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Draco Well Pad Hearing Postponed with Location Analysis Underway

March 19, 2025 Like 0 Natalie Kerr

Civitas Resources is required by ECMC ruling to consider an alternate location within the Town of Erie. The Draco Well Pad, a 26-well project that would break ground in Weld County just outside of the Town of Erie and drill…

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EXPERT ANALYSIS: Many more Denver teens have experienced homelessness than official counts show

March 17, 2025 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Youth who are homeless are often missed by official counts, but new methods may lead to improved counts. By: Matthew Westfall, Medical Resident in Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Joshua Barocas, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Colorado…

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Rapid response network monitoring ICE raids in Colorado

March 16, 2025 1 0 Guest Contributor

By: Eric Galatas, Public News Service (via AP Stroyshare) As President Donald Trump ramps up deportation efforts, immigrant advocates have mobilized the Colorado Rapid Response Network to protect their neighbors. Anyone witnessing ICE activity is encouraged to call the network’s…

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JAKE MARSING LAUNCHES 2025 LONGMONT CITY COUNCIL CAMPAIGN

March 10, 2025 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Editor’s Note: Press Releases are provided to Yellow Scene. In an effort to keep our community informed, we publish some press releases in whole. Longmont, Colo. – Jake Marsing, a fourth generation Longmont local and lifelong progressive advocate announced his candidacy…

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Universal ‘Medicare for All’ bill advances in CO legislature

February 6, 2025 Like 0 Guest Contributor

By Eric Galatas, Public News Service (Via APStoryshare) As Coloradans continue to face rising health insurance premiums, especially in rural areas, a new bill that would study a universal “Medicare for All” coverage option is advancing in the General Assembly.…

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City of Boulder Files Appeal: Police Accountability Law Faces Legal Challenge

January 9, 2025 Like 0 Ray Manzari

The fight over body camera footage continues as Boulder questions Colorado’s Transparency Act in the Colorado Court of Appeals. In December of 2023, Boulder police officers shot and killed 51-year-old Jeannette Alatorre in a confrontation that started at the rec…

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Ten Community Organizations Call for More Public Input on Boulder County Commissioners’ Affordable Housing Tax Decision

November 18, 2024 Like 0 Mohammed Ahmad

The Boulder County commissioners, Claire Levy, Marta Loachamin, and Ashley Stolzmann, have voted on broad categories of affordable funding for county issue 1B funds without benefit from any public hearings at which the public was invited to discuss with the…

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Boiling Point: October 2024

October 17, 2024 2 0 Mohammed Ahmad

1.Eviction at the Ash House Your child could be evicted, too! Evicting college students on last-minute notice seems to be tolerated in Boulder County. The Ash House, a student apartment building on 12th Street in Boulder, housing 15 individuals, was…

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Bill Seeks to Clarify Rules Regarding Colorado Metro District and HOA Foreclosures

April 3, 2024 Like 0 Robert Davis

Colorado metro districts and homeowners associations could soon be forced to comply with a similar set of rules regarding covenant enforcement and foreclosure procedures under newly introduced House Bill 24-1267 State law gives metro districts the power to levy fines,…

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Kent Thiry: Democracy Defender or Real-Life Monopoly Man?

March 29, 2024 Like 0 Ray Manzari

“800-pound gorilla” Kent Thiry is a wealthy Coloradan looking to fundamentally change the way elections are held in the state. Thiry has poured millions into different Colorado ballot initiatives over the years, including the passage of the state’s open primaries…