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Signatures for Initiatives #75 and #78 turned in for the count
For anyone who worked at gathering signatures in 2014 to put local control over energy extraction and/or setbacks for drilling and production operations on...
Boulder beef
Boulderites have been griping about the local government since time immemorial. But official complaints — submitted with a signed affidavit and required, by law,...
Groups: City wants feeding homeless out of sight
Clarification: A July 11 story, “Groups: City wants feeding homeless out of sight,’ reported that City of Boulder spokesperson Sarah Huntley said citizens have spoken out against downtown homeless feeding operations during city council comment periods and in letters...
Hazardous consequences
This article has been updated to reflect new information regarding the June 3 oil train derailment in Oregon.
In April, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway...
Conference on World Affairs preview
The 68th annual Conference on World Affairs hits Boulder on April 4 and runs through April 8. Yes, that Conference on World Affairs, the...
It’s not all smoke and mirrors
It was January 2019, and Benjamin Teitelbaum was sitting in the basement of Steve Bannon’s townhome behind the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C....
Sunday school
This is Part 2 of a series on Boulder-based evangelical church The Well. Read Part 1, about its relationship with Rayback Collective: bit.ly/RaybackPart1.
It was...
Passing of a giant
South 88th Street in Louisville is no different than the other roads veining through Boulder County.
There’s a fenced-in prairie stretching to the east. To...
Colorado on fire
Gov. Jared Polis instituted a statewide open fire ban on Aug. 18, as wildfires have burned more than 175,000 acres across Colorado. Hot, dry...
Price gouging, scams and identity theft
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., basic necessities like toilet paper and disinfectants have become not only rare, but expensive....
Harvest of Hope reopens
Since opening in 2012, hundreds of folks have walked through the doors at Harvest of Hope pantry every week. But that all changed on...
Behind the GMO curtain
Had Dorothy and her dog stumbled into the Dec. 8 county commissioners meeting, where the issue of genetically modified crops on open space was the topic, she might have uttered the line, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Boulder any more.” And for good reason...


















