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Remembering Jim Waterman, a Boulder web pioneer, water resources engineer and lover of the natural world
James “Jim” Reed Waterman, 69, of Boulder County, Colorado, died on May 13, 2025, after two years in home hospice care. Few knew Jim Waterman well, but if you did, it was profound. He was intelligent, informed, intentional, and extraordinarily conscientious about the natural world and, like all of us,…
Boulder Market Meals: Smoky chipotle meatballs with locally raised beef
Market Meals is a collaboration between Boulder Reporting Lab and the Boulder County Farmers Markets, featuring weekly seasonal recipes built around ingredients from local growers, ranchers and food producers. Find it in Nibbles every Tuesday and on Boulder Reporting Lab. Sign up to get Nibbles in your inbox. All season…
BVSD says closing schools will help students. Families want more answers.
Ahead of a Sept. 22 vote, families are pressing for details about capacity, special education and long-term enrollment. District officials say some answers will not be available before the board acts.
Boulder County’s ponds are drying up. Officials can’t simply refill them.
Extreme drought has shrunk ponds and wetlands, causing fish kills and foul odors. Officials often lack the water rights or infrastructure to refill them, though a county wildlife official says the damage is likely temporary.
Boulder Market Meals: Make summer tomatoes last with slow-roasted ‘candy’
Slow-roast cherry, grape and plum tomatoes with olive oil and herbs, then freeze them for pastas, salads, sandwiches and more.
Meet the 19 candidates running for Boulder mayor and City Council in 2026
Six seats are at stake in the city’s first even-year municipal election, with council pay set to more than triple in December.
Boulder Reporting Lab wins General Excellence for second straight year, plus 22 category awards from the Colorado Press Association
BRL’s 10 first-place honors span public service, breaking news, data, education, environmental reporting and Nibbles, its weekly food newsletter, with investigative journalism also recognized among Colorado’s best.
BVSD proposes closing four elementary schools in sweeping consolidation plan
The plan would affect 16 schools in all, including two that would relocate and two PK-8 schools that would be reconfigured, as the district confronts declining enrollment and thousands of empty seats.
Boulder Market Meals: Turn locally grown eggplant into smoky baba ghanoush
Grill fresh eggplant from Boulder County farmers markets to make this creamy, smoky dip for vegetables, grain bowls and sandwiches.
Boulder City Council approves $5.8 million sale of downtown parking lot for 110-room hotel
City officials said nearby garages can absorb the displaced parking and the hotel could bring new economic activity downtown.
Emails show BVSD preparing for possible school closures months before public recommendation
Records show the district analyzing facilities, planning for staffing changes and exploring uses for buildings that could become vacant. One email suggests officials discussed closing two elementary schools and possibly a middle school, which the superintendent disputes.
Colorado Connector passenger rail could reach Boulder by 2029. Here’s how the plan would work.
The planned intercity train would connect Fort Collins and Denver through eight communities, including Longmont and Boulder, using mostly existing tracks and committed state and RTD funding.
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