Amy Bounds

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Amy Bounds

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.

Bruce Randolph Jr. chats while his cousin, Beverly Martin, combs his hair at Daddy Bruce’s in Boulder on Friday. Randolph, 85, has sold Daddy Bruce’s and will retire.

Bruce Randolph Jr., Boulder鈥檚 Daddy Bruce Bar-B-Que owner, dies at 94

May 9, 2021 at 8:46 p.m.

Bruce Randolph Jr., a fixture in Boulder as the owner of Daddy Bruce鈥檚 Bar-B-Que for three decades, died May 1. He was 94.

Two drivers killed in head-on crash in Boulder County

April 12, 2021 at 9:44 a.m.

Two men died after a head-on crash Saturday morning on U.S. 287 near Niwot Road in Boulder County, according to the Colorado State Patrol.

Kendra Pearsall, right, holds a sign while rallying with her three children in support of The Lyons Den Restaurant and Taphouse on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. The town and the state have suspended the restaurant’s liquor license in response to the restaurant defying public health orders.
(Amy Bounds/Staff Writer)

Lyons Den holds rally after town, state suspend liquor license

December 13, 2020 at 8:41 p.m.

More than 40 people waved signs in front of The Lyons Den Restaurant and Taphouse on Sunday, chanting "we stand for freedom" and "stop the lockdown."

All BVSD schools moving to remote learning Nov. 17 because of coronavirus

November 11, 2020 at 12:05 a.m.

The Boulder Valley School District will switch to all remote learning starting Nov. 17 because of "skyrocketing" coronavirus case numbers, Superintendent Rob Anderson announced at Tuesday's school board meeting.

Small airplane crash-lands on Airport Road in Longmont

October 24, 2020 at 6:54 p.m.

A small yellow two-person plane crash-landed on a field near Airport road shortly after take-off about 11:15 a.m. Saturday, coming to rest partially in the roadway, according to Longmont police...

Boulder County Parks and Open Space was awarded a $200,000 grant from History Colorado for the first phase of restoring the Wencel barn on Braly open space near Hygiene.

Boulder County awarded $200,000 grant to restore historic barn near Hygiene

January 1, 2020 at 8:08 p.m.

Construction of the first phase of restoring a historic barn on Boulder County open space near Hygiene will start in the summer thanks to a $200,000 grant from History Colorado.

Steven Truesdale, left, and Ray Middleton test ride a tandem bike they were working on at the Boulder Valley Velodrome in Erie on Oct. 22, 2014.

Supporters making last push to save Erie鈥檚 Boulder Valley Velodrome

December 22, 2019 at 8:59 p.m.

Supporters of the Boulder Valley Velodrome, the Erie cycling track that has been up for sale for two years, are making one last push to find investors to buy it...

Anti-Semitic propaganda distributed on Boulder鈥檚 Pearl Street Mall

November 3, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

A group of men, posing as Jews, distributed and posted anti-Semitic propaganda on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall around 10:30 p.m. Saturday night, according to social media posts.

Aubrey Lockhart teaches a kindergarten class at Heatherwood Elementary School in Boulder on Friday.

BVSD piloting dyslexia screening tool

October 27, 2019 at 12:45 p.m.

Boulder Valley School District is planning to pilot a dyslexia screening tool starting in the spring in a move being praised by local dyslexia advocates.

Boulder music journalist Wendy Kale to be posthumously inducted in Colorado Music Hall of Fame

October 22, 2019 at 11:22 a.m.

Longtime Colorado Daily music writer Wendy Kale, a fixture of Boulder鈥檚 rock clubs for decades and a staunch supporter of homegrown music, will be posthumously inducted into the Colorado Music...

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Bruce Randolph Jr., Boulder鈥檚 Daddy Bruce Bar-B-Que owner, dies at 94

Two drivers killed in head-on crash in Boulder County

Lyons Den holds rally after town, state suspend liquor license

All BVSD schools moving to remote learning Nov. 17 because of coronavirus

Small airplane crash-lands on Airport Road in Longmont

Boulder County awarded $200,000 grant to restore historic barn near Hygiene

Supporters making last push to save Erie鈥檚 Boulder Valley Velodrome

Anti-Semitic propaganda distributed on Boulder鈥檚 Pearl Street Mall

BVSD piloting dyslexia screening tool

Boulder music journalist Wendy Kale to be posthumously inducted in Colorado Music Hall of Fame