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CU research highlights costs and causes of wildfires as 416 Fire grows
As the 416 Fire grows to 26,000 acres in Southwest Colorado, with only 15...
Five CU grads deliver on an ‘unreasonable’ idea incubator
A group of CU grads has launched an unusual — some would say unreasonable — incubator to help brilliant entrepreneurs get their social and environmental ideas funded and off the ground.The Unreasonable Institute will host an opening reception on Monday evening to ...
City disturbs possible Valmont grave site
City of Boulder workers have disturbed a possible gravesite just outside of Valmont Cemetery...
Anti-GMO crowd reacts to decision
Activists opposed to genetically engineered foods are not singing the same tune when it comes to reaction to the Boulder County commissioners’ Dec. 20 decision to allow additional genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on taxpayer-funded open space...
Foes say makeover of Army Reserve facility isn’t all it could...
One of the most significant residential developments currently planned for the city of Boulder has been quietly flying under the radar...
A movement without borders
Colorado is known nationally as a hotbed for both the oil and gas industry, as well as for the anti-fracking movement, particularily as the State battles local jurisdictions over fracking bans in the courts and has approximately 55,000 wells in production. This makes...
It’s hip to be Square; Twitter inventor has new venture
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — It was in February that Jim McKelvey ran into the problem that would lead to the birth of Square, a new mobile-payment venture led by Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey...
Valmont Bike Park to open June 11
The Valmont Bike Park in Boulder is expected to open on June 11.Construction on the park is entering its final months, and the City of Boulder’s Parks and Recreation Department plans to announce details on the grand opening event in May. Developed in partnership of ...
Out of the shadows
Gwen Goodwin was just shy of 53 when she decided it was time to come out of the closet — born in a man’s body, she says she could no longer live “the half and half life...
Disabled mother battles to keep her son
CHICAGO — Kaney O'Neill knows she has limits as a mother...
One dead, two injured in Utah oil well explosion
An explosion at a well site in eastern Utah has killed one worker and injured two others...
Climate change won’t stop for the coronavirus pandemic
Two and a half years ago Hurricane Maria ripped open homes across the southern Puerto Rican city of Ponce, destroying the rickety electrical grid...
