The Boulder City Council on Thursday voted 6-3 to seat a new 11-member Police Oversight Panel, a volunteer-led group that oversees investigations into complaints of officer misconduct. The approval followed weeks of delays after some community members, including city police officers, sought to block the appointment of one candidate who has been outspoken in her […]
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‘What it was like to survive a pandemic’: Carnegie Local History Library is inviting the public to help document Covid in Boulder for future generations
When Covid first began to spread nearly three years ago, local researchers and reporters asked Nicole Docimo, an archivist at Boulder’s Carnegie Library for Local History, for records on the 1918 flu pandemic. Docimo was able to turn up only a handful of newspapers and diary entries written around that time from the library’s archive. […]
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The fight over Boulder’s Police Oversight Panel emboldens calls for reform
For more than a month, the Boulder City Council has delayed approval of new members to serve on the city’s volunteer Police Oversight Panel, which reviews city investigations into complaints of officer misconduct. The prolonged process is a response to allegations by several community members — and the Boulder Police Officers Association — that the […]
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Mushrooms to be deployed as a weapon against wildfires in Boulder
If Boulder Mushroom achieves what it’s setting out to, the foothills around Boulder could soon sport a whole lot more mushrooms. Fungi could become a major tool for making Boulder’s forests less prone to wildfires by turning branches, logs and wood chips into healthy soil — instead of fuel for future fire they would be […]
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After Golden West’s decision to close assisted living facility, fears of losing not just a home, but a ‘safety net,’ as residents scatter to find housing
Update: this story was updated on Jan. 20 at 12:30 p.m. to includes additional information and to clarify the exchange between the City of Boulder and Golden West in the months before the closure. Earlier this month, after Golden West announced it was closing its assisted living home and gave residents 60 days to move […]
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City of Boulder poised to investigate the selection of new Police Oversight Panel candidates
The Boulder City Council voted 5-4 on Thursday to delay a decision, again, on whether to approve a list of new candidates to serve on the city’s Police Oversight Panel, which reviews investigations into allegations of officer misconduct. The decision is another rebuff to the selection committee assigned to nominate new members to the volunteer-led […]
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Boulder to consider ban on gas hookups in new buildings this year
New research, published in December, found rates of childhood asthma were higher in homes with gas stoves. The peer-reviewed study was another piece of evidence indicating the dangers of gas and its effects on the climate and human health. Responding to the science, local governments across the country have accelerated their efforts to wean off […]
Posted inFood & Drink
Boulder area’s first all-local meal kit delivery service launches
The Front Range may be a hotbed for locally sourced food and meal delivery kits, but a service that combines both is rarer to find. But that is changing — Joy Rubey, who lives part-time in Denver, launched Spade & Spoon late last year and its first deliveries went out to customers from Fort Collins […]
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‘Is there room for success?’ Single-location restaurants wrestle with their place in Boulder and decision to stay small
Many new restaurants open in Boulder to fill a hole in cuisine options. That was true for empanada spot Rincon Argentino, as well as Dave Query’s first restaurants Zolo Southwestern Grill and Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar. They launched successfully, satisfying a Boulder demand for Argentinean, southwestern or seafood. So how did Query open […]
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Boulder City Council to revisit appointment of Police Oversight Panel members after controversy
Update: This story was updated at 10 a.m. on Jan. 13, with the names of the candidates who are seeking a spot on the panel. The Boulder City Council next week will decide whether to approve a list of community members to serve on the city’s Police Oversight Panel, a volunteer-led group that reviews internal […]