Dr. Leslie Busby of hematology and medical oncology at the Rocky Mountain Cancer Center (RMCC) in Boulder says he’s seen local shortages in generic prescription drugs, but so far no patients have been unable to get medicine they need to survive. But that may change soon.

The following information was produced from a market analysis conducted by Premier Healthcare Alliance during a two-week period in April and titled Buyer Beware: Drug Shortages and the Gray Market. The full report can be viewed at www.premierinc.com.

Joel Dyer has been named editor of Boulder Weekly, succeeding Pamela White. Dyer, who served as Boulder Weekly editor from 1993 to 1997, published the Fort Collins Weekly from 2002 to 2007, then worked for Swift Communications after Swift purchased his Fort Collins paper.

Construction of a pedestrian/bicycle underpass beneath Broadway at Euclid Avenue and other improvements are expected to snarl traffic in the area for the next nine months, but it’s not expected to get really nasty for several weeks. The Broadway (Euclid to 18th) Transportation Improvements Project got underway this week after being put on hold due to delays in federal and environmental clearances.

The money is on the table. And unless Boulder County businesses act by year’s end, nearly a quarter million dollars in rebates aimed to upgrade commercial buildings and improve energy efficiency will vanish as revelers welcome in 2012.

Dismayed by a county advisory group’s recommendation to allow genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to be grown on open space, this week the group GMKnow is releasing an alternate cropland policy for the county commissioners to consider.

Boulder police have issued arrest warrants for two men believed to be involved in a scam that targeted undocumented immigrants seeking to obtain U.S. driver’s licenses illegally.

There are potential bike frames growing alongside the New Jersey Turnpike. No, that’s not some Salvador Dali-inspired hipster painting; it’s the truth, in a matter of speaking — you just need to know how to build a bike out of bamboo. On Nov. 17, Boulder will get its chance to learn. Fence Heanue and Merrily Grashin are the traveling faces of Bamboo Bike Studio, which builds bamboo bicycles in New York, San Francisco, and even Africa.

Imagine if someone launched a movement that was not about money, religion or politics — an effort that was simply based on the idea of spreading love from one person to another. That seems to be the story behind that brightly colored truck and camper shell plastered with messages like “You are a miracle” and “Love wins” that has been making its way around Boulder County and the Denver metro area.

The University Memorial Center at the University of Colorado Boulder — Colorado’s official memorial to veterans — will host a Veterans Day ceremony on at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 11 in the UMC’s Glenn Miller Ballroom. The annual ceremony will include a dedication of plaques honoring those who have fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan.