I really look forward to the results of The Monitor’s annual audience survey — not because I think everyone will love everything we do (um, you don’t) but because I know I’m going to learn a lot about our community: What people think is important, what news they need, and how they feel about… Read Article
In the past week, Jefferson County joined the rest of the planet in playing out a classic civic dilemma pitting public safety against economic well-being. It’s worth exploring what happened to better understand the forces at play, decisions that were made and not made, and the potential impa… Read Article
Amid a completely surreal weekend when the novel coronavirus leaped Montana’s state borders and shifted, suddenly, from vague threat to in-our-face reality, I was charmed by a small note on Facebook. You can see it above. Read Article
This issue is the 54th since we became owners of The Monitor last December. For those of you keeping score (we are), that amounts to 6% of the total that Jan Anderson, our predecessor, produced in her 17 years as editor. We remain in awe. Read Article
“How can we stand by and let this happen?” - Jim Peterson (R-Buffalo), former Montana Senate president, in “Dark Money” Read Article
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Two months ago, The Monitor launched a new chapter in our 112-year history when we unveiled The Monitor Online, our new website at boulder-monitor.com. Read Article
For 112 years, The Boulder Monitor has provided Jefferson County with local news, features, and perspective — every week, once a week. Read Article
In any given issue of The Monitor, you most likely will not read about traffic stops for drunk driving or drug-related arrests. You probably won’t see reports on home burglaries or auto thefts, or stories on domestic assault or disturbing the peace. All of these happen in Jefferson County, o… Read Article
We are becoming a nation of people who don’t talk to each other. A survey last October by the Pew Research Center found that 53% of Americans say talking about politics with people they disagree with is “stressful and frustrating.” That’s up from 46% in a similar survey two years earlier. Read Article
A few weeks ago, I became a card-carrying member of the Boulder Fitness Club. Well, no: There are no cards, really. But there certainly is a fitness club, in a former dance and gymnastic studio tucked behind The Gift Box in downtown Boulder. It offers a circuit of hydraulic resistance equipm… Read Article
Since the 2016 election, the journalism establishment has struggled with the existential question of its own trustworthiness. Read Article
It’s been a month since we bought The Boulder Monitor. In that time, we have taken a crash course in newspaper publishing; with a lot of help from Jan Anderson, we’ve managed to get five issues out our door and into your mailboxes. You may have noticed that we’ve already made a few changes t… Read Article
You’ll notice some changes in this issue of the Boulder Monitor. The most notable: For the first time since March, 2002, Jan Anderson’s byline does not appear in the paper. That’s because Jan and her husband David have sold the Monitor to me and my wife, Jackie Dyer. We will publish the Moni… Read Article
