Author: Shay Castle

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, families and seniors they serve.  The...

Kids, bundled tight in winter coats, gloves, scarves and hats, racing sleds down a gentle slope. Hot cocoa held in numb fingers, sipped by lips on reddened faces.  These common...

Fire on the Flatirons Firefighters extinguished a wildfire on Boulder’s Second Flatiron this weekend. The half-acre blaze started Saturday night, according to Boulder Fire-Rescue (BFR), and was fully contained early...

In 2017, National Geographic named Boulder the happiest city in America. Writers touted its “scenery, culture and world-class quality of life.”  They might have wanted to drive a few miles...

Study: Wealthier Marshall Fire survivors raised more on GoFundMe A CU Boulder analysis of private fundraising campaigns for Marshall Fire survivors found that wealthier households attracted more donors and larger...

John Russell was happy to move into his apartment at 18th and Canyon, his first time living alone. The rent was reasonable, his landlords were local, and he could walk...

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...

“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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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),...

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...