By Kaylee Harter - April 17,2024

Gov’t watch: April 17, 2024

Boulder City Council  Council will have a public safety discussion with Xcel Energy at its April 18 meeting, following shutoffs April 6-10 that left 55,000 without power.  At its April...

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 Kaylee Harter - April 10,2024

Gov’t watch: April 10, 2024

Boulder City Council  At the April 18 meeting, council will:  ICYMI: Council set its priorities for the next two years at its retreat April 3 and 4. Council’s 11 priorities...

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 Kaylee Harter - April 3,2024

Gov’t watch: April 3, 2024

Boulder City Council  At the Thursday, April 11 virtual meeting, council will:  • Hold a public hearing and vote on whether to adopt the Civic Area Historic District, which would...

By Shay Castle - April 3,2024

BoCo, briefly: April 3, 2024

Longmont Starbucks unionizes The workers of a Longmont Starbucks (2318 17th Ave.) voted last week to unionize, becoming the first location in the city to do so, according to Starbucks...

By Shay Castle - April 2,2024

Protecting kids, supporting survivors

A few weeks ago, a man came into Boulder Weekly’s offices carrying a copy of our Feb. 29 edition. The cover story was about a photography exhibit featuring trans youth. ...

By Kaylee Harter - March 27,2024

Gov’t watch: March 27, 2024

Boulder City Council  On April 3 and 4, council will hold its biannual retreat where they will set priorities for the next two years. For 2022-23, those included various housing...

By Shay Castle - March 27,2024

BoCo, briefly: March 27, 2024

Fort Chambers plan released A draft stewardship plan has been released for a Boulder open space property connected to the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. Troops who participated in the...

By Kaylee Harter - March 20,2024

World beyond

Two parakeets, named Moonbeam and Pierre, chirp next to a bookshelf filled with books on witchcraft, astrology and meditation at Longmont’s Magic Fairy Candles. A shop cat named Wizard ambles...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - March 20,2024

Gov’t watch: March 20, 2024

Boulder City Council There won’t be a regular city council meeting during the weeks of March 28 and April 4 due to spring break (aligned with Boulder Valley School District) and...

By Shay Castle - March 20,2024

BoCo, briefly: March 20, 2024

County composting facility, take two Boulder County is starting another process that may lead to a local composting facility after a first attempt was stymied by resident opposition over the...

By Shay Castle - March 18,2024

‘It’s not sustainable’

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...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - March 13,2024

Wake & Flake

This week’s cover stories started with a question — two, actually: Why are Boulder’s roads so bad after a snowstorm? And what do kids do on snow days? The answers...

By Kaylee Harter - March 13,2024

Why do Boulder’s roads suck when it snows? 

Heather Harding, the business manager for Mountain Sun, has commuted from Longmont to Boulder for the last 14 years. She says the state of roads between the two towns after...

By Shay Castle - March 13,2024

Melting away

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...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - March 13,2024

Gov’t watch: March 13, 2024

Boulder City Council On March 21, council will:  • Say yay or neigh to the sale of a failed ranger patrol horse for $11,000. The 17-year-old Friesian sporthorse named Yukon...

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...

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