Boulder News

A 16-year-old was formally charged in Boulder, Colo., Friday, accused of leaving a pipe bomb at a high school last week, court records indicate.

Hilbourne Sutherland appears in court at the Boulder County Jail on Friday. Sutherland was arrested in connection with a double stabbing in a campground near Nederland.

A group calling itself Empower Boulder plans to send this letter to as many as 10,000 Boulder households next week.

Caitlin Goldstein, left, and Danielle Dunn move a piece of the set for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival's first production, "A Midsummer Night's Dream." As we contemplate how we're going to enjoy a relaxing summer -- whether it be out-of-state vacations, concerts or festivals -- others are stressing to the max, scrambling around to put together ... (more)

University of Colorado research support member James Mach works on his laptop next to an unmanned aircraft system at CU s Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles in February.

Rich Bjelkevig is founder and president of Broomfield-based Mountain Aviation Inc.

Local Table Tours will introduce its new beer tasting tour Sunday, May 26. The tours company, which features dining, coffee tasting and cheese tasting tours in Boulder and Denver, is branching out into beer tasting tours this summer.

Boulder County's Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee on Thursday endorsed most of a staff-proposed update of 28-year-old guidelines for managing the Walker Ranch area.

University of Colorado Physics professor Ivan Smalyukh, right, works with graduate student Angel Martinez in his laboratory where he uses lasers to trap and manipulate liquid crystals.

A Boulder police officer will not face criminal charges following an accidental shooting in Highlands Ranch in which a man was injured by the officer's gun, according to officials.

We were running uphill, directly into a steady 30-mile-per-hour headwind. As part of our training to run the Bolder Boulder on Memorial Day, my 9-year-old son and I were running in a 5K race on a brutally windy spring day in April.

T he beauty of the live music landscape in the Colorado summer is, well, literally in the landscape.

K's China, a lightning rod for controversy with the Boulder police and the city council for years, has closed its doors, its owner citing the city's scrutiny.

Boulder County investigators and a bomb squad crew are searching the neighborhood where the 16-year-old accused of planting a device similar to a pipe bomb at Centaurus last week as part of their ongoing investigation lives, according to officials.

Barricade Fire Gel is a foam that you spray on your house before a wildfire. It stays wet for 48 hours and keeps burning embers from igniting the house.

F estival season is here and revving up, and this weekend in Denver it takes a folk and soul turn with MusicFest.

Winston Smith, a homeless man originally from Phoenix who has been in Boulder for three years, hangs out near the library and Boulder Creek on Wednesday.

Matthew Sissom, of Boulder Boy Scout Troop 77, places flags at the tombs of veterans at Green Mountain Cemetery on Wednesday.

The college student, 21, had to be rescued yesterday afternoon off a Colorado mountain after she ingested mushrooms, stripped off her clothes, and scuffled with two classmates with After receiving a 911 call that a female hiker was "high on mushrooms and in distress," Boulder County Sheriff's Office deputies and other assorted rescue personnel ... (more)

Boulder will move forward with a number of new requirements for people who walk their dogs off-leash on open space, but City Council members said they want to see more distinction made between violations by humans -- such as not picking up waste or walking into seasonal wildlife closure areas -- and violations by dogs like chasing wildlife.