BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Anti-fracking activists have forced Boulder County commissioners to delay a decision on oil and gas drilling regulations. Opponents want the county to ban fracking, saying the procedure blasting water, sand and chemicals underground to free oil and natural gas is unsafe. Supporters say the procedure is... more »
If you drive an SUV and leave it parked outside, watch out. Thieves are now stealing parts right off of parked vehicles.
Mary Arneson had the catalytic converter stolen from her Toyota Forerunner this weekend. She didn't drive until Monday morning and immediately thought the muffler had been removed... more »
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Boulder officials will consider a resolution stating the city will provide a legal defense to employees who regulate medical marijuana businesses if they face federal prosecution.
The Boulder City Council plans to discuss the resolution Tuesday. The Boulder Daily Camera reports that memos this year... more »
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Firefighters hope for a break in the weather as they try to contain a 200-acre wildfire in the foothills west of Boulder.
Crews had contained 25 percent of the fire by Friday night and hoped to increase that to 50 percent by Saturday morning.
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Here are the latest numbers when it comes to the Fourmile Canyon fire burning in the Boulder area.
Acres: 6,388
Structures destroyed: 140
Structures damaged: 24
People missing: 4 (down from 8 earlier in the day)
At a 4 p.m. news conference, fire managers and... more »
A woman who, police say, bound and taped her boyfriend's puppy to the side of a refrigerator last year was released out of jail early. Abby Toll was sentenced in July to 30 days in Boulder County Jail plus three years of probation on a conviction of aggravated animal cruelty.... more »
Melting mountain snow has triggered a mud flow near a rock slide area in La Plata County, leaving behind muck as deep as 4 feet in some spots on East Animas Road along the Animas River. County workers closed the road Tuesday as mud and debris coursed down Missionary Ridge... more »
Workers have broken down a huge boulder threatening to tumble down a cliff onto Interstate 70 in western Colorado and hope to have some lanes open Thursday.
State officials said they blasted the boulder just before nightfall Wednesday, but darkness prevented crews from clearing debris.
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Workers are breaking up a huge boulder threatening to tumble down a cliff onto Interstate 70 in western Colorado after a rock slide that closed the highway indefinitely. State officials say they hope to dislodge the boulder on Wednesday.
After that, they'll decide how soon at least some lanes... more »
Boulders the size of semis crashed down on I-70 in Glenwood Canyon last night, punching holes in bridges, blocking all lanes and damaging guardrails. I-70 is completely closed for a 17-mile stretch with no estimate of when it will reopen.
Work crews have to stabilize the mountainside, then use... more »