Colorado Hometown Weekly

4 days ago | coloradohometownweekly.com | Nicky Andrews

Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn had reason to believe a Sunday afternoon attack on the Pearl Street Mall was terror. At 1:26 p.m., a man had thrown Molotov cocktails at a group walking to raise awareness of Israeli hostages being held by the terrorist group Hamas. So while he was driving over, he called the FBI’s Denver field office to tell agents about the attack. “We had a very good idea this was terrorism.

1 week ago | coloradohometownweekly.com | Michael R. Sisak |Larry Neumeister

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — The singer Cassie was content celebrating her 29th birthday with drinks, drugs and karaoke with friends, but her boyfriend, Sean “Diddy” Combs, had a different idea. The hip-hop mogul insisted on taking Cassie, his R&B protégé, to a Los Angeles hotel for another of his “freak-off” sex marathons, her friend and former stylist testified Wednesday at Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial.

1 week ago | coloradohometownweekly.com | Christy Fantz

I, by no means, am any kind of gardener. In fact (keep your giggles to yourself, please and thanks), I mowed a lawn for the first time in my life earlier this month. To be fair, I’m allergic to (everything in the universe, no joke) cut grass, which is also an asthma trigger for me. I’ve been fortunate enough to have a staff of pals, and mainly my poor mother, to help me mow. This year, I decided to take charge. Well, I had to. My mommy was in a car accident and broke her sternum.

2 weeks ago | coloradohometownweekly.com | Lucas High

Rally House Stores Inc., a Lenexa, Kansas-based sports-merchandise retail chain, will open its second Boulder location this summer at 1346 Pearl St. in a portion of the building that previously housed Lazy Dog Bar & Grill. SkinnyFats, a Las Vegas-born restaurant concept, was previously slated to take over the space on the north side of the property that Rally House will now occupy.

2 weeks ago | coloradohometownweekly.com | Christy Fantz

I’m quite stubborn — aside from emailing Oprah in the 2010s and begging her to buy me a new car — I rarely ask for help. (Oprah never wrote back.)But I’ve recently received help from a couple of nonprofits. After single-momming, Colorado inflation and a stagnant salary caught up to me, this aid was welcomed with open arms. Open, sobbing arms that likely terrified a few of the workers. (“Come hug me!” I wailed.)After applying, I readily qualified for my home to be weatherized.