Community choice electric, or CCE, is a concept pioneered in 1999. Xcel Energy says it’s a solution to a carbon problem that is already on its way to being solved.
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Posted inHealth
A lot of people ride e-scooters in Denver — and a new study shows a lot of them are getting seriously hurt
Touted as a last-mile solution to improve city public transit systems, at least 3 people a day show up at Denver Health’s emergency room with scooter-related injuries, new study shows
Posted inCrime and Courts
Man charged in Boulder supermarket shooting still incompetent to stand trial
Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa remains at the state mental hospital, where he is receiving treatment, and was not in the Boulder courtroom.
Posted inCrime and Courts
Federal judge issues temporary restraining order, blocking Boulder County’s ban of some semi-automatic weapons
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday, blocking Boulder County from enforcing its large-capacity magazine and semi-automatic weapon bans, the latest victory for Rocky Mountain Gun Owners in its fight against gun restrictions in Colorado. The ruling follows a nearly identical decision by a different judge last month, prohibiting the town of Superior […]
Posted inClimate, Environment, Equity, Health, News, Technology
Volunteers fan out over Boulder to record time, temp and humidity for scientists tracking climate trends nationwide
Pat Meyers and Deborah Rylander took a drive around Boulder Friday afternoon. Their cruise in a white Audi, with a heat sensor affixed to a window, was part of one of the largest heat-mapping projects in the U.S. The project, which required the help of almost a hundred volunteers, was part of an annual project […]
Posted inNews
Plane that crashed in Boulder County, killing 4, was on local sightseeing flight, NTSB says
The four people killed Sunday when a plane crashed in western Boulder County were on a sightseeing flight operated by a company based at the airport in Broomfield, according to federal air crash investigators. The plane was flying for Bluebird Aviation, according to Peter Knudson, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board. Bluebird Aviation, […]
Posted inPolitics and Government
The gun dealer next door: In-home gun sales become target of one Colorado city’s residents and officials
Greenwood Village banned commercial firearm sales from homes following outrage over one man’s business. But the new ordinance doesn’t affect his business.
Posted inEquity, News
Dozens of Ukrainian refugees have found a temporary home in a Polish palace. A Colorado coalition is paying for their stay.
Each week, Valeria Baklanovski’s aunt stops by her family’s apartment and waters the flowers. They’re one of the few remaining signs of life in their home in Ukraine, still blooming at a time their city has shriveled under occupation by Russian forces. It’s been more than two months since Baklanovski and her parents fled Kherson, […]
Posted inNews, Politics and Government
Boulder City Council passed package of gun laws, including an assault weapons ban
BOULDER — Boulder passed a package of gun control laws on Tuesday, including a ban on the sale and possession of assault weapons similar to one that was overturned shortly before 10 people were killed in a shooting at a supermarket. Boulder originally passed an assault weapons ban in 2018 in response to the mass […]
Posted inClimate, News
Boulder climate activist’s self-immolation stirs questions on faith, protest
By Deepa Bharath and Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press After 50-year-old Wynn Bruce, a climate activist and Buddhist, set himself on fire in front of the U.S. Supreme Court last week, prompting a national conversation about his motivation and whether he may have been inspired by Buddhist monks who self-immolated in the past to protest […]