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5 stories to watch in 2024
1.) Boulder County’s transportation future
With the recent big announcement about the long-pined for Front Range passenger rail, transportation is getting some traction and attention....
Best Boulder County bites of 2023
Some smart psychologist or dietician could have a field day analyzing the dining choices I made in 2023. They might note the excessive number...
BW’s Top 10 news stories of 2023
1. Homelessness
Once again, the homelessness crisis was top of mind for many. It was a noteworthy year for many reasons, good and bad.
Student homelessness...
Helping themselves
The City of Boulder and Boulder County have offered some level of emergency preparedness training for many years. But the classes don’t necessarily have...
Mo money, mo problems
In just a few weeks, anyone who works at Guardian Storage’s two North Boulder locations — from company employees down to contractors who scrub...
Discovering Yucatan
Monday through Friday, Lafayette’s Off Campus Cafe is a great place to wake up with pancakes, eggs and well-made lattes. A lunch line forms...
Hunger Next Door
Humans pay attention to what they see in front of them. We observe homeless people at intersections, so we worry about a solution to...
ICE detains, then releases, man who entered sanctuary
Arturo Hernandez García entered sanctuary on Oct. 21, 2014, the day he was scheduled for deportation. He lived in a Denver church basement for...
Whistleblower John Kiriakou comes to Boulder
It all started with John Kiriakou getting punched in the face — sort of.
It was the late ’80s. Kiriakou (pronounced kir-ee-ah-koo) was 23 and working...