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That was the position of most of the more than 40 speakers at a Boulder County commissioners' hearing Tuesday afternoon about the status of the county's environmental sustainability programs and whether the county should ask voters this fall for a new countywide "sustainability tax."

Starting next year, students at the University of Colorado will be able to take an intensive month-long course during August - an "Augmester," as it's being called - modeled after the current Maymester program held each May. Campus officials say they hope the late-summer program will help international students, first-generation students and others ... (more)

Urban Farm offers kitchen gardens, designed for a family's daily use. Here is one day's yield from Lori Seward's garden last year.

In April 2013, Boulder Valley School District's Bike to School Day was marked by freezing temperatures and snow-covered roads.

John Cooper got out his tube for his first day in the water in Boulder Creek near Eben Fine Park on Friday, April 18, 2014 in Boulder, Colo.

Darren Looze, right, a University of Colorado freshman, works with a classmate to design a shoulder rehabilitation device during a First Year Engineering Projects class on Monday in the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory on the CU campus in Boulder.

Marcin Arendt plays with the Sphere Ensemble during lunch at the University of Colorado's Center for Community, part of what was billed as a surprise lunchtime "flash mob" of classical musicians.

After a few minutes of being pushed on a swing Monday morning, Mia Nilsen points to a card that has the word "more" written on it, ignoring the card next to it that says "all done."

An Australian man widowed by his American husband of more than three decades made a renewed pitch Monday for a green card in a bid to reverse a denial of their 1975 petition for legal residency.

A 72-year-old Australian man widowed by his American husband of more than three decades is renewing his pitch for a green card since the Obama administration eased policies on gay marriage.

What kind of person goes out of their way to randomly poison dogs, for no apparent reason at all? Twice in the past year, Michael Leaverton has written about how poisoned meatballs were showing up in San Francisco parks and along sidewalks.

Attorney Jon N. Banashek has no comment for the media while leading Jeffrey Hall to court.

A Boulder man accused of forcing a female acquaintance into his van and then sexually assaulting her in 2012 pleaded guilty today to two felonies.

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Public funding for U.S. colleges increased for only the second time in five years last year, following declines that forced schools to increase tuition and cut costs.

A tendency to procrastinate and make impulsive decisions can be explained, at least partially, by your genes, according to new research from the University of Colorado.

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Building construction permits over $10,000 in value that were approved in Boulder between Apr. 7, 2014 to Apr. 13, 2014.

Brett Magdovitz pours batter for a batch of baked Bronuts in the Boulder Broker's commercial kitchen trailer earlier this month.

Speaking to the largest crowd at St. Peter's Square this year, Pope Francis used his Easter blessing to call for world peace and defend the less fortunate.