Tag: apr 23 2020 issue
The only grocery store in Lyons is doing well, and now...
Main Street in Lyons is empty. Amid stay-at-home orders, people aren’t going to the nature park or stopping in for a long brunch. They’re...
Mobile home owners face rent increases and lost wages during the...
Most of the mobile home community folks I’ve talked with were able to handle April rent. But they have lost hours, contract work, or...
The future of transportation in Boulder County, amended
Earlier this year, the Boulder County Board of Commissioners approved a transportation plan that calls for increased bus and rail service in the County,...
Death cult or survival in a better world
The president’s statements this morning encourage illegal and dangerous acts. He is putting millions of people in danger of contracting COVID-19. His unhinged rantings...
This is not a drill
The coronavirus pandemic didn’t cause the problem but it has opened our eyes to the reality that our health care system is severely lacking...
The great divorce: The People of Colorado v. the State
When I was a boy, my dad took me and my twin sister and brothers to see the demolition of the Omaha-Grant Smoke Stack...
Comet ATLAS shrugs
In late December 2019, a telescope in Hawaii operated by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) discovered a comet on its way to...
Guess what: It’s no longer ‘appropriate or necessary’ to regulate mercury...
On April 16, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruled that it was no longer “appropriate and necessary” to regulate coal-fired power plants in the...
