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FBI Says It Foiled Anarchist Plot To Blow Up Bridge

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The FBI announced...

Banned Pesticides Found in Popular Chinese Tea Brands

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A Greenpeace investigation has found pesticides banned for use on tea...

A man without a country

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If you were going to suggest a cast for a reality show about life in the suburbs, you might pick Nick Ortega and his family. His house in Loveland is the stereotypic American dream: two-car garage, neatly trimmed lawn and family pictures in every corner of the living...

Trampled anti-war veteran gets his day in court

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Nick Morgan is not your average military veteran...

A unifying field of dreams

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The note with a subject line “The Q – Summer Prison Baseball” came out of, shall we say, left field, right after New Year’s...

Frackwater blues

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It seems as if the perfect storm is building...

People of the Year: Boulder County’s wildland firefighters

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It had been a quiet, relaxing Labor Day morning for Bruce Honeyman, chief of the Sunshine Fire Protection District. He was reading the newspaper, wearing his favorite comfy sweat pants and orange Crocs, both of which his wife hates...

News Roundup: March 23, 2023

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Case against fossil fuel companies could stay in local courts  The federal Office of the Solicitor General recommends the Supreme Court allow the City of...

Commissioners flooded with requests for fracking moratorium extension

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At the hearing called by Boulder County Commissioners on Monday, Nov. 10 in Longmont, public support for a further extension of the county’s moratorium on fracking was relentless, with most commenters requesting at least a three-and-a-half-year extension. Boulder ...

Report: Fracking likely to exacerbate water shortages

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Water is the lifeblood of Colorado’s Weld and Garfield counties, and lately it’s been in short supply. Both of these counties face extremely high stress in terms of water scarcity, and both have seen an intense concentration of the water-intensive hydraulic ...

Red alert: Color-coded threat scale is tossed

WASHINGTON — The much-lampooned color-coded Department of Homeland Security threat alerts are being replaced with a simpler, two-level system that warns of specific dangers for a defined period of time...

Commentary: Medical marijuana and taxes

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An obscure tax law, intended to prevent cocaine kingpins from deducting yachts and other necessities, may alter Boulder’s landscape...