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Road to Mount Blue Sky summit will not open in 2025 due to improvement project
The roadway that takes you from the summit to the peak of Mount Blue Sky will not open in 2025 due to a planned improvement project, the USDA Forest Service announced Thursday.
Rise Against Suicide 5K, like a ‘big warm hug,’ raises more than $140K to fund mental health therapy for area youth
Hundreds of people gathered at the Boulder Reservoir Sunday for the Rise Against Suicide Emerge 5K, an annual fundraiser that aims to boost funds for mental health resources for area youths. Rise Against Suicide is a local nonprofit that helps youth at risk of suicide by reducing financial and social...
New Butterfly Pavilion exhibit examines the ‘explosion’ of life from its beginnings
A new exhibit at Butterfly Pavilion offers insight into the evolution of its invertebrate residents, as well as humans and other vertebrates. For millions of years, Earth was home to single-celled organisms and simple lifeforms — until the Cambrian explosion changed the evolutionary course. “The Cambrian explosion was a...
BVSD continues opposition to school funding formula overhaul
As changes are made to a bill that would overhaul the state’s 30-year-old school funding formula — and school districts and education groups flip their stances in response — Boulder Valley Superintendent Rob Anderson continues to oppose the bill. ”When you make improvements to a bad bill,...
BVSD plant sale starts May 10
The Boulder Valley School District’s annual plant sale starts May 10. The sale is open from 4 to 6 p.m. May 10, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 11, 4 to 6 p.m. May 17, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 18. The sale also will open early for Boulder Valley staff members, who get a 25% staff discount, from noon to 4 p.m. May 10.
Jurors speak out on mistrial in Christian Glass murder case
Former Clear Creek County Sheriff's Deputy Andrew Buen will be retried on two charges in connection with the shooting of Christian Glass after a jury failed to reach a decision last week on second-degree murder or misconduct. The trial ended last Friday with a partially hung jury. The jury did not reach a decision on whether Buen is guilty of second-degree murder or misconduct for his role in Glass' killing in 2022. The jury did convict him of reckless endangerment.The jurors deliberated for several days before reaching their decision.Buen was employed as a deputy with the Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office in 2022 when, on...
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