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The O’Connor Corner: CO Legal
Mental Health Diversion. “It’s why we started the mental health diversion program . . . . Brent . . . has been arrested 35 times in the last five years. . . . He shared with me he has a…
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This Month in Coalfield History: The Spanish Flu Epidemic
In Lafayette’s coal mining days, diseases rushed through towns like a flash flood. Extended families lived in small cottages, using chamber pots and outhouses instead of indoor sewer systems. Vaccinations were uncommon, and while the existence of germs was…
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Month in Review: November
Election results are in. Colorado had a blue wave: Democrats won all major statewide offices. In contrast to the #CoBlueWave, voters rejected education & transportation funding and 2,500-foot setbacks. Additionally, Boulder County voters approved millions for a new “alternative sentencing…
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Local O&G Employees Threaten, Harass Environmental Activists in Broomfield
November 6th marked the end of the election season, but only the start of activism around oil and gas. It would be reasonable to assume oil and gas professionals would revel in the victory over proposition 112, the…
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Have Yourself a Non-Traditional Merry Christmas Meal
Tis the holiday season, whether you’re celebrating Diwali, Thanks- giving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Yule, Kwanzaa, or some combination. The one thing that factors into all holidays – and all lives, and all cultures – is food. Whether you’re making gulab jamun…
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Brewmented: on brews, beer supplies and feminism
YS sat down with Bill Campbell, president and brewer at Brewmented in Longmont, CO. He’s a lowkey genius, tech alumnus, and beer lover who had moved from making sips for fun to sips to share. And he’s sharing in a…
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Colorado Uncorked: The Governor’s Cup Review
The Colorado’s Governor’s Cup brings together the best winemakers in the state and some of the area’s most celebrated chefs for a night of tasting, terroir and talking with friends. The annual wine event had winos descending…
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Opera Colorado Concludes Four Nights of Verdi’s La Traviata: Bravo!
La Traviata. The word traviata, from the Italian verb Traviare, means corrupt[ed] woman. Opera Colorado completed a four night run of the Verdi’s La Traviata on November 11th with an afternoon performance. We stopped in with a friend to take…
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Erie’s Acting Town Administrator: Presentation to the Board of Trustees [Transcript]
We feel it serves the town to provide transcripts of our elected and appointed/acting official's comments in regard to highly divisive issues. It should be noted that much of the conversation and concern was about the possibility of propositions 112…
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Kamasi Washington at the Boulder Theater
Kamasi Washington, the virtuoso saxophone player, delivered a soulful night of jazz to an adoring crowd at the Boulder Theater Oct. 27. Washington, 37, and his band maneuver around the classic lexicon of jazz, while bringing their own modern slang…
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