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Banned Pesticides Found in Popular Chinese Tea Brands
A Greenpeace investigation has found pesticides banned for use on tea...
A man without a country
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
Nick Morgan is not your average military veteran...
A unifying field of dreams
The note with a subject line “The Q – Summer Prison Baseball” came out of, shall we say, left field, right after New Year’s...
People of the Year: Boulder County’s wildland firefighters
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
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
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
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
An obscure tax law, intended to prevent cocaine kingpins from deducting yachts and other necessities, may alter Boulder’s landscape...
















