By Readers like you - September 11,2024

Arts belong downtown

A central hub helps artists and community thrive

By Readers like you - September 10,2024

Arts budget cuts hurt kids

Restore city funding to protect crucial programs for Boulder County children

By Readers like you - September 4,2024

Letters: Don’t put poison in our drinking water

Readers like you write about the electoral college, wages and poison in the water

By Jenn Ochs - August 26,2024

Acquired disability: How a cancer diagnosis put me in a wheelchair

BW columnist shares her story of illness and survival

By Nicole Speer - August 19,2024

Wisdom for the wages

How one local lab pays employees a living wage and stays solvent

By Readers like you - August 19,2024

Demand a livable wage

Workers deserve more than mere survival, former small business owner writes

By none - August 13,2024

Rocky Flats is not a refuge

How a Colorado bike trail is being used to cover up a deadly Cold War relic

By Fran Zankowski - August 5,2024

Moving on down

New digs, new website and new paper size for Boulder Weekly

By Readers like you - July 31,2024

Love letters to Nederland

Technically speaking, I am not a resident of Nederland, nor have I ever been. But in many ways, Nederland is my second home. I’ve lived in Coal Creek with my...

By Jenn Ochs - July 23,2024

The wheels on the bus

I rely on public transit and ride share for my transportation. I prefer traveling in the summer and fall because of the weather: There aren’t heaters at bus stops. Shade...

By none - July 15,2024

Opportunity costs

In Boulder County, the promise of public education as the great equalizer is challenged by the stark realities of school funding, economic disparity and educational inequities. Financial barriers often prevent...

By Jenn Ochs - June 24,2024

Outward bound

Contrary to popular belief, there are a few benefits to being a wheelchair user. Adaptive recreation is one of them. I’ve always been adventurous. Growing up, I practically lived at...

By Zoe DeVito - June 24,2024

Via: Mobility needs unmet for 1,000 locals

“My husband, Albert, is a retired police officer. He is 87 years old and has had multiple surgeries. Recently, his right leg was amputated above the knee. He uses a...

By none - June 10,2024

From pollution to solution

By Alejandro Murillo Boulder, a beacon of environmental consciousness, faces a pivotal moment in its quest for climate justice. The Valmont Power Station, once a bastion of industrial progress, now...

By Readers like you - June 10,2024

Letters to the editor: June 10, 2024

Democracy in action Ms. Ochs’ challenging trip to Washington shows how a determined advocate can create more understanding with members of Congress, hopefully leading to action (“Ms. Ochs goes to...

By Jenn Ochs - May 28,2024

Ms. Ochs goes to Washington

Last month, I wrote about the difficulties of traveling for wheelchair users (“Inaccessible world,” April 22). Not long after, I took a solo flight to Washington, D.C. for the Disability...

By none - May 28,2024

Imagine! the future

By Fred Hobbs There are some significant changes coming soon that will transform the way Boulder and Broomfield County citizens with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) access services. The changes...

By Brian Keegan - May 20,2024

Millionaires for vacant concrete pads

A new group, Protect Boulder Civic Space (PBCS) group, has sprung up to oppose development of the 11,000-square-foot Civic Use Pad attached to the St Julien Hotel. As I wrote...

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