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BoCo, briefly: April, 10, 2023
Extreme wind, Xcel shutoffs leave thousands without electricity
Xcel Energy proactively shut off power for the first time in Colorado history because of high wildfire...
Gov’t watch: April 10, 2024
Boulder City Council
At the April 18 meeting, council will:
Vote on a number of items, including: Transferring the property at 925-933 Marine St. used...
Threading the needle
Joel Sprenger lives in Boulder for one thing.
Last year, he scrambled to 184 Flatiron summits between the First and the Fifth. He can bag...
Gov’t watch: April 3, 2024
Boulder City Council
At the Thursday, April 11 virtual meeting, council will:
• Hold a public hearing and vote on whether to adopt the Civic Area...
BoCo, briefly: April 3, 2024
Longmont Starbucks unionizes
The workers of a Longmont Starbucks (2318 17th Ave.) voted last week to unionize, becoming the first location in the city to...
Protecting kids, supporting survivors
A few weeks ago, a man came into Boulder Weekly’s offices carrying a copy of our Feb. 29 edition. The cover story was about...
Gov’t watch: March 27, 2024
Boulder City Council
On April 3 and 4, council will hold its biannual retreat where they will set priorities for the next two years. For...
BoCo, briefly: March 27, 2024
Fort Chambers plan released
A draft stewardship plan has been released for a Boulder open space property connected to the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864....
World beyond
Two parakeets, named Moonbeam and Pierre, chirp next to a bookshelf filled with books on witchcraft, astrology and meditation at Longmont’s Magic Fairy Candles....
Gov’t watch: March 20, 2024
Boulder City Council
There won’t be a regular city council meeting during the weeks of March 28 and April 4 due to spring break (aligned...
BoCo, briefly: March 20, 2024
County composting facility, take two
Boulder County is starting another process that may lead to a local composting facility after a first attempt was stymied...
‘It’s not sustainable’
When the federal government announced that COVID-boosted food assistance would end, Boulder County nonprofits knew things would get worse for the thousands of adults,...
