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Court Ruling Adds to Challenges Facing Coal Industry

September 2, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

A federal district court in Montana has reinstated a moratorium halting all coal leasing on federal lands until the Bureau of Land Management completes a more sufficient analysis on the environmental and health impacts of extracting coal. Comments from Connie…

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2022 Colorado Fall Home Show Returns to Colorado Convention Center September 24-25 with Vectra Bank as Title Sponsor

September 1, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Colorado Garden Foundation announced today that the Colorado Fall Home Show will return to the Colorado Convention Center September 24-25, 2022, with Vectra Bank as the title sponsor.

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Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan promises ‘targeted relief.’ Are you eligible?

September 1, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Colorado Department of Higher Education Commissioner Angie Paccione said debt relief is especially helpful for the 700,000 Coloradans who went to college but didn’t complete a degree. Half of all Colorado students graduating college in 2020 held debt, on average…

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Moving to End Sexual Assault Presents an Evening to Honor Survivors of Sexual Violence

August 31, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Boulder’s only sexual violence resource center celebrates its 50-year anniversary during annual fundraising event.

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Brief Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Indian Child Welfare Act

August 31, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court that urges the court to uphold the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act in Brackeen v. Haaland, set to be heard in November. Comments…

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Online Petitions make Government BY the People Work for ALL!

August 29, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

The Denver Post details the inequity of Colorado's ballot initiative petition process. Voters solved this problem in Boulder in 2018 by voting 71-29% to amend our City Charter to allow online petitions for direct democracy, the first in the country, though…

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Business as usual for the Colorado River

August 29, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

What's become clear is that the Lower Basin state cannot rely on stored water in Lake Powell and Lake Mead for much longer. As the can gets kicked further down the road, drastic cuts will be necessary. They will be…

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Ditches are a vanishing paradise

August 29, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

In the arid West, there's nothing more fun for kids and walkers than a ditch. Thousands of ditches diverted from rivers create ribbons of green life throughout the region. But as the climate becomes drier, ditches are disappearing, and the…

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BCAA Arts and Events Calendar 8/25/2022 to 9/4/2022

August 24, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

The Boulder County Arts Alliance has plenty of artistic events coming up within late August all the way through early September.

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The Colorado River has come alive even as it ebbs

August 23, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Water expert Char Miller says the Colorado River's delta with Mexico has slowly been coming back to life, but he worries that with more water needed to prop up Mead and Powell reservoirs, the delta will again dry up, harming…