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There’s a new chief in town
On April 20, Boulder’s new, and first female, police chief started work in the midst of a global pandemic and public health crisis. Maris...
Why low oil prices spell trouble for Colorado’s oil and gas...
On April 21, crude oil prices dropped below $0 per barrel, meaning companies were paying others to unburden themselves from oil contracts. The numbers...
Local homeless services still looking for solutions, volunteers
It’s been a little more than a month since the reality of the coronavirus pandemic really began to sink in, and local and state...
The great divorce: The People of Colorado v. the State
When I was a boy, my dad took me and my twin sister and brothers to see the demolition of the Omaha-Grant Smoke Stack...
Mobile home owners face rent increases and lost wages during the...
Most of the mobile home community folks I’ve talked with were able to handle April rent. But they have lost hours, contract work, or...
Coronavirus arrives on Pine Ridge
When the floods came to Pine Ridge Reservation a year ago, Doreen Two Bulls and her family were stranded for two weeks. Roads were...
Climate change won’t stop for the coronavirus pandemic
Two and a half years ago Hurricane Maria ripped open homes across the southern Puerto Rican city of Ponce, destroying the rickety electrical grid...
Suspension of disbelief
In late March, all 20 or so of the staff and associate artists on Local Theater Company’s team huddled together virtually on Zoom for...
What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do
CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY
Community Creativity Contest – Home Together | Juntos en Casa.
Home Wanted, a collaborative which aims to develop policies to fund affordable housing...
Why are Coloradans stocking up on guns during the pandemic?
On April 2, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced that it had received 25,468 background checks for gun sales in the previous week —...
CPW proposes plan to increase cougar killing in state for at...
A plan proposed on March 13 by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) could result in the killing of more cougars.
The plan proposes a change in...
Advocates call for mass release at the Aurora detention facility due...
When Hilda talked to her husband, Ivan, on Tuesday, March 31, he had been in a quarantine pod for about a week inside the...
