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CU scientists help break ice core record
An international team of researchers, including scientists from the University of Colorado, drilled 5,767 feet down into the Greenland ice sheet this summer, setting a record for the length of...
Ward native John Mans directed filming of ‘Whale Wars’
Ward native John Mans shot all the underwater footage on the first season of the hit TV show "Deadliest Catch." He's filmed wild wolves in Minnesota, elephants in the Sahara...
Hundreds ‘blitz’ Rocky Mountain National Park to collect water
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK -- Alice Knox crouched by Bierstadt Lake on Wednesday morning, her feet balanced on a couple of wobbly logs lying by the shore, and bent to...
Boulder trail extension would connect Four Mile Creek, Cottonwood Trails
Boulder`s Four Mile Creek Trail leads bikers, joggers and walkers east from 28th Street, tracing a shaded path by the stream before ducking under half of the Diagonal Highway and...
Prairies burned in Boulder’s Olde Stage Fire bounce back
As night fell on Jan. 7, people in north Boulder could see red flames licking the foothills, coming alarmingly close to the houses that cluster along Olde Stage Road. It...
CU hosts first major ‘biochar’ conference in U.S.
In the last several years -- as world leaders have continued to debate how to stem the consequences of global warming -- an ancient farming method has begun to gain...
Cities, enviromentalists helping South Boulder Creek
South Boulder Creek used to be a vibrant stream, swelling and shrinking with the sun and the snowmelt. Now, the stream's flow is controlled by the dam that creates Gross...
Xcel backs off solar rate increase
Xcel Energy has backed off its proposal to raise rates on new solar customers -- for now. The solar fee hike was part of a larger increase in electricity rates...
Sheriff searches for campsite shooter, no one injured
BOULDER, Colo. - A person driving a white pickup truck fired three shots toward the car of a family camping in Lefthand Canyon early Sunday morning, according to a complaint...
Picket, documentary planned to protest GMO sugar beets
In response to the request of six local farmers to grow genetically modified sugar beets on Boulder County open space land, two groups have planned events for this week.Tuesday night,...