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Reverend Friendly, street poet, dies at 76
Laverne Lobdell, the heavily bearded, silver-tongued street poet known as Reverend Friendly, who haunted Boulder’s open mics for decades, died on Jan. 7. He was 76...
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...
A win-win for everybody
A few days after videos of dogs attacking protesters at a North Dakota site of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) went viral in early September,...
Victor’s new heart
Ever since Victor was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure in 2005, he’s been waiting for a new heart. In early August, he...
Supporters of library tax district say City can’t meet library system’s...
The Boulder Public Library system needs more money than the City can give it.
There is roughly a $2-million shortfall in the money needed to...
Infamous DC-10 takes its final flight
USA Today is reporting that the final commercial flight using the infamous DC-10 airplane is now in the history books...
ClimateStupid?
When the county’s ClimateSmart loan program was suspended last year, it left hundreds of local homeowners holding the bag — a bag they now need to fill with money...
Boulder County news roundup
City of Boulder acquires conservation easement on Long’s Gardens
The City of Boulder has acquired a conservation easement on the 25-acre Long’s Gardens property in...
Boulder Oversight Panel seeks new members
The City of Boulder’s Police Oversight Panel is turning to the nonprofit community for help in selecting new members.
The panel was created in 2020...
Greg Campbell’s tribute to a fallen friend becomes award-winning documentary
Photojournalists seldom become the subject of the story. The expectation is that they will be objective observers, remaining hidden behind the camera, bearing witness...
A brief history of the Right’s hate: from 1885 to Trump
Donald Trump is no principled conservative. His shifting attitudes on abortion and same-sex marriage have a whiff of opportunism. He called for double the...
ELECTION COVERAGE: Our Longmont Ward I endorsement
Longmont Ward I special election.
Tim Waters (we endorse);
Josh Goldberg;
Russ Lyman;
You can consider this Feb. 27, 2018 election for Longmont’s Ward I city council seat to be...
