Amy Bounds covers K-12 education for the Daily Camera and Times-Call, plus some early childhood and local government stories. She first joined the Times-Call in 1997 after graduating with a journalism degree from the University of Colorado Boulder. She's lived in Colorado since she was 12, growing up in Littleton. When not writing, she's a marching band mom, rescue dog mom and unpaid Uber driver for her teen sons.
"Sometimes I need it for one one thing, sometimes six things. It does give you a little bit of a buffer. I know where $300 is coming from every month."
In their appeal to Boulder County, San Lazaro Mobile Home Park residents detailed the diversity of the community and the importance of preserving affordable housing.
The parent organization at Meadowlark, a K-8 school in Erie, recently removed its treasurer after a financial review found seven unauthorized withdrawals, totaling about $70,000, from its fundraising account.
The University of Colorado Boulder is proposing running the National Center for Atmospheric Research with two partner universities if the National Science Foundation goes forward with a restructuring plan.
Spurred by a fight with Boulder County over the minimum wage and ongoing concerns about deteriorating neighborhood roads, a grassroots group is seeking to make Niwot the newest town in...
Boulder County commissioners this week heard budget requests from the departments, from more money to complete large open space purchases to staffing for a planned jail expansion.
A Mead High School language arts teacher is no longer in the classroom following parent complaints about a social media post she made after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie...
"We're not asking for special treatment. We're asking for survival. This is the definition of unintended consequences. You're destroying the businesses that provide jobs."
As students head back to Boulder Valley classrooms this week, schools will have fewer teachers and other staff members to mirror enrollment declines — and a tight budget is keeping...