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Ruling from state medical board brings Colorado closer to becoming the...

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Colorado is one-third of the way to becoming the first state to ban “abortion reversal,” as its medical board recently ruled the scientifically unfounded...

Who killed the vote on fracking?

At first glance, determining who to blame for the fact that Colorado voters will not get their chance to decide for themselves who controls oil and gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing in their neighborhoods seems simple enough. On Monday, Aug. 4, as the result of a...

2C or not 2C is not the question

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Have you moved to Longmont yet?” Susan Wisecup, business manager for Longmont Power and Communications, is really asking. She’s ecstatic about the century-old public utility in Longmont building Colorado’s most cutting-edge Internet project...

Boulder County’s vaccination problem

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This is not a story about why you should vaccinate your children. Every state, local and federal public health agency says you should, and...

Something fishy’s going on at Valmont Reservoir

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Hudson, a 1,500-person pit-stop town about 30 miles east of Boulder, has a small community fishing pond. On a recent Saturday morning, about two...

‘He wanted to be heard’

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When Seth Franco moved to Boulder almost a decade ago, he pulled into the parking lot of The Source — a shelter for unhoused...

Are state actions increasing the risk of cougars attacking people?

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The three cougar attacks on people in Colorado this year have made headlines around the world. This reflects not only how rare such attacks...

Paula Oransky never dreamed she could be fired for protesting against...

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It was without question the best job Paula Oransky had ever had. The Colorado School of Mines graduate was making six figures, had a...

Warning: Oil and gas development may be hazardous to your health

Every medical student learns this much Latin: primum non nocere: “First, do no harm.” For centuries, all newly minted physicians have taken the Hippocratic...

CU sociology discrimination claims highlight university-wide issues

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In the beginning, Tamara Williams Van Horn loved her time at the University of Colorado. She was recruited from Ohio to enter the sociology program;...

No solid ground

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The coal mines that lie under portions of downtown Lafayette and Louisville, outskirts of Erie and most of Frederick, Firestone and Dacono were built to collapse. Coal mines on the Front Range from the 1860s when coal mining began in Colorado until roughly 30 years ...

Forced pooling is not mandatory swim practice

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When James Sines shopped for homes in 2007, he thought he knew how to pick a neighborhood that would never be drilled for oil...