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.
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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.
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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
It’s been a long time coming, but Longmont finally has its own large-scale natural/organic grocer.
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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.
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Thursday, January 3,2013
Homeless man tries to make a difference in his community
By Jefferson Dodge
Someone lives under the Boulder Public Library bridge that spans the creek, and he’s not a troll. He’s a Dwarf.
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Thursday, December 27,2012
By Jefferson Dodge
Michael Bellmont, the chief spokesperson for the group that succeeded in convincing a majority of Longmont voters to approve a ban on fracking in the city, is playing a harmonica under his cowboy hat. And he wants to go get his guitar before the photo shoot begins.
Thursday, December 6,2012
By Jefferson Dodge
The venerable outdoor journal, which was founded in Denver as Skiers’ Gazette in 1966, will continue to operate online, and Summit Publishing President Blake DeMaso says he hopes to find a new model for eventually bringing the printed version back.
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Thursday, December 6,2012
By Jefferson Dodge
The Boulder homeless couple featured in a Nov. 21 Boulder Weekly feature story — Lexi and Chris Weaver — now has a little girl.
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Thursday, November 29,2012
By Jefferson Dodge
The Colorado secretary of state’s office is mum on where it will come down on the Boulder County canvass board’s refusal to certify local election results, but it would be a shock if the Nov. 6 results were not upheld.