By Shay Castle - Jan. 25, 2024

Our next 30 years

Boulder Weekly published its first edition in 1993. But we weren’t “official” until 1994, at least in the eyes of the state. Boulder Weekly incorporated as a business on June...

By Shay Castle - Jan. 24, 2024

‘Renegade spirit’

“Boulder’s last frontier,” declared a 1985 article in the Daily Camera’s Sunday Focus magazine. It was a multi-page spread all about what we know today as North Boulder: dozens of...

By Shay Castle - Jan. 22, 2024

‘Back in my day…’

Boulder County has changed a lot over the past three decades. There are almost 100,000 more people than there were in 1994, the year Boulder Weekly came on the scene. ...

By Shay Castle - Jan. 11, 2024

Fake news

A Boulderite, a politician and a robot walk into the bar. Such is the origin story for what follows. OK, not really. But it’s pretty close. In early November, Boulder...

By Shay Castle - Jan. 10, 2024

Anatomy of an issue

We’re happy to provide the news for free. It keeps the paper accessible, which helps keep us more accountable (More readers = more feedback.)  Local journalism helps keep elected officials...

By Shay Castle - Jan. 8, 2024

Weekly Why

Welcome to Weekly Why: a new semi-regular recurring feature answering readers’ questions. Reporter Kaylee Harter soft-launched us in October by explaining why tax measures are in all caps on your...

By Shay Castle - Jan. 3, 2024

Strong opinions, loosely held

We love the opinion content that’s been populating the pages of Boulder Weekly lately. Thank you to all the community members who have written in.  To those who haven’t (yet),...

By Shay Castle - Jan. 2, 2024

‘Each and every name’

More than 150 community members gathered Dec. 19 to remember 54 unhoused individuals who died in 2023. It was unusually warm for the week of solstice, a stark difference from...

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