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What do you do with all that leftover Halloween candy?
Like many people, you may find yourself in early November...
More than corporate pawns
Ben Cohen is on a mission. Since 2013, the Ben & Jerry’s co-founder has been at the forefront of a national money-stamping campaign to...
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...
The elephant in the classroom
Boulder votes Democrat. It’s a People’s Republic tradition. But when it comes to the University of Colorado’s student government, that tradition may have to be amended. In its recent election, CU students showed up in record numbers to elect a new set of ...
News from around the County
After fire, Cal-Wood seeks donations
The Cal-Wood Education Center has used the ponderosa pine forests outside Jamestown as an outdoor classroom. In the recent wildfire...
Under the skin
The press release was innocuous enough, on its face, like so many others sent by the university about comings and goings within the administration. However, as is probably true with many other resignations, there is a story behind this one that goes beyond the glib...
Christine Berg seeking open County Commissioner seat in 2018
On Earth Day 2017, Christine Berg, Mayor of Lafayette, sat down and filled out her candidate affidavit to run for Boulder County Commissioner in...
States are buying hotels to provide short and long-term housing for...
The climate crisis is already exacerbating the housing crisis. Last year, wildfires burned and damaged about 17,700 structures in the US. It was one of...
Montana-based org. pours cash into conservative coffers in Longmont City Council...
A regional right-wing advocacy group with connections to Republican political powers in Colorado has taken a keen interest in a hotly contested Longmont City Council race...
The local food shift
The local food shift is gaining significant traction in Boulder County, growing well beyond the euphoric early adopter stage into early majority territory. It is unfolding so rapidly and so unpredictably that it could well be called a revolution...
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...
What a difference 25 years makes for some Boulder County businesses
For many in the media business, it was a very different world back in 1993 when Boulder Weekly printed its first edition. That’s an...
