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Boulder jury seated in Joseph Abeyta murder trial; opening statements at 1 p.m.
Attorneys have selected a 12-person jury and three alternates in the first-degree murder trial of Joseph Abeyta, a Longmont man suspected of killing his friend in north Boulder in January.The...

Boulder County domestic violence rates rise
Domestic violence reports and arrests in Boulder County increased last year over 2007, according to newly released statistics, and -- nearly nine months into 2009 -- authorities are having another...

Boulder Valley teachers reject contract proposal
Boulder Valley teachers across grades and disciplines, in schools from the mountain towns to the suburbs, appear united on one issue: They say a school district contract proposal for the...

Boulder County reports first West Nile Virus case of the season
Boulder County has confirmed its first case of the West Nile Virus this season, public health officials announced Monday. A 64-year-old man, who lives in east Boulder County, reported first...

Traci Housman charged with second-degree murder in husband’s death
Boulder County prosecutors formally charged Traci Housman today with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of her husband, John Housman. Housman, 36, faces 10 to 32 years in...

Fatal accident ties up Boulder Canyon traffic
Emergency crews are cleaning up a traffic accident in Boulder Canyon that has killed one man and closed the road in one direction. Authorities were called about an accident on...

‘Miracle baby’ in Lafayette abuse case released from hospital
An 11-week-old Lafayette baby who was hospitalized last month with life-threatening injuries from alleged abuse was released from the hospital Monday after proving that he can breathe and eat without...

CU employee ticketed for pelvis ‘bump’
A 22-year-old contract cleaning employee for the University of Colorado's Boulder campus was ticketed for unlawful sexual contact after one of his co-workers told police that he thrust his pelvis...

Boulder police: John Housman made threats to wife in 2000
Nine years ago, in the throes of a divorce, John Housman -- then 32 -- was ticketed for domestic violence after threatening to kill his wife and "bash" her face...

John Hausman’s ex-wife says Boulder homicide victim was abusive
A 41-year-old Boulder man who police say was fatally stabbed over the weekend by his wife had a checkered past that included domestic violence, according to court documents and one...