KGNU News
KEYWORD SCORE: 97.68. boulder, boulder county, civil rights, colorado, commission, land use, lawsuit, moratorium, morning magazine, students, transgender
Headlines Tuesday, June 16, 2026 *BoCo Commissioners declare data center moratorium* County commissioners have passed a temporary moratorium on both data centers and detention facilities in unincorporated Boulder County. At a meeting on June 2, commissioners agreed upon a six-month moratorium on the planning and construction of data centers and detention facilities. Planning applications for these facilities will be instantly denied during this period, as Boulder County looks to amend its Land Use Code. Commissioner Marta Loachamin said, “The natural resource and climate impacts of data center
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Yellow Scene Magazine
KEYWORD SCORE: 65.70. boulder, boulder county, city of boulder, colorado, penfield tate, social justice, taishya adams
*Press releases are provided to Yellow Scene Magazine. In an effort to keep our community informed, we publish some press releases in whole.* *NEWS* *Tuesday, June 2, 2026* *Media Contacts:* *Patrick Dorion, Business Equity Project and Program Manager, dor...@bouldercolorado.gov* *City of Boulder’s 2026 Juneteenth Celebration to Feature Flag Raising, Community Remarks and Downtown Events* *Event marks beginning of week-long Juneteenth festivities featuring “13 Fires” theater production and community panels* *BOULDER, Colo.* — The City of Boulder invites residents to join its Annual Juneteenth Share via:
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 55.17. boulder, boulder police department, boulder valley school district, bvsd, civil rights, civil rights act, colorado, police, students
The Anti-Defamation League has filed a federal civil rights complaint alleging a Jewish student was subjected to persistent, escalating and severe antisemitic harassment and assault at a Boulder middle school. The complaint says the student, who is in eighth grade, faced two school years of escalating harassment by multiple students based on Jewish identity, including antisemitic slurs, Nazi salutes, Holocaust mockery, threats, and physical assaults. The alleged assaults and harassment occurred at Southern Hills Middle School throughout seventh and eighth grades. According to the complaint, th
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Next City
KEYWORD SCORE: 52.42. apartment, black, cdot, city council, collective bargain, development, eviction, housing, lawsuit, petition, racism, renter, students, tenant, unhoused, unionization
Members of the Morehead State University chapter of Kentucky Tenants bond at a dorm party. (Photo courtesy Madi Reffitt) *This story was produced as part of Next City’s joint **Equitable Cities Reporting Fellowship for Rural-Urban Issues** with **Kentucky’s **CivicLex* *.* For Morehead State University students Allison ‘Al’ Belter and Madi Reffitt, residents of the university dorms aren’t just students: As people who pay a property owner to inhabit a residence, they’re tenants, too. With tenant unionization picking up steam in Kentucky and around the country, students organizing through Kentuc
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BOLTSmag
KEYWORD SCORE: 52.14. black, city council, commission, election, enforcement, immigration enforcement, ku klux klan, latino, lawsuit, mayor, racial justice, racial profiling, racism, students, traffic
*This story is produced as a collaboration between Bolts and NC Local.* One Saturday in May, Shannon Long, a pastor running for sheriff in North Carolina, set up his campaign tent at a local hot-air balloon festival, and for several hours, met with voters. Some sidled up to Long, who was wearing sunglasses and a camouflage trucker hat tagged with the slogan, “Your Vote is Your Voice,” for a quick chat. It was an easy opportunity to meet the man trying to oust Alamance County’s longtime Republican Sheriff Terry Johnson, who has drawn extensive scrutiny over the years for policies and rhetoric t
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BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 46.05. boulder, colorado, progressive, shelter, traffic
A Woman’s Place, a 48-year-old nonprofit that provides safe shelter, crisis advocacy, prevention... GREELEY — A Woman’s Place, a 48-year-old nonprofit that provides safe shelter, crisis advocacy, prevention education and support services to individuals and families experiencing domestic violence in Weld County, announced Monday the opening of two new facilities.The organization is now $250,000 away from completing fundraising for the project. The capital campaign funded construction of a new safehouse and community outreach building designed to expand shelter capacity, strengthen prevention ef
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Next City
KEYWORD SCORE: 40.56. buses, clean energy, development, election, electric bus, students, sustainability, transportation
Three electric buses in Acton-Boxborough, Massachusetts, connect to chargers that can both power them up and send stored energy back to a building or the grid. (Photo courtesy Acton-Boxborough Regional School District) *This story was originally published by Canary Media.* After the school year ends in the Massachusetts towns of Acton and Boxborough, the district’s electric buses will mostly stay put in a parking lot. But they won’t sit idle all summer. The three vehicles will charge up their nearly 200-kilowatt-hour batteries overnight, when the power supply is at its cleanest and cheapest, t
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Denver 7 News
KEYWORD SCORE: 39.41. boulder, boulder valley school district, bvsd, civil rights, colorado, police, students
BOULDER, Colo. The Anti-Defamation League filed a civil rights complaint Monday against Boulder Valley School District, alleging that the district failed to intervene on behalf of a Jewish student who endured repeated antisemitic bullying. The alleged harassment went on for two school years and was targeted at an 8th-grade student at Southern Hills Middle School, according to an ADL news release. The alleged incidents include students attempting to play Jew touch tag during PE class, calling Jews dirty, and another student saying Hitler should have killed all the Jews when he had the chance, t
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Denver Westword
KEYWORD SCORE: 38.41. accessory dwelling unit, affordable housing, city council, city staff, colorado, development, duplex, election, housing, housing option, infrastructure, mayor, minimum parking, petition, racism, single-family, special election, transit, zoning, zoning code
[image: city in Lakewood] "There remains an overabundance of discretionary power." The post Lakewood zoning saga continues, with promises to collaborate appeared first on Denver Westword. Hot times ahead: A dozen free things to do in Denver this week, including celebrating JuneteenthCity of LakewoodAudio By CarbonatixThe City of Lakewood is regrouping after a major zoning defeat earlier this year.Council members met on June 15 to discuss what the future of residential zoning changes would look like following the crushing special election defeat in April, which set the council’s work back by ne
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BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 33.34. boulder, colorado, development
Last July, professional golfer Neal Shipley was hoisting a trophy as the winner of the 2025 Korn... BERTHOUD — Last July, professional golfer Neal Shipley was hoisting a trophy as the winner of the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour tournament at Berthoud’s TPC Colorado course. Now, less than a year later, he’s preparing to tee off Thursday in the U.S. Open.“It’s really a special place to be,” Shipley, a 25-year-old from Pennsylvania, said Monday of the ultra-long — TPC Colorado features a gargantuan 773-yard, par-5 13th hole — high-altitude championship course that made its debut in 2018 inside Berthoud’s
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Next City
KEYWORD SCORE: 32.02. city government, employment, housing, mayor, police, public sector, public works, small business
City of Chattanooga employees participate in a workshop to determine their Employee Value Proposition. (Photo courtesy Works for America) Every public servant knows the feeling of doing too much with too few people. From engineers to building inspectors and HR analysts, critical roles across city governments sit vacant for months at a time, delaying promises and leaving essential services in the balance. Retirement-age workers now outnumber younger employees two to one across the public sector. Many agencies are staring down a talent cliff, and the people still on the job are absorbing the imp
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SCOTUS Blog
KEYWORD SCORE: 29.84. board of education, development, employment, enforcement, public sector
When the Supreme Court says a precedent has been “abandoned,” the real work has already been done. That was the story of *Lemon v. Kurtzman*, decided in 1971. For decades, the court invoked, revised, sidestepped, and criticized *Lemon*’s approach to the establishment clause of the First Amendment. The formal reports still contained the case. Lawyers still cited it. Lower courts still had to account for it. Yet the governing center of gravity had shifted. When the court later said in 2022’s *Kennedy v. Bremerton School District* that it had “long ago abandoned” *Lemon*, the statement confirmed
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Denver 7 Front Range News
KEYWORD SCORE: 29.78. boulder, boulder county, boulder pd, city of boulder, police
A Boulder police officer has been arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, the City of Boulder announced Monday. The officer, Matthew Herkalo, 24, faces misdemeanor charges of domestic violence and official misconduct, according to a release from the city. He is currently on paid administrative leave, per department policy, the release said. According to the city, Erie police had been investigating the alleged off-duty incidents, and Herkalo "turned himself in" and was arrested by Erie police Monday. Denver7 has requested additional information. Records show he was booked into the Boulder C
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Next City
KEYWORD SCORE: 29.70. affordable housing, budget, city council, housing, infrastructure, petition, shelter, transit, zoning
Science World, which has been transformed into a World Cup Trionda soccer ball is seen near BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, June 11, 2026, ahead of the World Cup soccer tournament. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) *This article was originally published by The Conversation.* With the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicking off, millions of soccer fans around the world will be following the tournament taking place across 16 host cities in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Like other mega sporting events, the World Cup requires major public investment and regulatory changes. To meet FIFA’
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Denver Westword
KEYWORD SCORE: 29.63. ballot measure, boulder, city council, colorado, latino, refugee, students, traffic, transgender, lgbtq
[image: Trans fight club, self-defense classes build confidence and community] "I had to fight just to create this space where I could compete. ... When I get in the ring, that's the easy part." The post Trans fight club, self-defense classes build confidence and community appeared first on Denver Westword. Hot times ahead: A dozen free things to do in Denver this week, including celebrating JuneteenthEvan SemónAudio By Carbonatix“Are you ready to see some queers fight it out?” the announcer shouted.Eight transgender women met in a Denver warehouse on the eve of Pride Month for a mixed-martial
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Governing
KEYWORD SCORE: 28.73. budget, city council, city manager, development, infrastructure, mayor, police
Over the course of the last few years, we’ve found ourselves writing increasingly about the challenges and accomplishments of towns, small cities and rural counties. In the past, it’s been a real temptation to focus on the work of large cities, as they tend to wind up in the news — and are more inclined than smaller places to publicize their accomplishments. But about one out of three incorporated communities in the United States has a population of under 50,000. We were inspired to write this by a LinkedIn post by Brooks Williams, who is city manager of Ferris, Texas, with a population of a l
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Denver Westword
KEYWORD SCORE: 28.09. bicycle, bus rapid transit, buses, election, pandemic, students, transit, transportation, walkable
[image: Take a long weekend: The ultimate travel guide to Madison, Wisconsin] When summer gets too hot, venture north to the land of beer, cheese and lakes to cool down. Resident cheesehead and Voice Media Group executive editor returns to her home state to write the travel guide on its capital city. The post Take a long weekend: The ultimate travel guide to Madison, Wisconsin appeared first on Denver Westword. Hot times ahead: A dozen free things to do in Denver this week, including celebrating JuneteenthPhoto by Chelsey Dequaine-JerabekAudio By CarbonatixIt’s safe to say I took some time off
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BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 23.77. boulder, colorado, infrastructure, transit
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (Nasdaq: PPC) plans to shut down harvesting operations at its Chattanooga,... GREELEY — Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (Nasdaq: PPC) plans to shut down harvesting operations at its Chattanooga, Tennessee, facility as it invests $75 million in an expansion of its Ellijay, Georgia, poultry facility.The Georgia expansion will increase harvesting and portioning capacity, enabling the facility to produce a broader mix of higher-value, boneless chicken products used in chicken sandwiches, tenders and other fast-growing categories, the company said in a news release.“As consumer demand s
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BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 22.30. boulder, colorado, transit
JBS USA will close two U.S. facilities in Pennsylvania and Texas, with the closures aimed at... GREELEY — JBS USA will close two U.S. facilities in Pennsylvania and Texas, with the closures aimed at growth, modernization and boosting competitiveness, the company said in a news release.The closures include a beef-production facility in Souderton, Pennsylvania, and a value-added facility in Memphis, Tennessee.“These decisions are never easy because they directly affect our team members and the communities where we operate,” Wesley Batista Filho, CEO of JBS USA, said in a written statement. “We a
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