It’s not just in your head, this has been a wet spring.  May was the fourth-wettest for Boulder since 1872, according to city officials. Five and a half inches fell in the last 30 days. So how is the city’s stormwater infrastructure holding up to this influx of water? Are we on the brink of […]

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This November, Boulder voters will directly elect the city’s mayor for the first time by ranked-choice voting. Councilmember Yates sees the position of mayor as an opportunity for ‘visionary’ leadership.

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Attorneys for the City of Boulder are asking a Boulder County District Court judge to deny a request by civil rights lawyers to issue a partial judgment in their camping ban lawsuit, claiming key facts are disputed. A partial judgment could result in an order barring the city from enforcing the law. In Boulder’s latest […]

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Looking for something fun to do this week in and around Boulder? BRL has you covered. With summer just around the corner and the event scene heating up, we’re debuting this weekly roundup of happenings. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list, but a handful of events that piqued our interest and we […]

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Hope Munoz, a senior at CU Boulder, joined Boulder Reporting Lab last week as a summer reporting fellow. Munoz will cover arts and culture events, general assignment stories, write newsletter briefs and more. The fellowship is supported through a grant from the Colorado Media Project’s Advancing Equity in Local News program. Here are five questions […]

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Darren O’Connor, a Boulder-based lawyer and member of NAACP Boulder County, filed a lawsuit in Boulder County District Court on Thursday, June 1, alleging the Boulder City Council “exceeded their jurisdiction or abused their discretion” when it voted to remove a member from the volunteer-led Police Oversight Panel earlier this year. Councilmembers removed Lisa Sweeney-Miran, […]

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The Boulder City Council voted 7-0 on Thursday, June 1 to repeal the city’s prohibition on riding electric bikes on certain open space trails. Councilmember Rachel Friend abstained due to a conflict of interest. Councilmember Mark Wallach was absent. The decision will allow Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks to designate certain trails, covering roughly […]

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This winter dropped a lot of snow on the mountains above Boulder. Our reservoirs are in good shape for now as Boulder Creek babbles. But that’s not our only water source. 

Boulder and many other cities along the Front Range rely, at least in part, on water from the strained Colorado River. Younger cities with fewer senior rights for local water sources  — like Superior and Erie — rely on it almost entirely.

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