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The swarm of bees in a tree east of Boulder in 2018.

Boulder County鈥檚 native bee species thrive in disturbed environments

February 9, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.

Because different species of bees specialize in pollinating specific plants, its widely accepted that a diverse bee population translates to a diverse plant population, which increases an areas resiliency to...

Boulder County鈥檚 populations of native bird species decline in the face of development

January 12, 2020 at 1:08 p.m.

The Northern Hemisphere lost 3 billion birds, or 29% of the overall population, in the last 50 years. While the warming climate has played a demonstrative role in this decline...

Boulder County real estate market likely stay stagnant into 2020

December 13, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

The real estate market in Boulder County completely stagnated in 2019, according to data recently released by the Colorado Association of Realtors, and with a projected slowing of the economy,...

Bartender Larry White pours a draft beer for a customer at the Boulder Beer Company taproom on July 9. The brewery, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in July, struck a deal with Sleeping Giant Brewing to distribute its products nationally after the local brewery scales back its operations. Now, the taproom will close Jan. 18.

Boulder Beer Co. reaches deal to continue retail distribution

December 3, 2019 at 10:40 a.m.

Boulder Beer Company, Colorado鈥檚 oldest craft brewery, announced on Monday that it reached an agreement with Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. to continue distributing its products around the country.

Platte River Power Authority spokesman Steve Roalstad stands in the exhisting Rawhide Flats solar field on Nov. 19, 2019, while giving a tour at the Rawhide Energy Station in Wellington. A new solar field is under construction at the energy station.

Better battery storage needed to meet 100% renewable energy goals, Platte River Power says

December 1, 2019 at 1:05 p.m.

Platte River Power Authority is expected to release its integrated resource plan, outlining exactly how it plans to reach this ambitious goal of providing 100% renewable energy by 2030, in...

Vanessa McCracken, Boulder County Ag Resource ...

Optimism remains despite first year of carbon sequestration showing limited impact

October 27, 2019 at 12:48 p.m.

鈥淧eople are going to have to be patient, it抖阴ap going to take a long time to figure this out,鈥� said Elizabeth Black, head of the Citizen Science Soil Health Project...

A moose nibbles on branches near a stream with her two young calves by her side in the Peak 7 neighborhood near the White River National Forest on July 6, 2017 .

U.S. House to vote on Colorado lawmakers鈥� act to preserve 400,000 acres of public lands

October 25, 2019 at 1:24 p.m.

The Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act, also known as the CORE Act, which would preserve approximately 400,000 acres of public land in Colorado, was passed by the U.S. House...

Algae growth from late-summer high temperatures causing odor in Lafayette water

October 6, 2019 at 1:22 p.m.

Due to a wet spring and early summer, followed by a string of 90 degree days at the end of summer, algae blooms have formed in the creeks, ditches and...

A drilling rig at a well site south of Union Reservoir near Longmont in July 2014.

Anti-fracking groups file motion to reopen case forbidding Longmont抖阴ap fracking ban

August 14, 2019 at 3:39 p.m.

Colorado Rising and Our Longmont, two anti-fracking advocacy groups announced on Wednesday that they filed a motion in Boulder District Court to reopen the case that forbid the City of...

Being comforted by his father, Sandeep ...

National measles outbreak a concern for Boulder County children returning to school

August 13, 2019 at 12:36 p.m.

Though the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has only reported one case so far this year, the worry is that the number of cases could balloon once kids...

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