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Over-terrained?

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If Eldora Mountain Resort’s expansion moves forward, it’ll be at the objections of local business owners and residents, who have congealed in the citizens’ group Middle Boulder Creek Coalition and been joined by the Indian Peaks Group of the Sierra Club, as well as ...

County 1A, 1B squeak by

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With all but provisional ballots counted, county voters appear to have passed two new tax measures — one a mill levy increase to benefit human services, the other a sales-and-use tax to be used for open space purchases. The open-space issue, County Ballot Issue 1B, ...

News Briefs: Feb. 16, 2023

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Boulder County District Attorney’s Office releases in-depth disparity analysis  The Boulder County District Attorney’s (DA) Office, in collaboration with Prosecutor Performance Indicators (PPI), the Colorado...

News roundup: Boulder City Council and other news

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Boulder City Council votes against online petition signature gathering At its virtual meeting on Tuesday, April 21, Boulder City Council voted against an emergency order...

It takes a village

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There’s no manual for raising children, the old adage goes, but they also say it takes a village. But who do parents turn to...

An exclusive Q&A with Occupy movement founder Kalle Lasn

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With winter arriving and crackdowns on protests across the country becoming more aggressive, the Occupy movement has reached a crossroads...

One man’s rocky journey chasing down a dream

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He removes his cap; fingers brush past his left ear and instinctively find the scar at the base of his skull. It’s much smaller now, about the size of a half-dollar coin, and much more manageable. There are other scars: two incisions along the base of his neck, and ...

Whistleblower John Kiriakou comes to Boulder

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It all started with John Kiriakou getting punched in the face — sort of. It was the late ’80s. Kiriakou (pronounced kir-ee-ah-koo) was 23 and working...

Alone on the moon

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It was as though he had walked on the moon, and spent the rest of his life looking up in the sky, knowing he could never get back there. Chet Carman was a 17-year-old teenager from Colorado Springs, shuttling between separated parents and an older brother. In 1964, ...

Redesigning the system

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As a species, humans buy into trending ideas regularly — sometimes for our benefit but equally often to our detriment; just think about diet...

Engine 1’s Exxon insurgency

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Long-suffering environmental activists cheered last month when an organized investor revolt forced ExxonMobil to add three climate-conscious directors to its corporate board. Despite nearly a generation...

Deconstructing gender

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On March 10, the TRANSforming Gender Conference will begin its 10th year highlighting the diversity of gender and addressing equality, support, visibility and scholarship...