By Will Matuska - July 24,2024

Below our feet

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...

By Will Matuska - July 17,2024

Learning environment

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...

By Will Matuska - July 2,2024

Supreme Court upholds camping ban

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...

By Will Matuska - June 26,2024

Lafayette reports slower growth than last year

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,...

By Will Matuska - June 19,2024

Exposure therapy

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...

By Will Matuska - June 12,2024

Gov’t watch: June 12, 2024

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...

By Will Matuska - June 5,2024

‘It’s all about the ass’

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...

By Will Matuska - May 22,2024

Gov’t watch: May 22, 2024

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...

By Will Matuska - May 1,2024

BoCo, briefly: May 1, 2024

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...

By Will Matuska - April 23,2024

Gov’t watch: April 23, 2024

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...

By Will Matuska - April 17,2024

See something, say something

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...

By Will Matuska - April 17,2024

A new hope

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...

By Will Matuska - April 10,2024

BoCo, briefly: April, 10, 2023

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...

By Will Matuska - April 3,2024

Threading the needle 

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...

By Will Matuska - March 27,2024

Campus climate

“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...

By Will Matuska - March 20,2024

Where to get that bread

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...

By Will Matuska - March 13,2024

BoCo, briefly: March 13, 2024

Revamping downtown Longmont Several construction projects coming up or already underway are designed to reshape downtown Longmont. • New bus and bike lanes and sidewalks will be added to Coffman...

By Will Matuska - February 14,2024

BoCo, briefly: Feb. 14, 2024

Downtown Boulder Station lobby to reopen RTD’s Downtown Boulder Station lobby is slated to reopen Monday, Feb. 19 after methamphetamine residue was found in the restrooms and in the station’s...

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