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Task force recommendations and near misses
When Governor John Hickenlooper handpicked his task force to examine state and local regulations concerning oil and gas operations, his stated intent was to resolve those issues involving competing regulatory entities and multiple jurisdictions including state and ...
CU’s professor of the year traveled a rocky academic road
A University of Colorado faculty member who got one of the nation’s top teaching honors this week was nearly turned down when he came up for tenure a dozen years ago...
Who’s really hurting Aspen’s environment — jet-setters or immigrant workers?
The exclusive resort town of Aspen, Colo., has an international...
HILLS LIKE UPSIDE- DOWN ELEPHANTS
We left the old merchants’ quarters with a flat bottle of champagne and handfuls of meats and cheeses. The wind brought fishy air from the Saône down the corridor and broke up the reverberations of bistro laughter that waited like helpless dogs left at home for their...
Maxwell Fire now 80 percent contained
Firefighters have made progress containing the Maxwell Fire this week, and they now have the blaze 80 percent contained.After a reconnaissance flight on Monday, fire officials determined that the fire that began Sunday was 40 percent contained thanks to groundwork by...
Mining in space
The reason the dinosaurs are no longer around,” Chris Lewicki recently told a conference on extra-terrestrial mining, “is that they didn’t have a space program...
Rollbacks on federal regs imperil Colorado waters
On Jan. 23, the Trump administration finalized a rule that would remove protections for waterways throughout the country, and as much as 70% of...
Invisible no more
Editor’s note: Over the past several weeks, Boulder Weekly has reached out repeatedly to various persons at the I Have a Dream Foundation of...
What the world needs now is words
Sandy Hook, Conn., high school student Ashley Gong writes poetry to process thoughts and emotions, give herself a space for reflection and exploration...
Chancellor: Discontinue, reorganize CU’s J school
CU-Boulder Chancellor Phil DiStefano agrees that the School of Journalism and Mass Communication should be discontinued and then reorganized.In a Jan. 10 letter to CU President Bruce Benson, DiStefano concurs with the findings of a campus committee and recommends ...
Clint Eastwood ‘delusional, detached from reality,’ says Michael Moore
Thanks, Clint, writes independent filmmaker Michael Moore. Thanks for the memory...
