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Access road to drill site near Union Reservoir sparks controversy
Despite open frustration from fracking opponents, some Longmont city officials say that granting a drilling company permission to build an access road to a well near Union Reservoir gives the city the ability to closely monitor water quality and air emissions...
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 ...
Pentagon set to announce downsizing plans
The BBC is reporting that U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will announce cuts to the military budget for 2015...
Infamous DC-10 takes its final flight
USA Today is reporting that the final commercial flight using the infamous DC-10 airplane is now in the history books...
State Legislature offers tax relief for property destroyed by flooding
For Terry Mayes, the past five months have been filled with hours of often circuitous phone calls with insurance companies, banks, restoration services and countless other federal, state and local entities. Her home of 19 years on St. Vrain Road just outside of Lyons...
A home worth the fight
As lunchtime approaches, Collin, age 4, removes his mom’s plate from the microwave to set aside until she’s ready for it, pulls himself up on the counter by the sink to turn on the faucet, wets a paper towel and wraps a burrito in it. His mother, Ashley Weber, ...
City: Valmont Butte cleanup is finally complete
The remediation of the 103-acre parcel, which the city purchased in 2001, began in early 2012 and was expected to be completed in December of that year at a cost of $5 million, an amount the city was splitting with Honeywell, which had acquired a company partially ...
Use of food stamps by soldiers rising
CNN is reporting that use of food stamps by soldiers continued to rise in 2013, reaching nearly $104 million. This reflects an upward trend that's been in place since the start of the recession in 2008 when military members redeemed $31.1 million worth of food stamps...
Indian probe to Mars cost less than film, Gravity
The Olympics in Sochi are the most expensive ever, with costs upwards of $50 billion, a number that Mother Jones Magazine pointed out would be enough to fund 20 manned trips to Mars, which would cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $2.5 billion...
New study proves gun control works
The BBC is reporting on a new study relating to the 2007 repeal of a Missouri gun control law that required purchasers to go through a vetting process and obtain a license before being able to purchase a gun...
South Carolina woman arrested for overdue VHS tape
Streaming video has provided massive access to content for the average person, but it is not without its issues. Hiccuping streams from dodgy internet connections are the bane of any good binge-watch marathon. But before pining too hard for the lost days of video ...
Rhino decimation in one infographic
As previously reported in Boulder Weekly, 2013 was the deadliest year on record for rhino populations, reaching numbers that can be hard to visualize...
