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Longmont City Council OKs Smucker’s incentives package

The Longmont City Council gave its final approval Tuesday night to a $6.5 million economic development incentives package for the J.M. Smucker Company's...

Broomfield’s Momentum breaks glass recycling barriers

The Boulder County Recycling Center (BCRC) in 2015 diverted 14,949 tons of glass from the trash. But it couldn't save it all.A smaller,...

Charles Krauthammer: Trump and the ‘Madman Theory’

WASHINGTON — At the heart of Donald Trump's foreign policy team lies a glaring contradiction. On the one hand, it is composed of men...

CU Buffs hoops needs ‘soul searching’ during brief lull

Friday marked the beginning of the longest between-games hiatus for the Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team since late December.At this stage of the season,...

Kate Becker: The curiosity cure

Last month, the thoroughly modern social media managers of dictionary giant Merriam-Webster noticed a major spike in searches for the word "fact" after that...

Jeff Mitton: Sale of Utah’s Comb Ridge reminds us of tragedy of Hetch Hetchy

John Muir, one of America's most treasured naturalists and proponent of conservation, visited Yosemite Valley in 1868 and was smitten by its grandeur. He...

Kate Becker: Trinity bomb test rocks get second life as tools of science

Trinitite may or may not owe its name to a poem.In July 1945, at a spot 210 miles south of Los Alamos, N.M., the...

Boulder connections to coming SpaceX launch grow longer

Local connections to Saturday's scheduled launch of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft are numerous, and Ball Aerospace can be added to the list of...

CU Boulder students show NASA their vision of future space transport

Four University of Colorado juniors are back from NASA's Langley Research Center, where they competed Wednesday as finalists in that agency's BIG...

CU Boulder’s Ellison Onizuka remembered aboard space station

More than 31 years after University of Colorado graduate Lt. Col. Ellison Onizuka lost his life on the space shuttle Challenger, his spirit is...

Superior officials: No formal policy planned for private meetings with developers

Superior Trustees will not explore a policy regulating private meetings between board members and developers — an issue that has sparked wrangling among...

Airbnb use soared across all of Boulder County in 2016

Countywide increasesBoulder Guest Arrivals 2016: 54,800 (54% growth over 2015)Total Host Payout 2016: $11.8 millionErie Guest Arrivals 2016: 568 (131% growth over 2015)Total...

Longmont council to consider human services, economic development at Friday retreat

If you go What: The Longmont City Council will hold its annual retreatWhen: 8:30 a.m. Friday Where: Longmont Museum and Cultural Center,...

Lafayette OKs increased open-space mandate for future growth

Lafayette's City Council unanimously approved an amendment on Tuesday increasing the amount of public land mandated for future developments — a proposal that...

Lafayette leaves door open for Nine Mile Corner appeal

Lafayette may appeal a Boulder judge's decision last week dismissing the city's condemnation lawsuit aimed at 22 acres of Erie land, City Administrator...

Big Choice Brewing to leave Broomfield for Brighton

Big Choice Brewing, one of the first breweries to put down roots in Broomfield, is moving to Brighton.Big Choice, 7270 W. 118th Place,...

Broomfield oil and gas forum draws hundreds; focuses on safety

For the first time, all members with a stake in Broomfield's oil and gas future sat at the same table.State officials heard first-hand from...

19 states have raised gas taxes since 2013. In Colorado, Republicans want to cut...

Since 2013, 19 states have raised gas taxes to pay for roads, and as many as 18 states are considering doing so this year.But...

How they voted: Boulder County area congressional votes for Jan. 30 – Feb. 4,...

Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. In addition to roll call votes this week, the House...

U.S. appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump travel ban

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, unanimously rejecting...

How they voted: Boulder County area congressional votes for Feb. 6-10, 2017

Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week.In addition to roll call votes this week, the House also...

Louisville’s Monarch High principal leaving to lead Chicago high school

Jerry Anderson, principal at Louisville's Monarch High School, is leaving at the end of the school year for a job as principal at...

Russian doping whistleblowers make surprise CU appearance: ‘Don’t cheat. It’s black and white.’

Yuliya Stepanova believed her coaches when they told her it was normal for athletes to take testosterone injections to boost their performance. "I saw...

CU’s Leeds School of Business aims for gender parity in degree programs by 2020

The University of Colorado Leeds School of Business is launching a new initiative aimed at increasing the number of women in business programs by...

Rabbit Mountain Fire in Boulder County started by target shooters, investigators say

Boulder County fire and sheriff's investigators have released the cause of the Rabbit Mountain Fire near Hygiene, ruling that it was started by...

Boulder County updates marijuana licensing regulations

Boulder County commissioners on Thursday approved updates and revisions to the county's licensing regulations for marijuana-related businesses located in unincorporated Boulder County.The revised...

‘It caught everyone by surprise’: Snow puts Boulder, Longmont on accident alert

Blustery snow on Thursday wreaked havoc on Boulder County roads, prompting Boulder and Longmont police to place their streets on accident alert and the...