Thursday, February 21,2013
City attorney says crackdown on bars not a reprise of his controversial past
By Jefferson Dodge
Could the Republic of Boulder, once considered a bastion of progressive thought that fiercely protected people’s freedoms and individualism, now be the biggest nanny state in the area?
Thursday, February 14,2013
Boulder officials increasingly resistant to coughing up open records
By Jefferson Dodge and Steve Weishampel
In the case of the city of Boulder, Boulder Weekly has documented numerous cases in which open records requests — filed both by the newspaper and local citizens — have either been denied or met with demands for hundreds of dollars and wait times exceeding what is allowed by state law.
Thursday, February 7,2013
By Jefferson Dodge
When Grant Family Farms in Wellington declared bankruptcy in December and announced that it didn’t have enough feed to keep its chickens alive, it prompted an outpouring of support from surrounding communities. People descended on the farm to adopt hens before they were killed.
Thursday, February 7,2013
By Jefferson Dodge
After a parent’s protest, a Longmont middle school that had a link on its home page to political websites touting gun rights and Tea Party messages has removed the link and apologized.
Thursday, January 24,2013
Research findings, legal filings add fuel to the feud
By Jefferson Dodge
The local battle over fracking has been heating up this week on several fronts, from a new study on oil and gas impacts on ozone levels to volleys fired in the city of Longmont’s legal defense of its ban on hydraulic fracturing.
Thursday, January 24,2013
Homeless man shares strife that led to current path
By Jefferson Dodge
Onesimus only gives out his one-word missionary name these days. He’s not your typical homeless man. His beard and clothes are clean, and he carries a cell phone that was recently given to him.
Thursday, January 17,2013
Boulder County Jail installing video surveillance after complaints about inmate abuse
By Jefferson Dodge
They call it “the chair.” It’s a restraint seat used by many jails to subdue inmates who pose a threat to themselves or others. It has wrist straps, ankle straps, a lap belt and a harness.
Thursday, January 10,2013
By Jefferson Dodge
Fracking will be squarely in the crosshairs of several Boulder County lawmakers during the legislative session that started this week, due in part to frustration with the way a state commission recently chose to regulate oil and gas operations.
Thursday, January 10,2013
By Jefferson Dodge
Questions continue to swirl around activists’ complaints regarding irregularities in the Boulder County election process, and while the secretary of state has largely brushed aside the concerns, a local elections official says the clerk and recorder’s office will take them seriously.
Thursday, January 3,2013
By Jefferson Dodge
Boulder Police Officer Jenny Paddock acknowledges that different police officers take different approaches to the homeless and writing tickets for camping or trespassing, but much depends on their behaviors toward law enforcement as well.