The Boulder County Community Rights Network announced yesterday that they are working to get a ballot initiative to ask voters to approve a home rule charter for the county. This follows the Boulder County Commissioners decision on Saturday NOT to hold a special election on the home rule issue. Mary […]
A group of Aurora residents who are African immigrants have formed a partnership with a private investor to create the city's first African-centric mall and community center, to open this Summer. KGNU's Rita Wold brings us the story about Afrikmall. http://objects-us-east-1.dream.io/kgnu-news/2014/Afrikmall%20final_mixdown.mp3
When you look at an ordinary shipping pallet, you may not see anything more exciting than Several planks of wood hammered together. But when Kenny Fisher looks at a shipping pallet, he sees infinite possibilities. Now Kenny Fisher is turning his passion for pallets into a whole pallet festival that […]
Barbara Coloroso is an internationally recognized speaker and author in the areas of parenting, teaching, school discipline, non-violent conflict resolution and reconciliatory justice. She has worked with governments such as the one in Rwanda and school districts including many here in Colorado. She’s the keynote speaker at today’s annual PEN luncheon, […]
The Reading to End Racism program has been in Boulder Valley schools for 10 years. It has now expanded To the YWCA of Boulder and is also working on expanding their Middle School Program. KGNUs Jennifer Murnan spoke with Layna Ripple. http://objects-us-east-1.dream.io/kgnu-news/2014/5-5-14_Layna%20Ripple%20RER.mp3
Hippotherapy: is a physical, occupational, and speech-language therapy treatment strategy that utilizes equine movement as part of an integrated intervention program to achieve functional outcomes. KGNU producer Susan Moran paid a visit to Front Range Hippotherapy in Longmont to find out how it works. Front Range Hippotherapy is hosting its annual fundraiser […]
As part of our Connecting the Drops series we take a look at water and beer. With over 200 breweries and brewpubs, Colorado is one of the top beer producers in the country. All that beer requires a lot of water. Sam Fuqua reports on how brewers large and small […]
Holocaust Remembrance Day We hear about The Mazal Holocaust Collection, considered the world’s largest privately owned Holocaust archive and the most significant U.S. collection outside of the Holocaust museums in New York and Washington, D.C., which has been recently donated to the University of Colorado Boulder. Bruce Montgomery, the Faculty Director […]