Judging by falling readership numbers nationwide, there likely will be little outcry if the Rocky Mountain News goes out of business. The Rocky, the state’s oldest newspaper, is up for sale in an extremely poor market. (more…)

December 2008

For the first time in recent memory, St. Vrain Valley School officials are figuring out what they want to do with some extra money. Finally. Initial priorities: shrink class sizes, hire more teachers and improve school buildings. (more…)

December 2008

Walk around the Alexander Dawson School campus and you get the feeling its students are rarely left wanting. School officials, however, do want more. Forty-two thousand, nine hundred and ten square feet to be exact. (more…)

December 2008

Longmont wants to put the kibosh on hefty campaign contributions by local organizations and special interests. The city council is exploring new limits that would cap individual campaign donations to $200 and those by organizations to $500. This would not effect campaign contributions for citywide ballot questions even though it appears one in particular served as motivation. (more…)

December 2008

Each summer we worry about two things here in Colorado: water and fire. A new report by the Colorado Water Conservation Board projects the summer mercury in Colorado to rise up to 4 degrees more in the next 40 years, causing stream flows to shrink and producing really hot summers. Annual precipitation is expected to maintain normal levels, but with more heat and quicker snowmelts, we can expect more water restrictions and higher chances of wildfire. This study is sure to fire up the message boards in Boulder County with people bickering over the realities of global warming and whether man causes it. [What’s Next] Air conditioning sales are expected to spike.

October 2008