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 […]
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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 […]
Posted inWildfire
All evacuations lifted after wildfire near Boulder’s NCAR
A wildfire south of Boulder that forced nearly 20,000 people to flee was listed at 35% contained by Sunday afternoon as all evacuations prompted by the blaze were lifted. The fire, which ignited Saturday, burned to within 1,000 yards of homes on the west end of Boulder, said Mike Smith, incident commander. No homes were lost and […]
Posted inNews, Wildfire
South Boulder homes evacuated because of wildfire near NCAR; firefighters reach 21% containment Sunday
A wildfire that ignited Saturday afternoon near the National Center for Atmospheric Research prompted the evacuation of homes in a large area of south Boulder, including the Table Mesa neighborhood and Eldorado Springs and Sans Souci. At least 19,000 people were ordered to flee about 8,000 homes. By Sunday morning the fire had burned about […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News
Boulder remembers the 10 people killed at the Table Mesa King Soopers 1 year ago
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press With flowers, a moment of silence and a public remembrance for those who died and those still grieving, Colorado residents marked the one-year anniversary Tuesday of a shooting at a busy supermarket in the college town of Boulder that left 10 people dead, including employees, customers and a veteran police […]
Posted inNews, Wildfire
Louisville burned down Dec. 30. The city manager started the next day.
LOUISVILLE — Jeffrey Durbin was a private citizen living in a fifth floor apartment in Denver when he looked through his windows and saw smoke rising to the north. The next morning, he showed up at 7:30 a.m. for his first day as city manager in Louisville — ground zero of the Marshall fire. “I’ve […]
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Boulder King Soopers where 10 were killed reopens to mixed emotions
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press BOULDER — Hours before a gunman opened fire at a bustling Boulder King Soopers, Teri Leiker called her mother to tell her how excited she was to return from vacation to her job as a front-end bagger where she loved her customers and her colleagues. She never came back […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: On the edge of the Marshall inferno, drivers worked in concert to avert trouble
The first sparks of the Marshall fire started about a mile and a half from where I live. My older sister and I live in South Boulder. Molly lives in an assisted living facility and I live in an apartment half a mile from her. The night before, I’d made a plan to visit my […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: The fire in my legislative district had roots in the fossil fuels we put in our cars
Last week, we experienced Colorado’s most destructive fire in its history. It ripped through the heart of our communities, leaving a devastating path of destruction in its wake. Tens of thousands of people, including myself, were forced to evacuate, and more than 1,000 homes and businesses were destroyed. I spent the days following the fire […]
Posted inColoradans, Education, News
Boulder Valley School District, largely unscathed by the Marshall fire, will resume classes Wednesday
Of the nearly 1,000 structures reduced to rubble by the Marshall fire, not one was a school belonging to the Boulder Valley School District, clearing the way for the district to welcome students back to schools Wednesday as scheduled. The plan to reopen schools in the fire-ravaged county comes as more than 10,000 people remain […]