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In the wake of the September floods that devastated many Boulder County towns, the City of Boulder and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art worked quickly to create the Flood Project: Rising Above & Rebuilding Boulder Through Art , a community-building public art project that would both commemorate the floods and promote the healing process.

In a ground-breaking move in November, voters in Boulder, Colo., approved an initiative to end their relationship with Xcel Energy, a utility with $10.7 billion in revenues, thus clearing the way for the city to form its own municipal utility that would lower rates and make greater use of renewable energy.

The pairing is well represented in the literary world. Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski -- none was a stranger to the bottle.

A Boulder, Colo., firm hired by the city to assist the city of Camden in upgrading design guidelines for historic properties presented a preliminary document outlining those updates to the Camden Historic Landmarks Commission during a public workshop Thursday.

It's been an eventful 36 hours, as people northeast of Boulder, Colorado know. If you're in Gunbarrel, Niwot or even Longmont, you got a triple-whammy: sub-zero temperatures, a gas line failure that caused over 7,000 homes to be without heat for 24-hours or longer, and an electrical outage to boot.

Fewer than 20 Niwot and Gunbarrel homes and businesses - out of the 7,200 affected - remained without natural gas Sunday night after Xcel crews worked through the weekend to restore services.

September's floods did a number on the wells and septic systems of many Boulder County residents, with testing still revealing contamination in some wells nearly three months later.

Wisconsin's ultra-liberal capital city is a place where just about anything goes, from street parties to naked bike rides.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dec. 08--In classic paradoxical magic, where two seeming opposites intersect, lies a whole new reality.

Ronald Reagan was president, the space shuttle Challenger was gearing up for its next launch in January and the Raiders played in Los Angeles when Twin Peaks Mall had its first Christmas shopping season in 1985.

Audrey Froff, age 8, and other members of Brownie Troop 868 dressed up as holiday presents during the Boulder Lights Of December parade as it winds through downtown Boulder on Saturday evening, December 7, 2013.

GE Lighting will be relocating its facilities to Longmont from Boulder next month, bringing with it about 80 employees and plans to add more in 2014.

Jim Kalinski, right, talks with Zack Shaw, of Xcel Energy, down in the crawlspace as the power company relighted the house's furnace in Niwot, Colo., on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013.

Have you been searching for that versatile trainer that can take the heat of trails, roads, and urban paths alike? BoCo AT's neutral, made by Boulder based Newton Running , all-terrain trainer is the solution I'm crazy about, and think you will be too.

William Cole, a mail carrier, runs a package up to a home in south Boulder on Friday.

The inspirations and innovations of more than 350 engineering students at the University of Colorado will be showcased for the community Saturday at the annual fall Engineering Design Expo.

Grammy-nominated vocalist Tierney Sutton will perform with the Turtle Island String Quartet at Macky Auditorium.

A trash can sits on its side with its contents spilled in an alleyway behind properties on 14th Street between Cascade Avenue and Baseline Road in Boulder in October.

The boyfriend of a Boulder woman arrested last month on a felony charge of cruelty to animals turned himself in to police for the same crime Friday after police say he strangled a French bulldog puppy this summer that later died of its injuries.

Boulderite Scott A. Smith has a plan to balance the federal budget, pay off the national debt in eight years, and in the process whittle the federal income tax down to next to nothing.