Coach and CEO Bill Marolt leaves a golden legacy with skiing and riding teams
Of the 95 Olympic medals American skiers and riders have won, an astounding 70 were won under Marolt’s leadership.
People
A talk with filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll
Pamela Tanner Boll has always focused her lens on the unknown rather than the famous, the underdogs rather than the powerful.
Family Learning Center founder Brenda Lyle is tireless advocate for children and families
Brenda Lyle has been caring for children since she was a child herself. At 13, as the oldest of six, she was already helping raise her siblings...
Bears in the Crosshairs
Larry Rogstad addresses the state’s two-strike policy By Julie Marshall Working for Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) for 34 years has given Larry Rogstad a unique perspective not just on the charismatic sage grouse or the magnificent mountain lion, but also on people and their critical role in the midst of ever-increasing resource conflicts. At
Scientist with NASA, CIRES reaches for the stars
Reaching for the Stars…and circling back to Earth By Shannon Burgert Waleed Abdalati had always dreamed of working at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and he always thought that dream would be out of reach. But then a high-school teacher told Abdalati that he would love to see him working at NASA. “In that minute
‘Ground truthing’ a super volcano at Yellowstone
Too close for comfort? Boulder lies more than 400 miles from Yellowstone. Would we actually be affected by such an eruption? By Terri Cook The movie opens with a dark and wintry Colorado scene: a group of snowmobilers, bundled into fur-edged parkas, frantically racing through several feet of soft powder in the middle of a
The Rise of USA Rugby
FIFA is to soccer as the NFL is to football as USA Rugby (USAR) is to rugby. The governing body of the rugby world, headquartered in Boulder, has made some serious strides in the last few years—including becoming a full member of the United States Olympic Committee in 2011. Through the Olympic Committee, USAR develops
Buzzed or Busted?
If you’re an underage drinker who spent a few bucks to buy a fake ID, you’d better not hand it to Russ Wright. In the past 11 years, Wright has confiscated more than 11,000 false IDs during his tenure at Liquor Mart. Wright’s knack for spotting fakes extends beyond driver’s licenses to other documents, including
Jack Fischer: Louisville’s Astronaut Hero
Boulder’s Scott Carpenter Park was named after an astronaut and features space-themed play structures. Longmont’s Vance Brand Auditorium was named after an astronaut, too. And now Louisville has an astronaut-hero of its own: Jack Fischer, who was recently selected to be a crew member on a March 2017 expedition to the International Space Station. In
Roller Derby: Boulder County Bombers
BCB is Boulder County’s nonprofit flat-track women’s roller derby league, established in 2011. We recently sat down with IdaHITdat, a team member and president of the board of directors, who happily gave us the scoop about what it’s like to be a BCB skater. The only thing she desn’t love is the nasty bumps and
Colorado Buffaloes Have a New Look
and it’s more than just the snazzy new uniforms By Larry Zimmer Jr. They say “clothes make the man,” but Coach Mike MacIntyre isn’t counting on those new Nike duds to win more games as he starts his third year as head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes. He believes his team will look like a
Louisville’s Downtown Dog of the Month program
Downtown Louisville has really gone to the dogs. That’s because Mark Zaremba, a board member for the Louisville Downtown Business Association, really loves them, and he knows he’s not alone. “About 75 percent of people like dogs,” Zaremba says, “and you can’t get 75 percent of people to agree on much of anything.” So he
High-intensity indoor cycling options abound
Bike When You Like On a recent Tuesday at the BreakAway Cycle & Strength Studio in Longmont, a nearly full class of riders worked strategically to push their legs at the right speed and resistance to exert the exact number of watts of power needed at that moment to reach their peak performance. In a different
Boulder’s ‘Bugtown’ Brothels
By Charmaine Ortega Getz “Drive the brothels out of town,” the Boulder County Herald editorialized in June 1886. “The first thing a person sees upon alighting from the cars in Boulder and the last seen on getting on the train are these institutions of infamy.” Indeed, despite an 1873 ordinance that outlawed any “bawdy house,
From Scrap to Sculpture at The Wild Animal Sanctuary
Every year, The Wild Animal Sanctuary is host to various donated works of art, but few works compare with the striking scrap-metal behemoths that now grace its grounds. Not only do these sculptures strike a visual chord with their life-size representations of iconic African animals like the giraffe, ostrich, lion and rhino, but they also
The Dalai Lama
When I had the privilege to encounter His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Regis University years ago, I was struck by one thing. His incredible joy. The Dalai Lama radiated a jolt of joy straight to my heart when he passed through the doors of the small auditorium into the gaggle of reporters awaiting him.
Boomtown, a new tech-accelerator program, helps fuel Boulder’s startup community
Accelerating Ideas Last winter, Aidan Chopra was standing in line for dinner at Five Guys in Boulder with his wife and 3-year-old son when his phone started beeping furiously. It was Kickstarter sending him alerts. In the few minutes it took the 39-year-old to order his bacon cheeseburger and sit down to eat, he and
Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett
Interview by Tanya Ishikawa Police officers who kill an elk on a residential street, a woman who cuts open a pregnant mother to steal her baby, and the alleged murderer of a child beauty queen—these types of people are on Stan Garnett’s mind daily. As District Attorney for the 20th Judicial District, Garnett is responsible
John Weller illuminates crucial conservation issues around the world
‘I Am a Storyteller’ John Weller was scuba diving in an ice cave under Antarctica’s Ross Sea, loaded with photography equipment. Already on a risky assignment in below-freezing water, Weller couldn’t know that this would likely be the most dangerous shoot of his career. “Suddenly, it felt like a hammer slammed into the back of
Kathy King Johnson of Medicine Horse equine-assisted therapy program
By Christine Mahoney Photos by Tony Johnson Kathy King Johnson strides from her office near the barn wearing cowboy boots and a big smile, sporting a shock of bright purple hair. She’s the one constant in the ever-evolving world that is the Medicine Horse Program, an equine-therapy program in east Boulder. Its mission is to
Hooked on Fly Fishing
In local fly-fishing shops you’ll find summer camps for kids and guided trips solely for women By Shannon Burgert If you’re having a rough day, Bridget Robinson has a recommendation: Go fishing. “It gives you time to mellow out,” she explains. Bridget, 8, has been fishing with her father since she was 4. (To date,
