Author: Will Matuska

Lafayette’s Catalina Shirley heats up as Ice Climbing World Cup comes to Longmont 

Portal brings pop-up thermaculture to Boulder

Whether it’s skiing champagne powder in the mountains or floating down one of the state’s rivers, Coloradans interact with water in more ways than one. But out of view, there’s...

The tentacles of serendipity are what reeled Molly Weber into the topic of climate change: her twin sister’s eighth-grade fascination with jellyfish. “She started learning about the ocean, because you...

The U.S. Supreme Court Ruled June 28 That A City In Oregon Can Ticket Homeless People For Sleeping In Public Spaces, A Decision Expected To Impact How The Lawsuit Challenging...

Boulder City Council  Council summer recess is scheduled from June 29 through July 21. The next meeting will be July 25. Boulder County Commissioners  During the week of July 1,...

One of the grittiest expeditions of Keith Ladzinski’s life was his first assignment for National Geographic. In 2012, he journeyed to Antarctica on a team of four to find and...

Boulder City Council  At its June 20 meeting, council will: • Take a preliminary vote on whether to authorize city acquisition of property easements through purchase or eminent domain for...

I was walking down Bill Lee’s driveway at Laughing Valley Ranch in Clear Creek County when he said he wanted me to try something.  We’d been spending the last few...

Boulder City Council At the May 23 study session, council will: – Hear a presentation and discuss public safety including traffic and bike safety, and citywide crime. It will also...

Pro-Palestinian protest at CU Boulder Students at Colorado universities have joined the flurry of demonstrations sweeping the country since mid-April protesting the war in Gaza.  Organizers held a rally at CU...

Boulder City Council At the May 2 regular meeting, council will: This meeting will start at 7 p.m., an hour later than usual, because of a Youth Opportunities Advisory Board...

After a video taken from a train outside of Durango circulated online last year, we prodded Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Public Information Officer Kara Van Hoose for all the...

One of the first times I remember feeling utter hopelessness was on a pile of black dirt. I was 8 years old, and my two brothers and I were tasked...

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 risk over the weekend, leaving...

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 all five of them in...

“As a young person, climate change is one of my most pressing worries about the future,” says Sara Fleming, a graduate student at CU Boulder.   More than two-thirds of...

Humans started baking bread 14,000 years ago. At that time, our ancestors were transitioning from a nomadic way of life to settling in one location.  Bread was important then, and...