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Heroin use in Boulder shoots up
Heroin-related deaths in 2011 in Boulder have more than doubled since last year, according to numbers provided by the Boulder Police Department, and they are on pace to be nearly four times higher than they were last year...
It’s not about the bike
Boulder’s pristine Open Space trails are on the threshold of imminent destruction by an army of adrenaline-fueled, devil-may-care mountain bikers whose insatiable need for speed will inevitably leave behind a wake of flattened children, smashed hikers and scorched ...
Colorado lawmakers consider reforms to the way family courts handle abuse...
This story was originally published by ProPublica.
Colorado lawmakers are considering two bills that would reform the way family courts in the state handle cases...
The right to have rights
For the last eight years, Kristi Griffith has worked at the Colorado Department of Human Services (DHS) helping provide grants to organizations that work...
Experts: Contamination from teahouse site likely spread
Related: Boulder's town gas processes and the resulting contamination; 'Relief holder' may be the biggest problem of all at former town gas site; Tempest under a teacup...
Helping themselves
The City of Boulder and Boulder County have offered some level of emergency preparedness training for many years. But the classes don’t necessarily have...
City to spend $4 million cleaning up teahouse property
The City of Boulder is planning to shell out $4 million to clean up the environmental contamination left by the gas plant that operated for decades on the property that is now home to the Dushanbe Teahouse and 13th Street Plaza...
‘To our community and beyond’
Boulder Valley Clinic served nine patients on its opening day, Nov. 1, 1973, just nine months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that abortion...
Marshall Fire photos
Megan Sweeney is a local filmmaker and photographer who lives in Louisville and took photos of destroyed homes, firefighters, families and more to document...
Should Colorado teachers bear arms?
Last summer, 17 Colorado teachers met at the Weld County Sheriff’s Department shooting range to take part in a three-day firearm training course. They...
Weekly news round-up
Turning culture into action with Yo-Yo Ma
World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma is on a mission to turn culture into action by bringing together communities and...
Frankenfoods
Recent decisions by federal authorities to allow the unregulated planting of genetically modified alfalfa and sugar beets have some fearing that the approvals may take root in Boulder County’s own approach to the genetically engineered crops...
