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Tempers Flare Over Use of Private Firefighters

(Oct. 3) -- The flames are gone from the most destructive fire in Colorado's history, but the debate is still heated. At issue are private firefighters who enter restricted areas with their own firefighting equipment to help protect the homes of insurance policyholders. More than 1,000 firefighters and 100 engines...

Wildfire Sets Sights on Boulder as Wind Picks Up

BOULDER, Colo. (Sept. 9) -- A Colorado wildfire that already has destroyed 170 homes showed no signs of relenting Thursday as wind gusts of more than 40 mph threatened to drive the flames eastward from the Rocky Mountain foothills and into the heart of Boulder, where some residents were warned to be ready to...

4 Reported Missing in Colorado Wildfire

(Sept. 8) -- Four people are unaccounted for in the area where the Fourmile Canyon wildfire has been burning northwest of Boulder, Colo., since Monday, police said today. The Boulder County Sheriff's Office said it had received 20 missing persons reports and had located 16 of the missing, according to ABC7 - Denver. The...

Colorado Wildfire Destroys More Than 130 Homes

BOULDER, Colo. (Sept. 8) -- A wildfire burning in the canyons and steep mountainsides near Boulder became one of the most destructive blazes in Colorado history Wednesday as authorities determined it had destroyed at least 136 homes in just three days. Authorities provided the dire assessment as firefighters encountered a...

Colorado Wildfire Destroys Dozens of Homes

DENVER (Sept. 7) -- A wind-whipped wildfire sent flames roaring through a rugged canyon in the Colorado foothills, forcing hundreds of people to flee and destroying dozens of homes - some that belonged to the firefighters themselves, authorities said early Tuesday. Firefighters were waiting until sunrise to count the...

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06/02/12 Loretta Ford, Boulder woman, co-founded nurse... Source: Mental Nurse Loretta Ford was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame this spring.
06/02/12 Studies from University of Colorado Have Provided New... Source: NewsRx By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly -- Investigators discuss new findings in Science.
06/01/12 MKS Residential Breaks Ground on 3100 Pearl... Source: Sys-Con Media BOULDER, CO -- (Marketwire) -- 06/01/12 -- MKS Residential LLC has announced that it has commenced construction on a 319-unit apartment project located just east of 30th and Pearl streets in Boulder, Colo. The development, known as 3100 Pearl, is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver, Class A, multifamily housing project.
05/31/12 FRITZ: Buck wild bike paths Source: Colorado Daily - Boulder CO I just started riding my bike to work -- a mere 24 years after moving to Boulder.
05/31/12 Boulder County residents say insurance company 'failed... Source: The Denver Post - Denver CO State Farm spokeswoman Angela Thorpe's name was incorrect in a previous version of this story.

Background on boulder

In geology, a boulder is a rock with grain size of usually no less than 256 mm (10 inches) diameter. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive.

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