Ground Contenders: Great Grass Alternatives
Maintaining a grass lawn takes a lot of water. Step outside the box and consider these drought-tolerant ground covers that make great grass alternatives.
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Party Like a Pro
From casual to sophisticated, plan spring parties that are COVID-conscious, but still rock.
Lost Lafayette
Local historian Doug Conarroe goes on a journey through time with his most recent book, "Lost Lafayette."
Latino Parent Advisory Council establishes relationships, scores early wins at BVSD
In an effort to expand outreach and make school involvement more accessible to Latino parents, BVSD created the Latino Parent Advisory Council.
Feature Home: From Groovy to Grand
This welcoming home works well for both people and wildlife By Lisa Truesdale Photos by Autumn Brooke Grinath and Dave Smith It’s not often that a flock of wild turkeys trots across your backyard. But for Garrett and Roxanne,* it’s just another day at home. Living on the water’s edge at Lake of the […]
Throw a Kokedama Houseplant Party
Gather some friends and wrap your favorite plants up in moss and string to create these whimsical kokedama spheres.
Blue Sky Bridge: Giving Victims of Child Abuse a Voice
Child advocacy experts at Blue Sky Bridge work to help children who are experiencing abuse during this difficult and isolating time.
CYL Sauna Studio: Good, Clean Sweat
CYL Sauna Studio offers infrared heat, improved wellness in private sauna suites.
Isaiah Chavous: Leading in the Time of Pandemic
CU Boulder student body president Isaiah Chavous takes time to think about the future and reflect on what got him this far.
Versatile Vines
We asked local gardening experts to share their favorite vines for different purposes. Here’s what they said.
Finding Room for a Home Office
How to work from home when you think you don’t have the space for a home office.
February: A Time to Reflect
It took the movie “Hidden Figures” for most of us to learn that Black women got our country’s first astronauts into space. In school, many of us did not learn about Lewis Latimer’s groundbreaking contribution to the electric lightbulb design, or Marsha P. Johnson’s activism for LGBT rights. Too often in our nation’s history, the
Winter Lawn Care
Turf needs year-round care courtesy Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado Your lawn does not actually die each winter; it goes dormant. Dormant grass needs care too, especially in periods when there is a lack of precipitation. Turf needs water in winter, though not as much as it does in the heat of the summer. Simply turning […]
Perfect Pairings
When it comes to pairing beer with food, you can choose to complement the flavors or contrast them. Here are a few of our favorite food/beer pairings.
Boulder Valley School District Named Best Employer in Colorado
Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) staffers spoke, and Forbes listened. Through anonymous surveys sent to employees at various companies across the county employing at least 500 people, Forbes ranks America’s Best Employers By State, and this year, BVSD is No. 1 for Colorado. Our humble, hometown district with 3,680 employees beat giant employers throughout
Pre-Programmed ParaPros?
By Sara Bruskin With class sizes growing in public schools, teachers are hard-pressed to spend enough one-on-one time with their students. Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are looking for solutions to this problem in the world of artificial intelligence with a program called the U.S. National Science Foundation AI Institute for Student-AI
Restaurant Week at Home
Rather than organizing Restaurant Week in the midst of a pandemic, First Bite releases a cookbook of local restaurant favorites.
Pandemic Dining Innovations
Here are some ways our local dining scene is evolving to meet the challenge of indoor dining restrictions during the pandemic.
Cheery & Light
When winter’s short daylight hours start to feel oppressive, it’s time to brighten your home to keep the doldrums at bay. Here are tips to spread cheer throughout your house when the deep freeze settles in.
Guide To an Unconventional Ski Season
This winter will be the weirdest ski season in recent memory, but Colorado resorts are up for the COVID challenge. They’re getting creative to give skiers a much-needed break from quarantine life and send them to the slopes safely.
Local Would-be Tokyo Olympians Discuss How It Feels to Be On Hold.
Waiting to Compete By Amanda McCracken Weddings, funerals, graduations—ceremonies of all types—were postponed or canceled in 2020. But the biggest deferment is arguably the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (now scheduled for summer 2021). Qualifying for the Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for many athletes, so it’s no surprise that Boulder’s Olympic hopefuls had to make
