Author: Alex Burness
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Marijuana odor from cultivation center continues to seep into north Boulder
The same area of north Boulder that one year ago was the site of some neighborhood frustration over marijuana odor is now host to a near repeat of that drama. A cultivation facility that, according to state records, is licensed to local pot shop Boulder Botanics was fined $2,000 for a “failure to remedy odor…
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Boulder declares intent to uphold Paris climate goals
The Boulder City Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night to declare the city’s “commitment to honor and uphold the Paris climate agreement goals.” Boulder is one of hundreds of American municipalities to announce an intent to continue supporting the Paris agreement, from which President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. — the world’s second-largest polluter…
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Boulder teens push to lower local voting age to 16
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This November, Boulder citizens may get to vote on who gets to vote. Here, as in nearly every other town in America, the voting age for municipal elections is 18 — the same as the…
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Boulder abortion doctor Warren Hern blasts ‘despicable’ congressional probe
Warren Hern, the abortion doctor currently being investigated by a congressional panel on “infant lives,” says he won’t comply with the panel’s request for medical documents from his Boulder clinic. Hern wrote Wednesday in a response to the panel that he feels subjected to a “witch hunt” and called Tennessee Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, who is…
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Boulder restaurant owner says Donald Trump Jr. can’t hold event at restaurant
Donald Trump Jr. is welcome to visit the The Sink, but not to hold a campaign event on the restaurant’s premises, owner Mark Heinritz said Monday. “If he wants to come in and be a guest, that’s fine,” Heinritz said. “We do not discriminate and we will not discriminate. If he wants it to be…
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Fevered battle over plans to house Boulder’s young homeless
BOULDER — Brandon George isn’t a kid anymore, and hasn’t felt like one in a decade. He’s 21 now — 11 years removed from beginning to understand heroin was to blame for the chronic state of filth at his house, and for the erratic, distant behavior of his family members. As a teenager, George played…
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Killing No. 317: The story of a Boulder bear out of strikes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As soon as wildlife officers get the chance, they will kill her. It could happen today, or tomorrow, or next week — that depends mostly on when she’s exposed enough for a clear shot in…
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Attempted-murder charge dropped against Colorado girl accused of poisoning mom over iPhone
In a plea deal struck this week, prosecutors dropped an attempted first-degree murder charge against the 12-year-old Boulder County girl accused of trying to kill her mother in a dispute over the girl’s revoked iPhone. The girl — whom the Camera has not identified because she is a minor — pleaded guilty Tuesday to a…
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Colorado teacher out of job after Instagram post insulting student
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Longmont art teacher is now out of a job after apparently posting a picture of one her students on Instagram, accompanied by the caption, “I hate him” and several derogatory hashtags. Traci Gauthier, a…
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DA to look into cancellation of Boulder Marathon
The Boulder County District’s Attorney Office this week will look into the circumstances surrounding the sudden cancellation of the Boulder Marathon, the announcement of which on Friday triggered widespread outrage in the local running community. Responding to a runner’s complaints about the cancellation and the lack of refunds, District Attorney Stan Garnett, in an email…