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Supreme Court decision ends Longmont fracking ban
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled against the City of Longmont’s voter-approved 2012 fracking ban on Monday, May 2, stating it conflicts with state law...
Breaking point
About 4.2% of bridges on the northern Front Range are deemed “structurally deficient” by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). That’s 76...
Domestic violence on the rise
Domestic violence has increased around Boulder County, according to data collected by the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office. The local data aligns with state...
Collateral damage
On April 21, 2017, Sara Connell released the first episode of the Queer Sex Ed podcast, a component of her larger Queer Sex Ed...
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.
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Moving the media forward
When a gunman killed eight people in Indianapolis on April 15, it marked the 45th mass shooting (four or more casualties) in the U.S....
CU study links wastewater injections to earthquakes despite lack of cooperation...
In 2011, the town of Trinidad quivered from the seismic waves of a 5.3-magnitude earthquake. Located just 15 miles north of the quake’s epicenter...
Motive behind the madness in Sikh shooting
Editor’s note: Boulder Weekly Editor Joel Dyer is the author of Harvest of Rage: Why Oklahoma City is Only the Beginning. He has been researching and reporting on the root causes of domestic terrorism for more than 20 years. His work on this subject has appeared in ...
Center of controversy
Until the day construction ends (and probably long after), a small plot of land in downtown Boulder reserved for a civic center will continue to serve only as the city’s center of controversy. That day, after more than 25 years, is about to be realized...
Lowering the bar
Last November, Colorado voters passed Amendment 71, a controversial constitutional amendment aimed at making it more difficult for citizens to amend the state constitution....
Multi-state oil and gas agency conference held in Denver
In the wake of the recent Colorado Supreme Court decision overturning Longmont’s ban and Fort Collins’ moratorium on fracking, as activists and environmentalists gather...
Trend or outlier?
Colorado climate expert weighs in on our windy spring and the future of fire season
