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Fire Damage Infrared Satellite Image
The folks at DigitalGlobe have posted a new (9/10/10), infrared satellite image of the fire damage here.
City of Boulder Fire News Release
Current wind speed, wind direction, relative humidity, and other weather data are available at the NCAR Foothills Lab. Update 18:36, 9/9/10, from City of Boulder Press Release: City clarifies earlier advisory; area of concern is north of [...]
Wildfire Update from the City Manager
Boulder City Manager Jane Brautigam provided the City Council with an update on the status of fire fighting efforts in an email at 12:13 p.m. today (Sept. 8, 2010). The text of that email follows: Dear Council Members, As you know, effective [...]
Gold Hill Website Provides Fire Updates
UPDATE: Information sources for the Fourmile Fire are aggregated at this site: http://allhazards.blogspot.com/2010/09/colorado-wild-fire-resources.html The community of Gold Hill is maintaining a website offering updates: [...]
Wildfire Update from the City Manager
Boulder City Manager Jane Brautigam provided the City Council with an update on the status of fire fighting efforts in an email at 5:14 p.m. today (Sept. 7, 2010). The text of that email follows: Dear Council members, At approximately 2:15PM [...]
Profile: Sam Assefa
Sam Assefa’s journey from Ethiopia to Boulder has shaped Boulder’s new senior urban designer into the soft-spoken, observant, creative, and big-picture thinker that he is. His remarkable story of survival and resilience is more worthy of a [...]
Council Poised to Take a Big Leap for the Climate
The Boulder City Council will decide the fate of Boulder's relationship with energy provider Xcel Energy on Tuesday, August 3. That's when the City Council will choose whether to a) put the Xcel franchise on the November ballot, possibly ensuring [...]
City Council Gives Xcel Another Chance – Updated
The bold attitude City Council brandished toward Xcel Energy at its April 13, 2010 study session fizzled somewhat during Tuesday night's City Council meeting. Following Council member Ken Wilson's lead, the City Council moved the 20-year [...]
Boards and Commissions: Latest Appointments
On Tuesday night (May 18, 2010), the City Council filled the four remaining Boards and Commissions positions for the year. Council members Lisa Morzel and Matt Appelbaum were absent. Board of Zoning Adjustment There were two [...]
Oh Snap! Watch New Era Take on Tom Tancredo
The Colorado Democracy Alliance, a group of 37 political organizations including New Era Colorado, was the target of Tom Tancredo's American Legacy Alliance in a November, 2009 video. Here is New Era's response: New Era is raising money [...]
