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U.S. government issues guidelines for banks to provide services to marijuana...
Banks now have permission to...
Front Range groundwater likely contains hormone-disrupting chemicals due to oil and...
A recent study shows evidence of hormone-disrupting chemicals in water near hydraulic fracturing sites in western Colorado, bringing into question the safety of water in Boulder’s heavily drilled backyard of Weld County...
Boulder group has funds frozen by Russia in Olympic environmental flap
The Russian government has reportedly frozen the assets of an environmental group funded by a Boulder nonprofit because the group has been critical of ecological damage done by construction of Olympic facilities in Sochi...
New iPhone app tracks drone strikes
The Atlantic is reporting on a new app for the iPhone that allows Americans to track killings related to drone strikes in real time...
Military readies Iron Man suit for summer testing
Though the public consciousness likely thinks of futuristic cyborg battle armor as the sort of thing still relegated to sci-fi films, it's closer to reality than the average person might realize. DefenseTech.org, a military news site, is reporting that prototypes of ...
UK seeks to further restrict access to ‘terrorist videos’
The BBC is reporting that fears of ministers in the U.K. are seeking to further block the ability to view videos posted to the internet depicting or encouraging violent extremism...
And 2013’s biggest charitable givers are…
The Chronicle of Philanthropy released its rankings of the top charitable givers in the U.S. for 2013...
Protecting more than a postage-stamp-sized ecosystem
Yukon First Nations and Yukon-based environmental organizations are taking legal action to secure protections for...
Eracism: Exploring the roots of Boulder County’s Latino population
Editor’s note: The following is part one of Boulder Weekly’s Eracism series, inspired by the Boulder County Latino History Project being spearheaded by retired University of Colorado Boulder history professor Marjorie McIntosh. That project, which is documenting the ...
Census figures offer insight on growth, occupations
Materials provided by retired University of Colorado history professor Marjorie McIntosh, who is spearheading the Boulder County Latino History Project that inspired this series of articles, shed light on the demographics of the Latino population in several Boulder ...
Coal mining brought diversity to Boulder County
In 1920, 12,799 men were employed by the coal mining operations (303)444.1803 in Colorado. In that year, a poll was taken in an effort to determine the nationalities of the miners. By this point, Latinos had become *$10 off Brazilian the second Waxing ...
