-to-jail pipeline Permanent supportive housing, study finds

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Approach couples affordable housing programs with substance use and mental health treatment.

Where there’s drilling, there’ll be spilling

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Toxic spills related to oil and gas production in Colorado increased about 7% in 2019 compared to 2018. That’s according to a new report...

Outcry prompts Longmont school to remove pro-gun link from website

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After a parent’s protest, a Longmont middle school that had a link on its home page to political websites touting gun rights and Tea Party messages has removed the link and apologized...

Justice

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Had the lawsuit been filed 20 minutes later, about 300 people would be thousands of dollars poorer today — and might still be living on a bed of arsenic in what was called “the most polluted zip code in Colorado...

Bad medicine

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A Boulder man’s claim that Boulder Community Hospital reversed its position on allowing him to use his medical marijuana on the premises has raised questions about how closely medical staff follow hospital policies prohibiting cannabis use on site...

The Local Food Revolution

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A local food revolution is quietly unfolding in our midst right here in Boulder County. It’s a revolution aimed at rebuilding this region’s capacity to feed its own people, to ensure food security and food sovereignty for all...

Becoming an abortion sanctuary

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What does the reversal of Roe v. Wade mean for Colorado?

World Sickle Cell Day highlights disease predominantly affecting people of color

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Juneteenth celebrates African American freedom, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. and acknowledging a period in history that has had long-lasting influences...

Racial equity, a settlement for Seth Franco, and no rebates for...

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Boulder has a racial equity tool—But it’s too white to use it Boulder loves a grand plan, and there was perhaps none grander than its...

Local venues and restaurants, imperiled by coronavirus shutdown, look for a...

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Information on coronavirus, and how our communities are reacting to it, changes by the hour. Throughout this edition and in the coming weeks, BW...

Denver-based mining company accused of attacking Peruvian farmer

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On the morning of Sept. 18, an altercation was reported between private security forces and Goldman Environmental Prize recipient Máxima Acuña on contested land...