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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Erie’s New Town Charter

June 13, 2024 2 0 Robert Davis

Lawsuit brought by Miguel Zuniga challenging Home Rule is dismissed with prejudice A lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of the Town of Erie’s new Home Rule Charter was dismissed on June 10 after a Boulder County District Court judge ruled…

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In Land We Trust: Redtail Ranch Development Raises Concerns About Living on Old Oil and Gas Land

June 12, 2024 Like 0 Robert Davis

A planned subdivision near the Colorado National Golf Club in Erie has some residents raising concerns about building new homes on land formerly used by oil and gas companies. The neighborhood is known as Redtail Ranch, a 290-acre development that…

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Don’t Let School Ruin Your Education

June 11, 2024 Like 0 Steve Nelson

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain Ah, sweet summer. Schooling is over – for most – and education can commence. Our culture has a fixed notion of what constitutes education, as do most…

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BOCO Dems Could Do Better | Community Corner

June 10, 2024 2 0 Guest Contributor

By: Kenneth Flowe As a 10-year-plus resident of Boulder, I have looked on at local politics and have been impressed. The Boulder County Democratic Party (BCDP) has operated like a well-oiled progressive machine. It values diversity, encourages participation and cultivates…

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Bob Yates Removed from CWA Role Amid Accusations of Coded Racial Language

June 5, 2024 4 0 Parker Hicks

Correction 6/6/2024 Correction: Yates was a volunteer coordinator not a Board member Yates cited poor speaking abilities, political fairness, as reasons to remove Junie Joseph from Conference on World Affairs, replace with her political opponent. The Conference on World Affairs…

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From Film to Phone: Shooting the West at the Longmont Museum

June 2, 2024 Like 0 Katie Mackinnon

The technology photographers used to capture the West Early photographers carried heavy camera equipment over mountains in order to capture the American West on film. Now, photographers and everyday people have the ability to snap pictures of the landscape on…

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Culinaria – Red Velvet Cake

May 29, 2024 Like 0 Jessica Hersh

Skip the fake red hue — and the insects — with the recipe below A friend recently asked me what makes Red Velvet cake so good (the answer is: the richness of the buttermilk, the combination of the cocoa powder…

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Letter From the Editor | May 2024

May 27, 2024 Like 0 Austin Clinkenbeard

Many of you have read my name on articles for the past two years, and you may have even seen me listed as Managing Editor for the last year plus, but for most of you, I have never made a…

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If Not For . . .

May 26, 2024 Like 0 Steve Nelson

1966 In my frequent nightmares I was in a jungle in Vietnam, rifle bursts coming from all directions, the Vietcong slipping unseen and unseeable through the fetid night. My night sweats were jungle sweats. I had been drafted and was…

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Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airports noise roundtable grounded over lack of progress, trust

May 18, 2024 Like 0 Guest Contributor

By Scott Franz, KUNC (Via AP Storyshare) A group trying to address residents’ concerns over noise at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport voted Thursday to stop convening. Five of the eight cities and counties serving on the so-called community noise roundtable…