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Boulder Preps For Snow + Mega Drought + Greg Harms Stepping Down

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Saturday's weather: Clear throughout the day. High: 84 Low: 62.

Here are the top stories in Boulder today:

  1. Executive director of Boulder homeless shelter stepping down. Long time director of the shelter is resigning from his post at Boulder Shelter for the Homeless after 19 years. Harms has been in the role since 2002, and has been the driving force for finding housing for 500 adults experiencing homelessness. (Boulder Beat)
  2. Mega Drought is worsening: NOAA Scientists say human-caused climate change Is worsening Colorado's megadrought. (CPR)
  3. Boulder has a Blue Ribbon School: 325 U.S. schools received the honor for overall performance from the U.S. Department of Education, and one of them is in Boulder. (Patch
  4. The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment: A cereal box-sized satellite designed and built at the University of Colorado Boulder, will be launched into space next week to explore distant planets. (Out There)

Today in Boulder:

  • Mt. Bike Haymaker Classic: Boulder High School (8:00 a.m.)
  • Cultivate Motorcycle & Car Show and Pancake Breakfast (9:00-11:00 a.m.)
  • Mane Event: Colorado Horse Rescue Ranch (4:00-8:00 p.m.)
  • Fall Showcase featuring The Magic Flute (7:00 p.m.)

Boulder Patch Notebook

  • City of Boulder Snow and Ice Removal. It's no secret, but winter is right around the corner and the City of Boulder has prepared a page with all the info you'll need to be totally prepared when the wet frosty stuff stuff starts falling from the sky. (Boulder)
  • Longmont Electric Vehicle Fair: As part of the National Drive Electric Week, (September 25- October 3, 2021) Resilient Longmont is hosting an E-vehicle fair – where you can learn more about the benefits of electric and hybrid cars, trucks and motorcycles. (Resilient Longmont)

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