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Student leaders at the University of Colorado are expected to pass a bill that gives the athletic department ownership of Franklin Field - and the $490,000 in debt associated with the field - as crews prepare to break ground next month on a $143 million project to upgrade sports facilities.

The state and local chapters of the American Association of University Professors today blasted the University of Colorado administration for its handling of a recent investigation of the philosophy department, saying campus leaders are perpetuating "a climate of fear and disregard for the academic freedom and due process protections of faculty."

Boulder's first annual Ubuntu Dance Festival will take over the school's Glenn Miller Ballroom on April 19. (The Denver Post Saturday.

The Boulder City Council took a first step Wednesday night toward creating a municipal electric utility that city officials say will just be a paper entity for now, one that will help Boulder be ready to issue bonds if and when a judge approves the condemnation of Xcel Energy's local distribution system.

A cyclist rides down Flagstaff Road in Boulder on Wednesday. A new count by Boulder County shows that Flagstaff is the fourth-most popular road for cyclists, with an average of 320 riders a day on weekends and 380 a day on weekdays.

Mike Giorgi walks his dog, Kuma, in the private neighborhood park in Gunbarrel on Wednesday afternoon.

Hip-hop duo Atmosphere announced a show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre for this summer, but you can see them sooner than that.

Hope you've been saving your money, Boulder. Record Store Day is Saturday, and there are a ton of sweet deals right here in town.

But these robots aren't the villains in a new sci-fi movie. In fact, they're doing important work in Boulder as the city continues to assess the damage from the massive September flooding ahead of this spring's runoff.

According to Wednesday's KKTV News, dog owners in a neighborhood north of Boulder, Colo., are on alert after several dogs became ill from eating tainted meatballs which were left at a park.

The University of Colorado Law School has received a $10 million bequest, the largest cash gift in the school's history, which will fund two senior faculty positions, the university announced today.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will tour the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and speak with students and faculty at the University of Colorado-Boulder on Friday, Apr. 18. Bolden will tour the LASP Space Technology Research Center at 8:45 a.m. MT, and hold a media availability at the conclusion of the tour.

A bridge collapse on a business access road at Colo. 287 and Dillon Road in Lafayette causes three cars to fall in the creek, Sept.

The developers of a proposed hotel and office complex at the corner of Baseline Road and 27th Way in Boulder heard Tuesday night from neighbors concerned the project plans run contrary to the community's desires, both environmentally and practically.

Investigators found elaborate plans to kidnap a Longmont boy from his mother's home last May recorded on cell phone text messages and in spreadsheets saved on a suspect's laptop computer, according to Boulder prosecutors.

Demolition plans for the former Daily Camera property in downtown Boulder have hit a stumbling block over concerns about a shared wall on the Walnut Street side and the effects from the planned 22-month construction project.

What: Boulder County commissioners' public hearing on U.S. Forest Service draft environmental impact statement on proposed Eldora Mountain Resort expansion The Boulder County commissioners say they think greater consideration should be given to Eldora Mountain Resort expanding and improving within its current boundaries, rather than pushing into ... (more)

Boulder is considering a slight relaxation of the rules for food trucks operating in the city as truck operators continue their push for fewer restrictions.

Austin Holford, one of the two teenagers accused of beating 30-year-old Aaron Tuneberg to death with a baseball bat during a robbery in March, was reportedly assaulted last week at the Boulder County Jail by a cellmate who wanted to "show him what it feels like to be beaten to death."