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When it comes to the nation’s current natural gas boom, a couple of different strategies have emerged. The oil and gas industry strategy is to drill as many wells as quickly as possible, before oil and gas regulations become more strict and local governments figure ...

Not many sunbathers, tubers or other summer users of Boulder Creek know that for the past nine years the creek has had high counts of Escherichia coli (E. coli). From 13th Street to its confluence with South Boulder Creek, in-stream levels have exceeded Colorado ...

Indoor marijuana grow operations aren’t as green as the weed they produce. According to data from Xcel Energy and estimates from those familiar with indoor growing, a single light used to grow 16 square feet of pot consumes about half as much energy as the average ...

Just five days before the High Park Fire hit his home last summer, Mark Palke had signed official papers to buy the land he and his partners had been farming, renting and building alternative homes on for two years...

Coffee shops have long held the independent worker captive to promises of caffeine-induced productivity and a sense of social interaction, but perhaps fall short of being a sustainable work space. “Coworking” offices are popping up across town as professionals ...

Correction: The Hemp Industries Association was mistakenly referred to as the Hemp Initiative Association in one instance in this story...

Tabitha Farrar places her hands and feet on her mat in the downward-facing dog position and releases a deep breath. When her face appears again, a smile breaks out. Her co-worker and, for the moment, yoga classmate, is squirming next to her while Ted Nugent plays in ...

As spring moved in with warmer temperatures and budding flowers, it also brought a noticeable increase in runners hitting the trails and roadways to up their endurance, pace and distance. Yes, Boulderites, the first wave of 2013 road races is upon us...

Unless you haven’t eaten out in Boulder, have never gone downtown on a Wednesday or Saturday, haven’t driven through farm country in Boulder County, and haven’t shopped a grocery store in Boulder, you’re probably aware that the local food movement here is thriving...

When the cool Colorado dawn gives way to blazing sunlight, farmers across our state are already hard at work preparing the evening meal. Using methods of horticulture that are part science and part art, these field jockeys work year-round making locally sourced a ...

The scorching weather of this past summer, one of the hottest on record, had a positive flipside for gardeners in that the growing season has been longer. A lack of frost in April meant that vegetables and herbs flourished in the early season, and if plants received ...

The recipe I am about to share with you may be the reason I have transformed into a total canning nerd overnight. Sure, my new obsession with canning isn’t all that surprising. I have a garden and need to figure out how to preserve some of its harvest. I also dabbled...