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Hanging onto hope

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Salam hasn’t seen anyone in his family since December 2014 when he left Turkey to attend graduate school at the University of Colorado Boulder....

Right to Rest Act, take four

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For the fourth year in a row, Colorado lawmakers are considering the Right to Rest Act, a piece of legislation aimed at local policies...

A win-win for everybody

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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,...

‘Find a way’

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Annie Montelione is driving with her head out of the window. The black air billowing outside means she can’t see through the windshield of...

Big wins for gun control, but business as usual for unhoused...

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Boulder’s $3M plan to remove homeless camp (still) not working One year after approving $2.86 million in new spending for cops, park rangers and a...

Victor’s new heart

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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...

The biggest non-coronavirus stories from the last month

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Amid constant coronavirus coverage in the media, it may seem like nothing else is going one. That is, of course, not the case. We...

Terrifying telecom tale

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In a local example of what the Occupy Wall Street movement is railing about, big telecommunications companies are once again pouring cash into a campaign to defeat a measure that would allow Longmont to use its own fiber-optic network...

Sen. Manchin, NRA member, calls for assault rifle ban discussion

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., is a member of the National Rifle Association and is one of the most conservative Democrats in the Senate...

April is for marches

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On April 22, millions of Americans will celebrate Earth Day, but this year will look a little different than the 46 others that came...

Goodbye, environmental protections

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It’s almost summer, which means those of us who live along the Front Range ought to prepare for high ozone days. On May 28, the...

The economic impact of undocumented immigrants

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Few issues in our country are as heated and emotional as the topic of undocumented immigrants, especially those from Mexico...