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The Super Bowl for Journalists
Accountants have tax season, professional sports players the playoffs and retailers the holidays. Journalists are stuck covering these stupid elections.
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A Real Boiling Point
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,…
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Staying Competitive
Walk into most any business around FlatIron Crossing Mall, and owners will likely tell you times are tough. This is especially true in the Village open air section. where foot traffic is slow and plans are in the works to…
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It’s Time to Act Like Adults
It’s a little sad that the Boulder County Commissioners had to draft and adopt a written code of conduct for those attending a hearing, especially considering the code spells out that profanity and threatening or abusive language is not allowed.
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Twin Peak’s Long Shot
Drive past the aging Twin Peaks Mall in Longmont and you’ll see a shopping center way past its prime. This is hardly news. Over the summer, the mall’s developer, Panattoni Development Co., and the city appeared close to entering into…
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Spending Money Wisely?
It seems you can’t go more than a few days without some sort of controversy coming out of the chambers of Boulder City Council, even when intentions are good. The city put together a commission to study how Boulder spent…
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Gone Pumpkin Gone
The Grinch is at it again, only this time the green-skinned fiend is not after Christmas, he’s after pumpkins. How else to explain the recent disappearance of a 150-pound great pumpkin that was snatched from a Longmont home just weeks…
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Vail: A Resort with Style
Stop me if you’ve done this before: Wake up at some ungodly hour, throw your gear in the trunk while simultaneously dragging a sleepy loved one to the car and start driving west to get to Vail before the parking…
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Vista Verde: Dude Ranching in Snow
When I was in elementary school, I vividly remember the feeling of going to bed, knowing snow was on the way. I’d wake up and rush to the radio, listening for the magic words: “…West Hartford Public Schools, canceled…” Snow…
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Monarch: The Anti-Resort
There are a dozen or so riders floating through the maze of the Pioneer lift as we gaze out of a window overlooking it. “Wow, you guys picked a busy weekend to come out here. Sorry about the lift lines,”…
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