Boulder Reporting Lab

Six candidates running to become Boulder’s next mayor faced tough questions about housing, city spending, homelessness, public safety and their qualifications for office during a debate hosted by Boulder Reporting Lab and KGNU on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The roughly 90-minute debate, gave candidates a chance to make their case to voters, challenge one another’s positions and explain how they would lead the city over the next two years.

Residents say they support repairing Sumac Avenue but object to being asked to pay for part of an $8.4 million project under decades-old annexation agreements.

The county is taking feedback on alternating trail use until May 19, after which it will decide on restrictions. The Boulder Mountainbike Alliance says the pilot is rushed and unnecessary.

Boulder's NOAA lab tracks greenhouse gases and ozone. Most staff are employed through a cooperative agreement with CU Boulder and funded through federal grants the Trump administration has not released.

Fourteen groups applied for a share of a new $500,000 fund created by a voter-approved sales tax. County officials said the ideas were not innovative enough, frustrating many applicants.

The Executive Committee African American Cultural Events (ECAACE) is hosting Black History Month programming previously organized in part by the NAACP, but no group has yet emerged to fill the former local branch’s role in policy and civil rights advocacy.

The Museum of Boulder’s new exhibit celebrates the people and stories that made Boulder a food capital — from tofu pioneers to Michelin chefs. Plus: roasted piñons, a new cocktail bar, camel milk, and holiday food events.

The city’s new strategy prioritizes people with long histories of homelessness who intend to stay in Boulder, as housing vouchers dwindle and funding falls short.

Construction has paused at 90 Arapahoe Ave. while the developer seeks to amend an annexation agreement that once promised 45% on-site affordable housing. The stalled project is another example of how hard it is to build affordable housing in Boulder.

Proposed changes include halting video broadcasts of speakers, starting meetings earlier, limiting open comment to 45 minutes and giving councilmembers more flexibility to respond to hate speech in real time.