Tag: Boulder
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Boulder Main Library evacuated, bomb squad called after suspicious package
The Boulder Main Library was evacuated Tuesday evening and a suspect was arrested after a report of a suspicious package, authorities said. The Boulder Police Department posted on social media just after 5 p.m. Tuesday saying that the library was closed and under evacuation, and that a bomb squad was en route. The department followed…
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Boulder bet $34 million to land Sundance. High lodging prices are raising concerns.
When Boulder was selected to host the Sundance Film Festival, one expectation was that accommodations would be less expensive than in Park City, Utah, where festival attendees competed for rooms with ski tourists. But dozens of homes in Boulder have already been listed for more than $5,000 per night during the festival, far above what…
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Mumford in Boulder: England will win World Cup
Singer teases Folsom crowd about soccer, football, and his year as a Colorado coach at age 19 As he so often does, Marcus Mumford laid his heart fully on the line Saturday during his concert in Boulder: “Well, we’re going to win the World Cup this year,” he told the more than 40,000 gathered on…
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Boulder police arrest attempted arson suspect
Boulder police on Wednesday arrested a suspect in connection with an apparent attempted arson. The incident happened at about 6 p.m. Wednesday at an apartment complex near the 800 block of Moorhead Circle in South Boulder, the Boulder Police Department said on its X account. According to an arrest affidavit, police initially responded to a…
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Sundance Film Festival makes Boulder home
Organizers have hosted or partnered with more than 100 community events Actor Robert Redford’s brainchild, the Sundance Film Festival, has strategically partnered with local Denver and Boulder events to build a community presence even before its first Colorado festival in January. After nearly 50 years in Park City, Utah, the Sundance Film Festival moves to…
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Judge blocks federal retaliation against Boulder climate agency
A federal judge in Colorado has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to transfer control of a climate research supercomputer, ruling the move likely violated federal law and may have been motivated by political retaliation. U.S. Senior District Judge R. Brooke Jackson on Monday granted a preliminary injunction halting plans by the federal government to shift…
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The Shakespearean double life of CU heroine Mary Rippon
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As festival returns to improved amphitheater, a fresh look at its stage’s namesake Shakespeare would have loved Mary Rippon. She was a headstrong woman who rode sidesaddle. On her horse, Fanny – and throughout her unconventional double life. • Like Rosalind, she survived exile and meticulously engineered the ending of her own story. • Like Portia, she…
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How a CU Boulder law school program helped free a Denver man after 27 years in ‘shaken baby’ murder case
From the first time she looked at Stephen Martinez’s case, Boulder attorney Jeanne Segil knew she had a shot at getting him released from prison. Martinez, 58, spent 27 years behind bars for a crime he now says never happened. Four-month-old Heather Lynn Mares, the daughter of Martinez’s roommate, died Oct. 17, 1998 after she…
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Denver, Boulder prosecutors call congressional immigration probe ‘political theater’
Elected officials in Denver and Boulder are pushing back after the U.S. House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into their immigration policies, as part of a broader probe targeting “sanctuary” jurisdictions nationwide. On May 20, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, issued letters to the district attorneys, sheriffs and police…
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Congressional panel probes Denver, Boulder over ICE cooperation limits
A congressional panel is reviewing Denver and Boulder’s policies, alleging that these cities, along with other “sanctuary” jurisdictions, are declining to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, the body announced Wednesday. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who chairs the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, issued letters to the district attorneys, sheriffs and police chiefs of Denver and Boulder,…