Author: Mitchell Byars

After initially denying neighbor reports that Boulder police shot a large bull elk at Ninth Street and Mapleton Avenue late Tuesday night, police officials today revealed that an on-duty officer did kill the animal, but failed to file a report with his supervisors or notify dispatchers. A second, off-duty officer took the elk home “to…

A young mountain lion trapped a woman and her dog in an outhouse near the Sunrise Amphitheatre this morning for several minutes before wandering off, according to Boulder wildlife officials. The 30-year-old woman and her dog were hiking off trail towards the amphitheater at around 10 a.m. when they saw the mountain lion about three…

Thomas Ricardo Cunningham, one of the two University of Colorado students accused of feeding pot brownies to his class on Friday, sending three to the hospital and sickening five others, formally was charged Wednesday with 18 felonies. Cunningham, 21, was charged with eight counts of second-degree assault — Class 4 felonies — and eight counts…

Longtime Boulder City Council critic Seth Brigham’s Saturday night arrest — his second in less than a week — came after witnesses told Boulder police Brigham was naked and accusing neighbors of stealing an iPad, according to a police report released Monday. Officers found the iPad in Brigham’s apartment, according to police.   At 11:50 p.m. Saturday police were…

For years, Micah True was a fixture on the trails of Boulder. Now, six months after his death, “Caballo Blanco” has returned home. About 20 of True’s friends gathered Friday at Chautauqua to remember True and spread some of his ashes along the trails. The Boulder ultra-runner rose to fame when he was featured in…