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How can Boulder make housing more affordable for the people who work here? City council candidates weigh in.
BRL asked mayoral and city council candidates how Boulder can make housing more affordable for teachers, nurses, police officers and firefighters who serve the city but are priced out of market-rate homes. Proposals include rewriting the land use code, streamlining permitting, developing Area III and expanding middle-income housing options.
Boulder Market Meals: Turn late-season melons into a sweet and savory salad
Hot days and cool nights make for delicious watermelons and cantaloupes. Combine them with cucumber and mint for a late-season salad.
Across the Aisle: Boulder County could expand to five commissioners. How should they be elected?
Brian Keegan and Bob Yates both favor expanding the board, but they disagree on how its members should be elected: five by district or three by district and two countywide.
After 150 years without a town government, Niwot voters will decide whether to create one
The community of about 4,300 will vote in November on whether to form a municipal government, levy new taxes and take greater control over decisions now made by Boulder County.
Boulder Valley school board votes to close four elementary schools amid calls to delay
Douglass, Flatirons, Mesa and Birch will close under a broader restructuring plan beginning in fall 2027. Families raised questions about staffing, enrollment projections and the transition.
Boulder Market Meals: A comforting corn and potato chowder for fall
Sweet corn, tender potatoes and fresh herbs from local growers come together in a simple soup, with optional roasted green chiles for a little heat.
Boulder clerk rejects most allegations against La Grave mayoral campaign, finds two omissions
The campaign must correct disclosures for about $280 in charges. The clerk found no probable cause to support the remaining allegations and imposed no penalty.
Boulder mayoral candidate Aquiles La Grave faces lawsuit and campaign finance complaint
His former campaign manager alleges unpaid work and unreported campaign spending. La Grave disputes both allegations, and neither has been decided.
Boulder Market Meals: Hot summer brings a bumper crop of local chiles for fiery fall salsa
Market Meals is a collaboration between Boulder Reporting Lab and the Boulder County Farmers Markets, featuring weekly seasonal recipes built around ingredients from local growers, ranchers and food producers. Find it in Nibbles every Tuesday and on Boulder Reporting Lab. Sign up to get Nibbles in your inbox. It’s safe…
Boulder County voters will decide a $30 million-a-year childcare tax. Here’s what it would do.
The measure would cost the owner of a $1 million home about $163 a year and fund tuition assistance, more infant and toddler slots and higher pay for childcare teachers and staff amid a shortage of affordable care.
Boulder’s new Temaki Joint pairs affordable sushi hand rolls with high-end omakase
After more than two decades in Denver-area kitchens, chef Duy Pham has brought his French training and Japanese influences to a new Baseline Road restaurant.
Remembering Jim Waterman, a Boulder web pioneer, water resources engineer and lover of the natural world
James “Jim” Reed Waterman, 69, of Boulder County, Colorado, died on May 13, 2025, after two years in home hospice care. Few knew Jim Waterman well, but if you did, it was profound. He was intelligent, informed, intentional, and extraordinarily conscientious about the natural world and, like all of us,…
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