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Paper or plastic? Tax ’em!

By Pamela White

For decades, the question in the checkout lane has been, “Paper or plastic?” A great many people are hoping the Boulder City Council’s answer will be, “Tax ’em!”

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Bailey brings municipalization experience to Boulder

By Jefferson Dodge

Heather Bailey is Boulder’s new czar of municipalization, and she knows a thing or two about regulatory agencies and cities running their own electric utilities.

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Frackwater blues

Drought, hydraulic fracturing may be on a collision course

By Jefferson Dodge

Forecasters are projecting a summer drought that could be the worst Colorado has ever seen. Snowpack is paltry. And yet oil and gas companies are only increasing their drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” which use hundreds of thousands of gallons of water per application.

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Cuisine

Restaurants rise from the ashes

By Hadley Vandiver

Boulder was voted “foodiest town in America” by Bon Appétit in 2010, so it is hardly a surprise that the local food business is competitive. Only the toughest survive.

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Restaurant Review

Upscale Mexican street food

By Clay Fong

One of my pet peeves is the eatery that appropriates inexpensive ethnic food and gussies it up beyond recognition with little resulting benefit. Adding insult to injury is the establishment that jacks up the prices on affordable chow to something approximating the cost of a taco truck rather than the taco itself.

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Before I left for the Black Keys concert last night, I checked the setlist from the band's show at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. Seemed pretty solid, mostly stuff from their newest album and the one before it. OK, I knew what I was in for. I did not think to check the list from the previous night a... More

 

City launches bear education, enforcement program

On the same day that the city of Boulder announced a new pilot program to deter bears, a bear made itself comfortable in a tree at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Williams Village hou... More

 

Best of Boulder 2012 Publishes Thursday, April 26

This Thursday, April 26, Boulder Weekly will publish its 15th annual Best of Boulder Special Edition, featuring the results of our 2012 Reader’s Poll. This year marks the biggest voter t... More

 

Press release: Injunction Filed Against CU by Boulder 4/20 Protesters

{Boulder, CO} -- Attorney Robert J. Corry, Jr. filed an emergency temporary restraining order in Boulder District Court today, asking the court to prohibit the University of Colorado from closing its ... More

 
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Frackwater blues

Drought, hydraulic fracturing may be on a collision course

By Jefferson Dodge

Forecasters are projecting a summer drought that could be the worst Colorado has ever seen. Snowpack is paltry. And yet oil and gas companies are only increasing their drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” which use hundreds of thousands of gallons of water per application.

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Different recipe, same great taste

Leftover Salmon shakes off the freezer burn and returns from hiatus

By David Accomazzo

The band (which at this point consisted of Emmitt, Herman, Vann, accordion player Gerry Cavagnaro, drummer Michael Wooten and bassist Rob Galloway) plays the cover pretty faithfully for the first couple of verses. Then, suddenly, the drums cut out and Herman starts a spoken-word creed filled with local imagery, delivering a tale of.

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Restaurants rise from the ashes

By Hadley Vandiver

Boulder was voted “foodiest town in America” by Bon Appétit in 2010, so it is hardly a surprise that the local food business is competitive. Only the toughest survive.

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Uncensored

Paper or plastic? Tax ’em!

By Pamela White

For decades, the question in the checkout lane has been, “Paper or plastic?” A great many people are hoping the Boulder City Council’s answer will be, “Tax ’em!”

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