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Supreme court denies to hear appeal on “boobies” ban
The BBC is reporting that a Pennsylvania school district that lost a lawsuit after banning students from wearing breast cancer awareness bracelets had its appeal denied by the U.S. Supreme Court, meaning the bracelets are a go...
Drone used in Australian drug-smuggling attempt
The BBC is reporting that a man has been arrested after an attempt to smuggle drugs into an Australian prison using a drone aircraft...
Bag fee reduces paper and plastic bag use by 68 percent
Whether you wanted paper or plastic, it started costing $.10 each at the grocery line six months ago when a new city initiative began requiring grocery stores to charge a fee per disposable bag. The City of Boulder is now reporting that has reduced grocery store bag ...
Expanding outreach
On a particularly cold Sunday in February, jittering volunteers lined up in front of Colorado Friendship’s 24-foot clothes trailer, spoons and spatulas poised and ready to serve steaming chili and hefty chocolate cake slices. Marty Leopold, a volunteer manager who’s ...
Regulars help save Pumphouse/Red Zone from liquor license loss
One of the main reasons Longmont’s Pumphouse Brewery and its sister establishment, The Red Zone, were able to survive nearly two months without a liquor license was the outpouring of support it received from faithful customers who continued dining there despite its ...
El Comite de Longmont hosts 5th annual fundraising dinner
It’s good food, good music and plenty of community building this Saturday, March 8 as El Comite de Longmont hosts its 5th annual fundraising dinner at First Lutheran Evangelical Church in Longmont...
Kentucky AG won’t appeal ruling on out of state same sex...
WFPL public radio in Louisville, Kentucky is reporting that after a federal judge ruled that the state must recognize same-sex marriages from other states, the state Attorney General, Jack Conway, has decided not to appeal the ruling...
Radio Shack to close 20 percent of its stores
The BBC is reporting that electronics retailer, Radio Shack, will be closing around 1,100 of its stores, a number representing nearly 20 percent of its locations...
Russian currency hits new low
The crisis in Ukraine deepened over the weekend, with Russian troops rushing into action and President Obama warning Russian President Vladimir Putin that there would be consequences...
Floods likely to worsen in next century
New research published in the journal, Nature, investigates the risks of flooding in the coming decades and the outlook is grim...
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ERACISM: A dark decade of KLAN activity aimed at local Latinos
Editor’s note: In Part 2 of our continuing “Eracism” series on the history of Latinos in Boulder County, being conducted in partnership with the Boulder County Latino History Project, we explore the role of the Ku Klux Klan...
